Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/217)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

its issuing from mountains, because they contain cavities and caves. They and similar formations generally echo loud sounds. Thus, as Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr stated, whenever he delivered a sermon in the Sacred Precinct while governor of Medina, the mountains Abū Qubays and Zarūd would echo back to him—but without glorifying Allah, for such glorification was one of the miracles granted to David, peace be upon him. Even so, the glorification of Allah by the pebbles in the hands of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, Abū Bakr, Umar, and Uthmān was more wondrous.”1 Thus ends his statement, may Allah have mercy on him.

The point established by all of this is that these created beings truly glorify Allah Most High in a manner that people neither comprehend nor hear. Yet Allah may will to let whomever He chooses among His servants hear some of it, as stated in the foregoing texts.

There is no doubt that this contains the greatest lesson and the most profound admonition for people, if they reflect upon the state of these mountains—hard stones and solid rocks—and consider how they glorify their Lord with praise, humble themselves before Him, prostrate, tremble with fear, and fall down in awe of Him. Despite their strength and immense size, they feared their Lord, Originator, and Creator regarding the Trust when He offered it to them, and they shrank from bearing it.

Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said while discussing this momentous subject: “Glory be to Him who singles out for His mercy whomever He wills among mountains and men… Moreover, they know full well that they have an appointed time and a day on which they will be utterly pulverized and become like carded wool because of that day’s terror and magnitude. They therefore dread that terrible appointment and await it… Such is the state of the mountains, though they are hard stones; such are their tenderness, humility, and crumbling before the majesty and greatness of their Lord. Their Originator and Maker has informed us concerning them that if He were to send down

(1) *Al-Bidāya wa-al-Nihāya*, 6/286.

صدور ذلك من الجبال لما فيها من التجاويف والكهوف، فإنَّها وما شاكلها تردّد صدى الأصوات العالية غالباً كما قال عبد الله بن الزبير كان إذا خطب وهو أمير المدينة بالحرم الشريف تجاوبه الجبال أبو قبيس وزَرُود، ولكن من غير تسبيح، فإنَّ ذلك من معجزات داود ﵇، ومع هذا كان تسبيح الحصا في كفِّ رسول الله ﷺ وأبي بكر وعمر وعثمان أعجب"١ اهـ. كلامه ﵀. والشّاهد مِن ذلك كلِّه هو أنَّ هذه الكائنات تسبِّح الله تعالى تسبيحاً حقيقاً لا يفقهه النّاس ولا يسمعونه، وقد يشاء الله فيُسمِع بعض ذلك من يشاء مِن عباده كما في النصوص المتقدّمة. ولا ريب أنَّ في هذا أَعظمَ عبرةٍ وأجلَّ عِظةٍ للنّاس إذ تدبّروا في حال هذه الجبال وهي الحجارة الصلبة والصخور الصّمّاء كيف أنَّها تسبِّح بحمد ربِّها وتخشع له وتسجد وتشفق وتهبط من خشيته، وكيف أنّها خافت من ربِّها وفاطرها وخالقها على شدّتها وعِظم خلقها من الأمانة إذ عرَضَها عليها وأشفقت من حملها. قال ابن القيِّم ﵀ وهو يتحدّثُ عن هذا الباب العظيم: "فسبحان من اختصَّ برحمته من شاء مِن الجبال والرِّجال ... هذا وإنَّها لَتعلمُ أنَّ لها موعداً ويوماً تنسف فيها نسفاً، وتصير كالعهن من هوله وعظمه، فهي مشفقةٌ من هول ذلك الموعد، منتظرةٌ له ... فهذا حال الجبال وهي الحجارة الصلبة، وهذه رقّتُها وخشيتُها وتدكدكها من جلال ربِّها وعظمته، وقد أخبر عنها فاطرُها وباريها أنَّه لو أنزل

١ البداية والنهاية (٦/٢٨٦) .