Kitab Sifat al-Jannah li-Ibn Abi al-Dunya, t. al-Asasilah

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91 - Abū Khaythama and Isḥāq narrated to us, they said: Jarīr narrated to us from Layth from ʿUthmān b. Abī Ḥumayd from Anas b. Mālik, he said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, say: "Jibrīl, peace be upon him, came to me, and in his palm was something like a white mirror containing something like a black spot. I said: 'What is this in your hand?' He said: 'Friday.' I said: 'And what is Friday?' He said: 'There is good for you in it.' I said: 'And what is in it for us?' He said: 'It will be a festival for you and for your people after you, and the Jews and Christians will be followers to you.' He said: 'And there is an hour in it for you; no Muslim coincides with it while asking God Almighty for any good that has been apportioned for him except that He gives it to him, and he does not seek refuge during it from any evil that is decreed upon him except that He averts from him an affliction that is greater than it.' He said: 'And it is the master of days with us, and we call it the Day of Increase on the Day of Resurrection.'

He said: 'Why is that?' He said: 'Because the Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He, has taken a wide valley of white musk in Paradise. When Friday comes, He descends from His Throne—or He descends from ʿIlliyyīn to His Throne—then He surrounds the Throne with pulpits of gold adorned with jewels. Then the prophets come until they sit upon those pulpits. Then those pulpits are surrounded by chairs of light. Then the truthful and the martyrs come until they sit upon those chairs. Then the people of the chambers descend until they sit upon those dunes. Then their Lord, Almighty and Majestic, manifests Himself to them and says: "I am the One who fulfilled My promise to you, completed My blessing upon you, and this is the place of My honor, so ask Me." He said: 'So they ask Him for His good pleasure, and He makes them bear witness: "I am pleased with you."' He said: 'So they ask Him until their desires end, and beyond their desires.' He said: 'Then God opens for them what has not crossed the heart of any human, nor has any ear heard, nor has any eye seen.'

He said: 'And that is for the duration of their departure on Friday. Then He rises upon His Throne, and the prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs rise with Him, and the people of the chambers return to their chambers. And it is a white pearl with no crack or break in it.' Ibn Abī al-Dunyā said: 'A crack (al-faṣm) is a cleft that has not separated, and a break (al-qaṣm) is what has separated.' 'And a red ruby and a green chrysolite, containing flowing rivers and hanging fruits, and containing its chambers and its doors, and containing its spouses and its servants. So they are not in need of anything more than they are of Friday, and they do not increase in looking at their Lord except that they increase in honor.'"

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Arabic (Source)

٩١ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ قَالَا حدثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَفِي كَفِّهِ كَالْمِرْآةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِيهَا كَالنُّكْتَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ قَالَ الْجُمُعَةُ. قُلْتُ وَمَا الْجُمُعَةُ قَالَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ. قُلْتُ وَمَا لَنَا فِيهَا قَالَ تَكُونُ عِيدًا لَكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ وَتَكُونُ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى تَبَعًا لَكَ قَالَ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا سَاعَةٌ لَا يُوَافِقُهَا مُسْلِمٌ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهَا خَيْرًا هُوَ لَهُ قُسِمَ إِلَّا أعطاه إياه ويتعوذ بها مِنْ شَرٍّ مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ مَكْتُوبٌ إِلَّا فَكَّ عَنْهُ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ مَا هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَهُوَ عِنْدَنَا سَيِّدُ الْأَيَّامِ وَنَحْنُ نُسَمِّيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَوْمَ الْمَزِيدِ. قَالَ مِمَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الرَّبَّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى اتَّخَذَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَادِيًا أَفْيَحَ مِنْ مِسْكٍ أَبْيَضَ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ نَزَلَ عَنْ كُرْسِيِّهِ أَوْ نَزَلَ مِنْ عِلِّيِّينَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ ثُمَّ حَفَّ الْكُرْسِيَّ بِمَنَابِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُكَلَّلَةٍ بِالْجَوْهَرِ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّونَ حَتَّى يَجْلِسُوا عَلَى تِلْكَ الْمَنَابِرِ ثُمَّ حُفَّتْ تِلْكَ الْمَنَابِرُ بكراسي مِنْ نُورٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسُوا عَلَى تِلْكَ ⦗١٠٣⦘ الْكَرَاسِيِّ ثُمَّ يَنْزِلُ أَهْلُ الْغُرَفِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسُوا عَلَى تِلْكَ الْكُثُبِ ثُمَّ يَتَجَلَّى لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا الَّذِي صَدَقْتُكُمْ وَعَدِي وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَهَذَا مَحَلُّ كَرَامَتِي فَاسْأَلُونِي. قَالَ فَيَسْأَلُونَهُ الرضا فيشهدهم أني رَضِيتُ عَنْكُمْ. قَالَ فَيَسْأَلُونَهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ رَغْبَتُهُمْ وَفَوْقَ رَغْبَتِهِمْ قَالَ فيفتح الله لهم مالم يَخْطُرْ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ وَلَمْ تَسْمَعْهُ أُذُنٌ وَلَمْ تَرَهُ عَيْنٌ قال وذلك في مقدار مُنْصَرَفِهِمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ثُمَّ يَرْتَفِعُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ وَيَرْتَفِعُ مَعَهُ النَّبِيُّونَ وَالصِّدِّيقُونَ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ وَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُ الْغُرَفِ إِلَى غُرَفِهِمْ وَهِيَ دُرَّةٌ بَيْضَاءُ لَا فَصْمَ فِيهَا وَلَا قَصْمَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا الْفَصْمُ الصَّدْعُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَبِنْ وَالْقَصْمُ فاقد بَانَ وَيَاقُوتَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ وَزَبَرْجَدَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ فِيهَا أَنْهَارٌ مُطَّرِدَةٌ وَثِمَارُهَا مُتَدَلِّيَةٌ وَفِيهَا غُرَفُهَا وَأَبْوَابُهَا وَفِيهَا أَزْوَاجُهَا وخدمها فليسوا إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَحْوَجُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى يوم الجمعة ولا يَزْدَادُونَ نَظَرًا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا ازْدَادُوا كَرَامَةً.