Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 430-439b
✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud
"عَنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ سَعيد قَالَ: بَكَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْن مَسْعُودٍ عِنْدَ الْمَوتِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَتَبْكِى وَقَدْ صَحِبْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: وَكَيْفَ لا أبْكَىِ وَقَدْ رَكبْتُ مَا نَهَانِى عَنْه، وَتَرَكْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِى بِهِ، وَذَهَبْتِ الدُّنْيَا وَبقيتِ الأَعْمَالُ؟ فَلَا تُدْنِى أَعْنَاقَ الرِّجَالِ، إِنْ خَيْرٌ فَخَيْرٌ وَإنْ شَرٌّ فَشَرٌّ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUbayd b. Saʿyd
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"From 'Ubayd ibn Sa'id who said: 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud wept at the time of death. It was said to him: Do you weep while you accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: How could I not weep when I committed what he forbade me from, and left what he commanded me to do? The world has gone and the deeds remain. So do not bring near the necks of men. If it is good, then it is good, and if it is evil, then it is evil."
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Notes
ابن أبي الدنيا، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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