حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ شَاهِدًا ابْنَ عُمَرَ إِذْ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضَةِ؟ فَقَالَ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، فَقَالَ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا، يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضَةِ، وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: هُمَا رَيْحَانَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا.
Ibn Abi Nu'm said, "I was with Ibn 'Umar when a man asked him about the
blood of gnats. He asked, 'Where are you from?' 'From the people of Iraq,'
he replied. He said, 'Look at this man! He asks about the blood of gnats
when they murdered the grandson of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace! I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
say, 'They are my sweet basil in this world.'"
'A'isha said, "Abu Bakr said, 'By Allah, there is no man on the face
of the earth that I love better than 'Umar.' Then he went out and came back
and said, 'How did I swear, daughter?' I told him what he had said. Then
he said, 'He is dearer to me although one's child is closer (to one's heart).'"
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالْحَسَنُ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ، إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ.
Al-Bara' said, "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, when al-Hasan was on his shoulder. He was saying, 'O Allah, I love
him, so love him.'"
Jubayr ibn Nufayr said, "One day we were sitting when al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad
when a man passed us. The man said, 'Blessing be to those two eyes which
saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. By Allah,
I wish that I had seen what you have seen and witnessed what you have witnessed!'
This angered al-Miqdad and that surprised me as the man had said nothing
but good things. Then he turned to them and said, 'What made the man desire
to summon back what Allah has taken away? Does he not realise what his situation
would be if he had seen him? By Allah, if certain people had been with the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Allah would
have thrown them on their faces into Hellfire since they would neither have
answered nor confirmed him? Do you not praise Allah Almighty since He brought
you forth and you only know your Lord and confirm what your Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought? You see enough affliction in
other people. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, was sent in the harshest state in which any Prophet was ever sent
- in a gap (in the line of prophethood) and the time of Ignorance. They
did not believe that the deen was better than worshipping idols. He brought
the Discrimination by which it is possible to discriminate between the true
and false, and which can part a father from his child. Then a man will think
of his father, child or brother as an unbeliever. Allah has loosened the
locks of his heart by faith and he knows that the other person will be destroyed
in the Fire. Therefore his eye is not cool since he knows that the one he
loves will be in the Fire. It is what Allah says, "Those who say, 'Our
Lord, give us joy in our wives and children." (25:74)'"
