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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند أنس بن مالك
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
مُسْنَدُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
Musnad Abi Ya'la 3468 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once sent a man
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي سَارَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَ رَجُلًا مَرَّةً إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ فَرَاعِنَةِ الْعَرَبِ فَقَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَادْعُهُ لِي». فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّهُ أَعْتَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَادْعُهُ لِي». قَالَ: فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: يَدْعُوكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم. فَقَالَ لِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ: وَمَا اللَّهُ؟ أَمِنْ ذَهَبٍ هُوَ؟ أَمِنْ فِضَّةٍ هُوَ؟ أَمِنْ نُحَاسٍ هُوَ؟ قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ أَنَّهُ أَعْتَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا. فَقَالَ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ الثَّانِيَةَ». فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَهَا، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ أَنَّهُ أَعْتَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَادْعُهُ». فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ الثَّالِثَةَ، قَالَ: فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الْكَلَامَ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُ إِذْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ سَحَابَةً حِيَالَ رَأْسِهِ، فَرَعَدَتْ، فَوَقَعَتْ مِنْهَا صَاعِقَةٌ، فَذَهَبَتْ بِقَحْفِ رَأْسِهِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {وَيُرْسِلُ الصَّوَاعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ} [الرعد: 13] الْآيَةُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) once sent a man to one of the great tyrants of the Arabs (to invite him to Islam) and said: "Go and bring him to me." The man said: "O Messenger of Allah, he is far more arrogant and rebellious than that." He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered again: "Go and bring him to me." The narrator relates that the man went to him and said: "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is calling you." That (tyrant) asked the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (with great insolence): "What is Allah? Is He made of gold? Or is He of silver? Or is He of copper?" The messenger came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), informed him of the whole situation and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I had already told you that he is far more rebellious than that; he said such-and-such things to me." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go to him a second time." He again gave the same insolent reply. He came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again and repeated what he had said. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (the third time): "Go to him and call him." So he went to him a third time, and he repeated the same words again. While he was still talking with him, Allah Almighty suddenly sent a cloud over his head; it thundered, and a thunderbolt fell from it which carried off the top of his skull. Then Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "And He sends the thunderbolts and strikes with them whom He wills."
