صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الزهد والرقائقThe Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
باب حَدِيثِ جَابِرٍ الطَّوِيلِ وَقِصَّةِ أَبِي الْيَسَرِ:Chapter: ….
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ ، وَتَقَارَبَا فِي لَفْظِ الْحَدِيثِ ، وَالسِّيَاقُ لِهَارُونَ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ مُجَاهِدٍ أَبِي حَزْرَةَ ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ، قَالَ : " خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِي نَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ فِي هَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَهْلِكُوا ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ لَقِينَا أَبَا الْيَسَرِ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ غُلَامٌ لَهُ مَعَهُ ضِمَامَةٌ مِنْ صُحُفٍ ، وَعَلَى أَبِي الْيَسَرِ بُرْدَةٌ وَمَعَافِرِيَّ وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ بُرْدَةٌ وَمَعَافِرِيَّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي : يَا عَمِّ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي وَجْهِكَ سَفْعَةً مِنْ غَضَبٍ ؟ ، قَالَ : أَجَلْ كَانَ لِي عَلَى فُلَانِ ابْنِ فُلَانٍ الْحَرَامِيِّ مَالٌ ، فَأَتَيْتُ أَهْلَهُ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ ، فَقُلْتُ : ثَمَّ هُوَ ، قَالُوا : لَا فَخَرَجَ عَلَيَّ ابْنٌ لَهُ جَفْرٌ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : أَيْنَ أَبُوكَ ؟ ، قَالَ : سَمِعَ صَوْتَكَ فَدَخَلَ أَرِيكَةَ أُمِّي ، فَقُلْتُ : اخْرُجْ إِلَيَّ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ فَخَرَجَ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى أَنِ اخْتَبَأْتَ مِنِّي ؟ ، قَالَ : أَنَا وَاللَّهِ أُحَدِّثُكَ ، ثُمَّ لَا أَكْذِبُكَ خَشِيتُ وَاللَّهِ أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكَ فَأَكْذِبَكَ ، وَأَنْ أَعِدَكَ فَأُخْلِفَكَ وَكُنْتَ صَاحِبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَكُنْتُ وَاللَّهِ مُعْسِرًا ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : آللَّهِ ، قَالَ : اللَّهِ ، قُلْتُ : آللَّهِ ، قَالَ : اللَّهِ ، قُلْتُ : آللَّهِ ، قَالَ : اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَى بِصَحِيفَتِهِ ، فَمَحَاهَا بِيَدِهِ ، فَقَالَ : إِنْ وَجَدْتَ قَضَاءً ، فَاقْضِنِي وَإِلَّا أَنْتَ فِي حِلٍّ ، فَأَشْهَدُ بَصَرُ عَيْنَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ ، وَوَضَعَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ وَسَمْعُ أُذُنَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي هَذَا ، وَأَشَارَ إِلَى مَنَاطِ قَلْبِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : مَنْ أَنْظَرَ مُعْسِرًا أَوْ وَضَعَ عَنْهُ أَظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّهِ ،
'Ubadahb. Walid bin Samit reported: I and my father set out in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death (i. e. before the Companions of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) left the world) and I was the first to meet Abu Yasar, a Companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and there was a young man with him who carried the record of letters with him and there was a mantle prepared by the tribe of Ma'afiri upon him. And his servant too had a Ma'afiri mantle over him. My father said to him: My uncle, I see the signs of anger or that of agony on your face. He said: Yes, such and such person, the son of so and so, of the tribe of Harami owed me a debt. I went to his family, extended salutations and said: Where is he? They said: He is not here. Then came out to me his son who was at the threshold of his youth. I said to him: Where is your father? He said: No sooner did he hear your sound than he hid himself behind my mother's bedstead. I said to him: Walk out to me, for I know where you are. He came out. I said to him: What prompted you to hide yourself from me? He said: By God, whatever I would say to you would not be a lie. By Allah, I fear that I should tell a lie to you and in case of making promise with you I should break it, as you are the Companion of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . The fact is that I was hard up in regard to money. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. Then he brought his promissory note and he wrote off (the debt) with his hand and said: Make payment when you find yourself solvent enough to pay me back; if you are not, then there is no liability upon you.These two eyes of mine saw, and he (Abu'I-Yasar) placed his fingers upon his eyes and these two ears of mine heard and my heart retained, and he pointed towards his heart that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: He who gives time to one who is financially hard up (in the payment of debt) or writes off his debt, Allah will provide him His shadow.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Gloss:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Dhimamah or Idhmamah:
A bundle,
a collection.
