Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-829b
"عَنْ أَبِى أَرَاكَةَ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِى طَالِبٍ الْفَجْرَ، فَلَمَّا انْفَتَلَ عَنْ يَمِينهِ مَكَثَ كَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ كآبَةً ثُمَّ قَلَّبَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ: والله لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَمَا أَرى الْيَوْمَ شَيْئا يُشْبِهُهُمْ، لَقَدْ كَانُوا يُصْبِحُونَ صُفْرًا شُعْثًا غُبْرًا بَيْنَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ كَأَمْثَالِ ركُبِ الْمَعِزِ، قَدْ بَاتُوا لله سُجَّدًا وَقِيَامًا يتْلُونَ كِتَّابَ الله، يُراوحُونَ بَيْنَ جِبَاهِهِمْ وَأَقَّدامِهِمْ، فإِذَا أصْبَحُوا فَذَكَرُوا الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مَادُوا كَمَا تَمِيدُ الشَّجَرُ في يَوْمِ الرِّيح، وَهَمَلَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ حَتَّى تَبُلَ ثيَابَهُمْ، والله لَكَأَنَّ الْقَوْمَ بَاتُوا غَافِلِينَ، ثُمَّ نَهَضَ فَمَا رُئِىَ مُفْتَرًا ضَاحكًا حَتَّى ضَرَبَهُ ابْنُ مُلجمٍ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abiá Arākah
- Ṣallayt Maʿ ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib al-Fajr Falammā Ānfatal
- Yamīnh Makath Kaʾan ʿAlayh Kābah Thum Qallab Yadah
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Abu Araka, who said: I prayed Fajr with 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, and when he turned from his right side he remained as if sorrow were upon him. Then he turned his hand over and said: By Allah, I saw the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, and I do not see today anything resembling them. They used to wake in the morning pale, dishevelled, and dusty between their eyes like the knees of goats, having spent the night prostrating and standing for Allah, reciting the Book of Allah, alternating between their foreheads and their feet. When they woke and remembered Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, they swayed as a tree sways on a windy day, and their eyes flowed until their garments were wet. By Allah, it is as if the people had spent the night heedless. Then he stood up, and he was not seen smiling or laughing until Ibn Muljam struck him."
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Notes
الدينورى، والعسكرى في المواعظ، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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