حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ: يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "None of you should say, 'May time (ad-Dahr)
be disappointed. Allah is time (ad-Dahr)."
Abu'l-Harith al-Kirmani heard a man say to Abu Raja', "I greet
you and I ask Allah to join both of us together in the Abiding Abode of
His mercy." Abu Raja' said, "Is anyone capable of that?" He continued,
"What is the Abiding Abode of His mercy?" "The Garden," the man replied.
"That is not correct," he said. The man asked, "Then what is the Abiding
Abode of His mercy?" "The Lord of the Worlds," he replied.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "None of you should say, 'May time be disappointed!'
Allah Almighty said, 'I am time (ad-Dahr). I send the night and
the day. If I so wished, I could take them away.' None of you should the
grape-vine 'karm" (instead of 'inab). Karm* is the
Muslim man."
Ibn 'Abbas said, "The rainbow is security for the people of the
earth that they will not be drowned. The Milky Way is the door of the heavens
and forms a furrow through it."
