Riyad al-Salihin - Al-Nawawi - (1/46)

Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

—in another narration he said—“I loved her with a love stronger than any man has for a woman. I tried to entice her into giving herself to me,¹ but she refused. Then a year of hardship struck her,² and she came to me. I gave her one hundred and twenty dinars on condition that she would leave herself to me, and she agreed. When I had the power over her—(in another wording: when I had sat between her legs)—she said, ‘Fear Allah, and do not break the seal except in its lawful way.’³ So I withdrew from her, although she was the dearest of people to me, and I left her the gold I had given her. O Allah, if I did that seeking Your Face, then relieve us of what we are in with respect to this rock.” The rock shifted further, yet they were still unable to get out.

The third said, “O Allah, I once hired some labourers and paid them their wages, except for one man who left before taking what was due to him. I invested his wage until it produced a great wealth. After some time he returned and said, ‘Servant of Allah, pay me my wage.’ I said, ‘Everything you see—camels, cattle, sheep, and slaves—has grown from your wage.’ He said, ‘Servant of Allah, do not make fun of me!’ I replied, ‘I am not making fun of you.’ He took it all and drove it away, leaving nothing behind. O Allah, if I did that seeking Your Face, then relieve us of what we are in.” The rock opened completely, and they came out walking.⁴ Agreed upon.

2 – Chapter on Repentance

The scholars said: Repentance is obligatory for every sin. If the sin is solely between the servant and Allah Most High and does not involve the right of any human being, it has three conditions:

(1) One manuscript reads as in the main text; another has the wording “faraawadtu-ha,” meaning that he asked of her what a husband normally seeks from his wife. (2) That is, she was overtaken by a year of drought and famine. (3) This is a euphemism for the private parts and the hymen; the intended sense is: do not lose your chastity except through marriage. (4) The hadith teaches supplication in times of distress and mentions seeking intercession (tawassul) through one’s righteous deeds; the same applies to tawassul by invoking the divine names and attributes or by requesting the prayer of a pious person. By contrast, tawassul through the mere persons of prophets or saints has no basis and in fact conflicts with the legislated forms of intercession.

رِوَايَةٌ : كُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ - فَأَرَدْتُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا (١) فَامْتَنَعَتْ مِنِّي حَتَّى أَلَمَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ مِنَ السِّنِينَ (٢) فَجَاءَتْنِي فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى أَنْ تُخَلِّيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهَا فَفَعَلَتْ ، حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا - وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا - قَالَتْ : اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلَا تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ (٣) إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ ، فَانْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهَا وَهِيَ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ وَتَرَكْتُ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُهَا ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ ، فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْخُرُوجَ مِنْهَا . وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ : اللَّهُمَّ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجْرَاءً وَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ غَيْرَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ تَرَكَ الَّذِي لَهُ وَذَهَبَ ، فَثَمَّرْتُ أَجْرَهُ حَتَّى كَثُرَتْ مِنْهُ الْأَمْوَالُ ، فَجَاءَنِي بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ : يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَدِّ إِلَيَّ أَجْرِي ، فَقُلْتُ : كُلُّ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَجْرِكَ : مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالرَّقِيقِ . فَقَالَ : يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ لَا تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي ! فَقُلْتُ : لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ ، فَأَخَذَهُ كُلَّهُ فَاسْتَاقَهُ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا : اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ (٤) مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . ٢ - باب التوبة قال العلماء : التَّوْبَةُ وَاجِبَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ ، فَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَعْصِيَةُ بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لَا تَتَعَلَّقُ بِحَقِّ آدَمِيٍّ فَلَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ شُرُوطٍ :

(١) كذا في نسخة ، وفي أخرى « فراودتها » أي : طلبت منها ما يطلب الرجل من زوجه . (٢) أي : نزلت بها سنة من السنين المجدبة . (٣) كناية عن الفرج وعذرة البكارة ، والمعنى : لا تزل عفافياً إلا بالزواج . (٤) وفي الحديث الدعاء عند الكرب ، وتوسل الداعي بعمله الصالح ومثله التوسل بأسماء الله وصفاته ودعاء الرجل الصالح ، وأما التوسل بذوات الأنبياء والأولياء فمما لا أصل له ، بل هو معارض للتوسل المشروع .