Al-Furūsiyya - Ibn al-Qayyim - (الكتاب/16)

“And indeed it is a right upon Allah that He does not raise anything of this world without lowering it.”

I said: Reflect on his wording in the first narration: “that He does not raise anything,” and in the second: “that He does not raise anything of this world without lowering it.” Thus, the lowering is assigned to whatever has itself risen and become elevated (1), not to the one whom He—exalted is He—raises; for if He elevates a servant through his obedience and honors him by it, He will never abase him (2).

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As for (3) his Companions’ engaging in archery contests in his presence:

In Sahih al-Bukhari (4) it is reported from Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a group of his Companions (5) who were shooting arrows in the marketplace. He said, “Shoot, O sons of Ishmael, for your father was an archer. Shoot, and I am with the clan of so-and-so.” Salamah added: One of the two teams thereupon laid down their bows. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, “Why are you not shooting?” They replied, “How can we shoot when you are with them?” He said, “Shoot, for I am with all of you.”

(1) In manuscripts H and Mat the wording is “aw irtafaʿ” (or rose higher). (2) In H and Mat “biha” (with it) appears in place of “abadan” (ever). (3) In Z the text reads “fi” (in) instead of “wa amma” (whereas). (4) Hadith no. 2743. (5) In Sahih al-Bukhari the expression occurs in its three locations with the wording “bi-nafar” (with a group)—one report has “ʿala qawm” (against a people)—referring to the tribe of Aslam, as in manuscript H. The phrase “bi-s-suq” (in the marketplace) is recorded by al-Bukhari under no. 3316, showing that Ibn al-Qayyim combines these variant narrations into a single continuous account.

"وإنَّ حقًّا على اللهِ ﷿ أن لا يرفعَ شيئًا من الدُّنيا إلا وضَعَهُ". قلتُ: تأمَّل قوله في اللفظ الأول: "أن لا يرفع شيئًا"، وفي اللفظ الثاني: "أن لا يرفع شيئًا من الدُّنيا إلا وضَعَهُ"، فجعل الوضع لما رفع وارتفع (١)، لا لما رَفَعَه سبحانه؛ فإنه سبحانه إذا رفع عبدَه بطاعتِه، وأعزَّه بها، لا يَضعُه أبدًا (٢). فصلٌ وأما (٣) تناضل أصحابه بالرمي بحضرته: ففي "صحيح البخاري" (٤) عن سلمة بن الأكوع قال: مرَّ رسول الله ﷺ على نفرٍ من أصحابه (٥) ينتضلونَ بالسُّوقِ، فقال: "ارموا يا بني إسماعيلَ فإنَّ أباكُم كان راميًا، ارموا وأنا مع بني فُلانٍ". قال: فأمسك أحدُ الفريقين بأيديهم، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: "ما لكُم لا تَرمونَ؟ "، فقالوا: كيف نرمي وأنت معهم؟ فقال: "ارموا، وأنا معكم كلكم".

(١) في (ح، مط) (أو ارتفع). (٢) في (ح، مط) (بها) بدلًا من (أبدًا). (٣) في (ظ) (في) بدلًا من (وأما). (٤) رقم (٢٧٤٣). (٥) في صحيح البخاري في مواضعه الثلاثة بنفر - وفي رواية (على قوم) - من أسلم، كما في (ح). ولفظة (بالسوق): أوْرَدها البخاري برقم (٣٣١٦) وهذا يدل على أن ابن القيم يجمع بين الروايات في سياق واحد.