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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -
Reports on Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him)
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15833
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عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ قَالَ : كُنْتُ رَجُلًا فَارِسِيًّا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَصْبَهَانَ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ مِنْهَا يُقَالُ لَهَا : جَيٌّ ، وَكَانَ أَبِي دِهْقَانَ قَرْيَتِهِ ، وَكُنْتُ أَحَبَّ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حُبُّهُ إِيَّايَ حَتَّى حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتٍ كَمَا تُحْبَسُ الْجَارِيَةُ ، وَاجْتَهَدْتُ فِي الْمَجُوسِيَّةِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ قَطَنَ النَّارِ الَّذِي يُوقِدُهَا لَا أَتْرُكُهَا تَخْبُو سَاعَةً . قَالَ : فَكَانَتْ لِأَبِي ضَيْعَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ قَالَ : فَشُغِلَ فِي بُنْيَانٍ لَهُ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ لِي : يَا بُنَيَّ ، ( إِنِّي ) قَدْ شُغِلْتُ فِي بُنْيَانِي هَذَا الْيَوْمَ عَنْ ضَيْعَتِي فَاذْهَبْ فَاطَّلِعْهَا ، وَأَمَرَنِي فِيهَا بِبَعْضِ مَا يُرِيدُ ( ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي : لَا تَحْتَبِسْ عَلَيَّ ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنِ احْتَبَسْتَ عَلَيَّ كُنْتَ أَحَمُّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ ضَيْعَتِي وَشَغَلْتَنِي عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِي ) فَخَرَجْتُ أُرِيدُ ضَيْعَتَهُ ، فَمَرَرْتُ بِكَنِيسَةٍ مِنْ كَنَائِسِ النَّصَارَى ، فَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ يُصِلُّونَ ، وَكُنْتُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا أَمْرُ النَّاسِ بِحَبْسِ أَبِي إِيَّايَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَلَمَّا مَرَرْتُ بِهِمْ وَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْظُرُ مَاذَا يَصْنَعُونَ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْجَبَتْنِي صَلَاتُهُمْ وَرَغِبْتُ فِي أَمْرِهِمْ ، وَقُلْتُ : هَذَا وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدِّينِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا تَرَكْتُهُمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، وَتَرَكْتُ ضَيْعَةَ أَبِي وَلَمْ آتِهَا ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : أَيْنَ أَصْلُ هَذَا الدِّينِ ؟ قَالُوا : بِالشَّامِ . قَالَ : ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي وَقَدْ بَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِي وَقَدْ شَغَلْتُهُ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلِّهِ قَالَ : فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهُ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ ؟ أَلَمْ أَكُنْ عَهِدْتُ إِلَيْكَ مَا عَهِدْتُ ؟ ! قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِي مَرَرْتُ بِنَاسٍ يُصَلُّونَ فِي كَنِيسَةٍ لَهُمْ فَأَعِجْنِي مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ دِينِهِمْ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا زِلْتُ عِنْدَهُمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ . قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ الدِّينِ خَيْرٌ ، دِينُكَ وَدِينُ آبَائِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : كَلَّا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ مِنْ دِينِنَا قَالَ : فَخَافَنِي ، فَجَعَلَ فِي رِجْلِي قَيْدًا ، ثُمَّ حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ .
