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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام النعمان بن بشير ﵁
The words of al-Numan bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37450 — The words of al-Numan bin Bashir
٣٧٤٥٠ - حدثنا أبو (الأحوص) (١) (عن سماك) (٢) عن النعمان بن بشير قال: سمعته يقول: مثل ابن آدم ومثل الموت مثل رجل كان له ثلاثة أخلاء، فقال لأحدهم: ما عندك؟ فقال: عندي مالك فخذ منه ما شئت، وما لم تأخذ فليس لك، ثم قال للآخر: ما عندك؟ قال: أقوم عليك فإذا متَ دفنتُك وخليتك، ثم قال للثالث: ما عندك؟ فقال: أنا معك حيثما كنت، قال: فأما الأول فماله، ما أخذ فله، وما لم يأخذ فليس له، وأما الثاني فعشيرته إذا مات قاموا عليه ثم خلوه، وأما الثالث (فعمله) (٣) حيثما (وإن كان معه، وحيثما) (٤) دخل، دخل معه (٥).
Simak reports about Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: I heard him say: "The likeness of the son of Adam and death is that of a man who has three friends. He says to one of them: 'What do you have?' That friend says: 'I have your wealth, so take from it whatever you wish, and whatever you do not take is not yours.' Then the man asks the second: 'What do you have?' He says: 'I will stand by you, and when you die I will bury you and leave you alone.' Then the man says to the third: 'What do you have?' He says: 'I will be with you wherever you are.'" Sayyiduna Nu'man said: "As for the first friend, he is his wealth: whatever he took is his, and whatever he did not take is not his. The second is his tribe and kinsfolk: when he dies they will stay by him and then leave him alone. And the third is his deeds, which will be with him wherever he is, and wherever he goes they will go with him."
