معجم صغير للطبراني
Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir
كتاب الرقاقBook of Softening the Hearts
Description of Prophet Yaqub (Jacob), peace be upon him
Hadith 1032
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْبَاهِيُّ الْمِصْرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ ، عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الأَحْمَسِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "كَانَ لِيَعْقُوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَخٌ مُؤَاخًى ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ : يَا يَعْقُوبُ ، مَا الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ بَصَرَكَ ؟ مَا الَّذِي قَوَّسَ ظَهْرَكَ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَّا الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ بَصَرِي فَالْبُكَاءُ عَلَى يُوسُفَ ، وَأَمَّا الَّذِي قَوَّسَ ظَهْرِي فَالْحُزْنُ عَلَى ابْنِي بِنْيَامِينَ ، فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا يَعْقُوبُ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلامَ ، وَيَقُولُ لَكَ : أَمَا تَسْتَحِي أَنْ تَشْكُونِي إِلَى غَيْرِي ؟ فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ : إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ : اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَشْكُو يَا يَعْقُوبُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ : أَيْ رَبِّ ، أَمَا تَرْحَمُ الشَّيْخَ الْكَبِيرَ ، أَذْهَبْتَ بَصَرِي ، وَقَوَّسْتَ ظَهْرِي ، فَارْدُدْ عَلَيَّ رَيْحَانَتِي يُوسُفَ أَشُمُّهُ شَمَّةً قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ ، ثُمَّ اصْنَعْ بِي يَا رَبِّ مَا شِئْتَ ، فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا يَعْقُوبُ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلامَ ، وَيَقُولُ لَكَ : أَبْشِرْ ، وَلْيَفْرِحْ قَلْبُكَ ، فَوَعِزَّتِي وَجَلالِي لَوْ كَانَا مَيِّتَيْنِ لَنَشَرْتُهُمَا لَكَ ، فَاصْنَعْ طَعَامًا لِلْمَسَاكِينِ ، فَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ عِبَادِي إِلَيَّ الْمَسَاكِينُ ، وَتَدْرِي لِمَ أَذْهَبْتُ بَصَرَكَ ، وَقَوَّسْتُ ظَهْرَكَ ، وَصَنَعَ إِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ بِيُوسُفَ مَا صَنَعُوا ، لأَنَّكُمْ ذَبَحْتُمْ شَاةً ، فَأَتَاكُمْ فُلانٌ الْمِسْكِينُ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلَمْ تُطْعِمُوهُ مِنْهَا ، وَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْغِذَاءَ أَمَرَ مُنَادِيًا ، فَنَادَى أَلا مَنْ كَانَ صَائِمًا مِنَ الْمَسَاكِينِ فَلْيُفْطِرْ مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ "، لا يُرْوَى عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، إِلا بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Jacob (peace be upon him) had a foster brother, who one day said to Jacob (peace be upon him): ‘Jacob! Why has your eyesight gone and why has your back become bent?’ He replied: ‘My eyesight has gone from weeping over Joseph (peace be upon him), and the grief for my son Benjamin has bent my back.’ At that moment, Gabriel (peace be upon him) came and said: ‘O Jacob (peace be upon him)! Allah, the Exalted, sends you greetings of peace and says: Do you not feel ashamed that you complain about Me to others besides Me?’ So Jacob (peace be upon him) said: ‘Indeed, I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah.’ Gabriel (peace be upon him) said: ‘O Jacob! The One to Whom you complain, Allah, knows it well.’ Then Jacob (peace be upon him) said: ‘O my Lord! Do You not have mercy on an old man? O Allah! You have taken my eyesight, You have bent my back, so return my flower Joseph to me so that I may smell him before my death. O Allah! Then do with me as You wish.’ Then Gabriel (peace be upon him) came and said: ‘Jacob! Allah sends you greetings of peace and says: Rejoice and let your heart be glad. By My honor and majesty, even if both of them had died, I would surely have brought them back to life for you. Now arrange food for the poor, for My most beloved servants are the poor, and do you know why your eyesight was taken, and why your back was bent, and why what Joseph’s brothers said was done? Because you slaughtered a goat and a poor man came to you while he was fasting, but you did not give him food.’ And after that, whenever Jacob (peace be upon him) intended to eat breakfast, he would send a caller who would announce: ‘If there is any poor person among the needy who is fasting, let him come and break his fast with Jacob (peace be upon him).’”
