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Whoever of you can have a store of good deeds, let him do it
أيكم استطاع تكون له خبيئة من عمل صالح فليعمل
Whoever says that I hate him has lied, but I beat him so that he can support and defeat the army and bring plunder and not tire because he has a hidden hiding place and eats dates and grains at home.
من قال إني أبغضه فقد كذب وإنما أضربه لكي يلب ويهزم الجيش ويأتي بالسلب ولا يكل لما له خبء مخب يأكل في البيت من تمر وحب
O my son, I see myself killed today, so I advise you to fulfill my debt, and if you are unable to do any of it, seek the help of my master for it. Abdullah said, “And who is your master?” God said.
يا بني إني لأراني اليوم مقتولا فأوصيك بقضاء ديني وإن عجزت عن شيء منه فاستعن عليه بمولاي فقال عبد الله ومن مولاك قال الله
My father was as if he had freed me
فكان أبي كأنما أعتقني
We are the protectors of Ghalib and Malik We honor our blessed Messenger We defeat the people in battles Saffah struck the people in Al-Mubarak
نحن حماة غالب ومالك
نذبع الرسولنا المبارك
نضرب عنه القوم في المعارك
ضرب صفاح القوم في المبارك
If I said in the name of God The angels and people are watching you
لو قلت بسم الله
لرفعتك الملائكة والناس ينظرون
You have to meet your friend
عليكما صاحبكما
That was all on Talha’s day
ذلك كله يوم طلحة
The father of the Prophet of guidance and the horses follow him Even if they find a protector of religion They were patient with being challenged when their protectors were gone The people are from among the Mahdi and the intrigued O Talha Ibn Ubaidullah, you have become obligated Heaven is yours and you are married to the pain of the eye
حما نبي الهدى والخيل تتبعه
حتى إذا ما لقوا حاما عن الدين
صبرا على الطعن إذ ولت حماتهم
والناس من بين مهدي ومفتون
يا طلحة ابن عبيد الله قد وجبت
لك الجنان وزوجت المه العين
Talha on the Day of the People is ashamed of Muhammad On the hour narrowed down to him and my apartment He protected him with spears and converted to Islam I encourage him under the swords, but you failed There was no imam of the people except Muhammad He remained a Muslim until I resigned
وطلحة يوم الشعب آسى محمدا
على ساعة ضاقت عليه وشقتي
يقيه بكفيه الرماح وأسلمت
أشاجعه تحت السيوف فشلتي
وكان إمام الناس إلا محمدا
أقام رحل إسلام حتى استقلتي
Either he heard from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, what we did not hear I don't doubt that And I'll tell you We were householders We used to come to the Messenger of God in the morning and in the evening He was poor and had no money He was a companion of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace I have no doubt that he heard what we did not hear Do you find anyone who is good at it? He says about the Messenger of God what he did not say
أما أن قد سمع من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما لم نسمع
فلا أشك في ذلك
وسأخبرك
إنا كنا أهل بيوت
وكنا إنما نأتي رسول الله غدوة وعشية
وكان هو مسكينا لا مال له
فكان ملازما لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
فلا أشك أنه قد سمع ما لم نسمع
وهل تجد أحدا فيه خير
يقول على رسول الله ما لم يقل
Oh God, if what he says is displeased with you Show me a sign today And make him an example
اللهم إن كان فيما يقول سخطا لك
فأرني فيه اليوم آية
واجعله عبرة
If the people were close to two hundred cubits, then archery would take place, and if they approached until the spears reached them, they would be struck until they split, and if they split, we would put them back and take the swords, and the fighting would take place.
إذا كان القوم قريبا من مئتي ذراع كان الرمي وإذا دنوا حتى تنا لهم الرماح كانت المداعسة حتى تتقصف فإذا تقصفت وضعناها وأخذنا بالسيوف وكانت المجالدة
This is how war descended from a murderer. Will he fight as this man fights?
