[6/462] 2499 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ . 2500 - وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ هَارُونَ بْنِ أَبِي عِيسَى ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ ، حَدِيثَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ قَالَ : كُنْتُ رَجُلًا فَارِسِيًّا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَصْفَهَانَ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ مِنْهَا يُقَالُ حَيَّى ، وَكَانَ أَبِي دِهْقَانَ قَرْيَتِهِ ، وَكُنْتُ أَحَبَّ خَلْقِ اللهِ إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حُبُّهُ إِيَّايَ حَتَّى حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَا تُحْبَسُ الْجَارِيَةُ ، فَاجْتَهَدْتُ فِي الْمَجُوسِيَّةِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ قَاطِنَ النَّارِ أُوقِدُهَا لَا أَتْرُكُهَا تَخْبُو سَاعَةً ، وَكَانَتْ لِأَبِي ضَيْعَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فَشُغِلَ يَوْمًا ، فَقَالَ لِي : يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي قَدْ شُغِلْتُ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ عَنْ ضَيْعَتِي اذْهَبْ إِلَيْهَا فَطَالِعْهَا ، وَأَمَرَنِي فِيهَا بِبَعْضِ مَا يُرِيدُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ [6/463] لِي : لَا تُحْبَسْ عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّكَ إِنِ احْتَبَسْتَ عَلَيَّ كُنْتَ أَهَمَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ ضَيْعَتِي وَشَغَلْتَنِي عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ، فَخَرَجْتُ أُرِيدُ ضَيْعَتَهُ أَسِيرُ إِلَيْهَا فَمَرَرْتُ بِكَنِيسَةٍ مِنْ كَنَائِسِ النَّصَارَى ، فَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ ، وَكُنْتُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا أَمْرُ النَّاسِ لِحَبْسِ أَبِي إِيَّايَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمُ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَصْنَعُونَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْجَبَتْنِي صَلَاتُهُمْ وَرَغِبْتُ فِي أَمْرِهِمْ ، وَقُلْتُ هَذَا وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدِّينِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَمَا بَرِحْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَتَرَكْتُ ضَيْعَةَ أَبِي ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ أَصْلُ هَذَا الدِّينِ ؟ قَالُوا : رَجُلٌ بِالشَّامِ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي وَقَدْ بَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِي ، وَقَدْ شَغَلْتُهُ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ ؟ أَلَمْ أَكُنْ عَهِدْتُ إِلَيْكَ مَا عَهِدْتُ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِنَاسٍ يُصَلُّونَ فِي كَنِيسَةٍ لَهُمْ ، فَدَخَلْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَمَا زِلْتُ عِنْدَهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ الدِّينِ خَيْرٌ ، دِينُكَ وَدِينُ آبَائِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ وَبَعَثَتْ إِلَيَّ النَّصَارَى ، فَقُلْتُ : إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ فَأَخْبِرُونِي بِهِمْ ، فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى فَأَخْبَرُونِي بِهِمْ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : إِذَا قَضَوْا حَوَائِجَهُمْ وَأَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ فَآذِنُونِي بِهِمْ ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ أَخْبِرُونِي بِهِمْ فَأَلْقَيْتُ الْحَدِيدَ مِنْ رِجْلَيَّ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الشَّامَ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُهَا قُلْتُ : مَنْ أَفْضَلُ هَذَا الدِّينِ عِلْمًا ؟ قَالُوا : الْأُسْقُفُّ فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ ، فَجِئْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنِّي قَدْ رَغِبْتُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَكَ أَخْدُمُكَ فِي كَنِيسَتِكَ ، وَأَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْكَ وَأُصَلِّي مَعَكَ ، قَالَ : فَادْخُلْ ، فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ وَكَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ يَأْمُرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ [6/464] وَيُرَغِّبُهُمْ ، فَإِذَا جَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ شَيْئًا مِنْهَا اكْتَنَزَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ فَلَمْ يُعْطِ إِنْسَانًا مِنْهَا شَيْئًا حَتَّى جَمَعَ قِلَالًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَوَرِقٍ ، وَأَبْغَضْتُهُ بُغْضًا شَدِيدًا لِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَصْنَعُ ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ ، فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ النَّصَارَى لِيَدْفِنُوهُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : إِنَّ هَذَا كَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُكُمْ فِيهَا ، فَإِذَا جِئْتُمُوهُ بِهَا اكْتَنَزَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ ، فَلَمْ يُعْطِ إِنْسَانًا ، أَوْ لَمْ يُعْطِ الْمَسَاكِينَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ، قَالُوا : وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَاكَ ؟ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ : فَأَنَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى كَنْزِهِ ، قَالُوا : فَدُلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ ، فَدَلَلْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا ذَهَبًا وَوَرِقًا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا : وَاللهِ لَا تَدْفِنُوهُ أَبَدًا ، فَصَلَبُوهُ ثُمَّ رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ ، وَكَانَ ثَمَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَجَعَلُوهُ مَكَانَهُ ، قَالَ : يَقُولُ سَلْمَانُ : فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا لَا يُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ أَزْهَدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا أَرْغَبَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَلَا أَدْأَبَ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا مِنْهُ ، فَأَحْبَبْتُهُ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ شَيْئًا قَطُّ ، فَمَا زِلْتُ مَعَهُ زَمَانًا ثُمَّ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ مَعَكَ فَأَحْبَبْتُكَ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ شَيْئًا قَبْلَكَ ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، لَقَدْ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَبَدَّلُوا وَتَرَكُوا كَثِيرًا مِمَّا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ بِالْمَوْصِلِ وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَالْحَقْ بِهِ ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ الْمَوْصِلِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا فُلَانُ : إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِكَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ ، فَقَالَ : فَأَقِمْ عِنْدِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ خَيْرَ رَجُلٍ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ ، فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ ، قُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَمَرَنِي فَأَلْحَقُ بِكَ ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ مَا تَرَى ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : أَيْ بُنَيَّ وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ بِنَصِيبِينَ وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ ، فَالْحَقْ بِهِ ، فَلَمَّا [6/465] مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ نَصِيبِينَ فَجِئْتُهُ ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ صَاحِبُهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبَيْهِ فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ فَوَاللهِ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ ، فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ : قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا فُلَانُ ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، وَأَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ، وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : يَا بُنَيَّ مَا أَعْلَمُ بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى مَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِعَمُّورِيَّةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ عَمُّورِيَّةَ ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي ، فَقَالَ : أَقِمْ عِنْدِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ عَلَى هَدْيِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَمْرِهِمْ ، وَاكْتَسَبْتُ حَتَّى كَانَتْ لِي بُقَيْرَاتٌ وَغُنَيْمَةٌ ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ بِهِ أَمْرُ اللهِ فَلَمَّا حُضِرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا فُلَانُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ فُلَانٍ ، فَأَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَانِي فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي ؟ قَالَ : وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَصْلَحَ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ ، وَلَكِنْ قَدْ أَظَلَّكَ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ هُوَ مَبْعُوثٌ بِدِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَخْرُجُ بِأَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى أَرْضٍ بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْنِ ، بِهِ عَلَامَاتٌ لَا تَخْفَى ، يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ ، بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِتِلْكَ الْبِلَادِ فَافْعَلْ ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَغُيِّبَ ، فَمَكَثْتُ بِعَمُّورِيَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أَمْكُثَ ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي نَفَرٌ مِنْ كَلْبٍ تُجَّارٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ : تَحْمِلُونِي إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ ، وَأُعْطِيكُمْ بَقَرَاتِي هَذِهِ وَغُنَيْمَتِي هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا : نَعَمْ ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ وَحَمَلُونِي مَعَهُمْ ، حَتَّى إِذَا قَدِمُوا بِي وَادِي الْقُرَى ظَلَمُونِي فَبَاعُونِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَهُودِيٍّ كُنْتُ [6/466] عِنْدَهُ فَرَأَيْتُ النَّخْلَ فَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْبَلَدَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي وَلَمْ يَحِقَّ فِي نَفْسِي ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ فَابْتَاعَنِي مِنْهُ فَحَمَلَنِي إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا رَأَيْتُهَا عَرَفْتُهَا بِصِفَةِ صَاحِبِي لِي ، فَأَقَمْتُ بِهَا فَبَعَثَ اللهُ رَسُولَهُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ مَا أَقَامَ مَا أَسْمَعُ لَهُ بِذِكْرٍ مَعَ مَا أَنَا فِيهُ مِنْ شُغْلِ الرِّقِّ ، ثُمَّ هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَفِي رَأْسِ عِذْقٍ لِسَيِّدِي أَعْمَلُ لَهُ فِيهِ بَعْضَ الْعَمَلِ ، وَسَيِّدِي جَالِسٌ تَحْتِي إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ قَاتَلَ اللهُ بَنِي قَيْلَةَ ، وَاللهِ إِنَّهُمُ الْآنَ لَمُجْتَمِعُونَ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ الْيَوْمَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُهَا أَخَذَنِي - يَعْنِي الْفَرَحَ - حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي سَأَسْقُطُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي ، وَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ النَّخْلَةِ وَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ لِابْنِ عَمِّهِ ذَلِكَ مَاذَا تَقُولُ ؟ مَاذَا تَقُولُ ؟ فَغَضِبَ سَيِّدِي ، فَلَكَمَنِي لَكْمَةً شَدِيدَةً ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي مَا لَكَ وَلِهَذَا ؟ أَقْبِلْ عَلَى عَمَلِكَ ، قُلْتُ : لَا شَيْءَ ، إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَفْتِيَهُ عَمَّا قَالَ ، وَقَدْ كَانَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُ ، فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ أَخَذْتُهُ ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ بِقُبَاءَ ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ ، وَمَعَكَ أَصْحَابٌ لَكَ غُرَبَاءُ ذَوُو حَاجَةٍ ، وَهَذَا شَيْءٌ كَانَ عِنْدِي صَدَقَةً فَرَأَيْتُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ قَالَ : وَقَرَّبْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " كُلُوا " وَأَمْسَكَ هُوَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ ، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ ، فَجَمَعْتُ شَيْئًا فَتَحَوَّلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ وَهَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا ، فَأَكَلَ [6/467] رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهَا ، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا ، وَقَالَ : قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي هَاتَانِ ثِنْتَانِ ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ قَدِ اتَّبَعَ جِنَازَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَدْبَرْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ هَلْ أَرَى الْخَاتَمَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُ عَرَفَ أَنِّي أَسْتَثْبِتُ فِي شَيْءٍ وُصِفَ لِي فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ فَعَرَفْتُهُ ، فَأَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ وَأَبْكِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " تَحَوَّلْ " فَتَحَوَّلْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثِي كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ، فَأَعْجَبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ ، ثُمَّ شَغَلَ سَلْمَانَ الرِّقُّ حَتَّى فَاتَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَدْرٌ وَأُحُدٌ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " كَاتِبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ " ، فَكَاتَبْتُ صَاحِبِي عَلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ أُحْيِيهَا لَهُ وَبِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " أَعِينُوا أَخَاكُمْ فَأَعَانُونِي فِي النَّخْلِ ، الرَّجُلُ بِثَلَاثِينَ ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعِشْرِينَ ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعَشْرٍ ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عِنْدَهُ ، حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَتْ لِي ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اذْهَبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ ، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَآذِنِّي أَكُونُ مَعَكَ أَنَا أَضَعُهَا بِيَدِي ، فَفَقَّرْتُ لَهَا ، وَأَعَانَنِي أَصْحَابِي حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغْتُ جِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعِي إِلَيْهَا فَجَعَلْنَا نُقَرِّبُ لَهُ الْوَدِيَّ وَيَضَعُهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى فَرَغْنَا ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ مَا مَاتَ مِنْهَا نَخْلَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَأَدَّيْتُ النَّخْلَ ، وَبَقِيَ عَلَيَّ الْمَالُ ، فَأُتِيَ [6/468] رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْمَعَادِنِ قَالَ : مَا فَعَلَ الْفَارِسِيُّ الْمُكَاتَبُ ؟ فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : " خُذْ هَذِهِ فَأَدِّ بِهَا مَا عَلَيْكَ يَا سَلْمَانُ " فَقُلْتُ ، وَأَيْنَ تَقَعُ هَذِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مِمَّا عَلَيَّ ؟ قَالَ : " خُذْهَا فَإِنَّ اللهَ سَيُؤَدِّي بِهَا عَنْكَ " فَوَزَنْتُ لَهُ مِنْهَا ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَأَوْفَيْتُهُمْ حَقَّهُمْ ، وَعَتَقَ سَلْمَانُ ، وَشَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْخَنْدَقَ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَفُتْنِي مَعَهُ مَشْهَدٌ .
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Musa ibn Abdullah al-Khuza'i narrated to us, he said: Bakr ibn Sulayman informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ishaq informed us. And Amr ibn Ali informed us, he said: Abdullah ibn Harun ibn Abi Isa informed us, from his father, from Ibn Ishaq, that he heard Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatada, from Mahmud ibn Labid, from Abdullah ibn Abbas, who said: Salman al-Farisi narrated to me his story from his own mouth. He said: I was a Persian man from the people of Asbahan, from a village of it called Jayy. My father was the headman of his village, and I was the dearest of Allah's creation to him; his love for me kept him confining me in his house as a slave girl is confined. I strove in Magianism until I became the keeper of the fire, kindling it and never letting it die down for an hour. My father had a great estate, and one day he was occupied, so he said to me: O my son, I am occupied today with my estate; go to it and inspect it. He commanded me concerning some of what he wanted in it. Then he said to me: Do not be detained from me, for if you are detained from me, you will be more important to me than my estate and will occupy me from everything. I went out intending his estate, traveling to it, and passed by a church of the Christians' churches. I heard their voices in it while they were praying, and I did not know people's