حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ، فَعَادُوهُ، فَقَالَ: كُنْتُ أُرِيدُهُمَا لَأَنْظُرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَمَّا إِذْ قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَوَاللَّهِ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَا بِهِمَا بِظَبْيٍ مِنْ ظِبَاءِ تَبَالَةَ.
Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad reported that one of the Companions of Muhammad
lost his eyesight and people visited him. He said, "I used to look at the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, but now that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has died, by Allah, what has happened
to
my eyes is as easy for me to bear as one of the gazelles of Tibala (in
Yemen)."
Zayd ibn Arqam said, "I had a pain in my eyes and the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited me and said, 'Zayd, if
tour eyes were to go blind because of their illness, what would you do?'
He said, 'I would be steadfast and reckon my reward to be with Allah.'
He said, 'If that happens to your eyes and you are steadfast and reckon
your reward to be with Allah, then your reward will be the Garden.'"
Anas said, "I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, say that Allah Almighty said, 'When I test him in his two precious
ones (i.e. his eyes) and he is steadfast, I will repay him with the Garden.'"
'Abdullah ibn Abi'l-Hudhayl said, "'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud went to
visit a sick person with some other people. There was a woman in the room
and one of the men began to look at her, 'Abdullah said to him, 'It would
have been better for you if your eyes had been gouged out.'"