هكذا نزلت الحرب من قاتل هل يقاتل كما يقاتل هذا
As for me, I do not come under the protection of an infidel. O God, tell your Prophet about us
أما أنا فلا أنزل على ذمة كافر اللهم أخبر عننا نبيك
O Messenger of God, this neighborhood of the Ansar have found you in their hearts because of what you have done with this booty which you have captured. You have divided it among your people and given great gifts among the Arab tribes, but there was none of it in this neighborhood of the Ansar.
يا رسول الله إن هذا الحي من الأنصار قد وجدوا عليك في أنفسهم لما صنعت في هذا الفيئ الذي قد أصبت قسمت في قومك وأعطيت عطايا عظاما في قبائل العرب ولم يكن في هذا الحي من الأنصار منها شيئ
Where are you on that?
وأين أنت من ذلك
I am only one of my people, O Messenger of God
ما أنا إلا من قومي يا رسول الله
Mecca threw you away
رمتكم مكة
I have never seen an Arab man more generous than him
ما رأيت رجلا من العرب قطأكرما منه
Perhaps one day you will see this key in my hand and place it wherever you want
لعلك سترى هذا المفتاح يوما بيدي أضعه حيث شئت
The Quraysh were destroyed and humiliated on that day
لقد هلكت قريش يومئذ وذلت
Rather, it lived on that day and was exalted
بل عمرت يومئذ وعزت
Bring me the key to the Kaaba
ائتني بمفتاح الكعبة
O Messenger of God, combine the hijab and watering for us
يا رسول الله اجمع لنا الحجابة مع السقاية
Here is your key. Today is a day of righteousness and loyalty. Take it forever and ever. No one can take it away from you except an oppressor
هاك مفتاحك اليوم يوم بر ووفاء خذها خالدة تالدة لا ينزعها منكم إلا ظالم
Wasn't that what I told you?
ألم يكن الذي قلت لك
Yes, I bear witness that you are the Messenger of God
بلى أشهد أنك رسول الله
Nothing like you would be rejected, but you are an infidel and I am a Muslim, and you are not permissible for me. If you submit, then that is my dowry. I will not ask you for anything else.
ما مثلك يرد ولكنك امرؤ كافر وأنا مسلمة وأنت لا تحل لي فإن تسلم فذلك مهري لا أطلبك غيره
O Abu Umair, we would not have done anything different
يا أبا عمير ما فعلن نغير
ما رأيت أسيراً قطوا خيراً منه لقد رأيته يأكل من قطف عنب ومكة يومئذ ثمره وإنه لموثق في الحديد وما كان إلا رزق رزقه الله
Would you like Muhammad to be in your place while you are in your home? By God, I do not like to be with my family and children and have the well-being and bliss of this world and for the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, to be struck by a thorn.
أتحب أن محمداً مكانك وأنت في بيتك والله ما أحب أني في أهلي وولدي وعندي عافية الدنيا ونعيمها ويصاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بشوكة
He killed a Muslim in any way, God has my death, and that is in God himself, and if He wishes, He will bless the limbs of Shalo Maz’i
وقتل مسلما على أي شق كان لله مصرعي وذلك في ذات الإله وإن يشاء يبارك على أوصال شلو ممزعي
Have you ever heard a woman say, “What is better than asking her about the matter of her religion?” They said, “O Messenger of God, we did not think that a woman would be guided to such a thing.” So the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, turned and informed the women behind you that the good deeds of a woman’s obedience to her husband, her seeking his pleasure, and her following his approval equals all of that.
