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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الرقائق
Book of Heart-Softening Reports
بَابُ فَضْلِ التقلل مِنْ الدنيا ومدح أهل الزهادة فيهم
Chapter: The virtue of having little of this world and praise of the ascetics
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3172 — The virtue of having little of this world
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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ الْجُمَحِيِّ قَالَ : دَعَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي جُمَحَ يُقَالُ لَهُ : سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ حِذْيَمٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : إِنِّي مُسْتَعْمِلُكَ عَلَى أَرْضِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، قَالَ : أَوَتُقِيلُنِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقَالَ : وَاللهِ ، لَا أَفْعَلُ ، قَلَّدْتُمُوهَا فِي عُنُقِي وَتَتْرُكُونِي ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : أَلَا نَفْرِضُ لَكَ رِزْقًا ؟ قَالَ : فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ جَعَلْتَ لِي فِي عَطَائِي مَا يَكْفِينِي دُونَهُ ، وَفَضْلًا عَلَى مَا أُرِيدُ ، قَالَ : وَكَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ عَطَاؤُهُ ابْتَاعَ لِأَهْلِهِ قُوتَهُمْ ، وَتَصَدَّقَ بِبَقِيَّتِهِ ، فَتَقُولُ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ : أَيْنَ فَضْلُ عَطَائِكَ ؟ فَيَقُولُ : قَدْ أَقْرَضْتُهُ ، فَأَتَاهُ نَاسٌ ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّ لِأَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا ، وَلِأَصْهَارِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا ، فَقَالَ : مَا أَنَا بِمُسْتَأْثِرٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا بِمُلْتَمِسٍ رِضَا أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ لِطَلَبِ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ ، لَوِ اطَّلَعَتْ خَيْرَةٌ مِنْ خَيْرَاتِ الْجَنَّةِ لَأَشْرَقَتْ لَهَا الْأَرْضُ كَمَا تُشْرِقُ الشَّمْسُ ، وَمَا أَنَا بِمُتَخَلِّفٍ عَنِ الْعِتْقِ الْأَوَّلِ بَعْدَ إِذْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " يُجْمَعُ النَّاسُ لِلْحِسَابِ فَيَجِيءُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَيَدُفُّونَ كَمَا يَدُفُّ الْحَمَامُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ : قِفُوا عِنْدَ الْحِسَابِ فَيَقُولُونَ : مَا عِنْدَنَا مِنْ حِسَابٍ وَلَا آتَيْتُمُونَا ، فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ جَلَّ وَعَلَا : صَدَقَ عِبَادِي ، فَيُفْتَحُ لَهُمْ بَابُ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَدْخُلُونَهَا قَبْلَ النَّاسِ بِسَبْعِينَ عَامًا " .
It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Sabit al-Jumahi (may Allah have mercy on him) that he related:
Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) called a man of Banu Jumah who was called Sa'id bin Amir bin Hidhyam, and said to him: "I am about to appoint you as governor ('amil) over such-and-such a land (Hims)."
He said: O Commander of the Believers, will you not excuse me (and accept my release from this responsibility)?
Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, I will certainly not excuse you. You people have hung this (trust of the caliphate) around my neck like a collar, and now you would leave me alone?"
Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Shall we not fix an allowance (a set stipend) for you?"
Sa'id bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The general stipend I receive (the annual allowance from the treasury) is sufficient for me without it, and is more than I need."
(Abd al-Rahman bin Sabit) said: His practice was that when his stipend came, he would buy his family their provisions (bare sustenance) and give all the rest in charity.
His wife would say to him: "Where has the remainder of your stipend gone?"
And he would say: "I have lent it (to Allah)."
Then some people came to him and said: "Your family has a right over you in (your) wealth, and your in-laws too have a right over you!"
He said: "I am neither one who prefers himself over them, nor one who seeks the pleasure of anyone among the people at the expense of seeking the wide-eyed maidens of Paradise (al-hur al-'in). If one of the maidens of Paradise were to look down upon the earth, the whole earth would light up just as the sun shines! And I can never lag behind the first group (those who go ahead) after I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
'The people will be gathered for the reckoning on the Day of Resurrection, and the poor among the believers will come fluttering swiftly like doves. It will be said to them: Stop for the reckoning! They will say: We had nothing at all to be reckoned for, and you did not give us (any wealth in the world)! Their Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: My servants have spoken the truth. So the gate of Paradise will be opened for them, and they will enter Paradise 70 years before the rest of the people.'"
Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) called a man of Banu Jumah who was called Sa'id bin Amir bin Hidhyam, and said to him: "I am about to appoint you as governor ('amil) over such-and-such a land (Hims)."
He said: O Commander of the Believers, will you not excuse me (and accept my release from this responsibility)?
Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, I will certainly not excuse you. You people have hung this (trust of the caliphate) around my neck like a collar, and now you would leave me alone?"
Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Shall we not fix an allowance (a set stipend) for you?"
Sa'id bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The general stipend I receive (the annual allowance from the treasury) is sufficient for me without it, and is more than I need."
(Abd al-Rahman bin Sabit) said: His practice was that when his stipend came, he would buy his family their provisions (bare sustenance) and give all the rest in charity.
His wife would say to him: "Where has the remainder of your stipend gone?"
And he would say: "I have lent it (to Allah)."
Then some people came to him and said: "Your family has a right over you in (your) wealth, and your in-laws too have a right over you!"
He said: "I am neither one who prefers himself over them, nor one who seeks the pleasure of anyone among the people at the expense of seeking the wide-eyed maidens of Paradise (al-hur al-'in). If one of the maidens of Paradise were to look down upon the earth, the whole earth would light up just as the sun shines! And I can never lag behind the first group (those who go ahead) after I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
'The people will be gathered for the reckoning on the Day of Resurrection, and the poor among the believers will come fluttering swiftly like doves. It will be said to them: Stop for the reckoning! They will say: We had nothing at all to be reckoned for, and you did not give us (any wealth in the world)! Their Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: My servants have spoken the truth. So the gate of Paradise will be opened for them, and they will enter Paradise 70 years before the rest of the people.'"
