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and, when the word is written with the dotted ẓāʾ, it signifies the one who hoards and withholds; others said it refers to the big man who struts in his walk, and others said: the short, pot-bellied man.

258 – Abu ʿAbbās Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: A man passed by the Prophet ﷺ, and he asked a man who was sitting beside him, “What is your opinion of this man?” He replied, “He is one of the nobles of the people; by Allah, he is certainly, if he proposes marriage, someone who should be married (1), and if he intercedes, his intercession should be granted.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept silent. Then another man passed by, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, “What is your opinion of this one?” He answered, “Messenger of Allah, this man is one of the poor Muslims; he is surely, if he proposes, someone who will not be married, if he intercedes, his intercession will not be accepted, and if he speaks, his words will not be listened to.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “This man is better than a whole earth full of the likes of that one.” Agreed upon.

His saying “ḥarī” – with an open ḥāʾ, a kasra beneath the rāʾ, and a doubled yāʾ – means “deserving.” His saying “shafaʿa” – with a fatḥa on the fāʾ.

259 – Abu Saʿīd al-Khudrī, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Paradise and Hell (2) disputed. Hell said, ‘In me are the tyrants and the arrogant,’ and Paradise said, ‘In me are the weak and the needy among the people.’ Allah judged between them: ‘You, Paradise, are My mercy; through you I show mercy to whom I will. And you, Hell, are My punishment; through you I punish whom I will. The filling of each of you is incumbent upon Me.’ ” Narrated by Muslim.

260 – Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “Indeed, a man will come …”

(1) That is: he gives her in marriage. (2) That is: Paradise and Hellfire disputed with one another. The compiler, rahimahu Allah (may Allah have mercy on him), comments: “This hadith is to be understood according to its outward wording; Allah granted both the Fire and the Garden the faculty of perception by which they could argue….” I add: Muslim does not quote the hadith in full; he mentions only its beginning and its end, referring the omitted middle part to the preceding narration of Abu Hurayra, although its wording there differs from what we have here. Imam Ahmad (3/79) records the complete text, identical to the compiler’s quotation, so it appears the compiler took it from Ahmad yet still attributed it to Muslim. Furthermore, al-Bukhari includes the hadith in the Tafsir section from Abu Hurayra in a version even more complete than the one narrated by Abu Saʿid. Citing al-Bukhari would therefore have been preferable.

وبالظاء المعجمة : وَهُوَ الْجَمُوعُ الْمَنُوعُ ، وَقِيلَ : الضَّخْمُ الْمُخْتَالُ فِي مِشْيَتِهِ ، وَقِيلَ : الْقَصِيرُ الْبَطِينُ . ٢٥٨ - وعن أبي عباس سهل بن سعد الساعدي رضي الله عنه قال : مَرَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ : « مَا رَأْيُكَ فِي هَذَا ؟ » فَقَالَ : رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ ، هَذَا وَاللَّهِ حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ يُنْكَحَ (١) وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ يُشَفَّعَ . فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « مَا رَأْيُكَ فِي هَذَا ؟ » فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ لَا يُنْكَحَ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ لَا يُشَفَّعَ وَإِنْ قَالَ أَنْ لَا يُسْمَعَ لِقَوْلِهِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلُ هَذَا » مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . قوله : « حَرِيٌّ » هو بفتح الحاء وكسر الراء وتشديد الياء : أي حقيق . وقوله « شَفَعَ » بفتح الفاء . ٢٥٩ - وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه عن النبي ﷺ قال : « أَحْتَجَّتِ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ (٢) فَقَالَتِ النَّارُ : فِيَّ الْجَبَّارُونَ وَالْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ ، وَقَالَتِ الْجَنَّةُ : فِيَّ ضُعَفَاءُ النَّاسِ وَمَسَاكِينُهُمْ ، فَقَضَى اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا : إِنَّكِ الْجَنَّةُ رَحْمَتِي أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ ، وَإِنَّكِ النَّارُ عَذَابِي أُعَذِّبُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ ، وَلِكُلِّكُمَا عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُهَا » رواه مسلم . ٢٦٠ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن رسول الله ﷺ قال : « إِنَّهُ لَيَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ

(١) أي : يزوج . (٢) أي : تخاصمت الجنة والنار . قال المصنف رحمه الله تعالى : « هذا الحديث على ظاهره ، وإن الله تعالى جعل في النار والجنة تمييزاً تدركان به فتحاجتا . . . » . أقول : إن مسلماً لم يسق الحديث بتمامه ، وإنما ذكر طرفه الأول ، والأخير فقط ، وأحال في سائره على حديث أبي هريرة قبله بمعناه ، ويختلفه لفظه عما هنا . نعم أخرجه الإمام أحمد (٣/٧٩) بتمامه كما ساقه المصنف بالحرف الواحد ، فكأنه نقله منه ثم عزاه لمسلم ! ثم إن الحديث عند البخاري في « التفسير » من حديث أبي هريرة بأتم من حديث أبي سعيد ، فلو أن المؤلف أثره بالذكر لكان أولى .