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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3815 — The tree bearing witness

وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى : حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - ، قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ بِالْحَجُونِ ، وَهُوَ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ ، فَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي الْيَوْمَ آيَةً ، لَا أُبَالِي مَنْ كَذَّبَنِي بَعْدَهَا مِنْ قَوْمِي ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : نَادِ شَجَرَةً ، فَنَادَى صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَجَرَةً مِنْ قِبَلِ عَقَبَةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَجَاءَتْ تَشُقُّ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ ، فَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهَا فَذَهَبَتْ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا أُبَالِي مَنْ كَذَّبَنِي بَعْدَهَا مِنْ قَوْمِي .
3815 \ 2 - وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ، ثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ .
3815 \ 3 - قَالَ : وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ ، ثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، فَذَكَرَهُ بِلَفْظِ : كَانَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْحَجُونِ ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْمُشْرِكُونَ ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي آيَةً ، فَقَالَ : ادْعُ شَجَرَةً ، فَدَعَا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَجَرَةً ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ : ثُمَّ أَمَرَهَا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى مَنْبَتِهَا .
قَالَ الْبَزَّارُ : لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ .
( 161 ) وَحَدِيثُ أُسَامَةَ - رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ - فِي الْبَابِ الَّذِي قَبْلَهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was at the place of al-Hajun, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was extremely downcast and sorrowful. On this occasion he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated to Allah: 'Allahumma arini al-yawma ayatan, la ubali man kadhdhabani ba'daha min qawmi' (O Allah, show me a sign today after which I will not care who among my people denies me). So it was said to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he should call a tree. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called a tree from the direction of the mountain pass of the people of Madinah, and it came tearing through the ground until it reached him (peace and blessings be upon him) and stopped, and it greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it to go back, and it went. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Now I do not care who among my people denies me."
Imam al-Bazzar has also recorded it with his own chain in these words: he (peace and blessings be upon him) was at al-Hajun and the polytheists had rejected his (peace and blessings be upon him) call, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma arini ayatan' (O Allah, show me a sign). It was said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): Call a tree. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) called a tree, and in this narration it is stated explicitly that he (peace and blessings be upon him) then commanded it and it went back to the place where it grew.
Imam al-Bazzar said: To our knowledge this hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain. Also, in this chapter the hadith of Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) has already passed in the previous chapter.
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب المناقب / 3815
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