مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي فَضْلِ مَدَائِنِ الشَّامِ .
Reports on the virtue of the cities of Syria
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وَعَنْ حَمْرَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ كَلَالٍ قَالَ : سَارَ عُمَرُ إِلَى الشَّامِ بَعْدَ مَسِيرِهِ الْأَوَّلِ كَانَ إِلَيْهَا ، حَتَّى إِذَا شَارَفَهَا بَلَغَهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ : أَنَّ الطَّاعُونَ فَاشٍ فِيهَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ : ارْجِعْ ، وَلَا تَقْتَحِمْ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَوْ نَزَلْتَهَا وَهُوَ بِهَا لَمْ نَرَ لَكَ الشُّخُوصَ عَنْهَا ، فَانْصَرَفَ رَاجِعًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ; فَعَرَّسَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ تِلْكَ ، وَأَنَا أَقْرَبُ الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ ، فَلَمَّا انْبَعَثَ انْبَعَثَ مَعَهُ فِي أَثَرِهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : رَدُّونِي عَنِ الشَّامِ بَعْدَ أَنْ شَارَفْتُ عَلَيْهِ ; لِأَنَّ الطَّاعُونَ فِيهِ ، أَلَا وَمَا مُنْصَرَفِي عَنْهُ بِمُؤَخِّرٍ فِي أَجَلِي ، وَمَا كَانَ قَدُومِيهِ بِمُعَجِّلِي عَنْ أَجَلِي ، أَلَا وَلَوْ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَفَرَغْتُ مِنْ حَاجَاتٍ لَا بُدَّ لِي عَنْهَا ، لَقَدْ سِرْتُ حَتَّى أَنْزِلَ الشَّامَ ، ثُمَّ أَدْخُلَ حِمْصَ ; لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : " لَيَبْعَثَنَّ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا لَا حِسَابَ ، وَلَا عَذَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ ، مَبْعَثُهُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الزَّيْتُونِ ، وَحَائِطُهَا فِي الْبَرْثِ الْأَحْمَرِ " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَفِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Hamrah bin Abd Kulal states: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) set out to travel to Sham after his first journey to Sham. When he drew near to Sham, he and his companions received news that the plague had spread in Sham. His companions said to him: "Go back and do not enter Sham; if you go to Sham while the plague is there, then we do not think you will be able to come back from there." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back towards Madinah. That night he halted in the last part of the night, and I was the closest of the people to him at that time. When he rose, I also rose behind him, and I heard him saying: "When I had come near to Sham, these people made me turn back from there because the plague is there. Behold! My turning back from there will not delay the time of my death, nor would my going there have hastened the appointed time of death. Behold! After returning to Madinah and finishing the necessary tasks, I will travel again, go and stay in Sham, and then I will enter Hims, because I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Allah Almighty will raise from there (on the Day of Resurrection) seventy thousand people who will not be taken to account and will not be punished; they will be raised from between the olive trees (in) its soft soil and its walls.'"
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Bakr bin Abi Maryam, and he is da'if (weak).
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Bakr bin Abi Maryam, and he is da'if (weak).
وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " عَسْقَلَانُ أَحَدُ الْعَرُوسَيْنِ ، يُبْعَثُ مِنْهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا لَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ ، وَيُبْعَثُ مِنْهَا خَمْسُونَ أَلْفًا شُهَدَاءَ وُفُودًا إِلَى اللَّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَبِهَا صُفُوفُ الشُّهَدَاءِ ، رُءُوسُهُمْ مُقَطَّعَةٌ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ ، تَثُجُّ أَوْدَاجُهُمْ دَمًا ، يَقُولُونَ : رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخَلِفُ الْمِيعَادِ ، فَيَقُولُ : صَدَقَ عِبَادِي ، اغْسِلُوهُمْ بِنَهْرِ الْبَيْضَةِ ، فَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ نَقَاءً بِيضًا ، فَيَسْرَحُونَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ شَاءُوا " . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَفِيهِ أَبُو عِقَالٍ : هِلَالُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ ، وَضَعَّفَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ . وَفِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ خِلَافٌ .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Asqalan is one of the two brides. From there, on the Day of Resurrection, seventy thousand people will be raised who will not be taken to account, and from there 50 thousand martyrs will be raised who will go as a delegation to the presence of Allah Almighty. And there will be rows of those martyrs whose heads will be cut off and held in their hands, blood gushing from their veins, and they will say: 'Our Lord! Grant us what You promised us through Your Messengers; indeed You do not break the promise.' The Lord will say: 'My servants have spoken the truth; wash them in the River of al-Baydah.' When they come out of it they will be clean and shining white, and then they will stay wherever they wish in Paradise."
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Iqal Hilal bin Zayd bin Yasar, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and the majority declared da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). There is a difference of opinion about the narrator Isma'il bin Ayyash.
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Iqal Hilal bin Zayd bin Yasar, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and the majority declared da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). There is a difference of opinion about the narrator Isma'il bin Ayyash.
وَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ أَهْلَ مَقْبَرَةٍ يَوْمًا ، قَالَ : فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ، فَأَكْثَرَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهَا ، قَالَ : فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَنْهَا ، فَقَالَ : " أَهْلُ مَقْبَرَةِ شُهَدَاءِ عَسْقَلَانَ يُزَفُّونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ ، كَمَا تُزَفُّ الْعَرُوسُ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَفِيهِ بَشِيرُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); one day he (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned "the people of a graveyard." The narrator states: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for mercy for them, and prayed for mercy for them abundantly. The narrator states: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of the graveyard are the martyrs of Asqalan; they will be escorted in procession to Paradise just as a bride is escorted to her husband."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Bashir bin Maymun, and he is matruk (abandoned).
