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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث أشج عبد القيس
Hadith of Ashajj Abd al-Qays
حَدِيثُ أَشَجِّ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ
Hadith of Ashajj Abd al-Qays
Musnad Abi Ya'la 6849 — he came with a delegation of the tribe of Abd
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى الْعَبْدِيُّ أَبُو مُنَازِلَ أَحَدُ بَنِي غَنْمٍ ، عَنِ الْأَشَجِّ الْعَصَرِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي رُفْقَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ لِيَزُورَهُ فَأَقْبَلُوا ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا ، رَفَعَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَنَاخُوا رِكَابَهُمْ وَابْتَدَرَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَلَمْ يَلْبَسُوا إِلَّا ثِيَابَ سَفَرِهِمْ ، وَأَقَامَ الْعَصَرِيُّ يَعْقِلُ رِكَابَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَبَعِيرَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ ثِيَابَهُ مِنْ عَيْبَتِهِ ، وَذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : إِنَّ فِيكَ لَخُلُقَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، قَالَ : مَا هُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ : الْأَنَاةُ وَالْحِلْمُ ، قَالَ : شَيْءٌ جُبِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ شَيْءٌ أَتَخَلَّقُهُ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، بَلْ جُبِلْتَ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ ، قَالَ : مَعْشَرَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مَا لِي أَرَى وُجُوهَكُمْ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَتْ ؟ قَالُوا : يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ ، نَحْنُ بِأَرْضٍ وَخِمَةٍ ، وَكُنَّا نَتَّخِذُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَنْبِذَةِ مَا يَقْطَعُ اللُّحْمَانَ فِي بُطُونِنَا ، فَلَمَّا نُهِينَا عَنِ الظُّرُوفِ ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي تَرَى فِي وُجُوهِنَا ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : إِنَّ الظُّرُوفَ لَا تُحِلُّ وَلَا تُحَرِّمُ ، وَلَكِنْ كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ ، وَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَجْلِسُوا فَتَشْرَبُوا حَتَّى إِذَا ثَمِلَتِ الْعُرُوقُ تَفَاخَرْتُمْ فَوَثَبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى ابْنَ عَمِّهِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ ، فَتَرَكَهُ أَعْرَجَ ، قَالَ : وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْقَوْمِ الْأَعْرَجُ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُ ذَلِكَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Ashajj al-Asari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came with a delegation of the tribe of Abd al-Qays to visit the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When they arrived and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appeared before them, they made their mounts kneel and hurried towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), still wearing their travelling clothes. But Sayyiduna al-Ashajj al-Asari (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed behind and tied up his companions' mounts along with his own camel, then he took his (fine) clothes out of his bag and put them on, and this whole scene was before the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and greeted him with salam. the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, there are two traits in you that Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) love." He said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what are those two?" He said: "Forbearance and deliberateness." He asked: "Are they in me by nature, or have I adopted them myself?" He said: "No, rather they have been placed in you by nature." He said: 'Alhamdu lillah' (All praise is for Allah). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people of Abd al-Qays, why is it that I see your faces changed?" They said: "O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we live in a land whose climate does not suit us, and we used to prepare in these (particular) vessels a nabidh that would digest the meat in our stomachs. Then, when we were forbidden from using these vessels, this is the (sickly) condition that you see in our faces." At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, vessels in themselves do not make anything lawful or unlawful; rather, every intoxicant is unlawful. And it should not be that you sit and keep drinking (intoxicating drinks) until, when the intoxication has spread through your veins, you start boasting over one another, and then a man attacks his cousin and strikes him with the sword, leaving him lame." The narrator said: That day, the lame man who had suffered that wound was present in the delegation.
