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Oh happy We are Arab people So make us porridge in place of these colors And the place of these bruises is Al-Hais And if you were not a man from among our family What I told you
يا سعيد
إنا قوم عرب
فاصنع لنا مكان هذه الألوان الثريد
ومكان هذه الأخبصة الحيس
ولولا أنك رجل منا أهل البيت
ما قلت لك
But the stomach is here Enough of what he blocked from you
إنما البطن هاتهات
كفاكم ما سده عنكم
He said: What is this? They said this digests food He said that the month will come when I will be satisfied What do I do with this?
فقال ما هذا
قالوا هذا يهضم الطعام
قال إنه ليأتي علي الشهر ما أشبع فيه
فما أصنع بهذا
If the stomach is full, the body is overwhelmed
إذا امتلأ البطن طغ الجسد
You see this belly If you insult him, he will honor you If you honor him, he will insult you
ترى هذا البطن
إن أهنته أكرمك
وإن أكرمته أهانك
People will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection, bared as they had never been, thirsty as they had never been, and poor as they had never been. Whoever provides clothing for the sake of God, God will clothe him, and whoever feeds for the sake of God, He will feed him, and whoever waters for the sake of God, He will give him to drink.
يحشر الناس يوم القيامة أعرا ما كانوا قط وأظمأ ما كانوا قط وأنصب ما كانوا قط فمن كسى لله كساه الله ومن أطعم لله أطعمه ومن سقى لله سقاه ومن عمل لله أغناه الله
If he walks with you in your needs, it is more beloved to me than a month’s seclusion
لو مشى معك في حاجتك أحب إلي من اعتكاف شهر
Because I fulfill a Muslim’s need is more beloved to me than praying a thousand rak’ahs
لأن أقضي لمسلم حاجة أحب إلي من أن أصلي الف ركعة
Generosity, generosity, generosity, and sympathy are gone. Whoever does not console people with his money, food, and drink, let him console them with a cheerful countenance and good manners. Do not, in your abundance of wealth, become arrogant toward your poor. Do not tend toward your weak. Do not be generous to your poor.
ذهب السخاء والكرم والجود والمواساة فمن لم يواسي الناس بماله وطعامه وشرابه فليواسهم ببسط الوجه والخلق الحسن لا تكونون في كثرة أموالكم تتكبرون على فقرائكم ولا تميلون إلى ضعفائكم ولا تنبسقون إلى مساكينكم
May your mother be bereaved of you, O Talha. Omar’s transgressions follow
ثكلتك أمك يا طلحة أعثرات عمر تتبع
Because I give a dirham in charity to an orphan or a poor person is dearer to me than a Hajj after the Hajj of Islam
لأن أتصدق بدرهم على يتيم أو مسكين أحب إلي من حجة بعد حجة الإسلام
I will give you a house. Do you want fire?
أوكف عليكم بيت أتريدون نارا
Do you have a need or want something in the market?
ألكم في السوق حاجة أو تريدون شيئا
I decided to put this in hungry livers, for they are more deserving of this than the house
إني رأيت أن أجعل ذلك في أكباد جائعة فإنهم أولى بذلك من البيت
I have never seen a poor person in a more honorable gathering than in the gathering of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may God have mercy on him. He was inclined towards them and neglected the people of the world.
لم أر الفقير في مجلس أعز منه في مجلس أحمد بن حنبل رحمه الله كان مائلا إليهم مقصرا عن أهل الدنيا
On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, what he said: Omar, may God be pleased with him, let me enter with the sheikhs of Badr. Some of them said, “Why did this young man enter with us, and we have sons like him?” He said, “He is one of those you know.” He said, “So he called them one day and called me with them.” He said, “And I did not see him calling me that day except to show them of me.” He said, “What do you say about if God’s victory and conquest come and I see people entering into God’s religion in droves until he finishes the surah?” Some of them said, “We are commanded to thank God and seek His forgiveness if we are victorious and He opens up to us.” And some of them said, “We do not know or Some of them did not say anything, so he said to me, “O Ibn Abbas, is that what you say?” I said, “No.” He said, “What do you say?” I said, “It is the lifespan of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. God made it known to him. If God’s victory comes and the conquest conquers Mecca, then that is a sign of your time. So glorify the praise of your Lord and ask His forgiveness. Indeed, he was repentant.” Omar said, “I do not know of it except what you know.”
