حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ، وَتَرَكَ أَبَوَيْهِ يَبْكِيَانِ، فَقَالَ: ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا، وَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَا.
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "A man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, and made a pledge to him that he would do hijra.
He left his parents who were in tears. The Prophet said, 'Go back to them
and make them laugh as you made them weep.'"
Marwan used to make Abu Hurayra his agent and he used to be located in
Dhu'l-Hulayfa. His mother was in one house and he was in another. When he
wanted to go out, he would stop at her door and say, "Peace be upon you,
mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessing." She would reply, "And peace
be upon you, my son, and the mercy of Allah and His blessing." Then he said,
"May Allah have mercy on you as you raised me when I was a child." She answered,
"May Allah have mercy on you as you were dutiful to me when I was old." Whenever
he wanted to go inside, he would do something similar.
Abu Hazim reported that Abu Murra, the mawla of Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib
had told him that he rode with Abu Hurayra to his land in al-'Aqiq. When
he entered his land, he shouted out in his loudest voice, "Peace be upon
you, mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessing!" She replied, "And
peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessing." He said, "May
Allah have mercy on you as you raised me when I was a child." She replied,
"My son, may Allah repay you well and be pleased with you as you were dutiful
towards me when I was old."
Sa'id ibn Abi Burda said, "I heard my father say that Ibn 'Umar saw a
Yamani man going around the House while carrying his mother on his back,
saying, 'I am your humble camel. If her mount is frightened, I am not
frightened.' Then he asked, 'Ibn 'Umar? Do you think that I have repaid her?'
He replied, 'No, not even for a single groan.'
