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مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq
كتاب التفسيرBook of Tafsir (Quranic Commentary)
Story of Sayyiduna Yusuf (AS)
Hadith 580
اُردوEn
اَخْبَرَنَا وَکِیْعٌ، نَا رَافِعُ بْنُ الْجُمَحِیِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ اَبِیْ مُلَیْکَةَ قَالَ: سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ مَا بَلَغَ مِنْ هَمِّ یُوْسُفَ؟ قَالَ: حَلَّ الْهَمْیَانَ فَنُوْدِیَ فَلَمْ یُسْمَعْ، فَقِیْلَ لَهٗ: یَا ابْنَ یَعْقُوْبَ: أَتُرِیْدُ اَنْ تَزْنِیَ، فَتَکُوْنَ کَالطَّیْرِ، یَنْتِفُ رِیْشَههٗ فَلَا رِیْشَ لَهٗ.
Ibn Abi Mulaykah narrated: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about the "incident" of Yusuf (peace be upon him), what was it? (To what extent did it reach?) He replied: He had untied his waistband, then a voice was called out to him which was not heard, so it was said to him: O son of Yaqub! Do you intend to commit adultery? You will become like that bird which plucks out its own feathers and then has no feathers left.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
➊ The command of Allah, the Exalted, is: ﴿وَ لَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهٖ وَ هَمَّ بِهَا لَوْ لَآ اَنْ رَّاٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهٖ کَذٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوْٓءَ وَ الْفَحْشَآءَ اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ﴾ (Yusuf: 24) ... “That woman certainly intended him, and he would have intended her, had he not seen the proof of his Lord. Thus it was, so that We might turn away from him evil and indecency. Surely, he was among Our chosen servants.”
Hafiz Ibn Kathir rahimahullah has transmitted various statements: Sayyiduna Yusuf alayhis salam saw his father Yaqub alayhis salam at that moment.
➋ ... The imagined image of his master appeared before him.
➌ ... His gaze was raised towards the ceiling and he saw the verse: ﴿وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنٰی اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَّمَقْتًا وَسَاءَ سَبِیْلًا﴾ (“And do not approach adultery. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.”) written there.
In any case, something from Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, was shown to him, upon seeing which he, alayhis salam, succeeded in suppressing and rejecting the urge of the soul. Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, protected him; in this very way, Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, protects His prophets and friends (awliya).
➊ The command of Allah, the Exalted, is: ﴿وَ لَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهٖ وَ هَمَّ بِهَا لَوْ لَآ اَنْ رَّاٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهٖ کَذٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوْٓءَ وَ الْفَحْشَآءَ اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ﴾ (Yusuf: 24) ... “That woman certainly intended him, and he would have intended her, had he not seen the proof of his Lord. Thus it was, so that We might turn away from him evil and indecency. Surely, he was among Our chosen servants.”
Hafiz Ibn Kathir rahimahullah has transmitted various statements: Sayyiduna Yusuf alayhis salam saw his father Yaqub alayhis salam at that moment.
➋ ... The imagined image of his master appeared before him.
➌ ... His gaze was raised towards the ceiling and he saw the verse: ﴿وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنٰی اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَّمَقْتًا وَسَاءَ سَبِیْلًا﴾ (“And do not approach adultery. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.”) written there.
In any case, something from Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, was shown to him, upon seeing which he, alayhis salam, succeeded in suppressing and rejecting the urge of the soul. Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, protected him; in this very way, Allah, the Possessor of Majesty, protects His prophets and friends (awliya).
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 580
