His saying: "And you forget yourselves."
479 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, Abu Ghassan informed us, Salamah narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: In what Ibn Abi Muhammad narrated to me, from 'Ikrimah or Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas: "And you forget yourselves," meaning: You abandon yourselves.
[His saying: And seek help through patience and prayer]
480 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, he said: They narrated to us—meaning Ibn Abi Najih—from Mujahid, [regarding] His saying: "And seek help through patience [al-sabr]," he said: Patience is fasting.
481 - 'Isam ibn Rawwad narrated to us, Adam narrated to us, Abu Ja'far al-Razi narrated to us, from al-Rabi' ibn Anas, from Abu al-'Aliyah, who says: "Seek help through patience and prayer" in attaining the pleasure of Allah, and know that it is [a form] of obedience to Allah.
482 - 'Isam ibn Rawwad narrated to us, Adam narrated to us, Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Talhah al-Asadi, who says: "Seek help through patience" [refers to] fasting.
483 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Bukayr ibn Ma'ruf informed me, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan, [regarding] His saying: "And seek help through patience and prayer," he said: Seek help in seeking the Hereafter through patience in [performing] the obligatory duties and prayer.
Abu Muhammad [Ibn Abi Hatim] said: I heard Abu Bakr Habash ibn al-Ward al-Baghdadi in Mecca, and he asked his companions about patience: What is it? Some of them said: It is prayer, and they cited as proof the saying of Allah: "And seek help through patience and prayer." He said: Allah has distinguished between the two, for He said: "Seek help through patience and prayer," and He did not make it [patience] prayer, but rather made them two [separate] things. Some of them said: Patience is fasting. Others said: Patience is to be patient over a matter. He said: What is the meaning of "to be patient"? He was not satisfied with anyone's answer. They asked him to inform them, so he said: Patience is steadfastness in a matter.
484 - My father narrated to us, 'Ubayd Allah ibn Hamzah ibn Isma'il narrated to us, Ishaq ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Abu Sinan, from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said: Patience is of two types: patience during a calamity is good, and even better than that is patience in abstaining from what Allah has forbidden. Abu Muhammad said: It was narrated from al-Hasan similarly to the saying of 'Umar.
485 - My father narrated to us, Hisham ibn 'Ubayd Allah narrated to us, Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Ibn Lahi'ah, from 'Ata' ibn Dinar, that Sa'id ibn Jubayr said: Patience is the servant's acknowledgment to Allah of what has befallen him, seeking its reward from Allah, and hoping for His recompense. A man may be distressed, yet he restrains himself, and nothing is seen from him except patience.
قوله: وَتَنْسَوُنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ
٤٧٩ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَنْبَأَ أَبُو غَسَّانَ ثنا سَلَمَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ فِيمَا حَدَّثَنِي بْنُ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَوْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: وَتَنْسَوُنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ أي تتركون أنفسكم.
[قوله: واستعينوا بالصبر والصلاة]
٤٨٠ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثُونَا- يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ- عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَوْلُهُ: وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبِرِ قَالَ الصَّبْرُ الصِّيَامُ.
٤٨١ - حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ رَوَّادٍ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ يَقُولُ: اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبِرِ وَالصَّلاةِ عَلَى مَرْضَاةِ اللَّهِ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا مِنْ طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ.
٤٨٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ رَوَّادٍ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ الأَسَدِيِّ يَقُولُ: اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبِرِ عَلَى الصِّيَامِ.
٤٨٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ أَخْبَرَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ قوله: وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبِرِ وَالصَّلاةِ قَالَ: اسْتَعِينُوا عَلَى طَلَبِ الآخِرَةِ بِالصَّبِرِ عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ وَالصَّلاةِ.
قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَبَشَ بْنَ الْوَرْدِ الْبَغْدَادِيَّ بِمَكَّةَ وَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابَهُ عَنِ الصَّبْرِ مَا هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: هُوَ الصَّلاةُ وَنَزَعُوا بِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبِرِ وَالصَّلاةِ فَقَالَ: قَدْ مَيَّزَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَقَالَ:
اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبِرِ وَالصَّلاةِ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ صَلاةً، وَقَالَ: جَعَلَهُمَا شَيْئَيْنِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ:
الصَّبْرُ هُوَ الصِّيَامُ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ: الصَّبْرُ أَنْ يَصْبِرَ عَلَى الشَّيْءِ. فَقَالَ: مَا مَعْنَى يَصْبِرُ؟
فَلَمْ يَرْضَ جَوَابَ أَحَدٍ. وَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: الصَّبْرُ هُوَ الثَّبَاتُ فِي الشَّيْءِ.
٤٨٤ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: الصَّبْرُ صَبْرَانِ، صَبْرٌ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ حَسَنٌ، وَأَحْسَنُ مِنْهُ الصَّبْرُ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ. قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ: وَرُوِيَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ نَحْوُ قَوْلِ عُمَرَ.
٤٨٥ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ثنا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ: الصَّبْرُ اعْتِرَافُ الْعَبْدِ لِلَّهِ بِمَا أَصَابَ فِيهِ، وَاحْتِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، وَرَجَاءُ ثَوَابِهِ، وَقَدْ يَجْزَعُ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يَتَجَلَّدُ لَا يُرَى مِنْهُ إِلا الصبر.
