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Category: Mishkat al-Masabih

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 273


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 273

    وَعَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ أَنَّ بِلَالًا قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: إِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِنَفْسِكَ فَأَمْسِكْنِي وَإِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِلَّهِ فَدَعْنِي وَعمل الله. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

    Qais b. Abu Hazim told that Bilal said to Abu Bakr, “If you bought me only for your own sake keep me, but if you bought me only for God’s sake let me go and undertake God’s work.” Bukhari transmitted it.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6260:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 274


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 274

    وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فَقَالَ إِنِّي مَجْهُودٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَقَالَتْ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا عِنْدِي إِلَّا مَاءٌ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُخْرَى فَقَالَتْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَقُلْنَ كُلُّهُنَّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «من يضيفه ويC» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ هَلْ عِنْدَكِ شَيْءٌ قَالَتْ لَا إِلَّا قُوتُ صِبْيَانِي قَالَ فَعَلِّلِيهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ وَنَوِّمِيهِمْ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ ضَيْفُنَا فَأَرِيهِ أَنا نَأْكُل فَإِذا أَهْوى لِيَأْكُلَ فَقُومِي إِلَى السِّرَاجِ كَيْ تُصْلِحِيهِ فَأَطْفِئِيهِ فَفعلت فقعدوا وَأكل الضَّيْف فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَقَدْ عَجِبَ اللَّهُ أَوْ ضَحِكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَفُلَانَةٍ» وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ مِثْلَهُ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ وَفِي آخِرِهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى [وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ] مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

    Abu Huraira told that when a man came to God’s messenger and told him he was suffering from distress he sent a message to one of his wives who said, “I swear by Him who sent you with the truth that I have nothing but water. He sent to another who said the same, and when they had all said the same God’s messenger said, “Who will provide entertainment for him? God have mercy on him!” One of the Ansar called Abu Talha got up and said, “I shall, messenger of God.” He then, took him to his house and asked his wife if she had anything, and when she replied that they had nothing but the children’s food he said, “Put them off with something and put them to sleep. Then when our guest enters make him think we are eating, and when he puts forward his hand to eat get up, go to the lamp to adjust it, and put it out.” She did so and they sat down, and the guest ate but they spent the night hungry. In the morning he came to God’s messenger who said, “God is charmed with (or, has smiled on) such and such a man and such and such a woman.” A version has the same without his naming Abu Talha, and at the end it says that God most high then sent down, “And they give preference to others over themselves even though they are suffering poverty[*].” *Quran; 59:9. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6261:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 275


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 275

    وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: نَزَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْزِلًا فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَمُرُّونَ فَيَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «مَنْ هَذَا يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟» فَأَقُولُ: فُلَانٌ. فَيَقُولُ: «نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَذَا» وَيَقُولُ: «مَنْ هَذَا؟» فَأَقُولُ: فُلَانٌ. فَيَقُولُ: «بِئْسَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَذَا» حَتَّى مَرَّ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ هَذَا؟» فَقُلْتُ: خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ. فَقَالَ: «نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ سَيْفٌ مِنْ سيوف الله» رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

    He said: We alighted at a camping-place along with God’s messenger, and when the people began to pass, he was asking, “Who is this, Abu Huraira?” and I would tell him it was so and so. He would then say, “This is a good servant of God.’ He would ask about another, and when I told him he was so and so he said, “This is a bad servant of God.” This went on till Khalid b. al-Walid passed by, and when he asked who he was and I replied that he was Khalid b. al-Walid, he said, “Khalid b. al-Walid is a good servant of God; he is one of God’s swords.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6262:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 276


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 276

    وَعَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ: قَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ أَتْبَاعٌ وَإِنَّا قَدِ اتَّبَعْنَاكَ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَتْبَاعَنَا منا فَدَعَا بِهِ ” رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

    Zaid b. Arqam told that when the Ansar said, “Prophet of God, every prophet has followers and we have followed you, so beseech God to appoint that our followers should be of our stock,” he did so. Bukhari transmitted it.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6263:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 277


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 277

    وَعَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ مَا نَعْلَمُ حَيًّا مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ أَكْثَرَ شَهِيدًا أَعَزَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ. قَالَ: وَقَالَ أَنَسٌ: قُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ سَبْعُونَ وَيَوْمَ بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ سَبْعُونَ وَيَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ سَبْعُونَ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

    Qatada said: We know no clan of the Arabs which will have more martyrs or be more exalted on the day of resurrection than the Ansar. He told that Anas said seventy of them were killed at the battle of Uhud, seventy at the battle of Bi’r Ma’una[1], and seventy at the battle of al-Yamama[2] in the time of Abu Bakr. 1. In Safar, 4 A.H. 2. 11 A.H., when Musailima was killed. Bukhari transmitted it.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6264:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 278


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 278

    وَعَن قيس بن حَازِم قَالَ: كَانَ عَطَاءُ الْبَدْرِيِّينَ خَمْسَةُ آلَافٍ. وَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَأُفَضِّلَنَّهُمْ على مَنْ بَعدَهم. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

