Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (1/212)

Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-ṢāliḥīnIbn al-'Uthaymin

So they took him and climbed the mountain. The boy prayed, “O Allah, protect me from them in whatever way You will.” The mountain quaked beneath them, they all plunged to their deaths, and the boy returned on foot to the king. The king asked, “What became of the men who were with you?” He replied, “Allah Most High delivered me from them.”

The king then handed him to another group of attendants and said, “Take him aboard a qurqūr (large boat), sail to the middle of the sea; if he recants his religion, release him—otherwise, cast him overboard.” They set out with him, and he prayed, “O Allah, protect me from them in whatever way You will.” The boat overturned and they drowned, while the boy once more walked back to the king. The king asked, “What happened to your companions?” He answered, “Allah Most High delivered me from them.”

The boy said to the king, “You will never be able to kill me unless you do what I instruct you.” The king asked, “And what is that?” He replied, “Gather all the people on an open plain, tie me to the trunk of a tree, take an arrow from my quiver, place it on the bowstring, and say, ‘In the name of Allah, Lord of the boy,’ then shoot me. If you do that, you will kill me.”

So the king assembled the people on a single plain, tied the boy to a trunk, took an arrow from the boy’s quiver, set it on the bowstring, and proclaimed, “In the name of Allah, Lord of the boy.” He shot him, and the arrow struck the boy in his temple. The boy put his hand to the wound and died. The people cried out, “We believe in the Lord of the boy!”

Someone reported to the king, “See what you feared? By Allah, the very thing you dreaded has come to pass—the people have believed.” The king ordered trenches to be dug at the road junctions; they were dug and fires were kindled in them. Then he announced, “Whoever does not renounce his faith, hurl him into the fire,” or they were told, “Plunge in!” They complied until a woman arrived carrying her infant. She hesitated to jump, but her child said, “Mother, be steadfast, for you are on the truth.” (Reported by Muslim)

فذهبوا به فصعدوا به الجبل، فقال: اللهم اكفينهم بما شئت فرجف بهم الجبل فسقطوا وجاء يمشي إلي الملك فقال له الملك: ما فعل بك بأصحابك؟ فقال: كفانيهم الله تعالي، فدفعه إلي نفر من اصحابه فقال: اذهبوا به فاحملوه في قرقور وتوسطوا به البحر، فغن رجع عن دينه وإلا فاقذفوه، فذهبوا به فقال: اللهم اكفينهم بما شئت فانكفات بهم السفينة فغرقوا، وجاء يمشي إلي الملك فقال له الملك: ما فعل بأصحابك؟ فقال: كفانيهم الله تعالي، فقال الملك: إنك لست بقاتلي حتى تفعل ما أمرك به، قال: ما هو؟ قال: تجمع الناس في صعيد واحد وتصلبني على جذع، ثم خذ سهما من كنانتي، ثم ضع السهم في كبد القوس، ثم قل: بسم الله رب الغلام، ثم ارمني، فإنك إذا فعلت ذلك قتلتني. فجمع الناس في صعيد واحد، وصلبه على جذع ثم أخذ سهما من كنانته، ثم وضع السهم في كبد القوس، ثم قال: بسم رب الغلام، ثم رماه فوقع السهم في صدغة، فوضع يده في صدغه فمات. فقال الناس: آمنا برب الغلام، فأتي الملك فقيل له: أرأيت ما كنت تحذر؟ قد والله نزل بك حذرك. قد آمن الناس. فأمر بالأخدود بأفواه السكك فخدت، واضرم فيها النيران وقال: من لم يرجع عن دينه فاقحموه فيها، أو قيل له: اقتحم، ففعلوا، حتى جاءت امرأة ومعها صبي لها، فتقاعست أن تقع فيها، فقال لها الغلام: يا أماه اصبري فإنك على الحق)) (رواه مسلم) .