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنه ما قال كان عمر رضي الله عنه يدخلني مع أشياخ بدر فقال بعضهم لما تدخل هذا الفتى معنا ولنا أبناء مثله فقال إنه ممن قد علمتم قال فدعاهم ذات يوم ودعاني معهم قال وما رأيته دعاني يومئذ إلا ليريهم مني فقال ما تقولون في إذا جاء نصر الله والفتح ورأيت الناس يدخلون في دين الله أفواجا حتى ختم السورة فقال بعضهم أمرنا أن نحمد الله ونستغفره إذا نصرنا وفتح علينا وقال بعضهم لا ندري أو لم يقل بعضهم شيئا فقال لي يا ابن عباس أكذلك قولك قلت لا قال فما تقول قلت هو أجل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أعلمه الله له إذا جاء نصر الله والفتح فتح مكة فذاك علامة أجلك فسبح بحمد ربك واستغفره إنه كان توابا قال عمر ما أعلم منها إلا ما تعلم
Do not despise yourselves because of your young teeth, for Omar ibn Al-Khattab, may God Almighty be pleased with him, used to leave the young men and consult them to be fair between them.
لا تحقروا أنفسكم لحداثة أسنانكم فإن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه كان إذا نزل به الأمر المعضل دع الشبان فاستشارهم العدل بينهم
They preferred to treat their children equally, even in the past
كانوا يستحبون أن يسووا بين أولادهم حتى في القبل
He hugged his son to him and he loved him, so he said, “So-and-so, by God, if I loved you, I would not be able to give you a bite over your brother.”
ضم بن له وكان يحبه فقال يا فلان والله إني لو حبك وما أستطيع أن أوثرك على أخيك بلقمة
If the teacher does not treat the boys equally, he is written out of darkness
إذا لم يعدل المعلم بين الصبيان كتب من الظلمة
Marriage is a form of slavery, so one of you should look at where his free woman is subjected to slavery
إنما النكاح رق فلينظر أحدكم أين يرق عتيقته
If I teach my son the Qur’an and his proof and his wife, then I have fulfilled his rights and my rights remain over him
إذا علمت ولدي القرآن وحججته وزوجته فقد قضيت حقه وبقي حقي عليه
A man said to Al-Hassan, may God have mercy on him, “I have a daughter and she is getting engaged to whom should I marry her?” So he said, “Her husband is from one who fears God. If he loves her, he will honor her, and if he hates her, he will not wrong her.”
قال رجل للحسن رحمه الله إن لي بنية وإنها تخطب فممن أزوجها فقال زوجها ممن يتق الله فإن أحبها أكرمها وإن أبغضها لم يظلمها
On the authority of Al-Hasan, may God have mercy on him, that he entered his house while young boys were playing on top of the house, but a man with him forbade them, so Al-Hasan said, “Leave them, for playing is their spring.”
عن الحسن رحمه الله أنه دخل منزله وصبيان يلعبون فوق البيت فنهاهم رجل معه فقال الحسن دعهم فإن اللعب ربيعهم
Teach them and discipline them
علموهم وأدبوهم
What is the matter with you that you have thrown away these young people? Do not do so. Expand them in the assembly and make them hear the conversation and make them understand it. For they are small people, or it is doubtful that they will be great people, and while you were young people, today you are great people.