هل سمعتم مقالة امرأة قطأحسن من مساءلتها في أمر دينها فقالوا يا رسول الله ما ظننا أن امرأة تهتدي إلى مثل هذا فالتفت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأعلمي من خلفك من النساء أن حسنة بعو للمرأة لزوجها وطلبها مرضاته واتباعها موافقته يعدل ذلك كله
Every calamity after you is great
كل مصيبة بعدك جلل
I do not see things except with truth, I do not see truth except with justice, and I do not see justice except in obedience to God
إني لا أرى الأمور إلا بالحق ولا أرى الحق إلا بالعدل ولا أرى العدل إلا في طاعة الله
Whoever wants to look at a martyr walking on earth, let him look at Talha Ibn Ubaidullah
من أراد أن ينظر إلى شهيد يمشي على الأرض فلينظر إلى طلحة ابن عبيد الله
We find with our money what causes miserliness, but we are patient
إنا لنجد بأموالنا ما يجد البخلا لكننا نتصبر
You, Talha, are nothing but Fayyad
ما أنت يا طلحة إلا فياض
Yes, there is no judgment except for God. A word of truth with which I mean falsehood. God’s judgment awaits you now. I have three for you. During the time you were with us, we will not prevent you from the mosques of God from mentioning His name. We will not prevent you from doing anything as long as your hands are with ours. We will not fight you until you fight us.
نعم لا حكم إلا لله كلمة حق أريد بها باطل حكم الله ينتظر فيكم الآن لكم عندي ثلاث خلال ما كنتم معنا لن نمنعكم مساجد الله أن يذكر فيه اسمه ولا نمنعكم فيئا ما كانت أيديكم مع أيدينا ولا نقاتلكم حتى تقاتلونا
There will emerge among you a people who will despise your prayers with their prayers, your fasting with their fasts, and your work with their work. They recite the Qur’an but it does not go beyond their throats. They leave the religion as an arrow leaves its target.
يخرج فيكم قوم تحقرون صلاتكم مع صلاتهم وصيامكم مع صيامهم وعملكم مع عملهم يقرأون القرآن لا يجاوز حناجرهم يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرمية
If I catch them, I will kill them like Aad
لأن أدركتهم لأقتلنهم قتل عاد
Fighting them is the right of every Muslim
قتالهم حق على كل مسلم
A group that emerges when the people disagree will be killed by the two groups closest to the truth. Their sign will be a man who has his hand like a woman’s breast
إن فرقة تخرج عند اختلاف الناس تقتلهم أقرب الطائفتين إلى الحق علامتهم رجل فيهم يده كثدي المرأة
O people, if you are fighting for my sake, then by God, I have nothing to reward you with, and if you are only fighting for God, then this should not be your fighting.
أيها الناس إن كنتم إنما تقاتلون لأجلي فوالله ما عندي ما أجزيكم به وإن كنتم إنما تقاتلون لله فلا يكن هذا قتالكم
God has spoken the truth and conveyed the message to His Messenger, and by God I have neither lied nor lied
صدق الله وبلغ رسوله والله ما كذبت ولا كذبت
Shall I not tell you about the most difficult of people? They said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.” Then he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said, “Ahimar Thamud, who licked the she-camel, and who beats you, O Ali, for this, meaning his horn until it gets wet from it, this means his beard.”
ألا أحدثكما بأشق الناس فقالا بلى يا رسول الله فقال عليه الصلاة والسلام أحيمر ثمود الذي عقر الناقة والذي يضربك يا علي على هذه يعني قرنه حتى تبل منه هذه يعني لحيته
Oh God, I have grown weary of them and they have grown weary of me, I have bored them and they have bored me, so spare me from them and spare them from me, so what prevents the most wretched of them from drenching it with my blood?
اللهم قد سأمتهم وسأموني ومللتهم ومللوني فأرحني منهم وأرحهم مني فما يمنع أشقاهم أن يخضبها بدم
Imprison the man, and if I die, kill him, and if he lives, then wounds are retaliation
احبسوا الرجل فإن أنا مت فاقتلوه وإن أعش فالجروح قصاص
This is the virtue of the spices of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
هذا فضل حنوط رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
A man has left you, whom the ancients did not precede in knowledge, and the others did not reach him, and if the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, was to send him and give him the banner, he would not leave until it was opened for him, and he did not leave anything yellow or white except seven hundred dirhams of his giving, which he set aside for his family’s servant.