قَالَ : وَبَعَثْتُ إِلَى النَّصَارَى ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى فَأَخْبَرُونِي بِهِمْ . فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى ،فَأَخْبَرُونِي ،قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : إِذَا قَضَوْا حَوَائِجَهُمْ وَأَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ فَآذِنُونِي بِهِمْ . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ ( أَخْبِرُونِي بِهِمْ ، فَـ ) أَلْقَيْتُ الْحَدِيدَ مِنْ رِجْلِي ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى ( قَدِمْتُ ) الشَّامِ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُهَا قُلْتُ : مَنْ أَفْضَلُ أَهْلِ هَذَا الدِّينِ ؟ قَالُوا : الْأَسْقُفُ فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ . قَالَ : فَجِئْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنِّي قَدْ رَغِبْتُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ ، وَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَكَ فِي كَنِيسَتِكَ ، أَخْدُمُكَ فِي كَنِيسَتِكَ وَأَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْكَ وَأُصَلِّي مَعَكَ . قَالَ : ادْخُلْ ، فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ . قَالَ : فَكَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ ; يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِيهَا ، فَإِذَا جَمَعُوا مِنْهَا شَيْئًا اكْتَنَزَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْمَسَاكِينَ ، حَتَّى جَمَعَ سَبْعَ قِلَالٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَوَرِقٍ . قَالَ : وَأَبْغَضْتُهُ بُغْضًا شَدِيدًا لِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَصْنَعُ ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ النَّصَارَى لِيَدْفِنُوهُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : إِنَّ هَذَا كَانَ رَجُلَ سُوءٍ ; يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُكُمْ فِيهَا ، فَإِذَا جَمَعْتُمْ لَهُ مِنْهَا أَشْيَاءَ جِئْتُمُوهُ بِهَا اكْتَنَزَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْمَسَاكِينَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَالُوا : وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَنَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى كَنْزِهِ قَالُوا : فَدَلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ : فَأَرَيْتُهُمْ مَوْضِعَهُ ، فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا مِنْهُ سَبْعَ قِلَالٍ مَمْلُوءَةٍ ذَهَبًا وَوَرِقًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا : وَاللَّهِ لَا نَدْفِنُهُ أَبَدًا قَالَ : فَصَلَبُوهُ ، ثُمَّ رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءُوا بِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَجَعَلُوهُ بِمَكَانِهِ .
قَالَ : يَقُولُ سَلْمَانُ : قَلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ أَرَى أَنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ ، وَلَا أَزْهَدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا أَرْغَبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ، وَلَا أَدْأَبُ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا مِنْهُ . قَالَ : فَأَحْبَبْتُهُ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَهُ زَمَانًا ، ثُمَّ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَكَ ، وَأَحْبَبْتُكَ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ أَحَدًا قَبْلَكَ ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا الْيَوْمَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، لَقَدْ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَبَدَّلُوا وَتَرَكُوا أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ بِالْمَوْصِلِ ، وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ ، فَهُوَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَالْحَقْ بِهِ .
قَالَ : فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ الْمَوْصِلِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِكَ ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ عَلَى مِثْلِ أَمْرِهِ ، قَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ خَيْرَ رَجُلٍ ، ( عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ ) فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي بِاللُّحُوقِ بِكَ ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِنَصِيبِينِ ( وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ ، فَالْحَقْ بِهِ ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ نَصِيبِينَ ) . فَجِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي ، وَمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ صَاحِبِي قَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي ، ( فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ ) فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبَيْهِ ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قُلْتُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا كَانَ أَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا بَقِيَ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِعَمُّورِيَّةَ ; فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَأْتِهِ ; فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ أَمْرِنَا .
قَالَ : فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ عَمُّورِيَّةَ ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي ، فَقَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَجُلٍ عَلَى أَمْرِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَهَدْيِهِمْ ، وَاكْتَسَبْتُ حَتَّى صَارَتْ لِي بُقَيْرَاتٌ وَغُنَيْمَةٌ . قَالَ : ثُمَّ نَزَلَ بِهِ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ فُلَانٍ وَإِنَّهُ أَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، وَأَوْصَى إِلَى فُلَانٍ وَأَوْصَى إِلَى فُلَانٍ إِلَى فُلَانٍ وَأَوْصَانِي فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : فَإِنَّنِي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا عَلَى مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ ، وَلَكِنْ قَدْ أَظَلَّكَ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ هُوَ مَبْعُوثٌ بِدِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يَخْرُجُ بِأَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ ، مُهَاجَرُهُ إِلَى أَرْضٍ بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْنِ ، بَيْنَهُمَا نَخْلٌ ، بِهِ عَلَامَاتٌ لَا تَخْفَى : يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ ، بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِتِلْكَ الْبِلَادِ فَافْعَلْ .