ما لكم قد طرحتم هذه الأغيلمة لا تفعلوا وأوسعوا لهم في المجلس وأسمعوهم الحديث وأفهموهم إياه فإنهم صغار قوم أو شك أن يكونوا كبار قوم وقد كنتم صغار قوم فأنتم اليوم كبار قوم
Take the initiative to discipline the children before the work piles up and the mind becomes distracted
بادروا بتأديب الأطفال قبل تراكم الأشغال وتفرق البال
If you straighten the branches, they become straight It does not soften when straightened by wood Literature may benefit events in a leisurely manner And politeness is of no use to gray hair
إن الغصون إذا قومتها اعتدلت
ولا يلين إذا قومته الخشب
قد ينفع الأدب الأحداث في مهل
وليس ينفع عند الشيبة الأدب
Oh, this is how you behave your son, for you are responsible for him and he is responsible for your righteousness
يا هذا أحسن أدب ابنك فإنك مسؤول عنه وهو مسؤول عن برك
A man should force his son to learn, for he is responsible for it
ينبغي للرجل أن يكره ولده على العلم فإنه مسؤول عنه
Avoid your children being associated with evil before you dye them in affliction as a garment is dyed
جنبوا أولادكم قرناء السوء قبل أن تصبغوهم في البلاء كما يصبغ الثوب
The first corruption of boys from each other
أول فساد الصبيان بعضهم من بعض
A determination from me to you when I sold the acorn that I bought for a thousand dirhams and gave its price in charity and engraved on it. May God have mercy on Maran who knew its value and peace.
عزيمة مني إليك لما بعت الفصا الذي اشتريت بألف درهم وتصدقت بثمنه ونقشت عليه رحم الله مرأن عرف قدره والسلام
Treat them with harshness, for it is better for their impudence and abandonment of the dawn, for their habit leads to heedlessness and a lack of laughter, for too much of it kills the heart. They believe that it is part of your manners to hate the amusements that are initiated by Satan and whose outcome is the wrath of the Most Merciful. For I have heard from trustworthy people who bear knowledge that attending musical instruments, listening to songs, and meditating on them grows hypocrisy in the heart just as grass grows with water.
خذهم بالجفاء فهو أمنع لإقدامهم وتركي الصبح فإن عادتها تكسب الغفلة وقلة الضحك فإن كثرته تميت القلب اعتقدون من أدبك بغض الملاهي التي بدأها من الشيطان وعاقبتها سخط الرحمن فإنه بلغني عن الثقات من حملة العلم أن حضور المعازف واستماع الأغاني واللهج بهما ينبت النفاق في القلب كما ينبت العشب بالماء
Let the first thing you begin with in reforming the children of the Commander of the Faithful be reforming yourself, for their eyes are fixed on your eyes. What is good with them is what you approve of, and what is ugly with them is what you deplore. Teach them the Book of God, and do not force them to do so, so they will get bored of it, and do not leave them from it, so they abandon it. Then increase their poetry, the most chaste, and the hadith, the most noble, and do not lead them from one knowledge to another until they master it, for crowding of speech in the hearing is misleading to understanding.
ليكن أول ما تبدأ به من إصلاح أولاد أمير المؤمنين إصلاحك نفسك فإن أعينهم معقودة بعينك فالحسن عندهم ما تستحسنه والقبيح عندهم ما تستقبحه علمهم كتاب الله ولا تكرههم عليه فيملوه ولا تتركهم منه فيهجروه ثم زدهم من الشعر أعفه ومن الحديث أشرفه ولا تخرجنهم من علم إلى غيره حتى يتقنوه فإن ازدحام الكلام في المسمع مضلة للفهم
A man will be raised in rank and say, “O my Lord, how did I get this?” and he will be told to ask forgiveness from your son
إن الرجل لترفع له الدرجة فيقول يا ربي أنى لي هذه فيقال له باستغفار ولدك
Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said to a man who was about to divorce his wife, but she did not divorce her. He said, “I do not love her.” He said, “Or all homes are built on love, and where is the care and blame?”
