Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-931b
" عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: سَمعْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا هَمَمْتُ بشَىْءٍ مِمَّا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلَيَّةِ يَهُمُونَ بِهِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ لَيْلَتَيْنِ كَلْتَاهُمَا عَصَمَنِى الله مِنْهُمَا، قُلتُ لَيْلَةً لِبَعْضِ فِتْيَانِ مَكَّةَ وَنَحْنُ فِى رِعَايَةِ غَنَم (أَهْلنا) فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِى: أَبْصِرْ لِى غَنَمِى حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ مَكَّةَ فَأَسْمُرَ بِهَا كَمَا يَسْمُرُ الْفتْيَانُ، فَقَالَ: بَلى، قال: فَدَخَلتُ حَتَّى إِذَا جِئْتُ أَوَّلَ دَارٍ مِنْ دُورِ مَكَّةَ سَمِعْتُ عَزْفًا بِالْغَرَابِيلِ وَالْمزَامِيرِ، فَقُلتُ: مَا هَذَا؟ فَقِيلَ: تَزَوَّجَ فُلاَنٌ فُلاَنَةً، فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْظُرُ، وَضَربَ الله عَلَى أُذُنِى، فَوَالله مَا أَيْقَظَنِى إِلاَّ مَسٌّ الشَّمْسِ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبِى، فَقَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: مَا فَعَلْتُ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ أَخْبَرْتُهُ بالذى رَأَيْتُ، ثُمَّ قُلتُ لَهُ لَيْلَةً أُخْرَى: أبْصِرْ لِى غَنَمِى حَتَّى أَسْمُرَ بمَكَّةَ، فَفَعَلَ، فَدَخَلْتُ، فَلَمَّا جئْتُ مَكَّةَ سَمِعْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِى سَمِعْتُ تِلكَ اللَّيْلَةَ، فَسَأَلْتُ: فَقِيلَ فُلاَنٌ نَكَحَ فُلاَنَةً، فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْظُرُ وَضرَبَ الله عَلَى أُذُنِى، فَوَالله مَا أَيْقَظَنِى إِلاَّ مَسُّ الشَّمْسِ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبَى فَقَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتَ؟ قُلت: لاَ شَىْءَ ثُمَّ أخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ، فَوَاللهِ مَا هَمَمْتُ، وَلاَ عُدْتُ بَعْدَهَا بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَكرَمَنِى الله بِنُبُوَّتِهِ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
- Samʿt Rasūl Allāh
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"'Ali narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'I never intended anything of what the people of the Jahiliyyah used to intend regarding women, except two nights, both of which Allah protected me from. I said one night to one of the young men of Makkah while we were tending the flock of our family: 'Watch my flock for me until I enter Makkah and converse there as the young men converse.' He said: 'Yes.' So I entered, and when I came to the first house of the houses of Makkah, I heard the sound of tambourines and flutes. I said: 'What is this?' It was said: 'So-and-so has married so-and-so.' So I sat listening, and Allah struck upon my ear, and by Allah, nothing woke me except the heat of the sun. I returned to my companion, and he said: 'What did you do?' I said: 'I did nothing.' Then I told him what I had seen. Then I said to him another night: 'Watch my flock for me until I converse in Makkah,' and he did so. I entered, and when I came to Makkah I heard the like of what I heard that night. I asked, and it was said: 'So-and-so married so-and-so.' So I sat listening and Allah struck upon my ear, and by Allah nothing woke me except the heat of the sun. I returned to my companion and he said: 'What did you do?' I said: 'Nothing.' Then I told him the news. By Allah, I never intended (it) again, nor did I return to anything of that after that, until Allah honoured me with His prophethood.'"
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ابن إسحاق، وابن راهويه، والبزار، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وأبو نعيم، [ق] البيهقى في السنن معا في الدلائل، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره
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