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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Reports on Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17641
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عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ كَانَ فِي مُلْكِهِ ، فَتَفَكَّرَ فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مُنْقَطِعٌ عَنْهُ ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ شَغَلَهُ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - فَتَسَرَّبَ فَانْسَابَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ قَصْرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ غَيْرِهِ ، فَأَتَى سَاحِلَ الْبَحْرِ ، فَكَانَ بِهِ يَضْرِبُ اللَّبِنَ بِالْآجُرِّ ، وَيَأْكُلُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِالْفَضْلِ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى رَقِيَ أَمْرُهُ إِلَى مَلِكِهِمْ ، وَعِبَادَتُهُ ، وَفَضْلُهُ ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلِكُهُمْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ فَأَبَى ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ ، وَقَالَ : مَا لَهُ وَمَا لِي ؟ قَالَ : فَرَكِبَ الْمَلِكُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الرَّجُلُ وَلَّى هَارِبًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ الْمَلِكُ رَكَضَ فِي أَثَرِهِ فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ ، قَالَ : فَنَادَاهُ : يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ مِنِّي بَأْسٌ ، فَأَقَامَ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ فَقَالَ : مَنْ أَنْتَ - رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ - ؟ ! قَالَ : أَنَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ صَاحِبُ مُلْكِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، تَفَكَّرْتُ فِي أَمْرِي فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مُنْقَطِعٌ ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ شَغَلَنِي عَنْ عِبَادَةِ رَبِّي ، فَتَرَكْتُهُ وَجِئْتُ هَهُنَا ، أَعْبُدُ رَبِّي - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - قَالَ : مَا أَنْتَ بِأَحْوَجَ إِلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ مِنِّي . قَالَ : ثُمَّ نَزَلَ عَنْ دَابَّتِهِ ، وَسَيَّبَهَا فَتَبِعَهُ ، فَكَانَا جَمِيعًا يَعْبُدَانِ اللَّهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - فَدَعَوُا اللَّهَ أَنْ يُمِيتَهُمَا جَمِيعًا . قَالَ : فَمَاتَا . قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : فَلَوْ كُنْتَ بِرُمَيْلَةِ مِصْرَ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قُبُورَهُمَا بِالنَّعْتِ الَّذِي نَعَتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَأَبُو يُعْلَى بِنَحْوِهِ ، وَفِي إِسْنَادِهِمَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ ، وَقَدِ اخْتَلَطَ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the times before you there was a man who was in his kingdom. He reflected and realised that this would be cut off from him, and that this kingdom had kept him occupied (that is, heedless) away from the worship of his Lord. So he made up his mind and one night slipped out of his palace, and then reached another realm. He came to the seashore and began working there as a labourer making bricks. He would eat and give the surplus money in charity. He remained in this state continuously until news of his worship and virtue reached the king of that place. The king of that place sent a message summoning him, but he refused. The king sent a message again, and he refused again, saying: 'What business do I have with the king?' The king himself rode out to him. When the man saw the king, he took to flight. When the king saw this, he too galloped his horse after him, but the king could not reach him, so he called out loudly to him: 'O servant of Allah! You will come to no harm from me.' So the man stopped. The king came to him and asked: 'Who are you, may Allah Almighty have mercy on you?' He said: 'I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so, who was the king of such-and-such a land. I reflected on my situation and realised that what I possessed would be taken away, and that this thing (that is, the kingdom) had kept me occupied away from the worship of my Lord. So I left it (that is, the kingdom) and came here so that I might keep worshipping my Lord.' The king said: 'You are not more in need of what you have done than I am.' Then the king got down from his mount, let it go and followed the man. Then the two of them kept worshipping Allah Almighty, and the two of them prayed to Allah Almighty that death would come to them both together. The narrator says: So both of them passed away. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: If I were at the small hill (Rumaylah) of Egypt, I would show you the graves of those two people, which matched the description that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave to us.
Ahmad recorded it, and Abu Ya'la recorded something similar; its chain contains a narrator, al-Mas'udi, who had suffered confusion (ikhtilat).
Ahmad recorded it, and Abu Ya'la recorded something similar; its chain contains a narrator, al-Mas'udi, who had suffered confusion (ikhtilat).