قال عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه لرجل هم بطلاق امراته لم تطلقها قال لا احبها قال أو كل البيوت بنيت على الحب وأين الرعاية والتذمم
And he, may God be pleased with him, said: Women are private parts, so cover them with homes and treat their weakness with silence
وقال رضي الله عنه النساء عورة فاستروها بالبيوت وداووا ضعفهن بالسكوت
And he, may God be pleased with him, said: “No believing servant has been given anything better after believing in God than a woman who is fertile, friendly, and of good character. And nothing has been befallen a servant after disbelief in God that is more severe for him than a woman whose iron tongue has bad character.”
وقال رضي الله عنه ما اعطي عبد مؤمن شيئا بعد الايمان بالله افضل من امرأة ولود ودود حسنة الخلق ولا اصاب عبد شيئا بعد الكفر بالله اشد عليه من امرأة سلقه لها لسان حديد سيئة الخلق
And he, may God be pleased with him, said: No man spends on himself and his family except that he will have its reward. Let the man start with the one he supports, then the closest, then the closest, and if he has a surplus, let him start with him.
وقال رضي الله عنه ما انفق رجل على نفسه وأهله نفقة إلا له أجرها وليبدأ الرجل بمن يعول ثم الأقرب فالأقرب فإن فضل فليبدأ به
On the authority of Hudhayfah, may God be pleased with him, he said: I acknowledge that I am an eye when people in need complain to me
وعن حذيفة رضي الله عنه قال أقر ما أكون عينا حين يشكوا إلي أهل الحاجة
When Al-Zabarqan bin Badr, may God be pleased with him, married a daughter of his, he approached her room and said, “Do you hear me? Be his slave and he will appoint you as a slave.”
وكان الزبرقان بن بدر رضي الله عنه إذا زوج ابنة له دنا من خدرها وقال أتسمعين كوني له أمة يكل لك عبدا
Sufyan Al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said: If you want to get married, give gifts to the mother
وقال سفيان الثوري رحمه الله إذا أردت أن تتزوج فأهدي للأم
Abu Al-Aswad Al-Du'ali, may God have mercy on him, said to his daughter: Beware of jealousy, for it is the key to divorce. You must adorn yourself, and I adorn your adornment with kohl, and you must use perfume and the best perfume, to perfect your modesty, and be as you said to your mother at some times. Take my forgiveness, maintain my affection, and do not recite my surah when they get angry, for I found love in the chest, and harm, if it comes together, love will soon go away.
وقال أبو الأسود الدؤالي رحمه الله لابنته إياك والغيرة فإنها مفتاح الطلاق وعليك بالزينة وأزين الزينة الكحل وعليك بالطيب وأطيب الطيب إسباغ الوضوع وكوني كما قلت لأمك في بعض الأحايين خذ العفو مني تستديمي مودتي ولا تنطقي في سورتي حين أغضبوا فإني وجدت الحب في الصدر والأذى إذا اجتمع لم يلبث الحب يذهبوا
He used to say that the best of you is the one who benefits his family
وكان يقول خيركم أنفعكم لأهله
Imam Ahmad, may God have mercy on him, was asked about a woman fasting and her husband forbids her. She thinks she should fast. He said: She does not fast and does not think about praying or fasting unless he gives her permission, except what is obligatory. As for other than that, she should not fast except with his permission and obey him in everything he commanded her to do.
وسئل الإمام أحمد رحمه الله عن المرأة تصوم فيمنعها زوجها ترى لها أن تصوم قال لا تصوم ولا تحدث في نفسها من صلاة ولا صيام إلا أن يأذن لها إلا الواجب الفرض فأما غير ذلك فلا تصوم إلا بإذنه وتطيعه في كل ما أمرها به من الطاعة
No, by God, we have striven after the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and we have prayed and fasted and done much good and many people have become Muslim at our hands, and we hope for that.
لا والله قد جاهدنا بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وصلينا وصمنا وعملنا خيرا كثيرا وأسلم على أيدينا بشر كثير وإنا لنرجو ذلك
But I, by the One in Whose hand is Omar’s soul, wished that this would have been cool for us and that everything we did after it we would be saved from, head to head.
