Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-771b
"عن مَيْسَرَةَ عَن شُرَيحٍ قالَ: لمَا تَوجَّهَ عَلِيٌّ إلَى حَرْب مُعاوِيةَ افْتَقَد دِرْعًا لَه، فَلَّما انْقْضَتِ الحَرْبُ وَرَجَع إلَى الكُوفَةِ أَصَابَ الدِّرعَ في يدِ يَهودِىٍّ يَبِيعُهَا فِى السُّوقِ، فقَالَ لَه عَلىٌّ: يا يهَودِىُّ هَذِه الدِّرعُ دِرْعِى لَم أَبِعْ وَلَم أَهَبْ، فَقَالَ اليَهوِدىُّ: دِرْعِى وَفى يَدِى، فَقَالَ عَلَى: نَصيرُ إلىَ القَاضِى، فَتَقدَّمَا إلَى شُرَيْحٍ، فَجَلَسَ عَلِىٌّ إلَى جَنْب شُرَيحٍ وَجَلسَ اليَهودِىُّ بَيَن يَدَيْه، فقَال عَلِىٌّ: لَوْلا أَنَّ خَصْمِى ذِمِّىٌّ لَاسْتَويْتُ مَعَه فِى الْمجلِس، سَمِعتُ رسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقولُ: صَغِّروا بِهم كمَا صَغَّرَ الله بِهم، فَقالَ شُرَيْحٌ: يا أَميرَ المؤمنين قَال: نَعَمْ أَقولُ إنَّ هَذه الدِّرعَ فِى يدِ هَذَا اليَهودِىِّ دَرْعِى لَم أَبِعْ وَلَم أَهَبْ، فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ: ما تَقَولُ يَا يهَودِىُّ؛ فَقَالَ. دِرْعِى وَفِى يَدِى، فقَال شُرَيْحٌ: يا أَمِير المؤمنينَ أَلَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ؟ قَال: نَعَم قَنْبَر وَالَحسَنُ يَشْهَدانِ أَنَّ الدِّرعَ دِرْعِى، فَقَالَ: شَهادَةُ الابْنِ لَا تَجُوزُ للأَبِ، فَقَال: رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ لَا تَجُوزُ شَهادَتُه؟ سَمِعْتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ يَقولُ: الْحسَنُ والْحسَينُ سَيِّدَا شَبابِ أَهْلِ الْجنَّة، فَقَالَ اليَهُودِىُّ: قَد مَضَى إلى قَاضِيهِ وقَاضِيهِ قَضَى عَلَيْهِ! ! أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ هَذَا الدِّين الْحَقُّ، أَشَهْدُ أن لا إِله إلَّا الله، وأنَّ محمدًا رسولُ الله، وَأَنَّ الدِّرع دِرْعُكَ، كنْتَ رَاكِبًا عَلى جَمَلكَ الأوْرَقِ، وَأنْتَ مُتَوَجِّهٌ إلَى صِفِّين فَوقَعَتْ مِنْكَ لَيْلًا فَأَخَذْتُهَا، وَخَرَجَ مَع عَلِىٌّ يُقَاتلُ السَّراةَ بالنَّهْرَوان فَقُتِلَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Maysarah
- Shurayḥ
- Lmā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Maysarah, from Shurayh, who said: When Ali set out to fight Mu'awiyah, he missed a coat of mail of his. When the war ended and he returned to Kufah, he found the coat of mail in the hand of a Jew who was selling it in the market. Ali said to him: O Jew, this coat of mail is mine; I did not sell it and I did not give it away. The Jew said: It is my coat of mail, and it is in my hand. Ali said: Let us go to the judge. They both went to Shurayh. Ali sat beside Shurayh and the Jew sat in front of him. Ali said: Were it not that my opponent is a dhimmi, I would have made myself equal to him in the sitting. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Belittle them as Allah has belittled them. Shurayh said: O Commander of the Faithful, is that what you say? He said: Yes. I say that this coat of mail in the hand of this Jew is my coat of mail; I did not sell it and I did not give it away. Shurayh said: What do you say, O Jew? He said: It is my coat of mail, and it is in my hand. Shurayh said: O Commander of the Faithful, do you have proof? He said: Yes, Qanbar and al-Hasan testify that the coat of mail is mine. He said: The testimony of a son is not valid for his father. He said: A man of the people of Paradise, his testimony is not valid? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise. The Jew said: He went to his judge, and his judge ruled against him! I testify that this religion is the truth. I testify that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that the coat of mail is your coat of mail. You were riding your grey-brown camel, heading to Siffin, and it fell from you at night, and I took it. He went out with Ali, fighting the Sarah at al-Nahrawan, and was killed."
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[حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية
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