Al-Zuhd - Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - (140)

952 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Jarawi narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Bilal ibn Abi al-Dardaʾ, that his mother ʿAththāmah lost her sight. One day her son entered upon her after he had performed the prayer. She asked, “Have you prayed, my son?” He replied, “Yes.” Thereupon she recited:

Aththāmah, what ails you, heedless one?
A grievous blow has struck your very home.

If ever you must weep, then weep for the prayer kept at its proper time;
And weep for the Quran when it is being recited—
You were once among those who recited it,
Reciting with reflection while tears streamed from your eyes.

But today you can no longer recite it yourself
Except when someone beside you recites.
Alas for you! My yearning sorrow for you
Will endure for as long as I live.

٩٥٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْجَرَوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ أَنَّ أُمَّهُ عَثَّامَةَ كُفَّ بَصَرُهَا، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا ابْنُهَا يَوْمًا وَقَدْ صَلَّى، فَقَالَتْ: أَصَلَّيْتُمْ أَيْ بُنَيَّ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَتْ: عَثَّامُ مَالَكِ لَاهِيَهْ ... حَلَّتْ بِدَارِكِ دَاهِيَهْ ابْكِي الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ... إِنْ كُنْتِ يَوْمًا بَاكِيَهْ وَابْكِ الْقُرَانَ إِذَا تُلِي ... قَدْ كُنْتِ يَوْمًا تَالِيَهْ تَتْلِينَهُ بِتَفَكُّرٍ ... وَدُمُوعُ عَيْنِكِ جَارِيَهْ فَالْيَوْمَ لَا تَتْلِينَهُ ... إِلَّا وَعِنْدَكَ تَالِيَهْ لَهْفِي عَلَيْكِ صَبَابَةً ... مَا عِشْتُ طُولَ حَيَاتِيَهْ