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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب فى فضائل بعض الصحابة الكرامChapters on the Virtues of Some Noble Companions
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي خُرَيْمِ الْأَسَدِى رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُChapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Khuraym al-Asadi, may Allah be pleased with him
Hadith 11691
اُردوEn
عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ التَّغْلَبِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي وَكَانَ جَلِيسًا لِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ كَانَ بِدِمَشْقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مُتَوَحِّدًا قَلَّمَا يُجَالِسُ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي صَلَاةٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ فَإِنَّمَا يُسَبِّحُ وَيُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ فَمَرَّ بِنَا يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ كَلِمَةً تَنْفَعُنَا وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ خُرَيْمٌ الْأَسَدِيُّ لَوْلَا طُولُ جُمَّتِهِ وَإِسْبَالُ إِزَارِهِ“ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ خُرَيْمًا فَجَعَلَ يَأْخُذُ شَفْرَةً يَقْطَعُ بِهَا شَعَرَهُ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ أُذُنَيْهِ وَرَفَعَ إِزَارَهُ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ دَخَلْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ شَيْخٌ جُمَّتُهُ فَوْقَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَرِدَاؤُهُ إِلَى سَاقَيْهِ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا هَذَا خُرَيْمٌ الْأَسَدِيُّ
It is narrated from Bishr Taghlabi that he used to sit with Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him). He related that there was a companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Damascus, who was called Ibn Hanzaliyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He was a reclusive type of person, mingled very little with people, remained engaged in prayer, and after finishing prayer, until he reached home, he would remain busy in the glorification and exaltation of Allah Almighty. One day, we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) when he (Ibn Hanzaliyah) passed by us. Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Please say something to us, we will benefit from it and nothing will be diminished from you." He narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If Khuraim Asadi did not have two things, he would be a very good man: one is that his hair is long up to his shoulders, and the other is that his lower garment hangs below his ankles." In another narration, the words are: "If he would shorten his hair and also shorten his garment." When this reached Sayyiduna Khuraim (may Allah be pleased with him), he immediately took a knife and cut his hair up to his ears and raised his garment up to the middle of his shins. Qais says: After this incident, I once went to the service of Sayyiduna Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), where an elderly man was present, his hair above his ears and his garment up to the middle of his shins. When I inquired about him, those present said that this is Sayyiduna Khuraim Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him).
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … This was the spirit of obedience to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in Sayyiduna Khuraym radi Allahu anhu, that although the noble hair of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would touch his shoulders, yet he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam disliked such long hair for Sayyiduna Khuraym radi Allahu anhu. There must have been a specific reason for this, such as perhaps he appeared so handsome with them that there was a risk of him falling into self-admiration and arrogance because of it.
