حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْخَطِيبُ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ ، نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ ، نَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ، نَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، أَنَّ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ - وَلَيْسَ بِالْأَنْصَارِيِّ - كَانَ فِي عِيرٍ لِخَدِيجَةَ ، وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ مَعَهُ فِي تِلْكَ الْعِيرِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، إِنِّي أَرَى فِيكَ خِصَالًا ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ النَّبِيَّ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ مِنْ تِهَامَةَ ، وَقَدْ آمَنْتُ بِكَ ، فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُ بِخُرُوجِكَ أَتَيْتُكَ ، فَأَبْطَأَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى كَانَ يَوْمُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : مَرْحَبًا بِالْمُهَاجِرِ الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، مَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَنْ أَتَاكَ ، وَأَنَا مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَ غَيْرُ مُنْكِرٍ لِبَيْعَتِكَ ، وَلَا نَاكِثٍ لِعَهْدِكَ ، وَآمَنْتُ بِالْقُرْآنِ ، وَكَفَرْتُ بِالْوَثَنِ ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَصَابَتْنَا بَعْدَكَ سَنَوَاتٌ شِدَادٌ مُتَوَالِيَاتٌ ، تَرَكَتِ الْمُخَّ رِزَامًا وَالْمَطِيَّ هَامًا ، غَاضَتْ لَهَا الدَّرَّةُ ، وَنَبَعَتْ لَهَا التَّرَةُ ، وَعَادَ لَهَا النِّقَادُ مُتَجَرْثِمًا وَالْقَنِطَةُ أَوِ الْعِضَاهُ مُسْتَحْلِفًا ، وَالْوَشِيجُ مُسْتَحْنِكًا ، يَبِسَتْ بِأَرْضِ الْوَدِيسِ ، وَاجْتَاحَتِ جَمِيعَ الْيَبِيسِ وَأَفْنَتْ أُصُولَ الْوَشِيجِ ، حَتَّى قُطَّتِ الْقَنِطَةُ ، أَتَيْتُكَ غَيْرَ نَاكِثٍ لِعَهْدِي ، وَلَا مُنْكِرٍ لِبَيْعَتِي .
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : I " خُذْ عَنْكَ ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بَاسِطٌ يَدَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ لِمُسِيءِ النَّهَارِ لِيَتُوبَ ، فَإِنْ تَابَ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ ، وَبَاسِطٌ يَدَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ لِمُسِيءِ اللَّيْلِ لِيَتُوبَ ، فَإِنْ تَابَ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ ، وَإِنَّ الْحَقَّ ثَقِيلٌ كَثِقَلِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَإِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ خَفِيفٌ كَخِفَّتِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مَحْظُورٌ عَلَيْهَا بِالْمَكَارِهِ ، وَإِنَّ النَّارَ مَحْظُورٌ عَلَيْهَا بِالشَّهَوَاتِ .
فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ ، وَعَنْ ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ ، وَعَنْ حَرِّ الْمَاءِ فِي الشِّتَاءِ ، وَعَنْ بَرْدِهِ فِي الصَّيْفِ ، وَعَنِ الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ ، وَعَنْ مَنْشَأِ السَّحَابِ ، وَعَنْ مَخْرَجِ الْجَرَادِ ، وَعَنِ الرَّعْدِ وَالْبَرْقِ ، وَعَمَّا لِلْوَلَدِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ ، وَمَا لِلْمَرْأَةِ .
فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : I " أَمَّا ظُلْمَةُ اللَّيْلِ ، وَضَوْءُ النَّهَارِ : فَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ سَقَطَتْ تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ ، فَأَظْلَمَ اللَّيْلُ لِذَلِكَ ، وَإِذَا أَضَاءَ الصُّبْحُ ابْتَدَرَهَا سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ ، وَهِيَ تَقَاعَسُ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ تُعْبَدَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ ، حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ فَتُضِيءَ ، فَبِطُولِ اللَّيْلِ يَطُولُ مُكْثُهَا ، فَيَسْخُنَ الْمَاءُ لِذَلِكَ ، وَإِذَا كَانَ الصَّيْفُ قَلَّ مُكْثُهَا فَبَرَدَ الْمَاءُ لِذَلِكَ . وَأَمَّا الْجَرَادُ : فَإِنَّهُ نَثْرَةُ حُوتٍ فِي الْبَحْرِ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : الْإِيوَانُ ، وَفِيهِ يَهْلَكُ ، وَأَمَّا مَنْشَأُ السَّحَابِ : فَإِنَّهُ يَنْشَأُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْخَافِقَيْنِ - أَوْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْخَافِقَيْنِ - تُلْحِمُهُ الصَّبَا وَالْجَنُوبُ وَتُسْدِيهِ الشَّمَالُ وَالدَّبُورُ . وَأَمَّا الرَّعْدُ : فَإِنَّهُ مَلَكٌ بِيَدِهِ مِخْرَاقٌ يُدْنِي الْقَاصِيَةَ وَيُؤَخِّرُ الدَّانِيَةَ ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ بَرَقَتْ ، وَإِذَا زَجَرَ رَعَدَتْ ، وَإِذَا ضَرَبَ صَعِقَتْ . وَأَمَّا مَا لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ ، وَمَا لِلْمَرْأَةِ : فَإِنَّ لِلرَّجُلِ الْعِظَامَ ، وَالْعُرُوقَ ، وَالْعَصَبَ ، وَلِلْمَرْأَةِ اللَّحْمَ ، وَالدَّمَ ، وَالشَّعْرَ ، وَأَمَّا الْبَلَدُ الْأَمِينُ : فَمَكَّةُ I " .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ إِلَّا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), who was not the Ansari, was in a trade caravan of the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with him in that same caravan. He said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Muhammad! I see certain qualities in you, and I bear witness that you are the Prophet who will appear from Tihamah, and I have believed in you; so when I hear of your appearance, I will come to you." Then he held back from coming to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until the day of the Conquest of Makkah came; then he came to him. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he said: "Welcome to the first emigrant!" He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Nothing prevented me from being among the first to come to you, while I believe in you, do not deny my pledge to you, and am not breaking my covenant with you; I believed in the Qur'an and rejected the idol. It was only that after you, severe droughts struck us one after another, which dried up even the marrow of the bones and left the riding camels thin and exhausted; the milk dried up and deprivation and hardship rose up; the young of the sheep were left clinging to the ground; the thorny trees and bushes withered; all the dry grass met destruction and even the roots perished, until all the produce was cut off and finished. (Now) I have come to you neither breaking my covenant nor denying my pledge."
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave this talk of yours aside. Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, spreads out His hand (of mercy) at night so that the one who sinned during the day may repent, and if he repents, Allah accepts his repentance; and He spreads out His hand (of mercy) during the day so that the one who sinned at night may repent, and if he repents, Allah accepts his repentance. And the truth is heavy, just as it will be heavy (in the Scale) on the Day of Resurrection, and falsehood is light, just as it will be light on the Day of Resurrection. And Paradise is surrounded by things that are disliked, and Hell is surrounded by desires."
Then he said: "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me about the light of the day, about the darkness of the night, about the warmth of water in winter and its coolness in summer, about the secure city, about where the clouds arise, about where the locusts come from, about thunder and lightning, and about what share of the child belongs to the man and what to the woman."
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for the darkness of the night and the light of the day: when the sun sets, it goes beneath the earth, and for that reason the night becomes dark. And when the morning brightens, seventy thousand angels rush towards it, and it holds back, disliking that it be worshipped besides Allah, until it rises and spreads its light. So with the length of the night its stay (beneath the earth) becomes long, and for that reason the water becomes warm; and when it is summer, its stay is short, and for that reason the water becomes cool. As for the locust: it is the sneeze of a large fish in the sea called al-Iwan, and in it (the sea) it perishes. As for where the clouds arise: they arise from the direction of the two horizons, or from between the two horizons; the east wind and the south wind join them together, and the north wind and the west wind spread them out. As for thunder: it is an angel in whose hand is a whip; he brings the distant cloud near and pushes the near one back; when he raises it, lightning flashes; when he rebukes, thunder rumbles; and when he strikes, the thunderbolt falls. As for the share of the man and the woman in the child: the man's share is the bones, the veins and the sinews, and the woman's share is the flesh, the blood and the hair. And as for the secure city: it is Makkah."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Jurayj except Abu Imran al-Harrani, and Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami is alone in narrating it."