Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 430-117b
✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud
"عَن ابْن مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا عنْدَ النَّبىِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ رَاكبٌ حَتَّى أَنَاخَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ الله، إِنِّى أَتَيْتُكَ مِنْ مَسيرَةِ تِسْعٍ أَنْصَبْتُ رَاحلَتى، وَأَسْهَرْتُ لَيْلى، وَأَظْمَأتُ نَهَارى: لأَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ خَصْلَتَيْنِ أَسْهَرَتَانى، فَقَالَ لَه النَّبِىُّ ﷺ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا زَيْدُ الْخَيْلِ، قَالَ لَهُ: بَلْ أَنْتَ زَيْدُ الْخَيْرِ، فَسَلْ، فَرُبَّ مُعْضِلةٍ قَدْ سُئل عَنْهَا، فَقَالَ: أَسْأَلُكُ عَنْ عَلَامَةِ الله فِيمَنْ يُريدُهُ، وَعَلَامَتِهِ فِيمَنْ لَا يُريدُه؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبىُّ ﷺ: كَيْفَ أَصبَحْتَ؟ قَالَ: أَصْبَحْتُ أُحِبُّ الْخَيْرَ وَأَهْلَهُ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهِ، وَإِنْ عَملْتُ بِهِ أَيْقَنْتُ بِثَوَابه، وَإِنْ فَاتَنِى مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ (حَنَنْتُ) إِلَيْه، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبىُّ ﷺ: هَذِهِ عَلَامَةُ الله فِيمَنْ يُرِيدُهُ، وَعَلَامَتُهُ فِيمَنْ لَا يُريدُهُ، وَلَوْ أَرادَكَ بالأَخْرَى هَيَّأكَ لَها، ثُمَّ لَا يُبَالِى فِى أَىِّ وَادٍ هَلَكْتَ، وَفى لَفْظٍ: سَلَكْتَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Masʿūd
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"On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, he said: We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a rider came and made his mount kneel down. He said: O Messenger of Allah, I came to you from a distance of nine (nights); I exhausted my mount, I kept my night awake, and I endured thirst during my day, to ask you about two qualities that have kept me awake. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: What is your name? He said: I am Zayd al-Khayl. He said to him: Rather, you are Zayd al-Khayr. Ask, for many a difficult matter has been asked about. He said: I ask you about the sign of Allah regarding the one whom He wills, and His sign regarding the one whom He does not will. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: How did you wake up? He said: I woke up loving goodness and its people, and whoever acts by it. If I act by it, I am certain of its reward, and if something of it escapes me, I long for it. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: This is the sign of Allah regarding the one whom He wills, and His sign regarding the one whom He does not will. If He had willed for you the other (path), He would have prepared you for it, and then you would not care in which valley you perished. In another wording: 'you took.'"
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Notes
[عد] ابن عدى في الكامل وقال: مُنْكر - [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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