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I am a failure for my nation, they will not be afflicted with someone like me
فأنا فرط لأمتي لن يصابوا بمثلي
Who has three of these?
من له مثل هذه الثلاث
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, left behind nothing but his weapon, his mule, and land, which he gave as charity
ما ترك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلا سلاحه وبغلةه وأرضا جعلها صدقه
We do not inherit what we leave behind, for it is his charity
لا نورث ما تركنا فهو صدقه
My heirs shall not divide a dinar or a dirham. What I have left after spending on my wife and providing food for my workers is charity.
لا يقسم ورثتي دينارا ولا درهما ما تركت بعد نفقة نسائي ومؤنة عاملي فهو صدقه
We do not inherit what we leave behind as charity
لا نورث ما تركناه صدقة
In the entire world, it was more despicable to him, as it is to God, than for him to pursue it or leave it as an inheritance after him.
في الدنيا بحذافرها كانت أحقر عنده كما هي عند الله من أن يسعى لها أو يتركها بعده ميراثا
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace A dinar or a dirham Neither sheep nor camel
رك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
دينارا ولا درهما
ولا شاتا ولا بعيرا
He passed through the city market He stood over it and said O people of the market, how incapable are you? They said: What is that, Abu Hurairah? He said That is the inheritance of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace He swears while you are here Do not go and take your share of it They said where is he? He said in the mosque They quickly went out to the mosque Abu Hurairah stood for them until they returned He said to them: What is the matter with you? They said, Abu Hurairah We came to the mosque and entered We did not see anything in it that divided Abu Hurairah said to them Did you not see anyone in the mosque? They said, “Yes, we saw people praying.” And people read the Qur’an And a people who remember what is permissible and what is forbidden Abu Hurairah said to them That is the legacy of Muhammad May God bless him and grant him peace
أنه مر بسوق المدينة
فوقف عليها فقال
يا أهل السوق ما أعجزكم
قالوا وما ذاك يا أبا هريرة
قال
ذاك ميراث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
يقسم وأنتم هاهنا
لا تذهبون فتأخذون نصيبكم منه
قالوا وأين هو
قال في المسجد
فخرجوا سراعا إلى المسجد
ووقف أبو هريرة لهم حتى رجعوا
فقال لهم ما لكم
قالوا يا أبا هريرة
فقد أتينا المسجد فدخلنا
فلم نر فيه شيئا يقسم
فقال لهم أبو هريرة
أما رأيتم في المسجد أحدا
قالوا بلى رأينا قوما يصلون
وقوما يقرأون القرآن
وقوما يتذاكرون الحلال والحرام
فقال لهم أبو هريرة
ويحكم فذاك ميراث محمد
صلى الله عليه وسلم
Whoever sees me in a dream has seen me, for Satan does not take my form
من رآني في المنام فقد رآني فإن الشيطان لا يتمثل بي
Whoever sees me in a dream has seen me, for Satan does not imagine or say he does not resemble me
من رآني في المنام فقد رآني فإن الشيطان لا يتصور أو قال لا يتشبه بي
Describe to me what you saw
صف لي الذي رأيته
Whoever sees me in a dream has seen me, for Satan does not resemble me
من رآني في المنام فقد رآني فإن الشيطان لا يتمثلني
It was like
إنه كان يشبه
Satan cannot imitate me, so whoever sees me in sleep has seen me
إن الشيطان لا يستطيع أن يتشبه بي فمن رآني في النوم فقد رآني
Can you name this man you saw in your sleep?
هل تستطيع أن تنعت هذا الرجل الذي رأيته في النوم؟
Yes, I have described to you a man between the two legs, whose body and flesh are brown to the front, with kohl eyes, good laughter, beautiful facial circles, his beard has filled the space between this one and the other one has filled his throat.
نعم أنعت لك رجلا بين الرجلين جسمه ولحمه أسمر إلى البياب أكحل العينين حسن الضحك جميل دوائر الوجه قد ملأت لحيته ما بين هذه إلى هذه قد ملأت نحرة
If you had seen him in the waking hours, you would not have been able to describe him more than this
لو رأيته في اليقضة ما استطعت أن تنعته فوق هذا
Whoever sees me in sleep has seen the truth
من رأاني يعني في النوم فقد رأى الحق
Whoever sees me in a dream has seen me, for Satan does not imagine me
من رأاني في المنام فقد رأاني فإن الشيطان لا يتخيل بي
Among my people who love me the most are people who will be after me. One of them would like to see me with his family and money
من أشد أمتي لي حبا ناس يكونون بعدي يود أحدهم لو رآني بأهله وماله
O Messenger of God, I ask you to accompany you in Paradise. He said, “So help yourself with many prostrations.”
