Riyad al-Salihin - Al-Nawawi - (1/632)

Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

be angry like it afterward. I killed a person I was not ordered to kill. Myself, myself, myself! Go to someone else—go to Jesus.”

They will then come to Jesus and say, “O Jesus, you are the messenger of Allah, His Word which He cast to Mary, and a spirit from Him. You spoke to people while still in the cradle. Intercede for us with your Lord—do you not see the condition we are in?” Jesus will answer, “My Lord is angry today with an anger the like of which He has never shown before, nor will ever show again,” and he will mention no sin. “Myself, myself, myself! Go to someone else—go to Muhammad ﷺ.”

In another narration: “They will come to me and say, ‘O Muhammad, you are the messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets; Allah has forgiven you your earlier and later sins. Intercede for us with your Lord—do you not see what has overtaken us?’ I will go and stand beneath the Throne, where I will fall prostrate to my Lord. Allah will then inspire me with praises and beautiful words of exaltation that He has never granted to anyone before me. It will be said: ‘O Muhammad, raise your head; ask and you will be given; intercede and your intercession will be accepted.’ I will raise my head and say, ‘My community, O Lord! My community, O Lord! My community, O Lord!’ He will say, ‘O Muhammad, admit into Paradise from your community those who will face no reckoning through the rightmost gate of the gates of Paradise, yet they may share the other gates with the rest of the people.’” He ﷺ then said, “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, the distance between the two leaves of one of the gates of Paradise (1) is like the distance between Mecca and Hajar, or between Mecca and Busra.” Agreed upon.

1876 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Abraham (peace be upon him) brought the mother of Ishmael and her son Ishmael—she was suckling him—until he settled her by the Sacred House (2), under a large tree above Zamzam at the highest part of the Mosque. At that time there was no one in Mecca, nor any water. He placed them there and left with them a leather pouch containing dates and a water-skin with some water. Then Abraham turned and set off, but the mother of Ishmael followed him

(1) With a kasra on the letter mim, the term denotes the side of a doorway. Hajar—pronounced with fatha on both the ha and the jim—was a major city and the capital of the region known as al-Bahrayn. Busra—pronounced with a damma on the ba and a silent sad—is a well-known town in greater Syria. Note: al-Bahrayn here is not restricted to the present-day island of Bahrain; it also included al-Ahsa, Kuwait, and Qatar. (2) That is, the Kaaba.

يَغْضَبُ بَعْدَهُ مِثْلُهُ ، وَإِنِّي قَدْ قَتَلْتُ نَفْسًا لَمْ أُومَرْ بِقَتْلِهَا ، نَفْسِي نَفْسِي نَفْسِي ؛ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى غَيْرِي ؛ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى عِيسَى . فَيَأْتُونَ عِيسَى فَيَقُولُونَ : يَا عِيسَى أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْهُ ، وَكَلَّمْتَ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ ، اشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَبِّكَ ، أَلَا تَرَى إِلَى مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ ؟ فَيَقُولُ عِيسَى : إِنَّ رَبِّي قَدْ غَضِبَ الْيَوْمَ غَضَبًا لَمْ يَغْضَبْ قَبْلَهُ مِثْلُهُ ، وَلَنْ يَغْضَبَ بَعْدَهُ مِثْلُهُ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ ذَنْبًا ، نَفْسِي نَفْسِي نَفْسِي ؛ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى غَيْرِي ، اذْهَبُوا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : « فَيَأْتُونِي فَيَقُولُونَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، وَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ، اشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَبِّكَ ، أَلَا تَرَى إِلَى مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ ؟ فَأَنْطَلِقُ فَآتِي تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ فَأَقَعُ سَاجِدًا لِرَبِّي ، ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ مَحَامِدِهِ ، وَحُسْنِ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْتَحْهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ قَبْلِي ، ثُمَّ يُقَالُ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ ، سَلْ تُعْطَهُ ، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ ، فَأَرْفَعُ رَأْسِي ، فَأَقُولُ : أُمَّتِي يَا رَبِّ ، أُمَّتِي يَا رَبِّ ، أُمَّتِي يَا رَبِّ ، فَيُقَالُ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَدْخِلْ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ مَنْ لَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْبَابِ الْأَيْمَنِ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ ، وَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ النَّاسِ فِيمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْأَبْوَابِ » . ثُمَّ قَالَ : « وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ الْمِصْرَاعَيْنِ (١) مِنْ مَصَارِيعِ الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَهَجَرَ ، أَوْ كَمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَبُصْرَى » . متفق عليه . ١٨٧٦ - وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قَالَ : جَاءَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ بِأُمِّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَبِابْنِهَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُهُ ، حَتَّى وَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ (٢) ، عِنْدَ دَوْحَةٍ فَوْقَ زَمْزَمَ فِي أَعْلَى الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَلَيْسَ بِمَكَّةَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَحَدٌ ، وَلَيْسَ بِهَا مَاءٌ ، فَوَضَعَهُمَا هُنَاكَ ، وَوَضَعَ عِنْدَهُمَا جِرَابًا فِيهِ تَمْرٌ ، وَسِقَاءٌ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ، ثُمَّ قَفَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُنْطَلِقًا ، فَتَبِعَتْهُ أُمُّ

(١) بكسر الميم : جانب الباب . (وهجر) بفتح الهاء والجيم : مدينة عظيمة وهي قاعدة بلاد البحرين . (وبصرى) بضم الباء وسكون الصاد : مدينة معروفة في الشام . قلت : البحرين : ليست المقصود جزيرة البحرين فحسب وإنما معها الإحساء والكويت وقطر . (٢) أي : الكعبة .