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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 308 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The example
وَعَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ .
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : مَثَلُ الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ ، فَقَامَ بِهِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ، كَمَثَلِ الْإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ ، إِذَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا صَاحِبُهَا أَمْسَكَهَا ، وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَ عُقُلَهَا ذَهَبَتْ ، فَكَذَلِكَ صَاحِبُ الْقُرْآنِ .
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : مَثَلُ الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ ، فَقَامَ بِهِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ، كَمَثَلِ الْإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ ، إِذَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا صَاحِبُهَا أَمْسَكَهَا ، وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَ عُقُلَهَا ذَهَبَتْ ، فَكَذَلِكَ صَاحِبُ الْقُرْآنِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the Qur'an, when its companion (the one who memorises it) keeps constant watch over it and maintains it by night and by day (through recitation and prayer), is like that of hobbled camels: if their owner keeps watch over them, he keeps them under control, and if he unties their hobbles, they run away. Such is the case of the companion of the Qur'an."