(2)
Mu‘afiri:
Cloth made in the village of Mu‘afir.
(3)
Saf‘ah:
Mark,
change.
(4)
Jafr:
A small child,
one who eats and drinks on his own,
five years old,
a minor.
(5)
Arikah:
A couch of a palanquin,
a canopy bed.
(6)
Manat:
Vein.
Benefits and Issues:
A child is innocent and pure-hearted,
therefore, if he is not taught lessons,
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Dhimamah or Idhmamah:
A bundle,
a collection.
(2)
Mu‘afiri:
Cloth made in the village of Mu‘afir.
(3)
Saf‘ah:
Mark,
change.
(4)
Jafr:
A small child,
one who eats and drinks on his own,
five years old,
a minor.
(5)
Arikah:
A couch of a palanquin,
a canopy bed.
(6)
Manat:
Vein.
Benefits and Issues:
A child is innocent and pure-hearted,
therefore, if he is not taught lessons,
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 7512
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
On the Day of Resurrection, some people will be granted a place in the shade of the Throne (‘Arsh).
By Allah’s shade, what is meant is the shade of His Throne.
(2)
To be granted a place in the shade of the Throne is a matter of great honor, because at that time there will be no other shade, while the heat of the sun will be extremely intense, causing people to be submerged in their own sweat according to their sins.
(3)
In another hadith, some other deeds are also mentioned whose reward is the shade of the Throne.
The Prophetic statement is:
“Allah, the Exalted, will grant shade to seven types of people on the Day when there will be no shade except His shade:
A just ruler, a youth who grew up in the worship of his Lord, a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love each other for the sake of Allah—meeting and parting upon that, a man whom a beautiful and high-status woman invites (to sin) but he says, ‘I fear Allah,’ a man who gives charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given, and a man who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes overflow with tears.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adhan, Chapter: Whoever sits in the mosque waiting for the prayer and the virtue of mosques, Hadith: 660; and Sahih Muslim, al-Zakah, Chapter: The virtue of concealing charity, Hadith: 1031)
(4)
Forgiving a debt is a deed of great reward; if that is not possible, then granting respite is at least easy.
(1)
On the Day of Resurrection, some people will be granted a place in the shade of the Throne (‘Arsh).
By Allah’s shade, what is meant is the shade of His Throne.
(2)
To be granted a place in the shade of the Throne is a matter of great honor, because at that time there will be no other shade, while the heat of the sun will be extremely intense, causing people to be submerged in their own sweat according to their sins.
(3)
In another hadith, some other deeds are also mentioned whose reward is the shade of the Throne.
The Prophetic statement is:
“Allah, the Exalted, will grant shade to seven types of people on the Day when there will be no shade except His shade:
A just ruler, a youth who grew up in the worship of his Lord, a man whose heart is attached to the mosques, two men who love each other for the sake of Allah—meeting and parting upon that, a man whom a beautiful and high-status woman invites (to sin) but he says, ‘I fear Allah,’ a man who gives charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given, and a man who remembers Allah in solitude and his eyes overflow with tears.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adhan, Chapter: Whoever sits in the mosque waiting for the prayer and the virtue of mosques, Hadith: 660; and Sahih Muslim, al-Zakah, Chapter: The virtue of concealing charity, Hadith: 1031)
(4)
Forgiving a debt is a deed of great reward; if that is not possible, then granting respite is at least easy.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2419
