Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2293
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ ظُلَّةً يَنْطِفُ مِنْهَا السَّمْنُ وَالْعَسَلُ وَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يَسْتَقُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَالْمُسْتَكْثِرُ وَالْمُسْتَقِلُّ وَرَأَيْتُ سَبَبًا وَاصِلاً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَأَرَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخَذْتَ بِهِ فَعَلَوْتَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَكَ فَعَلاَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَهُ فَعَلاَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ فَقُطِعَ بِهِ ثُمَّ وُصِلَ لَهُ فَعَلاَ بِهِ . فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَىْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي وَاللَّهِ لَتَدَعَنِّي أَعْبُرْهَا فَقَالَ " اعْبُرْهَا " . فَقَالَ أَمَّا الظُّلَّةُ فَظُلَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ وَأَمَّا مَا يَنْطِفُ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالْعَسَلِ فَهُوَ الْقُرْآنُ لِينُهُ وَحَلاَوَتُهُ وَأَمَّا الْمُسْتَكْثِرُ وَالْمُسْتَقِلُّ فَهُوَ الْمُسْتَكْثِرُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَالْمُسْتَقِلُّ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا السَّبَبُ الْوَاصِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فَهُوَ الْحَقُّ الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذْتَ بِهِ فَيُعْلِيكَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ بَعْدَكَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيَعْلُو بِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ بِهِ بَعْدَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيَعْلُو بِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيَنْقَطِعُ بِهِ ثُمَّ يُوصَلُ لَهُ فَيَعْلُو أَىْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَتُحَدِّثَنِّي أَصَبْتُ أَوْ أَخْطَأْتُ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَصَبْتَ بَعْضًا وَأَخْطَأْتَ بَعْضًا " قَالَ أَقْسَمْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَتُخْبِرَنِّي مَا الَّذِي أَخْطَأْتُ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تُقْسِمْ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
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Al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdullāh, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said that Abū Hurayrah used to relate that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: 'Last night I saw a canopy from which clarified butter and honey were dripping. I saw people drawing from them with their hands, some taking much and some little. I saw a rope extending from heaven to earth, and I saw you, Messenger of Allah, grasp it and rise. Then a man after you grasped it and rose; then another man after him grasped it and rose. Then another man grasped it, but it broke with him; then it was joined for him, and he rose by it.' Abū Bakr said: 'O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom! By Allah, let me interpret it.' He said: 'Interpret it.' Abū Bakr said: 'The canopy is Islam. What dripped from it of clarified butter and honey is the Quran, its gentleness and sweetness. Those taking much and little are those who take much or little from the Quran. The rope extending from heaven to earth is the truth upon which you stand: you grasped it, and Allah raised you by it. Then another man after you will grasp it and rise by it; then another man after him will grasp it and rise by it. Then another man will grasp it and it will break with him; then it will be joined for him, and he will rise by it. O Messenger of Allah, tell me: was I right or mistaken?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'You were right in some things and mistaken in some.' He said: 'By my father and mother, tell me what I got wrong.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Do not swear.' He said: 'This hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.'