Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (1/76)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd (1) narrated to us; Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq informed us; ʿUmārah ibn Zādhān related, from Thābit, from Anas:
“When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ migrated, he established a bond of brotherhood between ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf and ʿUthmān—so this report states. ʿUthmān said, ‘I own two orchards; choose whichever of them you wish.’ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān replied, ‘Rather, just direct me to the marketplace.’ … Anas continued: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān’s wealth increased until seven hundred pack-animals laden with wheat, flour, and other provisions were once brought to him. When the caravan entered Madinah, the people heard a great rumble, and the news reached ʿĀʾishah. She said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “ʿAbd al-Raḥmān will not enter Paradise except by crawling.”’
“When this was reported to him, he said, ‘Mother! I call you to witness that the whole caravan, with its loads and its gear, is in the path of Allah.’ (2)

Imam Aḥmad recorded this in his Musnad, on the authority of ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Ḥassān from ʿUmārah, and he said: ‘This ḥadith is munkar.’

I (the author) say: In Aḥmad’s wording she said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “I saw ʿAbd al-Raḥmān entering Paradise by crawling.”’ He responded, ‘If I am able, I shall enter it standing,’ and he gave the entire caravan—saddles (3) and loads alike—in the path of Allah.

A group of scholars wrote to inform us: from Abū al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī, and Ibn ʿAllān and others granted us authorisation; al-Kindī informed us; they said: Abū Manṣūr al-Qazzāz informed us; Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb informed us; Ibn al-Mudhhib informed us; al-Qaṭīʿī informed us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; my father told me; Huthayl ibn Maymūn narrated to us, from Muṭṭariḥ ibn Yazīd, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Zaḥr, from ʿAlī

(1) The printed edition omits the passage running from the words “Anbana Abu al-Waqt” up to “Abd ibn Humayd.” (2) Its chain of transmission is weak because of the weakness of Umara ibn Zadhan. The report is also found in Ahmad, Musnad, 6/115; al-Tabarani, no. 264; Ibn Saʿd, 3/1/93; and Abu Nuʿaym, Hilyat al-awliya, 1/98. – Al-ahlas is the plural of hils, the cloth placed directly on a camel’s back beneath the qitb. (3) Al-qitb is a small saddle that fits over the camel’s hump.

عَبْدُ بنُ حُمَيْدٍ (١) ، أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بنُ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ: أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بنَ عَوْفٍ لَمَّا هَاجَرَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ آخَى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ عُثْمَانَ، كَذَا هَذَا. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ لِي حَائِطَيْنِ، فَاخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ. قَالَ: بَلْ دُلَّنِي عَلَى السُّوْقِ، إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: فَكَثُرَ مَالُهُ حَتَّى قَدِمَتْ لَهُ سَبْعُ مَائَةِ رَاحِلَةٍ تَحْمِلُ البُرَّ وَالدَّقِيْقَ وَالطَّعَامَ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَتْ سُمِعَ لأَهْلِ المَدِيْنَةِ رَجَّةٌ، فَبَلَغَ عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الجَنَّةَ إِلاَّ حَبْواً) . فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ، قَالَ: يَا أُمَّهْ! إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكِ أَنَّهَا بِأَحْمَالِهَا وَأَحْلاَسِهَا فِي سَبِيْلِ اللهِ (٢) . أَخْرَجَهُ: أَحْمَدُ فِي (مُسْنَدِهِ) ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بنِ حَسَّانٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ. وَقَالَ: حَدِيْثٌ مُنْكَرٌ. قُلْتُ: وَفِي لَفْظِ أَحْمَدَ، فَقَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (قَدْ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ يَدْخُلُ الجَنَّةَ حَبْواً) . فَقَالَ: إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُ لأَدْخُلَنَّهَا قَائِماً، فَجَعَلَهَا بِأَقْتَابِهَا (٣) وَأَحْمَالِهَا فِي سَبِيْلِ اللهِ. أَخْبَرَنَا جَمَاعَةٌ كِتَابَةً، عَنْ أَبِي الفَرَجِ بنِ الجَوْزِيِّ، وَأَجَازَ لَنَا ابْنُ عَلاَّنَ وَغَيْرُهُ، أَنْبَأَنَا الكِنْدِيُّ، قَالاَ: أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو مَنْصُوْرٍ القَزَّازُ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الخَطِيْبُ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ المُذْهِبِ، أَنْبَأَنَا القَطِيْعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ أَحْمَدَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا هُذَيْلُ بنُ مَيْمُوْن، عَنْ مُطَّرِحِ بنِ يَزِيْدَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بنِ زَحْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ

(١) سقط من المطبوع من قوله " أنبأنا أبو الوقت " إلى قوله " عبد بن حميد ". (٢) إسناده ضعيف لضعف عمارة بن زاذان. وأخرجه أحمد ٦ / ١١٥ والطبراني (٢٦٤) ، وابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ٩٣، وصاحب الحلية ١ / ٩٨. والاحلاس: جمع حلس. وهو الكساء الذي يلي ظهر البعير تحت القتب. (٣) القتب: رحل صغير على قدر السنام.