حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّقْرِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، قَالَا: ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثُمَّ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ، عَنْ دَلْهَمِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ لَقِيطٍ، أَنَّ لَقِيطَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ، خَرَجَ وَافِدًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ صَاحِبٌ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَهِيكُ بْنُ عَاصِمِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَفِقِ، قَالَ لَقِيطٌ: خَرَجَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ لِانْسِلَاخِ رَجَبٍ، فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، فَقَامَ فِي النَّاسِ خَطِيبًا، فَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلَا إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَّأْتُ لَكُمْ صَوْتِي مُنْذُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِأَسْمَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ، أَلَا فَهَلْ مِنِ امْرِئٍ بَعَثَهُ قَوْمُهُ؟» ، فَقَالُوا: أَعُلِمَ لَنَا مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟، «أَلَا ثُمَّ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُلْهِيَهُ حَدِيثُ نَفْسِهِ أَوْ حَدِيثُ صَاحِبٍ لَهُ أَوْ يُلْهِيَهُ الضُّلَّالُ، أَلَا إِنِّي مَسْؤُولٌ، هَلْ بَلَّغَتُ؟، أَلَا فَاسْمَعُوا تَعِيشُوا، أَلَا فَاسْمَعُوا تَعِيشُوا، أَلَا اجْلِسُوا» ، قَالَ: فَجَلَسَ النَّاسُ وَقُمْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ لَنَا فُؤَادُهُ وَبَصَرُهُ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا عِنْدَكَ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ؟ ، فَضَحِكَ لَعَمْرِ اللهِ وَهَزَّ رَأْسَهُ وَعَلِمَ أَنِّي أَبْتَغِي سَقْطَهُ، فَقَالَ: «ضَنَّ رَبُّكَ بِخَمْسٍ مِنَ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا هُوَ» ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟، قَالَ: «عِلْمُ الْمَنِيَّةِ، مَتَى مَنِيَّةُ أَحَدِكُمْ وَلَا تَعْلَمُونَهُ، وَعِلْمُ الْمَنِيِّ حِينَ يَكُونُ فِي الرَّحِمِ قَدْ عَلِمَ وَلَا تَعْلَمُونَهُ، وَعِلْمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ قَدْ عَلِمَ مَا أَنْتَ طَاعِمٌ غَدًا وَلَا تَعْلَمُهُ، وَعِلْمُ يَوْمِ الْغَيْبِ يُشْرِفُ عَلَيْكُمْ آزِلِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ، وَيَظَلُّ رَبُّكَ يَضْحَكُ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ عَوْدَتَكُمْ قَرِيبٌ» ، قَالَ لَقِيطٌ: قُلْتُ: لَنْ نُعْدَمَ مِنْ رَبٍّ يَضْحَكُ خَيْرًا، «وَعِلْمُ يَوْمِ السَّاعَةِ»
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ حَاجَتِي فَلَا تَعْجَلْنِي، قَالَ: «سَلْ عَمَّا شِئْتَ» ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنَا مَا تَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ وَمَا نَعْلَمُ، فَإِنَّا مِنْ قَبِيلٍ لَا يُصَدِّقُونَ تَصْدِيقَنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ مَذْحِجٍ الَّتِي تَعْلُو عَلَيْنَا، وَخَثْعَمَ الَّتِي تُوَازِينَا، تُوَالِينَا، وَعَشِيرَتِنَا الَّتِي نَحْنُ مِنْهَا، قَالَ: " تَلْبَثُونَ مَا لَبِثْتُمْ ثُمَّ تُبْعَثُ الصَّيْحَةُ، لَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ مَا يَدَعُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا مَاتَ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ الَّذِينَ مَعَ رَبِّكَ، وَأَصْبَحَ رَبُّكَ يَتَطَوَّفُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبِلَادُ، فَأَرْسَلَ رَبُّكَ السَّمَاءَ بِهَضْبٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْعَرْشِ، فَلَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ مَا يَدَعُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِنْ قَتِيلٍ وَلَا مَدْفَنِ مَيِّتٍ إِلَّا شُقَّتِ الْقَبْرُ عَنْهُ وَيَخْلُقُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ فَيَسْتَوِي جَالِسًا، يَقُولُ رَبُّكَ: مَهْيَمْ؟، لِمَا كَانَ فِيهِ، يَقُولُ: يَا رَبُّ أَمْسَ الْيَوْمِ - لِعَهْدِهِ بِالْحَيَاةِ يَحْسَبُهُ حَدِيثًا "
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ يَجْمَعُنَا بَعْدَمَا تُمَزِّقُنَا الرِّيَاحُ وَالْبِلَى وَالسِّبَاعُ؟، قَالَ: " أُنَبِّئُكَ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فِي آلَاءِ اللهِ: الْأَرْضُ أَشْرَفْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ مُدَرَّرَةٌ بَالِيَةٌ فَقُلْتَ لَا تَحْيَا أَبَدًا، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَبُّكَ السَّمَاءَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى أَشْرَفْتَ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ شَرْبَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَلَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ لَهُوَ أَقْدَرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَجْمَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ عَلَى أَنْ يَجْمَعَ نَبَاتَ الْأَرْضِ فَتَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَضْوَاءِ وَمِنْ مَصَارِعِكُمْ فَتَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ سَاعَةً وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكُمْ "
