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Section (1) The Fifth Scene (2): [The Scene of Divine Favor] (3)
(4) It is for the servant to realize that every favor belongs to Allah—glorified be He—for (5) He is the One who stationed him in this rank and made him fit for it (6). He enabled both his heart and his body to stand in His service. Had it not been for Allah—exalted is He—(7) none of this would have come about, just as the Companions used to chant (8) before the Prophet ﷺ:
By Allah, were it not for Allah we would not have been guided,
Nor would we have given charity, nor would we have prayed. (9)
(1) Omitted from manuscript C.
(2) Omitted from manuscript C.
(3) The text within square brackets is omitted from the base manuscript and has been supplied from manuscripts B and C.
(4) Omitted from the base manuscript and supplied from manuscripts B and C.
(5) Manuscript C reads “where” in place of “its being.”
(6) Omitted from the base manuscript and supplied from manuscript B. The phrase “the station and its people belong to Him” is omitted from manuscript C.
(7) Manuscript B reads “what was.”
(8) “Al-hadhw: driving camels and singing to them.” Lisan al-Arab, 14:168. Ibn Hajar said: “This was their custom when they wished to encourage the camels on a journey: one of them would dismount, drive them, and chant to them.” Fath al-Bari, 7:532.
(9) Al-Bukhari records two reports: the first indicates that the speaker was Abdullah ibn Rawaha, may Allah be pleased with him, while the other identifies him as Amir ibn al-Akwa, may Allah be pleased with him. Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Military Expeditions, ch. 30, “The Expedition of the Trench,” 5:57, no. 4106; and ch. 39, “The Expedition of Khaybar,” 5:86, no. 4196. Muslim also narrates it from Amir: Sahih Muslim, Book of Jihad, ch. 45, “The Expedition of Dhu Qarad and Others,” 3:1427, no. 123; 3:1423, no. 132. Ibn Hajar said: “It is possible that he and Amir
فصل (١) المشهد (٢) الخامس: [مشهد المِنَّة] (٣)
[وهو] (٤) أن يشهد أن المِنَّة لله -سبحانه-، كونه (٥) أقامه في هذا المقام وأهله [له] (٦). ووفقه لقيام قلبه وبدنه في خدمته. فلولا الله - سبحانه - لم يكن (٧) شيء من ذلك، كما كان الصحابة يَحْدُونَ (٨) بين يدي النبي ﷺ فيقولون:
والله لولا الله ما اهتدينا … ولا تصدقنا ولا صلينا (٩)
(١) ساقطة من ج.
(٢) ساقطة من ج.
(٣) ما بين المعكوفين ساقط من الأصل، وأثبت من ب، و ج.
(٤) ساقطة من الأصل، وأثبتت من ب، و ج.
(٥) في ج (حيث) بدل (كونه).
(٦) ساقطة من الأصل، وأثبتت من ب، وجملة: (المقام وأهله له) ساقطة من ج.
(٧) في ب (ما كان).
(٨) "الحَذْو: سَوْق الإبل والغناء لها". (لسان العرب ١٤/ ١٦٨).
قال ابن حجر: "وهذه كانت عادتهم إذا أرادوا تنشيط الإبل في السير ينزل بعضهم فيسوقها ويحدو في تلك الحال". (فتح الباري ٧/ ٥٣٢).
(٩) وردت عند البخاري روايتان: أولاهما تفيد أن قائله: عبد الله بن رواحة ﵁، والأخرى أنه: عامر بن الأكوع ﵁، (صحيح البخاري)، كتاب المغازي، باب ٣٠ - غزوة الخندق، ٥/ ٥٧، ح ٤١٠٦، وباب ٣٩ - غزوة خيبر ٥/ ٨٦، ح ٤١٩٦). ورواه مسلم لعامر، (صحيح مسلم، كتاب الجهاد، باب ٤٥ - غزوة ذي قرد وغيرها، ٣/ ص ١٤٢٧، ح ١٢٣، ص ١٤٢٣، ح ١٣٢). قال ابن حجر: "فيحتمل أن يكون هو وعامر =