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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1408 — Imam al-Hasan al-Basri
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : نَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّكَنِ قَالَ : نَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التُّسْتَرِيِّ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- كَانَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ مُسْنِدًا ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى خَشَبَةٍ ، فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ النَّاسُ ، قَالَ : I " ابْنُوا لِي مِنْبَرًا I " فَبَنَوْا لَهُ مِنْبَرًا ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ عَتَبَتَيْنِ ، فَلَمَّا تَحَوَّلَ مِنَ الْخَشَبَةِ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ حَنَّتِ الْخَشَبَةُ . قَالَ أَنَسٌ : فَسَمِعْتُ الْخَشَبَةَ - وَاللهِ - حَنَّتْ حَنِينَ النَّاقَةِ الْوَالِهَةِ ، حَتَّى نَزَلَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- مِنَ الْمِنْبَرِ ، فَاحْتَضَنَهَا ، فَسَكَنَتْ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ : I " يَا عِبَادَ اللهِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، الْخَشَبَةُ تَحِنُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- شَوْقًا إِلَيْهِ ، لِمَكَانِهِ إِلَيْهَا ، أَفَلَيْسَ الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَهُ أَحَقَّ أَنْ يَشْتَاقُوا إِلَيْهِ ؟ I " . I " لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَّا حَبَّانُ . تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ I " .
Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver the sermon on Friday leaning his blessed back against a wooden post. Then, when the number of people grew, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Build a pulpit for me." So they made a pulpit for him (peace and blessings be upon him) which consisted of only two steps. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) moved from that wooden post to the pulpit, the wood began to weep (in the pain of separation). Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! I heard the sound of that wood weeping like a she-camel that wails in distress after being separated from her young, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit to it and embraced it, and then it fell silent."
Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) (on hearing this) would say: "O Muslim servants of Allah! The wood weeps out of longing for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) because of his nearness to it; so are not the people who hope to meet him (peace and blessings be upon him) more deserving of longing for him (peace and blessings be upon him)?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yazid bin Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Habban (may Allah have mercy on him), and Yahya bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) (on hearing this) would say: "O Muslim servants of Allah! The wood weeps out of longing for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) because of his nearness to it; so are not the people who hope to meet him (peace and blessings be upon him) more deserving of longing for him (peace and blessings be upon him)?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yazid bin Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Habban (may Allah have mercy on him), and Yahya bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