لكني أنا والذي نفس عمر بيده لوددت أن ذلك برد لنا وأن كل شيء عملناه بعده نجونا منه كفافا رأسا برأس
People used to ask the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, about good, and I used to ask him about evil for fear that he would overtake me
كان الناس يسألون رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الخير وكنت أسأله عن الشر مخافة أن يدركني
He who cries out of fear of God will not seek refuge in Hell until the milk returns to the udder
لن يلجى النار من بكى من خشية الله حتى يعود اللبن في الضرع
I do not cry over this world of yours, but I cry over the distance of my travel and the scarcity of my provision, for I have spent the evening ascending and landing in heaven and hell, and I do not know which one will take me.
ما أبكي على دنياكم هذه ولكن أبكي على بعد سفري وقلة زادي فإني أمسيت في صعود مهبطة على جنة ونار ولا أدري أيهما يؤخذ بي
You are fine, God willing, the wife of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. He did not marry a virgin other than you, and your excuse came down from heaven.
أنت بخير إن شاء الله زوجة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ولم ينكح بكرا غيرك ونزل عذرك من السماء
We fear God Almighty and we will not fall
إنا لنخشى الله عز وجل وما نسقط
If you have it, I don't care if I don't care about you, and if you don't have it, then you have disobeyed someone better than you
إن كنت تملكه فما أبالي ألا أعتد بك وإن كنت لا تملكه فقد خالفت من هو خير منك
The believer has good thoughts about his Lord, so he does good deeds, and the hypocrite has bad thoughts, so he does bad deeds
إن المؤمن أحسن الظن بربه فأحسن العمل وإن المنافق أساء الظن فأساء العمل
One of the greatest qualities that a believer can hope for is that he has the greatest fear for himself and the hope of every Muslim
من أعظم خصلة ترجى للمؤمن أن يكون أشد خوفا على نفسه وأرجاه لكل مسلم
If the servant remembers God in good times and praises Him in good times, and harm befalls him, then he supplicates to God. The angels say a known voice regarding a weak matter, so they intercede for him. And if the servant does not remember God in good times, nor praises Him in good times, and harm befalls him, then he prays to God. The angels say a disgraceful voice, so they do not intercede for him.
إذا كان العبد يذكر الله في السراء ويحمده في الرخاء فأصابه ضر فدعى الله قالت الملائكة صوت معروف من امر ضعيف فيشفعون له وإن كان العبد لا يذكر الله في السراء ولا يحمده في الرخاء فأصابه ضر فدعى الله قالت الملائكة صوت منكر فلم يشفعوا له
The Muslim slave may God forgive him while he is sleeping. He was told, “How is that, Abu Darda?” He said, “His brother gets up at night and recites the supplications to God, and He responds to him. He prays for his brother, and He responds to him.”
إن العبد المسلمة ليغفر الله له وهو نائم قيل له وكيف ذاك يا ابو الدرداء قال يقوم أخوه من الليل فيتهجد فيدعو الله فيستجيب له ويدعو لأخيه فيستجيب له
God does not hear from anyone who hears, nor from one who disputes, nor from one who plays, nor from one who calls, except the one who calls, a supplication established in his heart
لا يسمع الله من مسمع ولا من مراء ولا لاعب ولا من داع إلا داع دعاء ثبتا من قلبه
I know when my Lord Almighty will respond to me. They were astonished at what he said and said, “How do you know that?” He said, “If my heart is terrified and my skin tingles, and my eyes overflow and my prayers are opened to me, then I will know that my prayers have been answered.”
إني لأعلم حين يستجيب لي ربي عز وجل فعجبوا من قوله وقالوا وكيف تعلم ذلك قال إذا وجل قلبي وقشع الر جلدي وفاضت عيني وفتح لي في الدعاء فثم أعلم أن قد استجيب لي