Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 922
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلامٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعُمٍ الإِفْرِيقِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا غُزَاةً فِي الْبَحْرِ زَمَنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَانْضَمَّ مَرْكَبُنَا إِلَى مَرْكَبِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ غَدَاؤُنَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَأَتَانَا فَقَالَ: دَعَوْتُمُونِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي بُدٌّ مِنْ أَنْ أُجِيبَكُمْ، لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ سِتَّ خِصَالٍ وَاجِبَةٍ، إِنْ تَرَكَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا فَقَدْ تَرَكَ حَقًّا وَاجِبًا لأَخِيهِ عَلَيْهِ: يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ، وَيُجِيبُهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ، وَيُشَمِّتُهُ إِذَا عَطَسَ، وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَيَحْضُرُهُ إِذَا مَاتَ، وَيَنْصَحُهُ إِذَا اسْتَنْصَحَهُ. قَالَ : وَكَانَ مَعَنَا رَجُلٌ مَزَّاحٌ يَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ أَصَابَ طَعَامَنَا : جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا وَبِرًّا ، فَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ أَكْثَرَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي أَيُّوبَ : مَا تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ إِذَا قُلْتُ لَهُ : جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا وَبِرًّا ، غَضِبَ وَشَتَمَنِي ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ : إِنَّا كُنَّا نَقُولُ : إِنَّ مَنْ لَمْ يُصْلِحْهُ الْخَيْرُ أَصْلَحْهُ الشَّرُّ ، فَاقْلِبْ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ حِينَ أَتَاهُ : جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ شَرًّا وَعَرًّا ، فَضَحِكَ وَرَضِيَ وَقَالَ : مَا تَدَعُ مُزَاحَكَ ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ : جَزَى اللَّهُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ خَيْرًا
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Sallam related to us, saying: al-Fazari informed us, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An‘um al-Ifriqi, who said: My father related to me that they were on a naval expedition during the time of Mu‘awiya, and their vessel joined the vessel of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. When their midday meal was ready, they sent for him, and he came to them and said: “You invited me while I am fasting, but I had no choice but to accept your invitation, because I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘A Muslim owes his brother six duties. If he neglects any of them, he has neglected a duty owed to his brother: he should greet him when he meets him; respond when he invites him; invoke mercy for him when he sneezes; visit him when he is ill; attend him when he dies; and give him sincere counsel when he asks for it.’” There was among us a joking man who would say to a man who had eaten our food: “May Allah reward you with goodness and virtue.” When he kept repeating it, the man became angry with him. He said to Abu Ayyub: “What do you think of a man who gets angry and insults me when I say to him, ‘May Allah reward you with goodness and virtue’?” Abu Ayyub said: “We used to say: whoever is not set right by goodness will be set right by evil. So turn it around on him.” When the man came to him, he said: “May Allah reward you with evil and disgrace.” The man laughed, was pleased, and said: “Will you never stop joking?” The joker said: “May Allah reward Abu Ayyub al-Ansari with good.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَيَحْضُرُهُ إِذَا مَاتَ، وَيَنْصَحُهُ إِذَا اسْتَنْصَحَهُ
The English witness omits three of the six duties: visiting the sick, attending when a person dies, and giving advice when asked.
Should all six duties be retained in the translation?
وَكَانَ مَعَنَا رَجُلٌ مَزَّاحٌ
The witness stops after part of the hadith and omits the entire subsequent anecdote about the joking man and Abu Ayyub’s advice.
Should the anecdote following the hadith be restored?