Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2293b
"عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بنِ قَرِيبٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ العَلَاءَ بنَ زِيَادٍ الأَعْرَابىَّ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبى يَقُولُ: صَعِدَ أَمِيرُ المُؤْمِنينَ عَلِىُّ بْن أَبِى طَالِبٍ مِنْبَرَ الْكُوفَة بَعْدَ الفِتْنَةِ وَفَرَاغِهِ منَ النَّهْرَوَانِ فَحَمِد الله، وَخَنَقَتْهُ العَبْرةُ فَبَكَى حتَّى اخفلت لِحْيَتُهُ بِدمُوعِهِ وَجَرَتْ، ثُمَّ نَفَضَ لِحْيَتَهُ فَوَقَعَ رَشَاشُهَا عَلى ناسٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَكُنَّا نَقُولُ: إِنَّ مَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ دمُوِعِه فَقَدْ حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ عَلَى النَّارِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّها النَّاسُ! لَا تَكُونُوا مِمَّنْ يَرْجُو الآخِرَةَ بغَيْر عَمَلٍ، وَيُؤَخَّرُ التَّوْبَةَ لِطُول الأَمَلِ، يَقُولُ فِى الدُّنْيَا قَوْلَ الزَّاهِدِينَ، وَيَعْمَلُ فِينَا عَمَل الرَّابِينَ، إِنْ أُعْطِىَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَشْبَعْ، وَإِنْ مُنِعَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَقْنَعْ، يَعْجَزُ عَنْ شُكْرِ مَا أُوتِىَ وَيَبْتَغِى الزَّيَادَةَ فِيمَا بَقِىَ، وَيَأمُرُ وَلا يَأتِى وَيَنْهَى وَلَا يَنْتَهِى، يُحِبُّ الصَّالِحِينَ وَلا يَعْمَلُ بِأَعْمالِهِمْ، وَيَبْغَضُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ، تَغْلِبُهُ نَفْسُهُ عَلَى مَا يَظُنُّ وَلَا يَلِبُهَا عَلَى مَا يَسْتَيْقِنُ إِنْ اسْتَغْنَى فُتِنَ، وَإِنْ مرض حَزِنَ، وإِنِ افْتَقَر قَنَطَ وَوَهَنَ فَهُو بَيْنَ الذَّنْبِ وَالنَّعْمَةِ يَرْتَعُ، يُعَافَى فَلَا يَشْكُرُ، وَيُبْتَلَى فَلَا يَصْبِرُ، كَأَنَّ المُحَذَّرُ مِنَ الْمَوتِ سِواهُ، وَكَأَنَّ مَنْ وُعِدَ وزُجِرَ غَيْرُهُ، يَا أَعْرَاضَ المَنَايَا، يا رَهَّا بيْنَ الْمَوْتِ، يا وُعَاءَ الأَسْقَام يَا نَهْبَةَ الأَيَّام وَيَا نَقْلَ الزَّهْرِ، ويَا فَاكِهَةَ الزَّمَانِ، ويَا نُورَ الحَدَثَانِ، ويَا خَرسَ عَنِ الحُجَجِ، وَيَا مَنْ غَمَرَتْهُ الْفِتَنُ، وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مَعْرِفَة الْعِبَر بِحَقًّ أَقُولُ مَا نَجَا مَنْ نَجَا إِلَّا بِمَعْرِفَة نَفْسِهِ وَمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ إِلَّا منع تَحت يَدِهِ، قَالَ اللهُ - ﷻ - {يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا} (). جَعَلَنَا اللهُ وإِيَّاكُمْ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ الْوَعْظَ فَقَبِلَ، ودُعِىَ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ فَعَمِلَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbd al-Malik b. Qarīb
- al-ʿAlāʾ b. Ziyād al-Aʿrāb
- Abá
- Ṣaʿid Amīr al-Muʾminyn
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Qarib, who said: I heard al-'Ala' ibn Ziyad al-A'rabi say: I heard my father say: The Commander of the Faithful 'Ali ibn Abi Talib ascended the pulpit of Kufa after the strife and his completion of Nahrawan. He praised Allah, and emotion choked him, so he wept until his beard was wet with his tears and they flowed down. Then he shook his beard, and its droplets fell upon some people. We used to say: whoever is touched by his tears, Allah has forbidden him to the Fire. Then he said: "O people! Do not be among those who hope for the Hereafter without works, and who delay repentance for long hope. He speaks of the world with the words of the ascetics, but acts among us with the deeds of those who seek more. If he is given from it, he is not satisfied, and if he is denied from it, he is not content. He is unable to thank for what he has been given, and seeks more of what remains. He commands but does not comply, and forbids but does not refrain. He loves the righteous but does not act by their deeds, and hates the wrongdoers while he is one of them. His soul overcomes him in what he suspects, and he does not subdue it in what he is certain of. If he becomes wealthy, he is seduced; if he falls ill, he grieves; and if he becomes poor, he despairs and weakens. So he remains between sin and blessing, wallowing. He is given well-being and does not thank, and is tested and does not endure. As if the one warned of death were other than him, and as if the one promised and warned were someone else. O targets of death! O hostages of mortality! O receptacle of diseases! O plunder of days! O transporter of the flower! O fruit of time! O light of misfortunes! O deaf one to proofs! O one overwhelmed by trials, between whom and the recognition of lessons a barrier has been placed! Truly I say, whoever is saved is saved only through knowing himself, and whoever is destroyed is destroyed only through the defect under his hand." Allah ﷻ said: {O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire} (). May Allah make us and you among those who hear the admonition and accept it, and who are called to action and act."
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Notes
ابن النجار
machine translationIbn al-Najjār
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