Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2316b
"عَنْ يَحْيى بْنِ يَعمُرَ: أَنَّ عَلِىَّ بْنَ أَبِى طَالِبٍ خَطبَ النَّاسَ فَحمدِ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلكُم بِرُكُوبِهِم الْمَعَاصِى وَلَمْ يَنْهَهُمُ الرَّبَانِيُّونَ وَالأَحْبَارُ، أَنْزَلَ الله بِهمُ العُقُوبَاتِ، أَلَا فَمُروُا بِالمَعْرُوفِ، وَانْهَوْا عَنِ الْمنْكَرِ قَبَل أَنْ يَنزِلَ بِكُمُ الَّذِي نَزَلَ بِهِم، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الأَمْرَ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ لَا يَقْطعُ رِزْقًا، وَلَا يُقَرَّبُ أَجَلًا، إِنَّ الأَمْرَ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ كَقَطْرِ المَطَرِ والذِى لكل نَفْسٍ وَالذِى لِكل نَفْسٍ مَا قَدرَ الله لَهَا مِن زِيَادَةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ فِى أَهْلٍ أَوْ مَالٍ أَوْ نَفْسٍ، فَإِذَا أَصَابَ أحَدَكُمُ النُّقْصَانُ فِى أَهْلٍ أَوْ مَالٍ أَو نَفْسٍ، وَرَأَى لِغَيْرِهِ عَثْرَةً فَلَا يَكُونَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فِتْنَةً فِإنَّ الْمَرءَ الْمُسْلِمَ مَا لَمْ يَغشَ دناءة، يُظْهِرُ تَخَشُّعًا لَهَا إِذَا ذُكِرَتْ وَتُعْزَىِ بِهِ لِئَامُ النَّاسِ كَالْميَاسِر الْفَالِج الذي يَنْتَظِرُ أَوَّلَ فَوزَةٍ مِنْ فَدَاحَةٍ تُوجِبُ لَهُ الْمغْنَمَ، وَقْدَ رُفِعَ عَنْهُ المَغْرَمُ، فَكَذَلِكَ المْرءُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْبَرِئُ مِنَ الْحَماقَةِ إِنَّما يَنْتَظرُ إِحْدى الحُسْنَيَيْنِ إِذا مَا دَعَى اللهَ، فَمَا عِنْد اللهِ خَيرٌ لَهُ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَرْزُقَهُ اللهُ مَالًا فإِذَا هُوَ ذُو أَهْلٍ وَمَالٍ؛ الْحرْثُ حَرثَانِ: المالُ وَالْبنُونَ حَرْثُ الدُّنيَا، والعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ حَرْثُ الآخِرَةِ، وَقْد يَجْمعُهَا اللهُ لأَقْوَامٍ. قَالَ سُفْيَان بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ: ومَنْ يُحْسِن يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِذَا الْكَلَامِ إِلَّا عَلِىٌّ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá b. Yaʿmur
- ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib Khaṭb al-Nās Faḥmd Allāh and ʾAthná ʿAlayh Thum
- Ayyuhā al-Nās Innamā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Yahya ibn Ya'mur: that Ali ibn Abi Talib gave a sermon to the people, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: \"O people! Those before you were destroyed only because they committed sins and the rabbis and scholars did not forbid them. Allah sent down punishments upon them. So command what is right and forbid what is wrong before there befalls you what befell them. Know that commanding what is right and forbidding what is wrong does not cut off provision, nor bring near a term. Indeed, the command descends from the sky like raindrops, and what is for every soul is what Allah has decreed for it of increase or decrease in family, wealth, or self. When one of you suffers a loss in family, wealth, or self, and sees another's stumble, let that not become a trial for him. Indeed, the Muslim man, so long as he does not fall into baseness, shows humility when it is mentioned, and the base people are compared to him. He is like the gambler who waits for the first throw of a misfortune that brings him gain, while the loss has been lifted from him. Likewise, the Muslim man, free from foolishness, only awaits one of the two good outcomes when he calls upon Allah: what is with Allah is better for him, or Allah grants him wealth so that he has family and property. Tillage is of two kinds: wealth and children are the tillage of this world, and righteous deeds are the tillage of the Hereafter, and Allah may combine them for some people.\" Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah said: \"Who speaks with this speech except Ali?\""
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ابن أبي الدنيا، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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