Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-703b
"عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَقَدِ ابْيَضَّ نِصْفُ رَأسِهِ وَنِصْفُ لِحْيَتِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: مَا بَالُكَ؟ فَقَالَ: مَرَرْتُ بِمَقْبَرَةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ لَيْلًا، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ رَجُلًا بِسَوْطٍ مِنْ نَارٍ كُلَّمَا لَحِقَهُ ضَرَبَهُ، فَاشْتَعَلَ مَا بَيْنَ فَرْقِهِ إِلَى قَدَمِهِ نَارًا، فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ: يا عَبْدَ الله أَغثْنِي، فَقَالَ الطَّالِبُ: يَا عَبْدَ الله لا تُغِثْهُ فَبِئْسَ عَبْدُ الله هُوَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: فَلِذَلِكَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ أحَدُكُمْ وَحْدَهُ، أَوْ يَبِيتَ وَحْدَهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Makḥūl
- a man Atá ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb and Qad Ābyaḍ Niṣf Raʾsih Waniṣf Liḥyatih
- Lah ʿUmar Mā Bāluk
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from Makhul: A man came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, half of his head and half of his beard having turned white. 'Umar said to him: What is wrong with you? He said: I passed by the graveyard of the sons of so-and-so at night, and there was a man pursuing another man with a whip of fire; every time he reached him he struck him, and between his head-parting and his foot everything caught fire. When the man reached him, he said: O servant of Allah, rescue me. The pursuer said: O servant of Allah, do not rescue him, for he is a wretched servant of Allah. 'Umar said: For this reason your Prophet ﷺ disliked that one of you travel alone or spend the night alone."
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