Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, so I went out to him (peace and blessings be upon him). I found that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had a fever and had tied a band around his head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Fadl! Take my hand.' So I took his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand until he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the pulpit and sat upon it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'Call out to the people.' So I called out to the people and they gathered around him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) praised and extolled Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, then said: 'O people! The time of my departure has drawn near, and I have certain rights (owed) among you. So whoever's back I have (ever) lashed, here is my back; let him take retaliation from me. Whoever's honour I have spoken against, here is my honour; let him take retaliation from me. And whoever's wealth I have taken, here is my wealth; let him take his right from me. And let no man say: I fear enmity and rancour from the Messenger of Allah. Take heed! Enmity is neither part of my nature nor my way. Take heed! The most beloved of you to me is the one who takes (his) right, if he has any right, or forgives me, so that I meet Allah with my soul at ease (and free of the rights of people). And I think that saying it once will not achieve my purpose until I repeat this before you several times.'
Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit and led the Zuhr prayer, then returned to the pulpit and repeated his same words about (not harbouring) rancour and enmity and other matters. Then he said: 'O people! Whoever has something (belonging to someone else or to the public treasury) should return it, and let him not say: It will be disgrace in this world. Remember! The disgrace of this world is far better than the disgrace of the Hereafter.' So a man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! You owe me three dirhams. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'We neither belie anyone who makes a claim nor ask him to swear an oath, (but tell me,) how did I come to owe them to you?' He said: Do you remember the day a beggar passed by you and you ordered me, so I gave him three dirhams? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Fadl! Give them to him.' Then another man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have three dirhams which I took by stealing from (the spoils gained in) the path of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Why did you steal them?' He said: I was in great need of them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Fadl! Take them from him.'
Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever among you fears something (because of his sins or faults), let him stand up and I will supplicate for him.' A man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! I am a great liar, I am a hypocrite, and I sleep a great deal. He (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma urzuqhu sidqan wa imanan, wa adhhib anhu an-nawma idha arad' (O Allah, grant him truthfulness and faith, and remove (excessive) sleep from him when he wishes (to stay awake)).
Then another man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! I am a great liar and a hypocrite, and there is no evil that I have not committed. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said (rebuking him): O man! You have disgraced yourself. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Stop, O Ibn al-Khattab! The disgrace of this world is far lighter than the disgrace of the Hereafter. Allahumma urzuqhu sidqan wa imanan, wa sayyir amrahu ila khayr (O Allah, grant him truthfulness and faith, and make the outcome of his affair good).' Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said something, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Umar is with me and I am with Umar, and after me the truth will be with Umar wherever he may be.'"
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; al-Harith bin Abd al-Malik is alone in narrating it.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 2629
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف، فيه من لم يعرفهم الهيثمي
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