"Will you not tell us about Mu'adh b. Jabal?" He said, "Yes, I heard him saying: 'People will be detained on the Day of Resurrection in one open plain, then a caller will call out: Where are the righteous? They will stand in the shelter of the Most Merciful; Allah will not veil Himself from them nor hide.' I said: Who are the righteous? He said: 'A people who guarded against polytheism and the worship of idols, and who devoted their worship sincerely to Allah, so they will pass on to Paradise.'"
His saying, the Exalted: "Indeed, those who exchange..."
3720 - Muhammad b. 'Ammar narrated to us, Muhammad b. 'Ubayd—meaning al-Tanafisi—narrated to us, Waqid, the sheep seller, narrated to me, from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, he said: Whoever reads the Quran to eat off the people by means of it will come to Allah on the Day of Resurrection with his face between his shoulder blades. That is because Allah says: "Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their [own] oaths for a small price."
His saying, the Exalted: "Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their [own] oaths for a small price."
[The First Aspect]
3721 - Al-Hasan b. 'Arafah narrated to us, 'Ammar b. Muhammad narrated to me, from Mansur b. al-Mu'tamir, from Shaqiq b. Salamah, from 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud: We were sitting with him in the mosque, and he said: "Whoever swears an oath to obtain wealth thereby, while he is a liar in it, will meet Allah while He is angry with him. The explanation of that is in the Quran: 'Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their [own] oaths for a small price' to the end of the verse." He said: Then al-Ash'ath b. Qays came in that state and said: "By Allah, this verse was revealed concerning me. There was a dispute between me and a man regarding a well, so I came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said: 'Bring your two witnesses, or else his oath.'" He said: "I said: By Allah, then, O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, he will swear a false oath while he is a liar in it." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever swears an oath to obtain wealth thereby, while he is a liar in it, will meet Allah while He is angry with him." Then it was revealed in the Quran: "Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their [own] oaths for a small price" to the end of the verse.
The Second Aspect:
3722 - Al-Hasan b. 'Arafah narrated to us, Hushaym narrated to us, al-'Awwam—meaning Ibn Hawshab—informed us, from Ibrahim b. 'Abd al-Rahman—meaning al-Saksaki—from 'Abd Allah b. Abi Awfa, that a man set up...
(1). The copyist transcribed it in the saying of the Exalted: "Indeed, Allah loves the righteous" with the name Sufyan b. Salamah, which is an error; the correct name is (Shaqiq b. Salamah). (2). Muslim, Book of Faith and Vows, no. 220, 1/122.
أَلا تُحَدِّثُنَا عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: يُحْبَسُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي بَقِيعٍ وَاحِدٍ فَيُنَادِي مُنَادٍ: أَيْنَ الْمُتَّقُونَ؟ فَيَقُومُونَ فِي كَنَفِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا يَحْتَجِبُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلا يَسْتَتِرُ. قُلْتُ: مَنِ الْمُتَّقُونَ؟ قَالَ: قَوْمٌ اتَّقَوَا الشِّرْكَ وَعِبَادَةَ الأَوْثَانِ وَأَخْلَصُوا لِلَّهِ الْعِبَادَةَ فَيَمُرُّونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ.
قَولُهُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ
٣٧٢٠ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ يَعْنِي الطَّنَافِسِيَّ، حَدَّثَنِي وَاقِدٌ بَيَّاعُ الْغَنَمِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ يَتَآكَلُ النَّاسَ بِهِ أَتَى اللَّهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَوَجْهُهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلا
قَولُهُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قليلا
[الوجه الأول]
٣٧٢١ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمَّارُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ، عَنْ شَقِيقِ «١» بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: كُنَّا مَعَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جُلُوسًا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ لِيَسْتَحِقَّ بِهَا مَالا وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ، وَبَيَانُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قليلا إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ قَالَ: فَجَاءَ الأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَقَالَ: فِيَّ وَاللَّهِ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ، كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ حَقٌّ فِي بِئْرٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: شَاهِدَاكَ وَإِلا فَيَمِينُهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ إذا يا رسول الله، إذا وَاللَّهِ يَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ لِيَسْتَحِقَّ بِهَا مَالا وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ، فَنَزَلَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قليلا إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ «٢» .
وَالْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي:
٣٧٢٢ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، ثنا هُشَيْمٌ، أنبأ الْعَوَّامُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي: السَّكْسَكِيَّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَنَّ رجلا أقام
(١) . نقله الناسخ في قوله تعالى: فإن الله يحب المتقين باسم سفيان بن سلمة وهو خطأ والصواب (شقيق بن سلمة)(٢) . مسلم كتاب الإيمان والنذور رقم ٢٢٠ ١/ ١٢٢.
