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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء
Book of the Prayer for Rain
باب: ما جاء في سب الدهر
Chapter: Reports on cursing time
Bayhaqi 6491 — Reports on cursing time
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، ثنا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا تَسُبُّوا الدَّهْرَ؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ ". أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، وَغَيْرِهِ. قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي رِوَايَةِ حَرْمَلَةَ: وَإِنَّمَا تَأْوِيلُهُ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ، أَنَّ الْعَرَبَ كَانَ شَأْنُهَا أَنْ تَذُمَّ الدَّهْرَ وَتَسُبَّهُ عِنْدَ الْمَصَائِبِ الَّتِي تَنْزِلُ بِهِمْ مِنْ مَوْتٍ، أَوْ هَرَمٍ، أَوْ تَلَفٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، فَيَقُولُونَ: إِنَّمَا يُهْلِكُنَا الدَّهْرُ، وَهُوَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ، وَهُمَا الْفِتْنَتَانِ وَالْجَدِيدَانِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: أَصَابَتْهُمْ قَوَارِعُ الدَّهْرِ، وَأَبَادَهُمُ الدَّهْرُ؛ فَيَجْعَلُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ اللَّذَيْنِ يَفْعَلَانِ ذَلِكَ، فَيَذُمُّونَ الدَّهْرَ فَإِنَّهُ الَّذِي يُفْنِينَا وَيَفْعَلُ بِنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا تَسُبُّوا الدَّهْرَ " عَلَى أَنَّهُ الَّذِي يُفْنِيكُمْ، وَالَّذِي يَفْعَلُ بِكُمْ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءَ، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِذَا سَبَبْتُمْ فَاعِلَ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ فَإِنَّمَا تَسُبُّوا اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، فَإِنَّ اللهَ فَاعِلُ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ. قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: وَطُرُقُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَمَا حَفِظَ بَعْضُ رُوَاتِهِ مِنَ الزِّيَادَةِ فِيهِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى صِحَّةِ هَذَا التَّأْوِيلِ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile time, for Allah is time."
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Arabs used to revile time and speak ill of it at times of calamity (that is, at death, old age and destitution), and they would say: The calamities of time will destroy us; and that is the night and the day, and their becoming new and old. And they would say: The hardships of time have befallen them, and time has ruined them. So time is this very night and day, and therefore they would condemn time, saying that it is what annihilates us and does such things to us. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile time"; for what is meant by it is the One who runs them and turns them, and when you revile these causes, that is reviling their Creator and Maker. So you would be reviling Allah Almighty, for He is the Maker and Creator, and all of this is in His control.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Arabs used to revile time and speak ill of it at times of calamity (that is, at death, old age and destitution), and they would say: The calamities of time will destroy us; and that is the night and the day, and their becoming new and old. And they would say: The hardships of time have befallen them, and time has ruined them. So time is this very night and day, and therefore they would condemn time, saying that it is what annihilates us and does such things to us. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile time"; for what is meant by it is the One who runs them and turns them, and when you revile these causes, that is reviling their Creator and Maker. So you would be reviling Allah Almighty, for He is the Maker and Creator, and all of this is in His control.
