الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب المعروفBook of Good Deeds
بَابُ أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِي الآخِرَةِChapter: People of Goodness in This World Are People of Goodness in the Hereafter
Hadith 222
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، وَكَانَ حَرْمَلَةُ أَبَا أُمِّهِ، فَحَدَّثَتْنِي صَفِيَّةُ ابْنَةُ عُلَيْبَةَ، وَدُحَيْبَةُ ابْنَةُ عُلَيْبَةَ، وَكَانَ جَدَّهُمَا حَرْمَلَةُ أَبَا أَبِيهِمَا، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُمْ، عَنْ حَرْمَلَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى عَرَفَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا ارْتَحَلَ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: وَاللَّهِ لَآتِيَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى أَزْدَادَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ، فَجِئْتُ أَمْشِي حَتَّى قُمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَعْمَلُ؟ قَالَ: ”يَا حَرْمَلَةُ، ائْتِ الْمَعْرُوفَ، وَاجْتَنَبِ الْمُنْكَرَ“، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ، حَتَّى جِئْتُ الرَّاحِلَةَ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ مَقَامِي قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَعْمَلُ؟ قَالَ: ”يَا حَرْمَلَةُ، ائْتِ الْمَعْرُوفَ، وَاجْتَنَبِ الْمُنْكَرَ، وَانْظُرْ مَا يُعْجِبُ أُذُنَكَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَكَ الْقَوْمُ إِذَا قُمْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ فَأْتِهِ، وَانْظُرِ الَّذِي تَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَكَ الْقَوْمُ إِذَا قُمْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ فَاجْتَنِبْهُ“، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ تَفَكَّرْتُ، فَإِذَا هُمَا لَمْ يَدَعَا شَيْئًا.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Harmalah bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he left his house and came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He stayed with the Prophet (peace be upon him) until he became acquainted with him. When he was about to return, he said to himself: "By Allah! Now I will keep coming to the Prophet (peace be upon him) so that my knowledge may increase." Then I walked on foot until I came to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: "What do you command me to do?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "O Harmalah! Do good deeds and avoid sins." Then I returned and came to my mount, then again I turned towards the Prophet (peace be upon him) and, coming close to him, said: "O Messenger of Allah! What do you command me to do?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "O Harmalah! Do good deeds and avoid sins, and do such deeds about which you think that when you get up from among the people, they will comment favorably about it (or you hope for praise for it). And avoid such deeds about which you think that after you leave, people will comment unfavorably about it." When I returned, I thought that these two pieces of advice had left nothing out (they had informed me about every good and evil).
