Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-706b
"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بن عَوْف بْنِ الأحْمَر: أنَّ مُسَافِرَ بن عَوْف بنِ الأحَمْرِ قَالَ لِعَلى بن أَبِى طَالبٍ حين انصَرَفَ مِنَ الأنبَارِ إِلَى أهْلِ النَّهْرَوان: يَا أَمِيرَ المؤمِنينَ! لاَ تَسِرْ في هَذِه السَّاعَةِ وسر في ثَلاَثِ سَاعات يَمْضِينَ مِنَ النّهارِ، قَالَ على: وَلِمَ؟ قَال: لأنَّك إِذا سِرْتَ في هَذِه السَّاعَةِ أَصَابكَ أنت وأصحابَكَ بَلاءٌ ووَضُرٌّ شَدِيدٌ، وإِنْ سِرْتَ فِى السَّاعَةِ الَّتِى أَمَرتُكَ بِها ظَفِرتَ وظَهرتَ وأَصبْتَ وطَلبتَ، فقال على: مَا كانَ لمحمد ﷺ منجم ولاَ لَنا مِن بَعْدِه، هَلْ تَعلمُ مَا في بَطنِ فَرسى هَذِه؟ قَال: إِنْ حَسبْتُ علمتُ، قَال: مَن صَدَّقكَ بِهذَا القَوْلِ كَذَّبَ القُرآنَ، قَالَ الله تَعَالى، {إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ} الآية، مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ يَدَّعِى عِلم مَا ادَّعَيتَ عَلَيه". تَزْعُمُ أنَّكَ تَهْدِى إِلى عِلم السَّاعَةِ الَّتِى تُصِيبُ السُّوءُ مَنْ سافَرَ فِيها؟ قَالَ. نَعم، قَال: مَنْ صَدَّقَكَ بِهذَا القَوْلِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنِ الله في صَرْفِ المكْرُوهِ عَنْه، وَينبغَى لِلمُهتَمِّ بأمرِكَ أَنْ يُوليكَ الأمْرَ دُون اللهِ ربِّه، لأنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَزْعُمُ هِدَايتَهُ في السَّاعَةِ الَّتى تَنْجُو مِن السُّوءِ مَنْ سَافَرَ فِيها، فَمَنْ آمَنَ بِهَذَا القَوْلِ لَم آمنْ عَلَيهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ كمَنِ اتَّخَذَ دون الله نِدّا وَضِدّا، اللهُمَّ لاَ طَائرَ إِلا طَيْرُكَ، وَلاَ خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُكَ، ولاَ إِلهَ غَيْرُكَ. نُكَذبكَ ونُخَالِفُكَ وَنَسيرُ في هَذِه السَّاعَةِ الَّتى تَنهانَا عَنْهَا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَل عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ: يَا أيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِيَّاكُم! وَتَعَلُّمَ هَذِه النُّجُوم إِلَّا ما يهتدى في ظُلَمَاتِ البَرِّ والبَحَرِ، إِنَّما النُّجُوم كَالكَافِرِ، وَالكَافِرُ في النَّارِ، واللهِ لَئنِ بَلَغَنِى أَنَّكَ تَنْظُر في النُّجُوم وَتَعْمَل بِهَ لأَخْلَدتُكَ في الحَبْسِ مَا بَقِيتُ وبقيتَ، ولأحرمِنَّكَ العَطَاء مَا كانَ لي سُلطَان، ثُمَّ سَارَ في السَّاعةِ التِي نَهَاهُ عَنْها، فَأتى أَهْلَ النَّهْرَوان فَقَتَلهُمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَو سِرْنَا في السَّاعَةِ الَّتى أَمَرنا بِها فَظَفِرْنا أَوْ ظَهَرَنَا لَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: سَارَ في السَّاعَةِ الَّتِى أَمَرهَا المنجِّمُ مَا كَانَ لمِحمدٍ ﷺ مُنَجِّم وَلاَ لَنَا مِنْ بَعْدِه، فَفَتَح الله عَلَينا بِلاَدَ كسْرَى وَقَيْصَر وَسَائرَ البُلدَان، أَيُّها النَّاسُ! تَوكَّلُوا على اللهِ، وثقُوا بِه فِإِنَّهُ يَكْفِى مَا سِوَاهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwf b. al-Ḥmar n Musāfir b. ʿAwf b. al-Ḥamr
- Liʿalá b. Abiá Ṭālb Ḥyn
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Awf ibn al-Ahmar, that Musafir ibn 'Awf ibn al-Ahmar said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib when he returned from al-Anbar to the people of al-Nahrawan: 'O Commander of the Believers! Do not travel at this hour, but travel at three hours that pass during the day.' 'Ali said: 'And why?' He said: 'Because if you travel at this hour, you and your companions will be struck by calamity and severe harm; but if you travel at the hour I have commanded you, you will be victorious, prevail, attain and seek success.' 'Ali said: 'Muhammad ﷺ had no astrologer, nor do we have one after him. Do you know what is in the belly of this mare of mine?' He said: 'If I calculate, I know.' He said: 'Whoever believes you in this statement has denied the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said: {Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs} (31:34), to the end of the verse. Muhammad ﷺ did not claim the knowledge you claim for yourself.' You claim that you guide to the knowledge of the hour in which misfortune strikes whoever travels in it? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Whoever believes you in this statement has become independent of Allah in averting what is disliked, and whoever is concerned with your affair should appoint you as ruler instead of Allah his Lord, for you claim to guide him to the hour in which whoever travels in it is saved from misfortune. So whoever believes this statement, I am not secure that he will be like one who has taken a rival and an equal to Allah. O Allah, there is no omen except Your omen, no good except Your good, and no god other than You. We deny you, we oppose you, and we travel in this hour from which you forbid us.' Then he turned to the people and said: 'O people, beware of learning these stars, except what guides one through the darkness of land and sea. The stars are like the disbeliever, and the disbeliever is in the Fire. By Allah, if it reaches me that you look at the stars and act upon them, I will imprison you for as long as I live, and I will deprive you of your stipend for as long as I have authority.' Then he marched in the hour which he had forbidden, and came to the people of al-Nahrawan and killed them. Then he said: 'If we had travelled in the hour we were commanded and had been victorious or prevailed, someone would have said: He traveled in the hour the astrologer commanded. There was no astrologer for Muhammad ﷺ, nor for us after him.' Then Allah granted us the lands of Chosroes and Caesar and all the other lands. O people! Put your trust in Allah and rely upon Him, for He suffices for everything besides Him."
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الحارث، [خط] الخطيب في كتاب النجوم
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