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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 3668 — a man was mentioned before the Messenger
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: ذُكِرَ رَجُلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَهُ نِكَايَةٌ فِي الْعَدُوِّ وَاجْتِهَادٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا»، قَالَ: بَلْ نَعْتُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: «مَا أَعْرِفُهُ»، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ طَلَعَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ: هُوَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «مَا كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ هَذَا، هَذَا أَوَّلُ قَرْنٍ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي أُمَّتِي، إِنَّ فِيهِ لَسَفْعَةً مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ»، فَلَمَّا دَنَا الرَّجُلُ سَلَّمَ فَرَدَّ عليه السلام، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أَنْشُدُكَ بِاللَّهِ هَلْ حَدَّثْتَ نَفْسَكَ حِينَ طَلَعْتَ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ لَيْسَ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنْكَ؟»، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: «قُمْ فَاقْتُلْهُ»، فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَوَجَدَهُ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ لِلصَّلَاةِ حُرْمَةً وَحَقًّا، وَلَوْ أَنِّي اسْتَأْمَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أَقَتَلْتَهُ؟»، قَالَ: لَا، رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي، وَرَأَيْتُ لِلصَّلَاةِ حُرْمَةً وَحَقًّا، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ قَتَلْتُهُ، قَالَ: «لَسْتَ بِصَاحِبِهِ، اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ فَاقْتُلْهُ»، فَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا هُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَانْتَظَرَهُ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ لِلسُّجُودِ حَقًّا، وَلَوْ أَنِّي اسْتَأْمَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَدِ أَسْتَأْمَرَهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: «أَقَتَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ: لَا، رَأَيْتُهُ سَاجِدًا، وَرَأَيْتُ لِلسُّجُودِ حَقًّا، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ قَتَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَسْتُ بِصَاحِبِهِ، قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُهُ إِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ»، فَدَخَلَ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: «أَقَتَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ: لَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَوْ قُتِلَ الْيَوْمَ مَا اخْتَلَفَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الدَّجَّالُ»
ثُمَّ حَدَّثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْأُمَمِ فَقَالَ: «تَفَرَّقَتْ أُمَّةُ مُوسَى عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً، سَبْعُونَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَتَفَرَّقَتْ أُمَّةُ عِيسَى عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً، إِحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «وَتَعْلُوا أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا بِمِلَّةٍ، اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ» ، قَالُوا: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «الْجَمَاعَاتُ»، قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، «وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رضي الله عنه إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَلَا فِيهِ قُرْآنًا»: {وَمِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَى أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ} [الأعراف: 159]، «ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أُمَّةَ عِيسَى فَقَالَ»: {وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ} [المائدة: 65] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {سَاءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ} [المائدة: 66]، «ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أُمَّتَنَا»: {وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ} [الأعراف: 181]
ثُمَّ حَدَّثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْأُمَمِ فَقَالَ: «تَفَرَّقَتْ أُمَّةُ مُوسَى عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً، سَبْعُونَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَتَفَرَّقَتْ أُمَّةُ عِيسَى عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً، إِحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «وَتَعْلُوا أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا بِمِلَّةٍ، اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ» ، قَالُوا: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «الْجَمَاعَاتُ»، قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، «وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رضي الله عنه إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَلَا فِيهِ قُرْآنًا»: {وَمِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَى أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ} [الأعراف: 159]، «ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أُمَّةَ عِيسَى فَقَالَ»: {وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ} [المائدة: 65] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {سَاءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ} [المائدة: 66]، «ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أُمَّتَنَا»: {وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ} [الأعراف: 181]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man was mentioned before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) who inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and strove hard in worship. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I do not recognise this man." The Companions said: "(O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!) His qualities are such and such." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said again: "I do not know him." While we were in this state, the man suddenly appeared, and the Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This is the man." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I did not recognise him (before). This is the first prominent figure of tribulation in my Ummah whom I have seen; there is a trace of Satan on his face." Then, when the man came near and greeted, he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned the greeting and asked him: "I ask you by Allah: when you were coming towards us, was it not in your heart that there is no one in this whole gathering better than you?" He replied: "By Allah, yes (it was so)." Then he entered the mosque and began to pray. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Get up and kill him." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and found him standing in prayer. He said to himself: "Surely prayer has its own sanctity and right; if only I could consult the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again." So he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Did you kill him?" He said: "No; I saw him praying, and I felt that prayer has a sanctity and a right. Now if your order is that I kill him, I will do so." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are not the one to kill him. O Umar! You go and kill him." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and found him in prostration. He waited for him for a long time, then said in his heart: "Prostration has a right, and the person (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)) who before me thought it proper to consult the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again was better than me." So he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill him?" He said: "No; I found him in prostration, and prostration has a right. If you order it, I will kill him." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You too are not the one to kill him. O Ali! Get up; if you find him, you are the one to kill him." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and found that the man had left. He returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill him?" He said: "No." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had this man been killed today, not even two men in my Ummah would ever have differed until the emergence of the Dajjal." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told them about the (earlier) nations and said: "The Ummah of Musa (peace be upon him) split into seventy-one sects: seventy of them are in the Fire and one is in Paradise. And the Ummah of Isa (peace be upon him) split into seventy-two sects: seventy-one of them are in the Fire and one is in Paradise." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And my Ummah will exceed both of those groups by one sect: seventy-two (sects) will be in the Fire and one in Paradise." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah! Who are they?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Jama'at (that is, those who keep to the community)." Ya'qub bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would recite Qur'an in it: "And among the people of Musa is a community who guide by the truth and by it establish justice" [al-A'raf: 159]. Then, mentioning the Ummah of Isa, he would recite: "And if the People of the Book had believed and been mindful of Allah, We would surely have removed from them their misdeeds" [al-Ma'idah: 65], up to: "Evil is what they do" [al-Ma'idah: 66]. Then, mentioning our Ummah, he would recite: "And among those We have created is a community who guide by the truth and by it establish justice" [al-A'raf: 181].