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ وَنَحْنُ مِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ شَخْصٌ وَاحِدٌ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْنَا وَنَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ؟، قَالَ : " أُنَبِّئُكَ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فِي آلَاءِ اللهِ: الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ آيَةٌ مِنْهُ صَغِيرَةٌ تَرَوْنَهُمَا سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً وَيَرَيَانِكُمْ وَلَا تُضَامُونَ فِي رُؤْيَتِهِمَا، وَلَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ لَهُوَ أَقْدَرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَرَاكُمْ وَتَرَوْهُ مِنْهُمَا أَنْ تَرَوْهُمَا وَيَرَيَانِكُمْ "
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا يَفْعَلُ بِنَا رَبُّنَا إِذَا لَقِينَاهُ؟، قَالَ: " تُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهِ بَادِيَةً صَفَحَاتُكُمْ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ، فَيَأْخُذُ رَبُّكَ بِيَدِهِ غَرْفَةً مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَيَنْضَحُ بِهَا قبلكمْ، فَلَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ مَا يُخْطِئُ وَجْهَ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ قَطْرَةٌ، فَأَمَّا الْمُسْلِمُ فَتَدَعُ وَجْهَهُ مِثْلَ الرَّيْطَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ، وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيَجْعَلُهُ مِثْلَ الْحُمَمِ الْأَسْوَدِ، أَلَا ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْكُمْ، وَيَتَفَرَّقُ عَلَى أَثَرِهَ الصَّالِحُونَ فَيَسْلُكُونَ جِسْرًا مِنَ النَّارِ يَطَأُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى الْجَمْرَةِ، فَيَقُولُ: حَسِّ، فَيَقُولُ رَبُّكَ: أَوَانُهُ، أَلَا فَيَظْلَعُونَ عَلَى حَوْضِ الرَّسُولِ لَا يَظْمَأُ وَاللهِ بِأَهْلِهِ، فَلَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ مَا يَبْسُطُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ يَدَهُ إِلَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا قَدَحٌ يُطَهِّرُهُ مِنَ الطَّوَافِ وَالْبَوْلِ وَالْأَذَى، وَتُحْبَسُ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ فَلَا تَرَوْنَ مِنْهُمَا وَاحِدًا "
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَبِمَ نُبْصِرُ؟، قَالَ: «مِثْلَ بَصُرِ سَاعَتِكَ هَذِهِ، وَذَلِكَ مَعَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فِي يَوْمٍ أَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَوَاجَهَتْهُ الْجِبَالُ»
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَبِمَ نُجْزَى مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَحَسَنَاتِنَا؟، قَالَ: «الْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا، وَالسَّيِّئَةُ بِمِثْلِهَا أَوْ يَغْفِرُ»
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ؟، قَالَ: «لَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ، إِنَّ لِلنَّارِ لَسَبْعَةَ أَبْوَابٍ مَا مِنْهُنَّ بَابٌ إِلَّا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ بَيْنَهُمَا سَبْعِينَ عَامًا، وَإِنَّ لِلْجَنَّةِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَبْوَابٍ مَا مِنْهُمَا بَابَانِ إِلَّا يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ بَيْنَهُمَا سَبْعِينَ عَامًا»
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَلَى مَا نَطَّلِعُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ؟، قَالَ: «عَلَى أَنْهَارٍ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّى، وَأَنْهَارٍ مِنْ كَأْسٍ مَا بِهَا مِنْ صُدَاعٍ وَلَا نَدَامَةٍ، وَأَنْهَارٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُ وَمَاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ، وَفَاكِهَةٍ لَعَمْرُ إِلَهِكَ مَا تَعْلَمُونَ، وَخَيْرٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ مَعَهُ وَأَزْوَاجٍ مُطَّهَرَةٍ» ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَوَلَنَا فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ أَوَ مِنْهُنَّ مُصْلِحَاتٌ؟، قَالَ: «الصَّالِحَاتُ لِلصَّالِحِينَ تَلَذُّونَهُنَّ مِثْلَ لَذَّاتِكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَتَلَذُّونَكُمْ غَيْرَ أَنْ لَا تَوَالُدَ» ، قَالَ لَقِيطٌ: قُلْتُ: مَا أَفْضَلَ مَا نَحْنُ بَالِغُونَ مُنْتَهُونَ إِلَيْهِ
