Zād al-Maʿād - Ibn al-Qayyim - (1/459)

Zād al-MaʿādIbn al-Qayyim

Ibn Ishāq said (1): The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then delivered another sermon, saying:

“All praise belongs to Allah. I praise Him and seek His help. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from our evil deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can lead astray; whoever He leads astray, none can guide. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, without partner.

“The finest speech is the Book of Allah. Successful indeed is the person in whose heart Allah has made it beautiful, whom He has brought into Islam after disbelief, and who has preferred it to all other human speech. It is the finest and most eloquent speech. Love what Allah loves (2). Love Allah with all your hearts. Do not grow weary of Allah’s words and His remembrance, nor let your hearts become hardened toward them. For [Allah chooses and selects from all that He creates], and He has called it His choicest among deeds [and His elect among servants], and the wholesome among words and among all that people have been given of the lawful and the unlawful.

“So worship Allah and associate nothing with Him. Fear Him as He should be feared, and be true to Allah in the good words you utter. Love one another through Allah’s life-giving guidance. Allah is angered when His covenant is broken. Peace be upon you.”

Some of his sermons, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, have already been mentioned in the discussion of his practice when delivering sermons (3).

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It was his practice, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to honour and esteem this day and devote to it particular acts of worship that distinguish it from other days.

The jurists differed as to whether this day or the Day of ‘Arafah is superior. There are two views, and they are

(1) Al-Sīrah (The Prophet’s Biography) by Ibn Hishām (1/501); the text in square brackets is taken from it. Also transmitted by al-Bayhaqī in Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah (The Signs of Prophethood) (2/524–525), with the chain of transmission given in the preceding source citation. (2) “Love what Allah loves” is absent from Kāf and ‘Ayn. (3) The sentence “Some of his sermons … delivering sermons” is absent from Sād, Qāf, and Mīm. Another section on his practice in delivering sermons, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, will also follow.

قال ابن إسحاق (١): ثم خطب رسول الله ﷺ مرةً أخرى، فقال: «إنَّ الحمد لله، أحمده وأستعينه. نعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا. من يهده الله فلا مُضِلَّ له، ومن يُضلِل فلا هادي له. وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له. إنَّ أحسنَ الحديث كتابُ الله. قد أفلح من زيَّنه الله في قلبه وأدخله في الإسلام بعد الكفر، فاختاره على ما سواه من أحاديث الناس. إنه أحسنُ الحديث وأبلغُه. أحِبُّوا ما أحبَّ الله (٢). أحِبُّوا الله من كلِّ قلوبكم. ولا تملُّوا كلام الله وذكره، ولا تقسُ عنه قلوبكم؛ فإنه [من كلِّ ما يخلُق الله يختار ويصطفي] قد سمَّاه خِيرَتَه من الأعمال [ومصطفاه من العباد] والصالحَ من الحديث، ومن كلِّ ما أوتي الناسُ من الحلال والحرام. فاعبدوا الله ولا تشركوا به شيئًا، واتقوه حقَّ تقاته، واصدقوا الله صالحَ ما تقولون بأفواهكم. وتحابُّوا بروح الله بينكم. إنَّ الله يغضب أن يُنْكَث عهدُه. والسلام عليكم». وقد تقدَّم طرَفٌ من خطبه ﷺ عند ذكر هديه في الخطبة (٣). فصل وكان من هديه ﷺ تعظيم هذا اليوم، وتشريفه، وتخصيصه بعبادات يختصَّ بها عن غيره. وقد اختلف الفقهاء: هل هو أفضل أم يوم عرفة؟ على قولين، وهما

(١) «السيرة» لابن هشام (١/ ٥٠١) وما بين المعقوفين منه. وأخرجه البيهقي في «دلائل النبوة» (٢/ ٥٢٤، ٥٢٥) بالإسناد المذكور في التخريج السابق. (٢) «أحبوا ما أحب الله» ساقط من ك، ع. (٣) الجملة «وقد تقدم ... الخطبة» لم ترد في ص، ق، م. وسيأتي فصل آخر أيضًا في هديه ﷺ في خطبه.