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5 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2317 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: How strange

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ : نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ شَرُوسٍ قَالَ : نَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي الْحَجَّاجِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : عَجَبٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَزَعِهِ مِنَ السَّقَمِ ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ مَا لَهُ فِي السَّقَمِ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ سَقِيمًا الدَّهْرَ I " .
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَضَحِكَ ، فَقِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، مِمَّ رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَضَحِكْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " عَجِبْتُ مِنْ مَلَكَيْنِ كَانَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ عَبْدًا فِي مُصَلًّى كَانَ فِيهِ ، وَلَمْ يَجِدَاهُ ، فَرَجَعَا ، فَقَالَا : يَا رَبَّنَا عَبْدُكَ فُلَانٌ كُنَّا نَكْتُبُ لَهُ فِي يَوْمِهِ وَلَيْلَتِهِ عَمَلَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْمَلُ ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ قَدْ حَبَسْتَهُ فِي حِبَالِكَ ، فَقَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى : اكْتُبُوا لِعَبْدِي عَمَلَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْمَلُ فِي يَوْمِهِ وَلَيْلَتِهِ ، وَلَا تَنْقُصُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ، وَعَلَيَّ أَجْرُ مَا حَبَسْتُهُ ، وَلَهُ أَجْرُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ .
لَا يُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Utbah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How strange is the believer, that he becomes distressed by illness, whereas if he knew what (reward) there is for him in illness, he would love to remain ill all the time."
Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head towards the sky and laughed. It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! What made you raise your head towards the sky and laugh?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was amazed at two angels who were looking for a servant in the place of prayer where he used to pray, but they did not find him, so they went back and said: 'O our Lord! Your servant so-and-so, we used to record for him the deeds he did in his day and night; (today) we found that You have held him back in Your bonds.' So Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said: 'Keep recording for My servant the deeds he used to do in his day and night, and do not reduce anything of it; the reward for what I have held him back from is upon Me, and for him is the reward of what he used to do.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Utbah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; Muhammad bin Abi Humayd is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Reference المعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 2317
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده ضعيف جدًّا، فيه محمد بن أبي حميد
Hadith Takhrij «قال الهيثمي: فيه محمد بن أبي حميد وهو ضعيف جدا «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 2، ص 304»»

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