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nor do you judge us with justice.’ ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) flew into a rage and was about to deal with him when al-Ḥurr said, ‘Commander of the Believers, Allah the Exalted said to His Prophet ﷺ: “Take what is pardoned, enjoin what is right, and turn away from the ignorant,” and this man is one of the ignorant.’ By Allah, once that verse was recited to him ʿUmar went no further, for he would always stop short when the Book of Allah was mentioned. Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

362 – Abū Saʿīd Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ I was a mere boy, yet I used to memorise from him. What keeps me from speaking now is only that there are men here who are older than I.’ Agreed upon.

363 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘No young person honours an elder because of his age without Allah appointing (1) for him someone who will honour him when he grows old.’ Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: ‘It is a singular (2) ḥadīth.’

45 – Chapter: Visiting the righteous, sitting in their company, keeping their companionship and loving them; seeking to visit them, asking them to pray, and visiting blessed places

Allah the Exalted said: ‘And when Moses said to his servant, “I will not cease (3) until I reach the junction of the two seas (4), even if I journey for ages.”’ (al-Kahf : 60) – up to His words – ‘Moses said to him, “May I follow you so that you may teach me something of the guidance you have been taught?”’ And He said: ‘Keep yourself patient with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance.’ (al-Kahf : 28).

(1) That is: a measure or an amount. (2) I say: in other words, it is weak; I have traced the hadith and demonstrated that it has two defects in Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Daifah, no. 304. – N. (3) That is: I will keep on travelling. (4) Meaning: the meeting point of the Persian Sea and the Roman Sea on the eastern side. (The clause “or I shall press on for ages” means: I will journey for a very long time.)

وَلَا تَحْكُمُ فِينَا بِالْعَدْلِ ، فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى هَمَّ أَنْ يُوقِعَ بِهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُرُّ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ لِنَبِيِّهِ ﷺ ﴿ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ ﴾ وَإِنَّ هَذَا مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ . وَاللَّهِ مَا جَاوَزَهَا عُمَرُ حِينَ تَلَاهَا عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ وَقَّافًا عِنْدَ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى . رواه البخاري . ٣٦٢ - وعن أبي سعيد سمرة بن جندب رضي الله عنه قال : لقد كنت على عهد رسول الله ﷺ غلاماً ، فكنت أحفظ عنه ، فما يمنعني من القول إلا أن ههنا رجالاً هم أسن مني . متفق عليه . ٣٦٣ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « مَا أَكْرَمَ شَابٌّ شَيْخاً لِسِنِّهِ إِلَّا قَيَّضَ (١) اللَّهُ لَهُ مَنْ يُكْرِمُهُ عِنْدَ سِنِّهِ » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث غريب (٢) . ٤٥ - باب زيارة أهل الخير ومجالستهم وصحبتهم ومحبتهم وطلب زيارتهم والدعاء منهم وزيارة المواضع الفاضلة قال الله تعالى : ﴿ وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَاهُ لَا أَبْرَحُ (٣) حَتَّىٰ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ (٤) أَوْ أَمْضِيَ حُقُباً ﴾ [ الكهف : ٦٠ ] إلى قوله تعالى : ﴿ قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَىٰ : هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْداً ؟ ﴾ وقال تعالى : ﴿ وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ﴾ [ الكهف : ٢٨ ] .

(١) أي : قدر . (٢) قلت : يعني : ضعيف ، وقد خرجت الحديث وبينت أن له علتين في « الضعيفة » (٣٠٤) . - ن - (٣) أي : لا أزال أسير . (٤) أي : ملتقى بحر فارس والروم مما يلي المشرق . ( أو أمضي حقباً ) أي أسير زمناً طويلاً .