Al-Zuhd - Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - (45)

ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us—my father narrated to us—Yazīd narrated to us—Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Mujabbar informed us—from Zayd ibn Aslam, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Noah, peace be upon him, said to his son: ‘My son, I shall leave you with a single advice and restrict it to these words so that you never forget it. I enjoin two things upon you and I forbid you two things.

As for the two I enjoin: I have observed that they often ascend to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and His righteous servants rejoice in them:

The words “Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdih” (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him); they are the prayer of all creation, and by them creation receives its provision.
The words “Lā ilāha illā Allāh, alone without partner”; if the heavens and the earth were a single ring, these words would shatter it, and if they were placed on one pan of a scale, they would outweigh everything else.

As for the two I forbid you: associating partners with Allah and arrogance. If you can meet Allah, Mighty and Majestic, with a heart free of shirk and arrogance, then do so.’”

٢٨٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أبِي، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْمُجَبَّرِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: " قَالَ نُوحٌ (عليه السلام) لِابْنِهِ: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنِّي مُوصِيكَ بِوَصِيَّةٍ وَقَاصِرٌ بِهَا عَلَيْكَ حَتَّى لَا تَنْسَاهَا؛ أُوصِيكَ بَاثْنَتَيْنِ، وَأَنْهَاكَ عَنِ اثْنَتَيْنِ؛ فَأَمَّا اللَّتَانِ أُوصِيكَ بِهِمَا، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُمَا يُكْثِرَانِ الْوُلُوجَ عَلَى اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il –، وَرَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ – Exalté soit-Il – يَسْتَبْشِرُ بِهِمَا، وَصَالِحُ خَلْقِهِ؛ قَوْلُ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ فَإِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْخَلْقِ، وَبِهَا يُرْزَقُ الْخَلْقُ، وَقَوْلُ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، فَإِنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَوْ كُنَّ حَلْقَةً لَفَصَمَتْهَا، وَلَوْ كُنَّ فِي كِفَّةٍ لَرَجَحَتْ بِهِنَّ، وَأَمَّا اللَّتَانِ أَنْهَاكَ عَنْهُمَا فَالشِّرْكُ وَالْكِبْرُ؛ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَلْقَى اللَّهَ – Exalté soit-Il – وَلَيْسَ فِي قَلْبِكَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ شِرْكٍ، وَلَا كِبْرٍ فَافْعَلْ "