Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 430-76b
✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud
"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ خَطًا مُرَبَّعًا، وَخَطًّا وَسَطَ الْخَطِّ الْمُرَبَّع، وَخُطُوطًا إِلَى جَانِب الْخَطِّ الَّذِى وَسَطَ الْخَطِّ الْمُرَبَّعِ، وَخَطًا خَارجَ الْخَطِّ الْمُرَبَّع، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: الله وَرَسُولُهُ أَعَلَمُ، قَالَ: الخط الأَوْسَطُ؛ الإِنْسَانُ، وَالْخُطُوطُ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ الأَمْرَاضُ، وَالأَعْراضُ تَنْهَشُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ، إِذَا أَخَطَأَهُ هَذَا أَصَابَهُ هَذَا؟ وَالْخَطُّ الْمُرَبَّعُ الَأَجَلُ الْمُحيطُ بِهِ، وَالْخَطُّ الْخَارجُ الْبَعيدُ: "الأَمَلُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd
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"On the authority of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew for us a square line, and a line in the middle of the square line, and lines beside the middle line that is inside the square line, and a line outside the square line. Then he said: Do you know what this is? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The middle line is the human being, and the lines beside it are the diseases, and the afflictions seize him from every place. If this misses him, that strikes him. The square line is the term (of life) that encompasses him, and the line outside, far away, is the hope."
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Notes
[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري والرامهرمزى في الأمثال
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