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Bashir bin Maymun, and he is matruk (abandoned).
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - جَالِسٌ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ قَالَ : " صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْمَقْبَرَةِ " ثَلَاثًا ، قَالَ : فَلَمْ نَدْرِ أَيَّ مَقْبَرَةٍ ، وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا .
قَالَ : فَدَخَلَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ عَطَّافٌ : فَحُدِّثْتُ أَنَّهَا عَائِشَةُ - فَقَالَ لَهَا : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ذَكَرَ أَهْلَ مَقْبَرَةٍ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ ، وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَا أَيَّ مَقْبَرَةٍ هِيَ ؟ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَيْهَا فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا : " أَهْلُ مَقْبَرَةٍ بِعَسْقَلَانَ " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَلَفْظُهُ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اسْتَغْفَرَ وَصَلَّى عَلَى أَهْلِ مَقْبَرَةٍ بِعَسْقَلَانَ . وَفِي إِسْنَادِ أَبِي يَعْلَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ ، وَفِي إِسْنَادِ الْبَزَّارِ مَالِكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ ، وَكِلَاهُمَا لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِمَا ثِقَاتٌ ، وَفِي بَعْضِهِمْ خِلَافٌ يَسِيرٌ .
قَالَ : فَدَخَلَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ عَطَّافٌ : فَحُدِّثْتُ أَنَّهَا عَائِشَةُ - فَقَالَ لَهَا : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ذَكَرَ أَهْلَ مَقْبَرَةٍ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ ، وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَا أَيَّ مَقْبَرَةٍ هِيَ ؟ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَيْهَا فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا : " أَهْلُ مَقْبَرَةٍ بِعَسْقَلَانَ " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَلَفْظُهُ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اسْتَغْفَرَ وَصَلَّى عَلَى أَهْلِ مَقْبَرَةٍ بِعَسْقَلَانَ . وَفِي إِسْنَادِ أَبِي يَعْلَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ ، وَفِي إِسْنَادِ الْبَزَّارِ مَالِكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ ، وَكِلَاهُمَا لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِمَا ثِقَاتٌ ، وَفِي بَعْضِهِمْ خِلَافٌ يَسِيرٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaynah (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah Almighty send down mercy upon the people of that graveyard." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said these words three times. The narrator says: We could not tell which graveyard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not mentioned any name concerning them. The narrator states: Then one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to one of the honoured wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator Attaf says: I was told that this honoured wife was Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her). That Companion said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the people of a certain graveyard and prayed for mercy for them, but he did not tell us which graveyard it is." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about that graveyard. the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of the graveyard of Asqalan (that is, it was for them that I made that supplication)."
Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it, and his wording is: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for forgiveness for the people of the graveyard of Asqalan and prayed for mercy for them. In Abu Ya'la's chain there is a narrator, Ali bin Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaynah, and in al-Bazzar's chain the narrator's name is Malik bin Abdullah bin Buhaynah, and I do not know either of them; the rest of the narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). There is a slight difference of opinion about some of its narrators.
Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it, and his wording is: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for forgiveness for the people of the graveyard of Asqalan and prayed for mercy for them. In Abu Ya'la's chain there is a narrator, Ali bin Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaynah, and in al-Bazzar's chain the narrator's name is Malik bin Abdullah bin Buhaynah, and I do not know either of them; the rest of the narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). There is a slight difference of opinion about some of its narrators.
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أُرِيدَ الْغَزْوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ ; فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَكَفَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ ، وَالْزَمْ فِي الشَّامِ عَسْقَلَانَ ; فَإِنَّهَا إِذَا دَارَتِ الرَّحَا فِي أُمَّتِي كَانَ أَهْلُهَا فِي خَيْرٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ وَالْأَوْسَطِ بِنَحْوِهِ ، وَقَالَ : " إِذَا دَارَتْ رَحَا أُمَّتِي كَانَ أَهْلُهَا فِي رَخَاءٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ " . وَفِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَدَنِيُّ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I wish to take part in fighting in the path of Allah." the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You must go to Sham, for Allah Almighty has given me a guarantee concerning Sham and its people. And within Sham, stay in Asqalan, for when the millstone (of trials) turns in my Ummah, its inhabitants will be in goodness and well-being."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat with similar wording, but there he has these words: "When the millstone of my Ummah turns, its inhabitants will be in ease and well-being." Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Sulayman al-Madani, and he is da'if (weak).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat with similar wording, but there he has these words: "When the millstone of my Ummah turns, its inhabitants will be in ease and well-being." Its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Sulayman al-Madani, and he is da'if (weak).
وَعَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ : كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَذَكَرُوا الشَّامَ وَمَنْ فِيهَا مِنَ الرُّومِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنَّكُمْ سَتَغْلِبُونَ عَلَى الشَّامِ ، وَتُصِيبُونَ عَلَى بَحْرِهَا حِصْنًا يُقَالُ لَهُ : أَنَفَةٌ ، يُبْعَثُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ شَهِيدٍ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ .
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Once we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The people mentioned Sham and the Romans who were there, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon you will overcome Sham, and you will reach a fortress on its sea called Anafah. On the Day of Resurrection seventy thousand martyrs will be raised from there."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
وَعَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَنْ تَعَذَّرَتْ عَلَيْهِ الصَّنْعَةُ فَعَلَيْهِ بِعُمَانَ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Shurahbil al-Ju'fi (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever finds it hard to make a living should go to Oman."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
