His saying, the Exalted: "And they cut their hands"
11556 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab narrated to us, Bishr informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas: When Yusuf went out before them and they looked at him, they began to cut their hands with the knives. He said: This is the saying of Allah: "And they cut their hands." He said: They were thinking they were cutting food.
11557 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "And they cut their hands," meaning cutting them slice by slice with the knife.
His saying, the Exalted: "And they said: Exalted be Allah"
11558 - And through the same chain, from Mujahid: "And they said: Exalted be Allah," he said: i.e., I seek refuge in Allah.
His saying: "This is not a human being"
11559 - Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Marwazi narrated to us, 'Abd al-Malik al-Jiddi narrated to us, Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, Thabit informed us, from Anas ibn Malik, he said: Yusuf was given half of all beauty.
11560 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Rabi'ah al-Jurashi, he said: Beauty was divided into two halves; one half was given to Yusuf and Sarah, and the other half was given to the rest of mankind.
11561 - My father narrated to me, Abu Ghassan al-Nahdi narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from Abu al-Ahwas, from 'Abd Allah, he said: Yusuf and his mother were given one-third of the beauty of mankind's creation, in the face, fairness of complexion, and otherwise. He said: Whenever a woman would come to him, he would cover his face for fear that she would be tempted by him.
11562 - al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Salt narrated to us, Ash'ath ibn Siwwar narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas, from 'Abd Allah, he said: The face of Yusuf was like lightning.
11563 - My father narrated to us, Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, he said: Allah, the Exalted, divided beauty into three parts; He gave Yusuf one-third, and divided the two-thirds among the people, so he was the most beautiful of people.
11564 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us, in what he wrote to me, Asbagh informed us, he said: I heard
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ
١١٥٥٦ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ، ثنا مِنْجَابٌ أَنَا بِشْرُ، عَنْ أَبِي رَوْقٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِنَّ يُوسُفُ وَنَظَرْنَ إِلَيْهِ أَقْبَلْنَ يَحْزُزْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ بِالسَّكَاكِينَ، قَالَ فَهُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ: وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ قَالَ: وَكُنَّ يَحْسَبْنَ أَنَّهُنَّ يُقَطِّعْنَ طَعَامًا.
١١٥٥٧ - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، ثنا شَبَابَةُ، ثنا وَرْقَاءُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قوله: وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ حَزًّا حَزًّا بِالسِّكِّينِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ
١١٥٥٨ - وَبِهِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ: وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ قَالَ: مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ.
قَوْلُهُ: مَا هَذَا بَشَرًا
١١٥٥٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ الْجُدِّيُّ، ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، أنا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: أُعْطِيَ يُوسُفُ شَطْرُ الْحُسْنِ.
١١٥٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ الْجُرَشِيِّ قَالَ: قُسِمَ الْحُسْنُ نِصْفَيْنِ، فَجُعِلَ لِيُوسُفَ وَسَارَةَ النِّصْفُ، وَالنِّصْفُ الآخَرُ لِسَائِرِ النَّاسِ.
١١٥٦١ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، ثنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ النَّهْدِيُّ، ثنا زُهَيْرٌ، ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: أُتِيَ يُوسُفُ وَأُمُّهُ ثُلُثَ حُسْنِ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ، فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالْبَيَاضِ، وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا أَتَتْهُ غَطَّى وَجْهَهُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تُفْتَتَنَ بِهِ.
١١٥٦٢ - حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ، ثنا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: كَانَ وَجْهُ يُوسُفَ مِثْلُ الْبَرْقِ.
١١٥٦٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَسَمَ الْحَسَنَ ثَلاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَأَعْطَى يُوسُفَ الثُّلُثَ، وَقَسَمَ الثُّلُثَيْنِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَكَانَ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسَ.
١١٥٦٤ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ، أنا أَصْبَغُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