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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 1514 — the Prophet ﷺ passed through one
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَ : نَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ فَائِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ . عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- مَرَّ فِي بَعْضِ سِكَكِ الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَرَأَى رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ مَيِّتًا قَدْ رَمَوْا بِهِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ ، فَسَأَلَ بَعْضَ مَنْ ثَمَّ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : مَمْلُوكُ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ I " فَقَالَ : مَمْلُوكٌ لِآلِ فُلَانٍ ، فَقَالَ : I " أَكُنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَهُ يُصَلِّي ؟ فَقَالُوا : كُنَّا نَرَاهُ أَحْيَانًا يُصَلِّي ، وَأَحْيَانًا لَا يُصَلِّي ، فَقَالَ : I " قُومُوا فَاغْسِلُوهُ ، وَكَفِّنُوهُ I " ، فَقَامُوا ، فَغَسَّلُوهُ وَكَفَّنُوهُ ، وَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ ، قَالَ : I " سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- صَلَاتَهُ ، قَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، سَمِعْنَاكَ كُلَّمَا كَبَّرْتَ تَقُولُ : سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، فَلِمَ قُلْتَ : سُبْحَانَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ : I " كَادَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَنْ تَحُولَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَا صَلَّوْا عَلَيْهِ . I " لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ إِلَّا كَثِيرُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ بْنِ فَائِدٍ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : ابْنُهُ . I " . قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ : I " وَتَفْسِيرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ : أَنَّ مَوَالِيَهُ كَانُوا رُبَّمَا شَهِدُوهُ يُصَلِّي ، وَرُبَّمَا صَلَّى حَيْثُ لَا يَرَوْنَهُ ، فَاسْتَخَفُّوا بِهِ لِذَلِكَ ، وَلَوْ كَانَ يَتْرُكُ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ شَيْئًا لَا يُصَلِّيهِ كَانَ كَافِرًا ، لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- قَالَ : I " بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ الْكُفْرِ تَرْكُ الصَّلَاةِ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed through one of the streets of Madinah and saw a dead black man whom people had thrown onto the road. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked some of the people present there about him: "Whose slave is this?" They said: "He is the slave of such-and-such family." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you used to see him praying?" They said: "Sometimes we saw him praying and sometimes we did not." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Get up! Wash him and shroud him." So they got up, washed him and shrouded him. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and led his funeral prayer, and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir, he said: "Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah, Glory be to Allah)." When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished his prayer, his Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, we heard you saying 'Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah' at every takbir; why did you say this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Because of the great number of angels praying the funeral prayer over him, they were about to come between me and him."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one other than Kathir bin Murrah bin Fa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Thabit al-Bunani (may Allah have mercy on him), and his son (al-Hasan) is alone in narrating it from him."
Abu al-Qasim (Imam al-Tabarani) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The explanation of this hadith is that his masters would at times have seen him praying, and at times he would have prayed where they could not see him, and for that reason they regarded him lightly. Had he been someone who abandoned any part of the prayer (altogether), he would have been a disbeliever, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Between the servant and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one other than Kathir bin Murrah bin Fa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Thabit al-Bunani (may Allah have mercy on him), and his son (al-Hasan) is alone in narrating it from him."
Abu al-Qasim (Imam al-Tabarani) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The explanation of this hadith is that his masters would at times have seen him praying, and at times he would have prayed where they could not see him, and for that reason they regarded him lightly. Had he been someone who abandoned any part of the prayer (altogether), he would have been a disbeliever, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Between the servant and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer.'"
