اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Lu'lu' wal-Marjan
كتاب صفات المنافقين وأحكامهمBook of Characteristics and Rulings of the Hypocrites
باب سؤال اليهود النبيّ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم عن الروح وقوله تعالى يسئلونك عن الروح الآية
Jews Asking the Prophet About the Soul and the Verse: They Ask You About the Soul
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Hadith 1780
1780 صحيح حديث عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فِي خَرِبِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَهُوَ يَتَوكَّأُ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ مَعَهُ فَمَرَّ بِنَفَرٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لاَ تَسْأَلُوهُ، لاَ يَجِيءُ فِيهِ بِشَيْءٍ تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ مَا الرُّوحُ فَسكَتَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ يُوحى إِلَيْهِ، فَقُمْتُ فَلَمَّا انْجَلَى عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that (once) I was walking with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the ruins of Madinah, and he was walking with the support of a date-palm stick. Some Jews happened to pass by (from there). One of them said to another, "Ask him about the soul." One of them said, "Do not ask, lest he says something that you dislike." (But) some of them insisted, "We will certainly ask." Then one person stood up and said, "O Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is the soul?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. I thought to myself that revelation was coming to him, so I stood up. When that state (of revelation) was lifted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he recited (the verse of the Qur'an that had been revealed at that time): "(O Prophet!) They ask you concerning the soul. Say: The soul is by the command of my Lord, and you have been given only a little knowledge." (Therefore, you cannot understand the reality of the soul.)
Hadith 1781
1781 صحيح حديث خَبَّابٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ قَيْنًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَكَانَ لِي عَلَى الْعَاصِ بْنِ وَائِلَ دَيْنٌ فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَتَقَاضَاهُ قَالَ لاَ أُعْطِيكَ حَتَّى تَكْفُرَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: لاَ أَكْفُرُ حَتَّى يُمِيتَكَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ تُبْعَثَ قَالَ: دَعْنِي حَتَّى أَمُوتَ وَأُبْعَثَ، فَسَأُوتَى مَالاً وَوَلَدًا، فَأَقْضِيَكَ، فَنَزَلَتْ (أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ بِآيَاتِنَا، وَقَالَ لأُوتَيَنَّ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا أَطَّلَعَ الْغَيْبَ أَمِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمنِ عَهْدًا)
Hazrat Khabbab bin Al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that in the days of ignorance, I used to work as a blacksmith. ‘As bin Wa’il (a disbeliever) owed me some money. One day I went to him to demand my debt. He said, “I will not pay your debt until you deny Muhammad (peace be upon him).” I replied, “I will not deny him until Allah takes your soul, then you are resurrected.” He said, “Then give me respite until I die, then I am resurrected, and I am given wealth and children; at that time I will pay your debt.” Upon this, the verse was revealed: “Have you seen the one who disbelieved in Our verses and said, ‘I will surely be given wealth and children (in the Hereafter)?’ Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken a promise from the Most Merciful?”
