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this humility—one of the means by which Allah raised him still higher.
Likewise, when one of his Companions prostrated himself before him, he forbade him from doing so and said:
“Prostration is fitting for Allah alone.” (1)
Likewise, when some people used to say, “What Allah wills and Muhammad wills,” he said:
“Have you made me a rival to Allah?! Say: ‘What Allah wills, then what Muhammad wills.’” (2)
And he said in his supplication:
“I am wretched and poor, imploring aid and seeking refuge, fearful and apprehensive, acknowledging and confessing my sin. I ask You as one in need asks; I beseech You as a lowly sinner beseeches; and I call upon You with the fearful supplication of one whose neck has bowed before You, whose body has been humbled, and whose nose has been abased before You.” (3)
And other such—
(1) I did not find the hadith in this form. *Al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 5/227–228, 6, contains two hadiths: the first is narrated from Mu‘ādh and the second from ‘Ā’ishah—may Allah be pleased with them both. Their substance is that some of the Messenger of Allah’s Companions—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—asked him to permit them to prostrate before him, but he forbade them from doing so. A third hadith conveying the same meaning is narrated from Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh—may Allah be pleased with him—in *Sunan al-Dārimī*, 1/10–11 (Introduction, chapter on the honor Allah bestowed upon His Prophet through trees, animals, and jinn believing in him).
(2) I did not find the hadith in this wording, but I found a similar hadith in *al-Musnad* (al-Ma‘ārif ed.), 2/253. Its wording is: “Ibn ‘Abbās reported that a man said to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—‘What Allah wills and what you will.’ The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—replied: ‘Have you made me an equal to Allah? Rather, what Allah alone wills.’” A hadith with similar wording is also narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās—may Allah be pleased with them both—in *al-Musnad* (al-Ma‘ārif ed.), 4/193 and 5/85; an abridged version appears at 3/296. Ibn Hajar cited this hadith in *Fath al-Bārī* (al-Salafiyyah ed.), 11/540, stating that it is found in Ahmad’s *Musnad* and *Sunan al-Nasā’ī*. See also: *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 1/684–685; *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.).
(3) I was unable to locate this hadith.
هَذَا التَّوَاضُعُ مِمَّا زَادَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ رِفْعَةً.
وَكَذَلِكَ لَمَّا سَجَدَ لَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ:
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«إِنَّهُ لَا يَصْلُحُ السُّجُودُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ»
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(١)
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وَكَذَلِكَ لَمَّا كَانَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ:
«مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ،
قَالَ:
" أَجَعَلْتَنِي نِدًّا لِلَّهِ؟ ! قُلْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ شَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ» "
(٢)
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وَقَوْلُهُ فِي دُعَائِهِ:
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«أَنَا الْبَائِسُ الْفَقِيرُ الْمُسْتَغِيثُ الْمُسْتَجِيرُ الْوَجِلُ الْمُشْفِقُ الْمُعْتَرِفُ الْمُقِرُّ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَسْأَلُكَ مَسْأَلَةَ الْمِسْكِينِ، وَأَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ ابْتِهَالَ الْمُذْنِبِ الذَّلِيلِ، وَأَدْعُوكَ دُعَاءَ الْخَائِفِ، مَنْ خَضَعَتْ لَهُ رَقَبَتُهُ، وَذَلَّ جَسَدُهُ، وَرَغِمَ أَنْفُهُ لَكَ»
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(٣)
. . وَنَحْوُ
(١) لَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذِهِ الصِّيغَةِ، وَالَّذِي فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٥/٢٢٧ - ٢٢٨، ٦ حَدِيثَانِ: الْأَوَّلُ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ وَالثَّانِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فَحْوَاهُمَا أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَغِبُوا إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُمْ فِي السُّجُودِ فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ. وَفِي سُنَنِ الدَّارِمِيِّ ١/١٠ - ١١ (الْمُقَدِّمَةُ، بَابُ مَا أَكْرَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ مِنْ إِيمَانِ الشَّجَرِ بِهِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ وَالْجِنِّ) حَدِيثٌ ثَالِثٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِنَفْسِ الْمَعْنَى
(٢) لَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ: وَلَكِنِّي وَجَدْتُ حَدِيثًا مُقَارِبًا فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٢/٢٥٣ لَفْظُهُ: عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشِئْتَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَجَعَلْتَنِي وَاللَّهَ عِدْلًا، بَلْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ ". وَالْحَدِيثُ بِلَفْظٍ مُقَارِبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي: الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٤/١٩٣، ٥/٨٥ وَجَاءَ مُخْتَصَرًا ٣/٢٩٦. وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ حَجَرٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِي " فَتْحِ الْبَارِي " (ط. السَّلَفِيَّةِ) ١١/٥٤٠ وَقَالَ إِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ فِي مُسْنَدِ أَحْمَدَ وَسُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ وَانْظُرْ: سُنَنَ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ١/٦٨٤ - ٦٨٥ ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ)
(٣) لَمْ أَهْتَدِ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