قَالَ : ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ ، فَمَكَثْتُ بِعَمُورِيَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ أَمْكُثَ ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي نَفَرٌ مِنْ كَلْ تُجَّارٌ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : تَحْمِلُونِي إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ وَأُعْطِيكُمْ بُقَيْرَاتِي هَذِهِ وَغُنَيْمَتِي هَذَا ؟ فَقَالُوا : نَعَمْ ، فَأَعْطَيْتُمُوهَا فَحَمَلُونِي حَتَّى إِذَا قَدِمُوا بِي وَادِي الْقُرَى ظَلَمُونِي فَبَاعُونِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ مَنْ يُهُودَ ، وَكُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ ، وَرَأَيْتُ النَّخْلَ ، وَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْبَلَدَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي وَلَمْ يَحِقُّ فِي نَفْسِي ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ ، فَابْتَاعَنِي مِنْهُ فَحَمَلَنِي إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُهَا فَعَرَفْتُهَا بِصِفَةِ صَاحِبِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ بِهَا ، وَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ ، لَا أَسْمَعُ لَهُ بِذِكْرٍ مَعَ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ شُغْلِ الرِّقِّ ، ثُمَّ هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَفِي رَأْسِ عَذْقٍ لِسَيِّدِي أَعْمَلُ فِيهِ بَعْضَ الْعَمَلِ ، وَسَيِّدِي جَالِسٌ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : فُلَانٌ ، قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ بَنِيَ قَيْلَةَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُمُ الْآنَ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدِمَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ الْيَوْمَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُهَا أَخَذَتْنِي الْعُرَوَاءُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ سَأَسْقُطُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي . قَالَ : وَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ النَّخْلَةِ ، وَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ لِابْنِ عَمِّهِ ( ذَلِكَ ) : مَاذَا تَقُولُ ؟ مَاذَا تَقُولُ ؟ فَغَضِبَ سَيِّدِي ، فَلَكَمَنِي لَكْمَةً شَدِيدَةً ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : مَا لَكَ وَلِهَذَا ؟ أَقْبِلْ عَلَى عَمَلِكَ . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : لَا شَيْءَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَثْنِيَهُ عَمَّا قَالَ . وَكَانَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ أَخَذْتُهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ بِقُبَاءَ ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ وَمَعَكَ أَصْحَابٌ لَكَ غُرَبَاءُ ذُو حَاجَةٍ ، وَهَذَا شَيْءٌ كَانَ عِنْدِي لِلصَّدَقَةِ فَرَأَيْتُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ ، فَقَرَّبْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " كُلُوا " . وَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ . ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ ، عَنْهُ فَجَمَعْتُ شَيْئًا ، وَتَحَوَّلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ ، وَهَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا ، قَالَ : فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْهَا ، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا مَعَهُ . قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : هَذِهِ اثْنَتَانِ . قَالَ : ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ وَقَدْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، عَلَيْهِ شَمْلَتَانِ لَهُ ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَدَرْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ هَلْ أَرَى الْخَاتَمَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُ عَرَفَ أَنِّي أَسْتَثْبِتُ فِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ وُصِفَ لِي . قَالَ : فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ وَعَرَفْتُهُ ، فَانْكَبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ وَأَبْكِي ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " ( تَحَوَّلَ ) " . فَتَحَوَّلْتُ ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثِي - كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ - فَأَعْجَبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يَسْمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ .
وَشَغَلَ سَلْمَانَ الرِّقُّ حَتَّى فَاتَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَدْرٌ وَأُحُدٌ .
قَالَ : ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " كَاتِبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ " . فَكَاتَبْتُ صَاحِبِي عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ أُحْيِيهَا لَهُ بِالْعَفِيرِ ، وَبِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " أَعِينُوا أَخَاكُمْ " . فَأَعَانُونِي بِالنَّخْلِ ، الرَّجُلُ بِثَلَاثِينَ وَدِيَّةً ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعِشْرِينَ وَدِيَّةً ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ وَدِيَّةً ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعَشْرٍ ، يُعِينُ الرَّجُلُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا اجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيَّ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ وَدِيَّةٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " اذْهَبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ فَعَفِّرْ لَهَا ، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَائْتِنِي فَأَكُونَ أَنَا أَضَعُهَا بِيَدِي " . قَالَ : فَعَفَّرْتُ لَهَا وَأَعَانَنِي أَصْحَابِي حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا جِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَعِي إِلَيْهَا ، فَجَعَلْنَا نُقَرِّبُ إِلَيْهِ الْوَدِيَّ وَيَضَعُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِيَدِهِ ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ مَا مَاتَ مِنْهَا وَدِيَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَأَدَّيْتُ النَّخْلَ وَبَقِيَ عَلَيَّ الْمَالُ ، فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةِ دَجَاجَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْمَعَادِنِ ، فَقَالَ : " مَا فَعَلَ الْفَارِسِيُّ الْمُكَاتَبُ ؟ " . قَالَ : فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : " خُذْ هَذِهِ فَأَدِّ بِهَا مَا عَلَيْكَ يَا سَلْمَانُ " . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : وَأَيْنَ تَقَعُ هَذِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِمَّا عَلَيَّ ؟ قَالَ : " خُذْهَا ; فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُؤَدِّي بِهَا عَنْكَ " . قَالَ : فَأَخَذْتُهَا ، فَوَزَنْتُ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً ، فَأَوْفَيْتُهُمْ حَقَّهَمْ وَعَتَقْتُ ، فَشَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْخَنْدَقَ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَفُتْنِي مَعَهُ مَشْهَدٌ .
