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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عبد الله بن مسعود
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
Musnad Abi Ya'la 5243 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a square figure
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ أَبِي يَعْلَى ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، قَالَ : خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا ، وَخَطَّ وَسَطَهُ خُطُوطًا هَكَذَا إِلَى جَانِبِ الْخَطِّ ، وَخَطَّ خَطًّا خَارِجًا ، فَقَالَ : أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْنَا : اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ - لِلْخَطِّ الَّذِي وَسَطَ الْخَطِّ - ، وَهَذَا الْأَجَلُ ، وَهَذِهِ الْأَعْرَاضُ - لِلْخُطُوطِ - تَنْهَشُهُ ، إِذَا أَخْطَأَهُ هَذَا أَصَابَهُ هَذَا ، وَذَلِكَ الْأَمَلُ - لِلْخَطِّ الْخَارِجِ - .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drew a square figure on the ground for us, then drew some lines in its middle like this, running towards the side of the middle line, and drew one line going out beyond the square. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know what this is?" We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (about the middle line): "This is the human being, and this (square line) is his appointed term, which surrounds him from every side, and these (small lines) are the accidents and calamities which keep biting him; if one misses him, another strikes him. And the line that is outside the square is his long hopes."
