مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام أبي ذر ﵁
The words of Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him)
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٣٧٤٠٩ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن مجاهد عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى عن أبي ذر قال: واللَّه لو تعلمون ما أعلم لبكيتم كثيرا ولضحكتم قليلا، ولو تعلمون ما أعلم ما انبسطتم إلى نسائكم، (ولا تقاررتم على) (١) فرشكم ولخرجتم ⦗٣٨٣⦘ إلى الصعدات تجأرون وتبكون، واللَّه لو أن اللَّه خلقني يوم خلقني شجرة تعضد وتؤكل ثمرتي (٢).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would weep much and laugh little. And if you people knew what I know, you would not stretch out your hands to your wives, you would find no rest on your beds, and you would go out to the valleys raising your voices and weeping. By Allah, if only on the day of my creation I had been made a tree that is cut down and eaten from.
٣٧٤١٠ - حدثنا أبو أسامة عن سفيان عن (أبي المحجل) (١) عن ابن عمران بن حطان عن أبيه قال: قال أبو ذر: الصاحب الصالح خير من الوحدة، والوحدة خير من صاحب السوء، (ومملي) (٢) الخير خير من الساكت، والساكت خير من (مملي) (٣) الشر، والأمانة خير من الخاتم (٤)، والخاتم خير من ظن السوء (٥).
It is narrated from Imran bin Hittan that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A good companion is better than solitude, and solitude is better than a bad companion. The one who dictates good is better than the one who stays silent, and the one who stays silent is better than the one who dictates evil. Trust is better than a seal, and a seal is better than bad suspicion.
٣٧٤١١ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن إبراهيم التيمي عن أبيه عن أبي ذر قال: ذو الدرهمين يوم القيامة أشد حسابا من ذي الدرهم (١).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The owner of two dirhams will have a more severe reckoning on the Day of Resurrection than the owner of one dirham.
٣٧٤١٢ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الأعمش عن إبراهيم التيمي عن أبيه عن أبي ذر قال: قيل له ألا تتخذ أرضا كما اتخذ طلحة والزبير، قال: فقال: وما أصنع بأن أكون أميرا؟ وإنما يكفيني كل يوم شربة من ماء أو نبيذ أو لبن وفي الجمعة قفيز من قمح (١).
It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that it was said to him: Why do you not acquire land as Sayyiduna Talhah and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) have acquired it? The narrator says: He replied: What would I do with being a lord? A sip of water, or a sip of nabidh, or a sip of milk suffices me for each day, and a qafiz of wheat suffices me for each Friday.
٣٧٤١٣ - حدثنا محمد بن بشر العبدي عن عمرو بن ميمون عن أبيه عن رجل من بني سليم يقال له عبد اللَّه بن سيدان قال: صحبت أبا ذر فقال لي: ألا أخبرك بيوم حاجتي، إن يوم حاجتي يوم أوضع في حفرتي، فذلك يوم حاجتي (١).
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Saydan that he said: I was with Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) and he said to me: Shall I not tell you of the day of my need? The day of my need is the day I am placed in my grave. That is the day of my need.
٣٧٤١٤ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن موسى بن عبيدة عن عبد اللَّه بن (خراش) (١) قال: رأيت أبا ذر بالربذة وعنده امرأة له سحماء أو شحباء، (قال) (٢) وهو في (مظلة) (٣) سوداء قال: فقيل (له: يا) (٤) أبا ذر لو اتخذت امرأة هي أرفع من هذه، قال: فقال: إني واللَّه لأن أتخذ امرأة تضعني أحب إلي من أن أتخذ امرأة ترفعني، قالوا: يا أبا ذر إنك (امرؤ) (٥) ما (يكاد) (٦) يبقى لك ولد، (قال) (٧): فقال: وإنا نحمد اللَّه الذي يأخذهم منا في دار الفناء، و (يدخرهم) (٨) لنا في دار البقاء، قال: وكان يجلس على قطعة المسح والجوالق، قال: فقالوا: يا أبا ذر لو اتخذت بساطا هو ألين من بساطك هذا، قال: فقال: اللهم غفرا، خذ ما (أوتيت) (٩)، إنما خلقنا لدار لها نعمل وإليها نرجع (١٠).
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Khirash that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) at al-Rabadhah, and with him was a woman who was sahma' or shahba' (dark-skinned or sallow). The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) was in a black canopy. The narrator says: It was said to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him): If only you would take a woman of higher standing than this one. The narrator says: He said: By Allah, that I should take a woman who keeps me low is dearer to me than that I should take a woman who raises me. People said: O Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), you are grief-stricken over your children; no child of yours survives. The narrator says: At this he said: We praise Allah, who takes children from us in the abode of perishing and stores them up for us in the abode of permanence. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to sit on a bedding made of sackcloth and hair. People said to him: O Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), if only you would get a bedding softer than this bedding of yours. At this he said: 'Allahumma ghufran' (O Allah, grant forgiveness). Take what you have been given. We were created as workers for that abode, and to it we shall return.
٣٧٤١٥ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن الحسن (بن) (١) سالم بن أبي الجعد عن أبيه قال: بعث أبو الدرداء إلى أبي ذر رسولا، قال: فجاء الرسول فقال لأبي ذر: إن أخاك أبا الدرداء يقرئك السلام، يقول لك: اتق اللَّه و (خف) (٢) الناس، قال: فقال أبو ذر: مالي وللناس، وقد تركت لهم بيضاءهم وصفراءهم، ثم قال للرسول: انطلق إلى المنزل، قال: فانطلق معه، قال: فلما دخل بيته إذا (طعيم) (٣) في عباءة ليس بالكثير، وقد انتشر بعضه، (قال) (٤): فجعل أبو ذر يكنسه ويعيده في العباءة، قال: ثم قال: إن من فقه المرء رفقه في معيشته، قال: ثم جيء بُطعيم فوضع بين يديه، قال: فقال لي: كُلْ، قال: فجعل الرجل يكره أن يضع يده في الطعام لما يرى من قلته، قال: فقال له أبو ذر: ضع يدك، فواللَّه لأنا بكثرته أخوف مني بقلته، قال: فطعم الرجل، ثم رجع إلى أبي الدرداء فأخبره بما رد عليه، فقال أبو الدرداء: ما أظلت الخضراء ولا أقلت الغبراء على ذي لهجة أصدق منك يا أبا ذر (٥).
It is narrated from Salim bin Abi al-Ja'd that Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a messenger to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him). The messenger came and said to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr: Your brother Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) sends you greetings of peace and says to you: Fear Allah and fear the people. At this Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What have I to do with the people? I have left to them their silver and their gold. Then he said to the messenger: Come along to the house. He went along with him. When he entered his house, there was a little food in a cloak, which was scattered. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) began to gather it up and collect it in the cloak. Then he said: It is part of a man's understanding that he deals gently with his livelihood. Then a little food was brought and placed before them. He said to me: Eat. The man disliked putting his hand into that food, because it looked so little. Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the man: Put your hand in. By Allah, we do not fear scarcity of food as much as we fear its abundance. So the man ate, then went back to Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and described the whole situation to him. Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), no sky has shaded and no earth has carried any man more truthful than you.
٣٧٤١٦ - حدثنا يزيد بن هارون قال: أخبرنا محمد بن عمرو عن أبي بكر بن المنكدر قال: أرسل حبيب بن مسلمة وهو على الشام إلى أبي ذر بثلاثمائة دينار، فقال: استعن بها على حاجتك، فقال أبو ذر: ارجع بها، فما وجد أحدا (أغر) (١) باللَّه منا، ما لنا (إلا) (٢) ظل نتوارى به، وثلة من غنم تروح علينا، ومولاة لنا ⦗٣٨٦⦘ تصدقت علينا بخدمتها، ثم إني لأتخوف الفضل (٣).
It is narrated from Abu Bakr bin al-Munkadir that Sayyiduna Habib bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the ruler of Sham, sent three hundred dinars to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Use these to help with your needs. Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Take them back. He has found no one more deceived concerning Allah than us. We have only a shade in which to shelter, a small flock of goats that comes back to us in the evening, and a freedwoman who gives us her service as charity. And even then I fear having more than that.
٣٧٤١٧ - حدثنا عفان بن مسلم قال: حدثنا (علي بن مسعدة قال: حدثنا) (١) عبد اللَّه الرومي قال: دخلت على أم طلق وإنها حدثته أنها دخلت على أبي ذر، فأعطته شيئا من دقيق وسويق، فجعله في طرف ثوبه وقال: ثوابك على اللَّه، فقلت لها: يا أم طلق كيف رأيت هيئة أبي ذر؟ فقالت: يا بني رأيته شعثا شاحبا، ورأيت في يده صوفا منفوشا وعودين قد خالف بينهما وهو يغزل من ذلك الصوف (٢).
It is narrated that Umm Talq related that she went to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) and gave him some flour and sawiq, and he tied them in the edge of his garment and said: Your reward is with Allah. I (the narrator) said: O Umm Talq, how did you find the state of Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him)? She said: O my son, I saw him with dishevelled hair and in a wan state. I saw carded wool in his hand and two crossed sticks, with which he was spinning the wool.
٣٧٤١٨ - حدثنا محمد بن بشر قال: حدثنا سفيان عن المغيرة بن النعمان عن عبد اللَّه بن الأقنع الباهلي عن الأحنف بن قيس قال: كنت جالسا في مسجد المدينة، فأقبل رجل لا تراه حلقة إلا فروا منه، حتى انتهى إلى الحلقة التي كنت فيها، فثبتُ، وفروا، فقلت: من أنت؟ فقال: أبو ذر صاحب رسول اللَّه، (فقلت) (١): ما يفر الناس منك؟ فقال: إني أنهاهم عن الكنوز، فقلت: إن أعطياتنا قد بلغت وارتفعت فتخاف علينا منها؟ قال: أما اليوم فلا، ولكنها يوشك أن تكون أثمان دينكم فدعوهم وإياها (٢).
It is narrated from al-Ahnaf bin Qays that he said: I was sitting in the Prophet's Mosque when a man came forward, and whenever any circle saw him, that circle would run away. Eventually he came to the circle in which I was sitting. The others fled and I stayed sitting. I said: Who are you? He said: I am Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: Why do people run away from you? He said: I forbid them from hoarding treasures. I said: Have our stipends grown so very high that you fear for us because of them? He said: Today that is not the case, but soon it will be so that they are the price of your religion, so leave those people and those stipends alone.