قَالَ : وَبَعَثْتُ إِلَى النَّصَارَى ، وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى فَأَخْبَرُونِي بِهِمْ . فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى ،فَأَخْبَرُونِي ،قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : إِذَا قَضَوْا حَوَائِجَهُمْ وَأَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ فَآذِنُونِي بِهِمْ . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ ( أَخْبِرُونِي بِهِمْ ، فَـ ) أَلْقَيْتُ الْحَدِيدَ مِنْ رِجْلِي ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى ( قَدِمْتُ ) الشَّامِ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُهَا قُلْتُ : مَنْ أَفْضَلُ أَهْلِ هَذَا الدِّينِ ؟ قَالُوا : الْأَسْقُفُ فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ . قَالَ : فَجِئْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنِّي قَدْ رَغِبْتُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ ، وَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَكَ فِي كَنِيسَتِكَ ، أَخْدُمُكَ فِي كَنِيسَتِكَ وَأَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْكَ وَأُصَلِّي مَعَكَ . قَالَ : ادْخُلْ ، فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ . قَالَ : فَكَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ ; يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِيهَا ، فَإِذَا جَمَعُوا مِنْهَا شَيْئًا اكْتَنَزَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْمَسَاكِينَ ، حَتَّى جَمَعَ سَبْعَ قِلَالٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَوَرِقٍ . قَالَ : وَأَبْغَضْتُهُ بُغْضًا شَدِيدًا لِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَصْنَعُ ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ النَّصَارَى لِيَدْفِنُوهُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : إِنَّ هَذَا كَانَ رَجُلَ سُوءٍ ; يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُكُمْ فِيهَا ، فَإِذَا جَمَعْتُمْ لَهُ مِنْهَا أَشْيَاءَ جِئْتُمُوهُ بِهَا اكْتَنَزَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْمَسَاكِينَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَالُوا : وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَنَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى كَنْزِهِ قَالُوا : فَدَلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ : فَأَرَيْتُهُمْ مَوْضِعَهُ ، فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا مِنْهُ سَبْعَ قِلَالٍ مَمْلُوءَةٍ ذَهَبًا وَوَرِقًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا : وَاللَّهِ لَا نَدْفِنُهُ أَبَدًا قَالَ : فَصَلَبُوهُ ، ثُمَّ رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ ، ثُمَّ جَاءُوا بِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَجَعَلُوهُ بِمَكَانِهِ .
قَالَ : يَقُولُ سَلْمَانُ : قَلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ أَرَى أَنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ ، وَلَا أَزْهَدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا أَرْغَبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ، وَلَا أَدْأَبُ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا مِنْهُ . قَالَ : فَأَحْبَبْتُهُ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَهُ زَمَانًا ، ثُمَّ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَكَ ، وَأَحْبَبْتُكَ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ أَحَدًا قَبْلَكَ ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا الْيَوْمَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، لَقَدْ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَبَدَّلُوا وَتَرَكُوا أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ بِالْمَوْصِلِ ، وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ ، فَهُوَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَالْحَقْ بِهِ .