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلَى مَا أُبَايِعُكَ؟، فَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ: «عَلَى إِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَزِيَالِ الشِّرْكِ، لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ إِلَهًا غَيْرَهُ»
قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: فَمَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ؟، قَالَ: وَقَبَضَ وَبَسَطَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَظَنَّ أَنِّي مُشْتَرِطٌ شَيْئًا لَا يُعْطِيَنِيهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَحِلُّ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْنَا، وَلَا يَجْنِي امْرُؤٌ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ فَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ: «فَلَكَ، حِلَّ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ وَلَا تَجْنِي عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ» ، قَالَ: فَانْصَرَفْنَا عَنْهُ، وَقَالَ: «هَا إِنَّ ذَيْنِ، هَا إِنَّ ذَيْنِ لَمِنْ نَفَرٍ، لَعَمْرُو إِلَهِكَ إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَتْقَى النَّاسِ رَبَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ» ، فَقَالَ لَهُ كَعْبُ بْنُ الْخُدَارِيَّةِ، أَحَدُ بَنِي أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ كِلَابٍ: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟، قَالَ: «بَنُو الْمُنْتَفِقِ» ، قَالَ: بَنُو الْمُنْتَفِقِ أَهْلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ، أَهْلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ، فَانْصَرَفْتُ وَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ لِأَحَدٍ مِمَّنْ مَضَى قَبْلَنَا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فِي جَاهِلِيَّتِهِمْ؟، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُرْضِ قُرَيْشٍ: وَاللهِ إِنَّ أَبَاكَ الْمُنْتَفِقَ لَفِي النَّارِ، قَالَ: فَكَأَنَّهُ وَقَعَ حَرٌّ بَيْنَ جِلْدِ وَجْهِي وَلَحْمِهِ بِمَا قَالَ عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّاسِ، وَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: أَيْنَ أَبُوكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟، فَإِذَا الْأُخْرَى أَجْمَلُ قُلْتُ، أَوْ أَهْلُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟، قَالَ: " وَأَهْلِي، مَا أَتَيْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَبْرِ عَامِرِيٍّ أَوْ قُرَشِيٍّ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ فَقُلْ: أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَبْشِرْ بِمَا يَسُوؤُكَ، تُجَرُّ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ وَبَطْنِكَ فِي النَّارِ "، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ بِهِمْ وَكَانُوا عَلَى عَمَلٍ لَا يُحْسِنُونَ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ، وَكَانُوا يَحْسَبُونَهُمْ مُصْلِحِينَ؟، قَالَ: «ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ فِي آخِرِ كُلِّ سَبْعِ أُمَمٍ نَبِيًّا، فَمَنْ أَطَاعَ نَبِيَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ، وَمَنْ عَصَاهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ»
It is narrated from Asim bin Laqit that Sayyiduna Laqit bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) set out as a delegate to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and with him was a companion of his called Nahik bin Asim bin Malik bin al-Muntafiq. Laqit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He set out, and my companion and I set out too, until we reached Madinah at the end of Rajab. We came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished the Fajr prayer and turned away, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up among the people to deliver a sermon and said: "O people! Listen, I have kept my voice in reserve for you for four days so that I might make you hear today. Listen, is there any man whose people have sent him?" The people said: Shall it be made known to us what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is saying? "Listen! Then perhaps his own thoughts or the talk of a companion of his may distract him, or misguiding things may distract him. Listen! I will be asked whether I conveyed (the message). Listen! Hear so that you may live. Listen! Hear so that you may live. Listen! Sit down." He said: So the people sat down, and my companion and I stood, until, when his (peace and blessings be upon him) heart and sight turned towards us, I said: O Messenger of Allah! What knowledge of the unseen do you have? He (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed — by Allah — and shook his head, and he knew that I wanted to make him slip, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your Lord has kept five matters of the unseen to Himself, which none