Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Chapter 27

كتاب

Attending to this world

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.1
Abu Nadra said, "One of our men called Jabir or Jubayr said, 'I
went to 'Umar while he was Khalif to ask for something which I needed.
I reached Madina during the night and went straight to him. I am someone
with intelligence and a ready tongue - or he said speech (meaning eloquence).
I had looked at this world and thought little of it. I had abandoned it
as not being worth anything. At 'Umar's side there was a man with white
hair and white clothes. When I had finished speaking, he said, "All that
you have said is correct except for your attack on this world. Do you know
what this world is? This world is that in which we reach (or he said, 'where
our provision is') the Next World. It contains our actions for which we
will be rewarded in the Next World." He said, "A man who knows this world
better than I do worked in it." I asked, "Amir al-Mu'minin, who is this
man at our side?" He replied, 'The master of the Muslims, Ubayy ibn Ka'b.'"

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهُ‏:‏ جَابِرٌ أَوْ جُوَيْبِرٌ‏:‏ طَلَبْتُ حَاجَةً إِلَى عُمَرَ فِي خِلاَفَتِهِ، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلاً، فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ فِطْنَةً وَلِسَانًا، أَوْ قَالَ‏:‏ مِنْطَقًا، فَأَخَذْتُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَصَغَّرْتُهَا، فَتَرَكْتُهَا لاَ تَسْوَى شَيْئًا، وَإِلَى جَنْبِهِ رَجُلٌ أَبْيَضُ الشَّعْرِ أَبْيَضُ الثِّيَابِ، فَقَالَ لَمَّا فَرَغْتُ‏:‏ كُلُّ قَوْلِكَ كَانَ مُقَارِبًا، إِلاَّ وَقُوعَكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الدُّنْيَا‏؟‏ إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا فِيهَا بَلاَغُنَا، أَوْ قَالَ‏:‏ زَادُنَا، إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ، وَفِيهَا أَعْمَالُنَا الَّتِي نُجْزَى بِهَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ، قَالَ‏:‏ فَأَخَذَ فِي الدُّنْيَا رَجُلٌ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهَا مِنِّي، فَقُلْتُ‏:‏ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي إِلَى جَنْبِكَ‏؟‏ قَالَ‏:‏ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ‏.‏

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.2

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا قِنَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّهْمِيُّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْسَجَةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ الأَشَرَةُ شَرٌّ‏.‏

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.3
Hanash ibn al-Harith reported that his father said, "One of our
men had a mare which became pregnant which he then slaughtered, saying,
'Will I live long enough to ride this horse?' Then we received 'Umar's
letter telling us to attend to the provision that Allah has given us in
order to make it thrive since there is still time in the business."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَنَشُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ‏:‏ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا تُنْتَجُ فَرَسُهُ فَيَنْحَرُهَا فَيَقُولُ‏:‏ أَنَا أَعِيشُ حَتَّى أَرْكَبَ هَذَا‏؟‏ فَجَاءَنَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ‏:‏ أَنْ أَصْلِحُوا مَا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ، فَإِنَّ فِي الامْرِ تَنَفُّسًا‏.‏

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.4
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "If the Final Hour comes while you have a palm-cutting
in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you
should plant it."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ إِنْ قَامَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَفِي يَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَسِيلَةٌ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ لاَ تَقُومَ حَتَّى يَغْرِسَهَا فَلْيَغْرِسْهَا‏.‏

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.5
Dawud ibn Abi Dawud said, "'Abdullah ibn Salam said to me, 'If you
hear that the Dajjal has come out while you are planting young palm trees,
it is not too soon to put it in order, for people will still have livelihood
after that."

حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حِبَّانَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ‏:‏ إِنْ سَمِعْتَ بِالدَّجَّالِ قَدْ خَرَجَ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى وَدِيَّةٍ تَغْرِسُهَا، فَلاَ تَعْجَلْ أَنْ تُصْلِحَهَا، فَإِنَّ لِلنَّاسِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَيْشًا‏.‏

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.6
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "There are three supplications which are answered:
the supplication of the person who is wronged, the supplication of the
traveller, and the supplication of a parent for his child.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ ثَلاَثُ دَعَوَاتٍ مُسْتَجَابَاتٍ‏:‏ دَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْمُسَافِرِ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْوَالِدِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ‏.‏

Adab Al-Mufrad 27.7
Jabir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, on the minbar. He looked towards the Yemen and said, "O Allah,
bring their hearts," and he looked towards Iraq and said something similar.
He looked towards every horizon and said the like of that. He said, 'O
Allah, provide for us out of the legacy of the earth and bless us in our
mudd and our sa'."

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ نَظَرَ نَحْوَ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ‏:‏ اللَّهُمَّ أَقْبِلْ بِقُلُوبِهِمْ، وَنَظَرَ نَحْوَ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَنَظَرَ نَحْوَ كُلِّ أُفُقٍ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ‏:‏ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا مِنْ تُرَاثِ الأَرْضِ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا وَصَاعِنَا‏.‏