قَالَ : فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ الْمَوْصِلِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِكَ ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ عَلَى مِثْلِ أَمْرِهِ ، قَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ خَيْرَ رَجُلٍ ، ( عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ ) فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي بِاللُّحُوقِ بِكَ ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِنَصِيبِينِ ( وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ ، فَالْحَقْ بِهِ ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ نَصِيبِينَ ) . فَجِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي ، وَمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ صَاحِبِي قَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي ، ( فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ ) فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبَيْهِ ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قُلْتُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا كَانَ أَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا بَقِيَ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِعَمُّورِيَّةَ ; فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَأْتِهِ ; فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ أَمْرِنَا .
قَالَ : فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ عَمُّورِيَّةَ ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي ، فَقَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَجُلٍ عَلَى أَمْرِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَهَدْيِهِمْ ، وَاكْتَسَبْتُ حَتَّى صَارَتْ لِي بُقَيْرَاتٌ وَغُنَيْمَةٌ . قَالَ : ثُمَّ نَزَلَ بِهِ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ فُلَانٍ وَإِنَّهُ أَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، وَأَوْصَى إِلَى فُلَانٍ وَأَوْصَى إِلَى فُلَانٍ إِلَى فُلَانٍ وَأَوْصَانِي فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : فَإِنَّنِي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا عَلَى مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ ، وَلَكِنْ قَدْ أَظَلَّكَ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ هُوَ مَبْعُوثٌ بِدِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يَخْرُجُ بِأَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ ، مُهَاجَرُهُ إِلَى أَرْضٍ بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْنِ ، بَيْنَهُمَا نَخْلٌ ، بِهِ عَلَامَاتٌ لَا تَخْفَى : يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ ، بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِتِلْكَ الْبِلَادِ فَافْعَلْ .
قَالَ : ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ ، فَمَكَثْتُ بِعَمُورِيَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ أَمْكُثَ ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي نَفَرٌ مِنْ كَلْ تُجَّارٌ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : تَحْمِلُونِي إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ وَأُعْطِيكُمْ بُقَيْرَاتِي هَذِهِ وَغُنَيْمَتِي هَذَا ؟ فَقَالُوا : نَعَمْ ، فَأَعْطَيْتُمُوهَا فَحَمَلُونِي حَتَّى إِذَا قَدِمُوا بِي وَادِي الْقُرَى ظَلَمُونِي فَبَاعُونِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ مَنْ يُهُودَ ، وَكُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ ، وَرَأَيْتُ النَّخْلَ ، وَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْبَلَدَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي وَلَمْ يَحِقُّ فِي نَفْسِي ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ ، فَابْتَاعَنِي مِنْهُ فَحَمَلَنِي إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُهَا فَعَرَفْتُهَا بِصِفَةِ صَاحِبِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ بِهَا ، وَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ ، لَا أَسْمَعُ لَهُ بِذِكْرٍ مَعَ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ شُغْلِ الرِّقِّ ، ثُمَّ هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَفِي رَأْسِ عَذْقٍ لِسَيِّدِي أَعْمَلُ فِيهِ بَعْضَ الْعَمَلِ ، وَسَيِّدِي جَالِسٌ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : فُلَانٌ ، قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ بَنِيَ قَيْلَةَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُمُ الْآنَ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدِمَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ الْيَوْمَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُهَا أَخَذَتْنِي الْعُرَوَاءُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ سَأَسْقُطُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي . قَالَ : وَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ النَّخْلَةِ ، وَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ لِابْنِ عَمِّهِ ( ذَلِكَ ) : مَاذَا تَقُولُ ؟ مَاذَا تَقُولُ ؟ فَغَضِبَ سَيِّدِي ، فَلَكَمَنِي لَكْمَةً شَدِيدَةً ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : مَا لَكَ وَلِهَذَا ؟ أَقْبِلْ عَلَى عَمَلِكَ . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : لَا شَيْءَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَثْنِيَهُ عَمَّا قَالَ . وَكَانَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ أَخَذْتُهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ بِقُبَاءَ ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ وَمَعَكَ أَصْحَابٌ لَكَ غُرَبَاءُ ذُو حَاجَةٍ ، وَهَذَا شَيْءٌ كَانَ عِنْدِي لِلصَّدَقَةِ فَرَأَيْتُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ ، فَقَرَّبْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " كُلُوا " . وَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ . ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ ، عَنْهُ فَجَمَعْتُ شَيْئًا ، وَتَحَوَّلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ ، وَهَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا ، قَالَ : فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْهَا ، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا مَعَهُ . قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : هَذِهِ اثْنَتَانِ . قَالَ : ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ وَقَدْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، عَلَيْهِ شَمْلَتَانِ لَهُ ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَدَرْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ هَلْ أَرَى الْخَاتَمَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُ عَرَفَ أَنِّي أَسْتَثْبِتُ فِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ وُصِفَ لِي . قَالَ : فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ وَعَرَفْتُهُ ، فَانْكَبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ وَأَبْكِي ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " ( تَحَوَّلَ ) " . فَتَحَوَّلْتُ ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثِي - كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ - فَأَعْجَبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يَسْمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ .
وَشَغَلَ سَلْمَانَ الرِّقُّ حَتَّى فَاتَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَدْرٌ وَأُحُدٌ .
قَالَ : ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " كَاتِبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ " . فَكَاتَبْتُ صَاحِبِي عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ أُحْيِيهَا لَهُ بِالْعَفِيرِ ، وَبِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " أَعِينُوا أَخَاكُمْ " . فَأَعَانُونِي بِالنَّخْلِ ، الرَّجُلُ بِثَلَاثِينَ وَدِيَّةً ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعِشْرِينَ وَدِيَّةً ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ وَدِيَّةً ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعَشْرٍ ، يُعِينُ الرَّجُلُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا اجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيَّ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ وَدِيَّةٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " اذْهَبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ فَعَفِّرْ لَهَا ، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَائْتِنِي فَأَكُونَ أَنَا أَضَعُهَا بِيَدِي " . قَالَ : فَعَفَّرْتُ لَهَا وَأَعَانَنِي أَصْحَابِي حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا جِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَعِي إِلَيْهَا ، فَجَعَلْنَا نُقَرِّبُ إِلَيْهِ الْوَدِيَّ وَيَضَعُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِيَدِهِ ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ مَا مَاتَ مِنْهَا وَدِيَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَأَدَّيْتُ النَّخْلَ وَبَقِيَ عَلَيَّ الْمَالُ ، فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةِ دَجَاجَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْمَعَادِنِ ، فَقَالَ : " مَا فَعَلَ الْفَارِسِيُّ الْمُكَاتَبُ ؟ " . قَالَ : فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : " خُذْ هَذِهِ فَأَدِّ بِهَا مَا عَلَيْكَ يَا سَلْمَانُ " . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : وَأَيْنَ تَقَعُ هَذِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِمَّا عَلَيَّ ؟ قَالَ : " خُذْهَا ; فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُؤَدِّي بِهَا عَنْكَ " . قَالَ : فَأَخَذْتُهَا ، فَوَزَنْتُ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً ، فَأَوْفَيْتُهُمْ حَقَّهَمْ وَعَتَقْتُ ، فَشَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْخَنْدَقَ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَفُتْنِي مَعَهُ مَشْهَدٌ .
Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I was a Persian man, a resident of a village of Isfahan called Jayy. My father was the dihqan (chief landholder) of his village, and of all the creation of Allah I was the most beloved to him. He kept on loving me, until he would confine me at home just as a girl is kept. I devoted myself fully to the worship of Magianism, until I tended the fire which they had kindled, and I did not let it go out for even a moment. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: My father had a great deal of land. Once he was busy with some building work, and he said to me: "O my son, today I am busy with this building of mine and could not go to my land, so go and inspect it." He instructed me about some work concerning that land. Then he said to me: "Come back on time, for if you are late in coming, my attention will be taken away from everything." I set out intending to go to his land. I passed by a church of the Christians and I heard those people; they were praying in that church. I did not know what the state of people was, because my father kept me shut up at home. When I passed by them and heard their voices, I went right inside the church to see what they were doing. When I saw those people, their manner of worship pleased me and I felt drawn to their way. I thought: "By Allah, this religion is better than the religion we are following." By Allah, I did not leave those people until the sun set; I could not go to my father's land. I asked those people: "Where is the origin of this religion?" They said: "It is in Syria." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: When I returned to my father, he had already sent people to search for me and had become detached from every kind of work. When I came to him, he said: "O my son, where had you gone? Did I not instruct you?" I said: "O my father, I passed by some people who were praying in their place of worship, and what I saw of their religion pleased me. By Allah, I stayed with those people continuously until the sun set." My father said: "O my son, there is no good in that religion; your religion and the religion of your forefathers is better than it." I said: "No, by Allah, it is better than our religion." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: My father became fearful about me; he put a fetter on my foot and confined me at home. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I sent a message to those Christians and said to them: "When Christian merchants come to you from Syria, inform me about them." When some merchants from Syria, who were Christians, came to them, they informed me about it. I said: "When those people have completed their business and intend to return to their land, let me know." When those people intended to return to their land and they informed me about it, I removed the fetter from my foot and set out with those people, until I came to Syria. When I came to Syria, I asked: "Who is the most excellent person in this religion?" The people said: "There is a bishop in the church." I came to him and said: "I have a desire for this religion, and I want to stay with you, serve you in this place of worship of yours, acquire knowledge from you and pray with you." He said: "Come in." I went in with him. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: He was an evil man. He would order people to give charity and encourage them to give it, and when those people collected wealth before him, he would store it away as treasure for himself; he gave nothing to the poor, until he had gathered seven jars of gold and silver. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When I saw him doing this, I came to hate him intensely. Then he died, and the Christians gathered around him to bury him. I said to those people: "This was an evil man. He used to order you to give charity and encourage you to give it, and when you collected various things before him and brought them to him, he would store them away as treasure for himself and give nothing of it to the poor." Those people asked: "How do you know this?" I said: "I will tell you about his treasure." Those people said: "Tell us." I showed those people the place of that treasure, and they took out from there seven jars filled with gold and silver. When those people saw this, they said: "By Allah, we will never bury him." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Then those people crucified that man, pelted him with stones, and then brought another man and installed him in his place. The narrator states: Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) related: I have rarely seen anyone who prayed better than this (second) man, who was more detached from the world than him, who had more longing for the Hereafter than him, or who was more diligent by night and by day than him. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came to love him intensely, with a love I had not had for the one before him. I stayed with him for a period of time. Then the time of his death drew near, and I said to him: "O so-and-so, I have been with you, and I love you so much that I have not loved anyone as much before you. Now the time of your death has drawn near, and you are seeing the command of Allah. So to whom do you direct me, and what do you instruct me?" He said: "O my son, by Allah, today I do not know of anyone who follows the religion I am following. People have fallen into ruin; they have altered the rulings of the religion and abandoned most of its rulings, except for one person; he is in Mosul, he is so-and-so, and he follows what I follow. Go and join him." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: When that man died and was buried, I went to the man of Mosul. I said: "So-and-so instructed me at the time of his death to go and join you, and he told me that you too follow his religion." That man said: "Stay with me." So I stayed with that man and found him to be an excellent man. I remained with him continuously until the time of his death drew near. Then I said to him: "So-and-so had instructed me to come to you and had said that I should join you. Now the time of your death has drawn near, as you see. So to whom do you direct me, and what do you command me?" He said: "O my son, by Allah, I do not know of anyone who follows a religion like the one we follow, except for one man who lives in Nasibin; he is so-and-so. Go and join him." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When that man died and was buried, I went and joined the man of Nasibin. I came to him and told him about my situation and about what my companion had instructed me. He said: "Stay with me." I stayed with him and found him (righteous) like his two previous companions. I stayed with him; he was an excellent person. By Allah, I remained with him continuously until the time of his death also drew near. When his final hour drew near, I said: "O so-and-so, so-and-so instructed me to go to so-and-so, and then that so-and-so instructed me about you. So now to whom do you direct me, and what do you instruct me?" He said: "O my son, I do not know of anyone who follows our religion and to whom I could direct you to go, except for one man who lives at Ammuriyah. He follows what we follow. If you wish, go to him, for he holds to our religion." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When he passed away and was buried, I came to the man of Ammuriyah and told him about my situation. He said: "Stay with me." I stayed with that man; he was a man who followed the way of the others (that is, of the earlier righteous men). During this time I also worked for wages, until I had gathered some goats and some cows. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: When his final hour drew near, I said to him: "O so-and-so, I was first with so-and-so; he instructed me to go to so-and-so, then he instructed me to go to so-and-so, then he instructed me to go to so-and-so, and then so-and-so sent me to you. So now to whom do you direct me, and what do you instruct me?" He said: "O my son, by Allah, I do not know of anyone to whom I could direct you to go. But the time of a prophet has drawn near to you. He will be sent with the religion of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and will emerge in the land of the Arabs. His emigration will be to a land with stony ground on both sides and palm groves in between. He will have distinctive signs which will not remain hidden: he will eat a gift but will not eat charity, and between his two shoulders will be the Seal of Prophethood. If you are able to reach those lands, then do so." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Then he passed away and was buried, and I stayed at Ammuriyah for as long as Allah willed. Then some merchants of the tribe of Kalb passed by me from there. I said to them: "Take me with you to the land of the Arabs, and I will give you these cows and these goats of mine." They said: "Very well, hand them over." They took me along until they brought me to Wadi al-Qura; there they wronged me and sold me to a Jewish man. I stayed with him, and I saw palm trees there, and I hoped that perhaps this was the town whose description my man had given me, but I was not yet certain about it. One day I was sitting with that Jew when his cousin came to him; he had come from Madinah and belonged to Banu Qurayzah. He bought me from that Jew and took me to Madinah. By Allah, when I saw that place I knew that it had the very description my companion had given. I settled there. Allah Almighty sent His Messenger; he stayed in Makkah, and because I was a slave, I could not hear any mention of him. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) emigrated and came to Madinah. By Allah, once I was working in my master's palm grove and my master was sitting, when his cousin came, stopped by him and said: "O so-and-so, may Allah Almighty destroy Banu Qaylah! By Allah, those people have now gathered around a man who has come from Makkah today and claims that he is a prophet." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When I heard this, a trembling came over me, until I thought I might fall on top of my master. I came down from the tree and asked his cousin: "What are you saying? What are you saying?" My master became angry; he struck me hard with his hand and then said: "What have you to do with this? Go and do your work!" Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said: "Nothing; I only meant to verify what he said." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I had something which I had saved up. When evening came, I took it and went with it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he was at Quba' at that time. I presented myself before him and said to him: "I have learned that you are a righteous man and that with you are some companions who are strangers and in need. This little thing is charity from me; I think that you people are more entitled to it than others." I placed it before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his companions: "Eat." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held back his hand and did not eat of it. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I thought to myself: "This is one sign that has appeared." Then I went back from him. Then I gathered something, and in the meantime the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) moved to Madinah. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I have seen that you do not eat charity, so this is a gift which I present out of respect for you." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate of it, and he ordered his companions, and they also ate with him. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I thought to myself: "These are two signs." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then I presented myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he was at that time at Baqi' al-Gharqad, having come to the funeral of one of his companions. He had two sheets on his body and was sitting among his companions. I greeted him and then went round behind him to examine his back, to see whether I could see the Seal of Prophethood whose description my companion had given. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) noticed that I had come round behind him, he realised what I wanted to find out. The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) removed the sheet from his back, and I saw the Seal of Prophethood and recognised the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I bent over it, kissed the Seal of Prophethood and began to weep. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come round to the front." I came round to the front and related my whole story before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), O Ibn Abbas, just as I am now relating it to you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked that his companions should also hear it. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) remained occupied because of being a slave, and he could not take part with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the battles of Badr and Uhud. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Salman, make a contract of manumission (mukatabah)." So I made an agreement with my master that I would plant three hundred palm trees for him and pay forty uqiyah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his companions: "Help your brother." So those people helped me with palm saplings: one man brought thirty saplings, one man brought twenty saplings, one man brought fifteen saplings, one man brought ten; each man helped me according to what he could afford. When three hundred saplings had been gathered, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Salman, go and dig the ground for them. When you have finished, come to me, and I will plant them in the ground with my own hand." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I dug the ground for them, and my companions also helped me. When I had finished this work, I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went there with me. We kept handing the saplings to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept planting them in the ground with his blessed hand. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Salman, not a single one of those saplings perished. I delivered all the palm trees, but the payment of money still remained due from me. Then gold like a hen's egg, from one of the mines, came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What has become of the Persian who made the manumission contract?" I was called and brought to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Salman, take this and pay off what is due from you." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, how will what is due from me be paid off with this?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it; Allah Almighty will surely pay it off on your behalf with it." Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I took it and weighed out for them from it, and by the One in whose Hand is the soul of Salman, it came to forty uqiyah. I paid them their full due and became free. Then I took part with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of the Trench, and after that I did not stay behind from any battle in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took part.