knows but He," and he gestured with his hand. I said: What are they, O Messenger of Allah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The knowledge of death: when the death of any of you will come — you do not know it. And the knowledge of the sperm-drop: when it is in the womb, Allah knows it and you do not know it. And the knowledge of tomorrow: Allah knows what you will eat tomorrow, and you do not know it. And the knowledge of the Day of Resurrection: it will come upon you while you are in hardship and afraid, and your Lord will keep laughing, for He knows that your return is near." Laqit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: We will never be deprived of good from a Lord who laughs. "And the knowledge of the Hour."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! I am going to ask you about my need, so do not hurry me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask whatever you wish." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Teach us what people know and what we know, for we are from a tribe whose word is not believed — neither by Madhhij, who hold superiority over us, nor by Khath'am, who are our equals and our allies, nor even by our own clan. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will remain for as long as you remain, then the Blast will be sent. By your God, it will not leave anything upon the surface of the earth except that it dies, and also the angels who are with your Lord. And your Lord will go about in the earth, and the lands will lie empty before Him. Then your Lord will send the sky with rain from the direction of the Throne, and by your God, it will not leave upon the surface of the earth any slain person or buried dead except that his grave will be split open for him, and He will create him from the direction of his head until he sits up. Your Lord will say: What is the matter? He will say: O my Lord, (it was) yesterday — because he will remember his last sense of life, he will think it was just now."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! When the winds, decay and wild beasts have torn us to pieces, how will He gather us again? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will tell you of a similar example among the signs of Allah: the earth, which you see dry and barren, and you say it will never come to life; then your Lord sends the sky upon it, and after only a little while you see it, and it has become green and lush in a single bloom. So by your God, He is more able to gather you from the water than He is to gather the vegetation of the earth. So you will come out from the lights and from the places where you fell, and you will look at Him for a moment and He will look at you."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! How will that be, when we will fill the earth and He is a single Being; He will see us and we will see Him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will tell you of another similar example among the signs of Allah: the sun and the moon are a small sign of His; you see them at one and the same time and they see you, and you feel no crowding in seeing them. So by your God, He is more able to have you see Him and to see you than (it is for) you to see the sun and the moon and for them to see you."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! What will our Lord do with us when we meet Him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will be presented before Him with your faces exposed; nothing about you will be hidden from Him. Then your Lord will take a handful of water in His hand and sprinkle it before you, and by your God, not a single drop will miss the face of any one of you. As for the one who is a Muslim, his face will become bright like a white cloth, and as for the one who is a disbeliever, his face will become black like black charcoal. Listen! Then He will turn away from you, and the righteous will follow behind Him and cross a bridge that will be over the Fire. One of you will step on a burning coal and say: Ouch! And your Lord will say: Now is its time. Listen! Then they will arrive, limping, at the Pool of the Messenger; by Allah, those who drink from it will never feel thirst again. So by your God, none of you will stretch out his hand except that a cup will fall into it, purifying him from excrement, urine and filth. And the sun and the moon will be withheld, so you will not see either of them."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! Then by what will we see? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Just as you are seeing right now at this time, and that will be with the rising of the sun on a day when the earth is lit up and the mountains face it."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! How will we be recompensed for our bad deeds and our good deeds? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A good deed will be rewarded tenfold, and a bad deed will be recompensed with its like, or it will be forgiven."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! What are Paradise and Hell? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By your God, Hell has seven gates; between every two of its gates is a distance a rider would cover in seventy years. And Paradise has eight gates; between every two of its gates is the same distance, which a rider would cover in seventy years."
I said: O Messenger of Allah! Upon what will we look out in Paradise? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Upon rivers of pure, clear honey, and rivers of wine that cause neither headache nor regret, and rivers of milk whose taste does not change, and rivers of clear water, and fruits — by your God, of which you have no knowledge — and other excellent things like them, and purified spouses." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Will there be wives for us there, or will righteous ones among them be given to us? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Righteous women will be for righteous men. You will take pleasure in them just as you took pleasure in the world, and they will take pleasure in you, except that there will be no offspring there." Laqit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: What could be better than this, which we are going to reach.
I said: O Messenger of Allah! On what shall I give you my pledge? He (peace and blessings be upon him) stretched out his hand and said: "On establishing the prayer, giving zakah, and keeping away from polytheism — that you do not take any god besides Allah." He said: I said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): Then what is the ruling between the east and the west? He said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) closed and opened his fingers, thinking that I wanted to make a condition he would not grant me. He said: I said: That we may camp in it wherever we wish, and that no one bears a burden except upon himself. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) stretched out his hand and said: "That is yours: camp wherever you wish, and no one but yourself will put a burden upon you." He said: Then we took leave of him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These two, these two are from a people who — by your God — are among the people who most fear their Lord in this world and the Hereafter." Then Ka'b bin al-Khudariyyah, one of Banu Abi Bakr bin Kilab, said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): Who are they, O Messenger of Allah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Banu al-Muntafiq." He said: Banu al-Muntafiq are indeed worthy of that, they are worthy of that. Then I turned back and, facing him (peace and blessings be upon him), said: O Messenger of Allah! Did any of those who passed away before us have any good in their Jahiliyyah? A man from the common people of Quraysh said: By Allah, your father al-Muntafiq is in the Fire. He said: It was as if heat spread between the skin and the flesh of my face because of what he said in front of all the people, and I wanted to say: O Messenger of Allah! Where is your father? But the other (way of putting it) seemed better, so I said: Or your family, O Messenger of Allah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My family too. Whenever you pass by the grave of a polytheist from Amir or Quraysh, say: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent me to you, so receive the news of what will grieve you — you will be dragged on your face and belly in the Fire." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Why was that done to them, when they were following a practice beyond which they knew nothing good, and they considered themselves righteous? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is because Allah sent a prophet at the end of every seven nations; whoever obeyed his prophet was among the rightly guided, and whoever disobeyed him was among the misguided."