    Qais b. Abu Hazim told that the grant to those who were present at Badr was five thousand each and that `Umar said, “I shall certainly give them precedence over those who come after them.” Bukhari transmitted it. List of names of those present at Badr whose names are given in the Jami’ by Bukhari. The Prophet, Muhammad b. `Abdallah al-Hashimi, `Abdallah b. `Uthman Abu Bakr as-Siddiq al-Qurashi, `Umar b. al-Khattab al-`Adawi, `Uthman b, `Affan al-Qurashi whom the Prophet left behind to look after his daughter Ruqayya but to whom he appointed his portion, `Ali b. Abu Talib al-Hashimi, Iyas b. al-Bukair, Bilal b. Rabah client of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Hamza b. `Abd al-Muttalib al-Hashimi, Hatib b. Abu Balta’a the ally of Quraish, Abu Hudhaifa b. `Utba b. Rabi’a al Qurashi, Haritha b. ar-Rubayyi’ al-Ansari who was killed at the battle of Badr, and he was Haritha b. Suraqa[1] who was one of the look-out, Khubaib b. `Adi al-Ansari, Khunais b. Hudhafa as-Sahmi, Riafa’a b. Rafi’ al-Ansari, Rifa’a b. `Abd al-Mundhir Abu Lubaba al-Ansari, az-Zubair b. al-`Awwam al-Qurashi, Zaid b. Sahl Abu Talha al-Ansari, Abu Zaid al-Ansari, Sa’d b. Malik az-Zuhri, Sa’d b. Khaula al-Qurashi, Sa’id b. Zaid b. `Amr b. Nufail al-Qurashi, Sahl b. Hunaif al-Ansari, Zuair b. Rafi’ al-Ansari and his brother[2], ‘Abdallah b. Mas’ud al-Hudhali[3], ‘Abd ar-Rahman b. ` Auf az Zuhri, `Ubaida b. al-Harith al-Qurashi, `Ubada b. as Samit al-Ansari, `Amr b. ‘Auf the ally of the B. `Amir b. Lu’ayy, ‘Uqba b. `Amr al-Ansari, `Amir b. Rabi’a al-‘Anzi, `Asim b. Thabit al Ansari, `Uwaim b. Sa’ida al-Ansari, `Itban b. Malik al-Ansari, Qudama b. Maz’un, Qatada b. an-Nu`man al-Ansari, Mu’adh b. `Amr b. al-Jamuh, Mu’awwidh b. `Afra and his brother[4], Malik b. Rabi’a Abu Usaid al Ansari, Mistah b. Uthatha b. ‘Abbad b. al-Muttalib b. ‘Abd Manaf, Murara b. ar-Rabi’ al-Anaari, Ma’n b. `Adi al-Ansari, Miqdad b. ‘Amr al-Kindi the ally of the B. Zuhra, Hilal b. Umayya al-Ansari. God be pleased with them all![5] 1. Cf. p. 810. 2. His name was Muzahhir. 3. Bukhari, Maghazi , 13, adds here ‘Utba b. Mas’ud al-Hudhali. 4. His name was Mu’adh. 5. Bukhari, Maghazi , 13, does not give `all’.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6265:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 279


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 279

    عَن عمر بن الْخطاب أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ” إِنَّ رَجُلًا يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: أُوَيْسٌ لَا يَدَعُ بِالْيَمَنِ غَيْرَ أُمٍّ لَهُ قَدْ كَانَ بِهِ بَيَاضٌ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ إِلَّا مَوْضِعَ الدِّينَارِ أَوِ الدِّرْهَمِ فَمَنْ لَقِيَهُ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ” وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم يَقُولُ: ” إِنَّ خَيْرَ التَّابِعِينَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: أُويس وَله والدةٌ وَكَانَ بِهِ بَيَاض فَمُرُوهُ فليستغفر لكم “. رَوَاهُ مُسلم

    `Umar b. al-Khattab reported God’s messenger as saying, “A man called Uwais will come to you from the Yemen leaving there only a mother. He had been afflicted by leprosy and made supplication to God who removed it all except to the extent of a dinar (or dirham). If any of you meet him let him ask forgiveness for you.” In a version he told that he heard God’s messenger say, “The best of the Followers will be a man called Uwais who has a mother and has been afflicted by leprosy. Tell him he must ask forgiveness for you.” Muslim transmitted it.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6266:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 280


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 280

    وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «أَتَاكُم أهلُ الْيمن هم أَرقُّ أفئدَةً وَأَلْيَنُ قُلُوبًا الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ وَالْفَخْرُ وَالْخُيَلَاءُ فِي أَصْحَابِ الْإِبِلِ وَالسَّكِينَةُ وَالْوَقَارُ فِي أهل الْغنم» . مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

    Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, “The people of the Yemen have come to you. -They have the tenderest minds and gentlest hearts. Faith belongs to the Yemen and wisdom belongs to the Yemen; boasting and pride are to be found among the owners of camels, and calm deportment and gravity among the owners of sheep.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6267:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 281


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 281

    وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «رَأَسُ الْكُفْرِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْفَخْرُ وَالْخُيَلَاءُ فِي أَهْلِ الْخَيْلِ وَالْإِبِلِ وَالْفَدَّادِينَ أَهْلِ الْوَبَرِ وَالسَّكِينَةُ فِي أَهْلِ الْغَنَمِ» مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

    He reported God’s messenger as saying, “The fountain-head of unbelief is towards the east; boasting and pride are to be found among owners of horses and camels and husbandmen[*] who live in camel-hair tents; but calm deportment is to be found among the owners of sheep.” *The word faddadun means either husbandmen or `camel-drivers. The former seems the more appropriate here as owners of camels have already been mentioned. Cf. Mirqat , 5: 649. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6268:

  • Mishkat al-Masabih 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 250


    mishkat 30 Fine Qualities كتاب المناقب 250

    وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا خُيِّرَ عَمَّارٌ بَيْنَ أمرينِ إِلا اخْتَار أرشدهما» رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

    `A’isha reported God’s messenger as saying, “`Ammar is not given a choice between two things without choosing the more difficult and the lesser[*].” *Cf. Tirmidhi, Manaqib , 34. The editions of Cairo, 1875 and 1931-34, do not contain the word translated ‘lesser,’ and instead of ashaddahuma (the more difficult of them) they have asaddahuma (the more upright of them). Tirmidhi adds that this is a hasan gharib tradition. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

    English translation : Book 26, Hadith 0 Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6236: