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)
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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."
٣٧٤٥١ - حدثنا يزيد بن هارون قال: أخبرنا جرير قال: حدثني من سمع النعمان بن بشير يقول: إن الهلكة كل الهلكة أن (تعمل) (١) عمل السوء في زمان البلاء (٢).
Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, utter ruin is that you do evil deeds in a time of trial."
٣٧٤٥٢ - حدثنا يزيد قال: أخبرنا حريز بن عثمان قال: حدثني حبان بن زيد الشرعبي (١) قال: وكان (ودا) (٢) للنعمان، وكان النعمان استعمله على (النبك) (٣) قال: فسمع النعمان يقول: ألا إن عمال اللَّه ضامنون على اللَّه، ألا إن عمال بني آدم لا يملكون ضمانهم، قال: فلما نزل النعمان (عن) (٤) منبره أتاه فاستعفى فقال: مالك؟ قال: سمعتك تقول كذا وكذا (٥).
Hibban bin Zayd reports (he was a close friend of Sayyiduna Nu'man, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) had appointed him governor over the place called al-Nabak) that he heard Sayyiduna Nu'man say: "Beware! The officials of Allah will have their guarantee upon Allah. Beware! The officials of the children of Adam will have no power over their guarantee." The narrator said: When Sayyiduna Nu'man came down from his pulpit, he came to him and wished to resign. He asked: "What is the matter with you?" He said: "I heard you say such and such."
