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5 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 402 — a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خُلَيْدٍ قَالَ : نَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ قَالَ : نَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَّامٍ ، يَقُولُ : حَدَّثَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْبِكَالِيُّ .
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيَّ قَالَ : جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : مَا حَوْضُكَ الَّذِي تُحَدِّثُ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ : I " كَمَا بَيْنَ الْبَيْضَاءِ إِلَى بُصْرَى ، يَمُدُّنِي اللهُ فِيهِ بِكُرَاعٍ لَا يَدْرِي إِنْسَانٌ مِمَّنْ خُلِقَ أَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ I " . فَكَبَّرَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَّا الْحَوْضُ فَيَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ ، الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ، وَيَمُوتُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ . فَأَرْجُو أَنْ يُورِثَنِي الْكُرَاعَ فَأَشْرَبَ مِنْهُ . وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " إِنَّ رَبِّي وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ، ثُمَّ يَشْفَعُ كُلُّ أَلْفٍ لِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا ، ثُمَّ يَحْثِي رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بِكَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثَ حَثَيَاتٍ I " . فَكَبَّرَ عُمَرُ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ السَّبْعِينَ الْأُولَى لَيُشَفِّعُهُمُ اللهُ فِي آبَائِهِمْ ، وَأَبْنَائِهِمْ ، وَعَشَائِرِهِمْ ، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي اللهُ فِي إِحْدَى الْحَثَيَاتِ الْأَوَاخِرِ . فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ ؟ قَالَ : I " نَعَمْ ، وَفِيهَا شَجَرَةٌ تُدْعَى طُوبَى هِيَ تُطَابِقُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ I " . فَقَالَ : أَيُّ شَجَرِ أَرْضِنَا تُشْبِهُ ؟ قَالَ : I " لَيْسَ تُشْبِهُ مِنْ شَجَرِ أَرْضِكَ ، وَلَكِنْ أَتَيْتَ الشَّامَ ؟ I " قَالَ : لَا ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ . قَالَ : I " فَإِنَّهَا تُشْبِهُ شَجَرَةً فِي الشَّامِ تُدْعَى الْجَوْزَةَ ، تَنْبُتُ عَلَى سَاقٍ وَاحِدٍ ، ثُمَّ يَنْتَشِرُ أَعْلَاهَا I " . قَالَ : فَمَا عِظَمُ أَصْلِهَا ؟ قَالَ : I " لَوِ ارْتَحَلَتْ جَذَعَةٌ مِنْ إِبِلِ أَهْلِكَ لَمَا قَطَعَتْهَا حَتَّى تَنْكَسِرَ تَرْقُوَتُهَا هَرَمًا I " . قَالَ : فِيهَا عِنَبٌ ؟ قَالَ : I " نَعَمْ I " . قَالَ : مَا عِظَمُ الْعُنْقُودِ مِنْهَا ؟ قَالَ : I " مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ لِلْغُرَابِ الْأَبْقَعِ ، لَا يَنْثَنِي وَلَا يَفْتُرُ I " . قَالَ : فَمَا عِظَمُ الْحَبَّةِ مِنْهُ ؟ قَالَ : I " هَلْ ذَبَحَ أَبُوكَ مِنْ غَنَمِهِ شَيْئًا عَظِيمًا ؟ I " قَالَ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : I " فَسَلَخَ إِهَابَهَا فَأَعْطَاهُ أُمَّكَ ، فَقَالَ : ادْبُغِي هَذَا ، ثُمَّ افْرِي لَنَا مِنْهُ ذَنُوبًا نَرْوِي بِهِ مَاشِيَتَنَا ؟ I " قَالَ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : فَإِنَّ تِلْكَ تُشْبِعُنِي وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِي ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " وَعَامَّةَ عَشِيرَتِكَ .
لَا يُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ ، وَلَا رَوَاهُ عَنْ زَيْدٍ إِلَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Utbah bin Abd al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "What is this Pond of yours that you speak about?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its breadth is like the distance between al-Bayda' and Busra. Allah Almighty will grant me in it an additional portion (kura'), the extent of whose two edges no human being among the creation knows." Hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said "Allahu Akbar" and said: "As for the Pond, the poor among the Muhajirun will come to it, those who fight in the path of Allah and die in His path. I hope that Allah will make me too an heir of that additional portion (kura') so that I may drink from it." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) further said: "Indeed, my Lord has promised me that He will admit seventy thousand of my Ummah into Paradise without reckoning; then every thousand will intercede for seventy thousand; then my Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, will scoop with His two hands three handfuls (and put more people into Paradise)." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) again said "Allahu Akbar" and said: "As for the first seventy thousand, Allah will accept their intercession for their fathers, their sons and their clans, and I hope that Allah will include me in one of the last handfuls." The Bedouin asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), will there be fruit in Paradise?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and in it there is a tree called Tuba, which corresponds to al-Firdaws." He asked: "Which of the trees of our land does it resemble?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It does not resemble any tree of your land; but have you ever been to Sham?" He said: "No, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It resembles a tree in Sham called al-jawzah (the walnut), which grows on a single trunk and then its upper part spreads out." He said: "How thick is its root?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a young camel from your camels set out on a journey, it would break down from old age (that is, die) before covering the distance of its root." He asked: "Will there be grapes in it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He asked: "How big will its bunch be?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Equal to a month's journey of a piebald crow that, as it flies, neither turns aside nor tires." He asked: "How big will one of its grapes be?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Has your father ever slaughtered a big ram from his sheep?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And then skinned it and given its hide to your mother and said: 'Tan this, then make for us from it a big bucket with which we can water our livestock'?" He said: "Yes." He asked: "Then will that one grape satisfy me and my household?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You, and your whole clan as well."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Utbah bin Abd (may Allah be pleased with him) only through the narration of Zayd bin Sallam (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Zayd it was narrated only by Mu'awiyah bin Sallam (may Allah have mercy on him) and Yahya bin Abi Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him)."
Hadith Reference المعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 402
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده جيد
Hadith Takhrij «قال الهيثمي: فيه عامر بن زيد البكالي وقد ذكره ابن أبي حاتم ولم يجرحه ولم يوثقه وبقية رجاله ثقات «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 10، ص 409»»
«قال الهيثمي: فيه عامر بن البكالي وقد ذكره ابن أبي حاتم ولم يجرحه ولم يوثقه وبقية رجاله ثقات «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 10، ص 414»»
«قال الضياء المقدسي: لا أعلم له علة «فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري، ج 11، ص 418»»
«قال ابن حجر: علته الاختلاف في سنده «فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري، ج 11، ص 418»»
«قال ابن حجر: سند جيد «فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري، ج 11، ص 418»»
«أخرجه ابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 6450، 7247، 7414، 7416، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 17917، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 313، 312»

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