يا رسول الله أسألك مرافقتك في الجنة قال فأعني على نفسك بكثرة السجود
The more the servant mentions the Beloved and brings him into his heart and brings up his virtues and meanings that bring love to him, the more his love multiplies and his longing for him increases and takes over his entire heart. If he turns away from mentioning him and bringing up his virtues in his heart, his love from his heart decreases. Nothing is more pleasing to the eye of the lover than seeing his beloved and nothing more pleasing to his heart than mentioning him and bringing forth his virtues. If this is strong in his heart, his tongue runs out to praise him and praise him and mention his virtues, and the increase and decrease of that is according to the increase in love. And his deficiency is in his heart
العبد كلما أكثر من ذكر المحبوب واستحضاره في قلبه واستحضار محاسنه ومعانيه الجالبة لحبه تضاعف حبه وتزايد شوقه إليه واستولى على جميع قلبه وإذا أعرض عن ذكره وإحضار محاسنه بقلبه نقص حبه من قلبه ولا شيء أقر لعين المحب من رؤية محبوبه ولا أقر لقلبه من ذكره وإحضار محاسنه فإذا قوي هذا في قلبه جرى لسانه بمدحه والثناء عليه وذكر محاسنه وتكون زيادة ذلك ونقصانه بحسب زيادة الحب ونقصانه في قلبه
O Messenger of God, because you are more beloved to me than everything except myself. The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said, “No, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, until I am more beloved to you than yourself.” Omar said to him, “Now, by God, you are more beloved to me than myself.” The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said, “Now, O Umar.”
يا رسول الله لأنت أحب إلي من كل شيء إلا من نفسي فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لا والذي نفسي بيده حتى أكون أحب إليك من نفسك فقال له عمر فإنه الآن والله لأنت أحب إلي من نفسي فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الآن يا عمر
Say, “If you love God, follow me, and God will love you.”
قل إن كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله
Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not of me
فمن رغب عن سنتي فليس مني
The miserly person is the one in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not pray for me
البخيل من ذكرت عنده فلم يصل علي
God and His angels bless the Prophet. O you who have believed, bless him and grant him peace
إن الله وملائكته يصلون على النبي يا أيها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليما
Do not praise me as you praised Al-Nassar, son of Mary, for I am only His servant, so say the servant of God and His Messenger
لا تطروني كما أطرت النصار ابن مريم فإنما أنا عبده فقولوا عبد الله ورسوله
If you prayed, why don't you sit with us? He said, “Sit with the Companions and Followers.” Look at their books and works What should I do with you when you backbite people?
إذا أنت صليت لما لا تجلس معنا
قال أجلس مع الصحابة والتابعين
أنظر في كتبهم وأثارهم
فما أصنع معكم أنتم تغتابون الناس
I asked my father which reading is most beloved to you. He said, “Reciting the people of Medina.” I said, “If not,” he said, “Reciting Asim.”
سألت أبي أي القراءة أحب إليك قال قراءة أهل المدينة قلت فإن لم تكن قال قراءة عاصم
So fear God, reconcile your affairs, and obey God and His Messenger if you are believers
فاتقوا الله وأصلحوا ذات بينكم وأطيعوا الله ورسوله إن كنتم مؤمنين
I read it to Nafi’ more than once and wrote it about him
قرأت على نافع قراءته غير مرة وكتبتها عنه
How much do you read? Sit at the CD until I send you someone to read to you
كم تقرأ علي اجلس إلى أسطوانة حتى أرسل إليك من يقرأ عليك
How many times have I read about Nafi’? He said, “I cannot count the number except that I sat with him for twenty years.”
كم قرأت على نافع قال ما لا أحصيه كثرة إلا أني جالسته بعد الفراغ عشرين سنة
He recited many seals to Nafi’ and then returned to Egypt
تلى على نافع ختمات كثيرة ثم رجع إلى مصر
He was a good reader and had a good voice when he read, hamming, extending, emphasizing, and showing grammatical syntax, without boring the listener
كان جيد القراء حسن الصوت إذا قرأ يهمز ويمد ويشدد ويبين الإعراب لا يمله سامعه
I said to Abu Omar, “I read to Ibn Katheer.” He said, “Yes, I finished reading to Ibn Katheer after I read to Mujahid, and he was more knowledgeable in Arabic than Mujahid.”
قلت لأبي عمر قرأت على ابن كثير قال نعم ختمت على ابن كثير بعدما قرأت على مجاهد وكان أعلم بالعربية من مجاهد
Abu Omar went on seeking recitations, and he recited all the letters of the seven, and with irregularities, and he heard a lot of that, and he wrote about the recitations, and he was trustworthy, and he lived a long life, and he sought out horizons, and the wise men flocked to him due to the height of his chain of transmission and the breadth of his knowledge, and at the end of his life, his sight went away, and he was religious.