لقد فارقكم رجل ما سبقه الأولون بعلم ولا أدركه الآخرون وإن كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ليبعثه ويعطيه الراية فلا ينصرف حتى يفتح له وما ترك من صفراء ولا بيضاء إلا سبعمائة درهم من عطائه كان يرصدها لخادم أهله
A trial will emerge from under the feet of this man on that day, and whoever follows him upon guidance
لتخرجن فتنة من تحت قدمي هذا هذا يومئذ ومن اتبعه على الهدى
A rogue intrudes upon a group of Muslims who is killed by the first of the two groups with justice
تمرق مارقة عند فرقة من المسلمين يقتلها أولى الطائفتين بالحق
The oppressive category kills you
تقتلك الفئة الباغية
Whoever is pleased to be surrounded by the beautiful Houris, let him advance between the two rows seeking reward. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if they beat us until they reach the Saafan of Hijr, I would know that I am on the truth and that they are astray.
من سره أن تكتنفه الحور العين فليتقدم بين الصفين محتسبا والذي نفسي بيده لو ضربونا حتى يبلغوا بنا سعفان هجر لعرفت أنا على الحق وأنهم على ضلاله
What do you see in this matter, i.e. the caliphate? Abu Musa said, “I see that it is in the prose that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, died, and he was satisfied with them. By that he means Ali, may God be pleased with him.” Omar said, “So where do you put me and Muawiyah?” He said, “If they seek help from you.”
ما ترى في هذا الأمر أي الخلافة فقال أبو موسى أرى أنه في النثر الذين توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو عنهم راض يقصد بذلك علي رضي الله عنه فقال عمر فأين تجعلني أنا ومعاوية فقال إن يستعن بكما
He said, I saw in a dream as if I had entered Paradise, and there were domes erected. I said, “Whose are these?” They said, “Dhu Al-Kalaa’ and his companions, and he was with those who were killed with Muawiyah, may God be pleased with him.” I said, “So where is Ammar?” They said, “In front of you.” I said, “And some of them killed one another.” They said, “They found God Almighty, Most Forgiving. May God be pleased with all the Companions. We will gather with them in the Gardens of Eden on the Day of Judgment, for worship, and the two Sa’dans and Caliphs.”
قال رأيت في المنام كأني دخلت الجنة فإذا قباب منصوبة فقلت لمن هذه قالوا لذي الكلاع وأصحابه وكان مع من قتل مع معاوية رضي الله عنه فقلت فأين عمار فقالوا أمامك فقلت وقد قتل بعضهم بعضا فقالوا إنهم وجدوا الله عز وجل واسع المغفرة رضي الله عن الصحابة أجمعين جمعنا بهم في جنات عدن يوم الدين عبادة والسعدان والخلفان
Whoever performs ablution for prayer and performs the ablution completely, then walks to the prescribed prayer and performs it with the people, in congregation, or in the mosque, God will forgive his sins.
من توضَّأَ للصلاة فأسبغَ الوضوء ثمَّ مشا إلى الصلاةِ المكتوبة فصلاها مع الناس أو مع الجماعة أو في المسجد غفر الله له ذنوبة
No one performs ablution and performs it well and prays two rak’ahs with his heart and face focused on them except that Paradise is guaranteed for him.
ما من أحد يتوضى فيحسن الوضوء ويصلي ركعتين يقبل بقلبه ووجهه عليهما إلا وجبت له الجنة
None of you performs ablution He performs ablution or performs ablution Then he says I bear witness that there is no god but God And that Muhammad is the servant of God and His Messenger Unless the eight gates of Paradise are opened for him He enters whoever he wants
ما منكم من أحد يتوضى
فيبلغ أو فيسبغ الوضوء
ثم يقول
أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله
وأن محمدا عبد الله ورسوله
إلا فتحت له أبواب الجنة الثمانية
يدخل من أيها شاء