Ibn 'Abbas said, "The most precious of people in my opinion is
my sitting companion. This is so much the case that he can step over the
shoulders of people until he sits with me."
Kathir ibn Murra related, "I entered the mosque on Friday and
found 'Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i sitting in a circle of men. He stretched
out his feet in front of him. When he saw me, he pulled his feet back in.
Then he said to me, 'Do you know why I put my foot out? So that a righteous
man might come and sit down.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَعِنْدَهُ الْقَوْمُ جُلُوسٌ، يَتَخَطَّى إِلَيْهِ، فَمَنَعُوهُ، فَقَالَ: اتْرُكُوا الرَّجُلَ، فَجَاءَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: الْمُسْلِمُ مِنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ، وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ.
Ash-Sha'bi said, "A man came to 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr when there
were some people sitting with him. He stepped over them in order to reach
him. They stopped him and 'Abdullah said, 'Leave the man.' He approached
until he sat with him and then said, 'Tell me something which you heard
from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.'
'Abdullah said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, say, "A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the
Muslims are safe. An emigrant (muhajir) is someone who abandons what Allah
has forbidden."'"
