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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث معاوية بن أبي سفيان رضي الله عنه
Hadith of Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him)
حَدِيثُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Hadith of Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7361 — I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Among
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الْمُهَاجِرِ - أَوْ أَبُو عَبْدِ رَبٍّ ، الْوَلِيدُ شَكَّ - قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : « إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَقِيَ رَجُلًا عَالِمًا - أَوْ عَابِدًا - فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الْآخَرَ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا ، كُلُّهَا يَقْتُلُهَا ظُلْمًا ، فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، فَقَتَلَهُ ، ثُمَّ لَقِيَ آخَرَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الْآخَرَ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ ، كُلُّهَا يَقْتُلُهَا ظُلْمًا ، فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : لَئِنْ قُلْتُ لَكَ : إِنَّ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - لَا يَتُوبُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ لَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ ، هَاهُنَا دَيْرٌ فِيهِ قَوْمٌ يَعْبُدُونَ ، فَأْتِهِمْ ، فَاعْبُدِ اللهَ مَعَهُمْ ، لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْكَ .
فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِمْ ، فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ ، فَاحْتَجَّ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ ، وَمَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ ، فَبَعَثَ اللهُ مَلَكًا : أَنْ قِيسُوا بَيْنَ الْمَكَانَيْنِ ، فَأَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَهُوَ مِنْهُ ، فَقَاسُوهُ ، فَوَجَدُوهُ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى دَيْرِ التَّوَّابِينَ بِأُنْمُلَةٍ ، فَغَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ » .
فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِمْ ، فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ ، فَاحْتَجَّ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ ، وَمَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ ، فَبَعَثَ اللهُ مَلَكًا : أَنْ قِيسُوا بَيْنَ الْمَكَانَيْنِ ، فَأَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَهُوَ مِنْهُ ، فَقَاسُوهُ ، فَوَجَدُوهُ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى دَيْرِ التَّوَّابِينَ بِأُنْمُلَةٍ ، فَغَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Among the people before you there was a man who met a scholar or a worshipper and said that he had killed ninety-nine people unjustly, so is there any way of repentance for me? He replied: No. So he killed him too. Then he met another man and said that he had killed a hundred souls unjustly, so is there any way of repentance for me? He replied: If I were to tell you that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, does not accept the repentance of one who repents, I would certainly be lying. Near here is a place of worship in which some people are engaged in the worship of Allah; go to them and worship Allah together with them; perhaps Allah will accept your repentance. So he set off towards them, but he died before reaching them. At this the angels of punishment and the angels of mercy disputed, so Allah Almighty sent an angel (to judge), who said: Measure the distance between the two places; whichever he is nearer to, he will be counted among its people. When they measured, they found him nearer to the settlement of the repentant by the length of a fingertip, so Allah Almighty forgave him." In the chain of this report, al-Walid bin Muslim was in doubt whether this hadith is narrated from Ibn Abi al-Muhajir (may Allah have mercy on him) or from Abu Abd Rabb (may Allah have mercy on him).
