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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي فَضْلِ الْأُمَّةِ .
Reports on the virtue of this Ummah
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 16721
اُردوEn
وَعَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " مِنَ الْأُمَمِ أُمَّةٌ ضُرِبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلٌ ، كَمَثَلِ أُجَرَاءَ ائْتَجَرَهُمْ رَجُلٌ يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ يَوْمًا كُلَّهُ ، وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ قِيرَاطًا قِيرَاطًا ، فَعَمِلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ سَئِمُوا ، فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ : حَاسِبْنَا فَحَاسَبَهُمْ ، فَكَانَ لَهُمْ نِصْفُ قِيرَاطٍ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي إِلَى اللَّيْلَةِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ ؟ فَبَايَعَهُ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ ، فَعَمِلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا قَرِيبًا مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ سَئِمُوا ، قَالُوا : حَاسِبْنَا فَحَاسَبَهُمْ ، فَكَانَ لَهُمْ نِصْفُ قِيرَاطِ نِصْفُ قِيرَاطٍ ، وَأَحَبَّ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يُقْضَى لَهُ قَبْلَ اللَّيْلِ ; فَائْتَجَرَ قَوْمًا عَلَى أَنْ يُكْمِلُوا لَهُ مَا غَبَرَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ " . فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ صَاحِبَ الْقِيرَاطَيْنِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
"For one nation among the nations this example has been given: their example is like labourers whom a man hires to work for him the whole day, and he will give each of those labourers one qirat. Then those labourers begin to work until, when it is midday, they become weary. They say to that man: Settle our account. He settles their account, and those labourers' share comes to half a qirat. That man says: Who will work for me until night? He will be given one qirat each. So some other people strike a deal with him and keep working, until, when it is near the time of the Asr prayer, they become weary and say: Settle our account. He settles their account, and those people receive half a qirat each.
That man wants his work to be completed before night falls, so he hires a people on the condition that they complete for him the remaining work by night, and they will receive two qirats each. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I hope, if Allah wills, that you will be the ones who receive two qirats each (that is, you will do little work and receive a greater reward and recompense from the court of Allah Almighty)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
"For one nation among the nations this example has been given: their example is like labourers whom a man hires to work for him the whole day, and he will give each of those labourers one qirat. Then those labourers begin to work until, when it is midday, they become weary. They say to that man: Settle our account. He settles their account, and those labourers' share comes to half a qirat. That man says: Who will work for me until night? He will be given one qirat each. So some other people strike a deal with him and keep working, until, when it is near the time of the Asr prayer, they become weary and say: Settle our account. He settles their account, and those people receive half a qirat each.
That man wants his work to be completed before night falls, so he hires a people on the condition that they complete for him the remaining work by night, and they will receive two qirats each. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I hope, if Allah wills, that you will be the ones who receive two qirats each (that is, you will do little work and receive a greater reward and recompense from the court of Allah Almighty)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