رحل أبو عمر في طلب القراءات وقرأ سائر حروف السبعة وبالشواذ وسمع من ذلك الكثير وصنف في القراءات وهو ثقه وعاش دهرا طال عمره وقصد من الآفاق وازدحم عليه الحذاق لعلو سنده وسعات علمه وفي آخر عمره ذهب بصره وكان ذا دين
I went to Malik and said, "Speak to me," and he said, "Read," and I said, "No, but speak to me." When she wanted him, he said to the boy, "Strike him." So he hit me with fifteen dirhams. I said, "You have wronged me. I will not make you free." So he said, "What is his atonement?" I said, "Speak to me fifteen hadiths." So he spoke to me. I said, "Increase the beating and increase the conversation." He laughed and said, "Go."
دخلت على مالك فقلت حدثني فقال اقرأ فقلت لا بل حدثني فلما رادته قال للغلام اضربه فضربني خمس عشرة دره فقلت ظلمتني لا أجعلك في حل فقال ما كفارته قلت أن تحدثني بخمسة عشر حديث فحدثني فقلت زد من الضرب وزد في الحديث فضحك وقال اذهب
Ibn Dhakwan was much more read than Hisham, and Hisham was much more knowledgeable than Ibn Dhakwan
كان ابن ذكوان أقرأ من هشام بكثير وكان هشام أوسع علما من ابن ذكوان بكثير
A good, trustworthy man
رجل صالح ثقات خير
And the trustworthy Abu Zar’ah and his group
والثقه أبو زرعة وجماعة
The author of the Qur’an and the best
صاحب قرآن وخير
It is the world with which God revived Qarnah
هو العالم الذي أحيى الله به قرنة
There are two things you have defeated us over which we do not dispute with you: the Qur’an and the religious duties
شيئان غلبتنا عليهما لسنا ننازعك عليهما القرآن والفرائض
Hamza did not read a word without an effect
ما قرأ حمزة حرفا إلا بأثر
This is the ink of the Qur’an
هذا حبر القرآن
I do not think that God Almighty protects the affliction from the people of Kufa except through Hamza
ما أحسب أن الله تعالى يدفع البلاء عن أهل الكوفة إلا بحمزة
He was a virtuous worshiper
كان عابدا فاضلا
I had a problem with a chapter on grammar, so I spent eighty thousand dirhams until I mastered it
أشكل علي باب من النحو فأنفقت ثمانين ألف جرهم حتى حذقته
Imam Al-Hafiz Al-Hujjah, Sheikh of Islam
الإمام الحافظ الحجة شيخ الإسلام
He is the most prudent and most distinguished of the companions of Sulaym, and Sulaym is the most distinguished, most precise, and most knowledgeable of Hamzah’s companions, according to the letters of Hamzah.
هو أضبط أصحاب سليم وأجلهم وسليم هو أخص أصحاب حمزة وأضبطهم وأقومهم بحروف حمزة
Things came together in Al-Kisa’i. He was the most knowledgeable of people in grammar, the most unique in the strange, and he was the most unique in the Qur’an. They used to frequent him so that he would not be subjected to criticism, so he would gather them in a gathering and sit on a chair and recite the Qur’an from beginning to end, and they would listen and understand it, even the sections and principles.
اجتمعت في الكسائي أمور كان أعلم الناس بالنحو وأوحدهم في الغريب وكان أوحد الناس في القرآن فكانوا يكثرون عليه حتى لا يضبط الأخذ عليهم فيجمعهم في مجلس ويجلس على كرسي ويتل القرآن من أوله إلى آخره وهم يسمعون ويضبطون عنه حتى المقاطع والمبادئ
He was widely read and carried by people, and he was trustworthy and steadfast in what he transmitted
تصدر للإقراء وحمل الناس عنه وكان ثقة ثبتا فيما ينقله
In his time, Abu Jaafar was preferred to Abd al-Rahman ibn Hormuz al-Araj
كان أبو جعفر يقدم في زمانه على عبد الرحمن بن هرمز الأعرج
Abu Jaafar al-Qari was a righteous man who gave people fatwas in Medina
كان أبو جعفر القارئ رجلا صالحا يفت الناس بالمدينة
He was the imam of the people of Medina in recitation and he was trustworthy
كان إمام أهل المدينة في القراءة وكان ثقة
That is if you make what is permissible what is permissible and forbid what is permissible and do what is in it
ذاك إذا أحللت حلالة وحرمت حرامة وعملت بما فيه
He is one of the great and ancient companions of Nafi’, and he shared the chain of transmission with him
هو من جلة أصحاب نافع وقدمائهم وقد شاركه في الإسناد