Al-Zuhd - Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - (260)

1874 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; ʿAlī narrated to us; Siyyar narrated to us; Jaʿfar narrated to us; Mālik narrated to us; he said: Moses, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ, sent Bilʿām ibn Bāʿūrāʾ to the king of Midian, inviting him to Allah—exalted is He. Bilʿām’s supplications were answered, and he was one of the scholars of the Children of Israel. Moses (upon him be peace) would place him at the forefront in times of hardship: whenever a calamity befell them, Bilʿām would supplicate and Moses would say “āmīn.” Mālik said: The king kept granting him estates and gifts, again and again, until Bilʿām abandoned his faith and followed the king’s religion. Thereupon Allah—exalted is He—revealed: “And recite to them the story of the one to whom We gave Our signs, but he detached himself from them…” (al-Aʿrāf 7:175), to the end of the verse.

١٨٧٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ قَالَ: بَعَثَ مُوسَى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلْعَامَ بْنَ بَاعَوْرَاءَ إِلَى مَلِكِ مَدْيَنَ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – وَكَانَ مُجَابَ الدَّعْوَةِ وَكَانَ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَانَ مُوسَى (عليه السلام) يُقَدِّمُهُ فِي الشَّدَائِدِ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ بِهِ يَدْعُو وَيُؤَمِّنُ مُوسَى (عليه السلام) قَالَ: فَأَقْطَعَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ وَأَقْطَعَهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ، فَتَرَكَ دِينَهُ وَتَبِعَ دِينَهُ قَالَ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ – Exalté soit-Il – ﴿وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا﴾ [الأعراف: ١٧٥] الْآيَةَ "