affairs because of my father's confining me in his house. When I heard their voices, I entered upon them to see what they were doing. When I saw them, their prayer pleased me and I desired their matter, and I said: By Allah, this is better than the religion we are upon. I did not leave them until the sun set, and I neglected my father's estate. Then I said to them: Where is the origin of this religion? They said: A man in Syria. Then I returned to my father, who had sent seeking me and whom I had occupied from his work. He said: O my son, where were you? Did I not entrust to you what I entrusted? I said: I passed by people praying in a church of theirs, entered to them and remained with them while they prayed until the sun set. He said: O my son, there is no good in that religion; your religion and your fathers' religion is better than it. Then he confined me in his house. I sent to the Christians saying: When a caravan comes to you from Syria, inform me of them. A caravan of Syrian Christian merchants came to them, and they informed me of them. I said to them: When they finish their needs and intend to return to their land, let me know. When they intended to return to their land, they informed me, so I cast off the iron from my feet and went out with them until I reached Syria. When I reached it, I said: Who is the most knowledgeable of this religion? They said: The bishop in the church. I came to him and said: I have desired this religion, and I wish to be with you, serving you in your church, learning from you and praying with you. He said: Enter. I entered with him, and he was an evil man: he would command charity and urge them to it, but when they gathered something of it to him, he hoarded it for himself and gave no one anything, until he amassed jars of gold and silver. I hated him intensely for what I saw him doing. Then he died, and the Christians gathered to bury him. I said to them: This was an evil man; he commanded you with charity and urged you to it, but when you brought it to him, he hoarded it for himself and gave no one, or gave the poor nothing of it. They said: How do you know that? I said: I will show you his treasure. They said: Show us. I showed them, and they extracted gold and silver. When they saw it, they said: By Allah, you shall never bury him. So they crucified him, then stoned him. There was another man there, and they put him in his place. Salman says: I never saw a man who does not pray the five prayers better than him, more ascetic in this world, more desirous of the Hereafter, nor more diligent night and day than him. I loved him with a love I never loved anything before. I remained with him a time, then death came to him. I said to him: O so-and-so, I was with you and loved you with a love I never loved anything before you, and what you see of Allah's decree has come to you; to whom do you commend me, and what do you command me? He said: O my son, by Allah, I do not know anyone upon what I was upon; the people have perished, altered and abandoned much of what they were upon, except a man in Mosul, and he is so-and-so, and he is upon what I was upon; so join him. When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Mosul. I said to him: O so-and-so, so-and-so commended me at his death to join you, and informed me that you are upon his matter. He said: Stay with me. I stayed with him and found him the best man upon his companion's matter. I had hardly stayed when he died. When death came to him, I said to him: O so-and-so, so-and-so commended me to you and commanded me to join you, and what you see of Allah's decree has come; to whom do you commend me, and what do you command me? He said: O my son, by Allah, I do not know a man upon the like of what we were upon except a man in Nasibin, and he is so-and-so; so join him. When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Nasibin. I came to him and informed him of what his companion commanded me. He said: Stay with me. I stayed with him and found him upon the matter of his two companions; I stayed with the best man. By Allah, he had hardly remained when death descended upon him. When he was dying, I said to him: O so-and-so, so-and-so commended me to so-and-so, and so-and-so commended me to you; to whom do you commend me, and what do you command me? He said: O my son, I do not know anyone remaining upon what I command you to come to except a man in Ammuriya of the land of Rome, upon the like of what we are upon; he is upon our matter. When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Ammuriya. I informed him of my story. He said: Stay with me. I stayed with the best man upon the guidance of his companions and their matter. I earned until I had some cows and a few sheep. Then Allah's decree descended upon him. When he was dying, I said to him: O so-and-so, I was with so-and-so, who commended me to so-and-so; then so-and-so commended to so-and-so; then so-and-so commended me to so-and-so; then so-and-so commended me to you; to whom do you commend me, and what do you command me? He said: By Allah, I do not know anyone more fit for you upon what we were upon among people for me to command you to come to; but the time of a prophet has cast its shadow over you: he is sent with the religion of Ibrahim, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; he will emerge in the land of the Arabs, emigrating to a land between two lava tracts; he has signs that are not hidden: he eats gifts and does not eat charity; between his shoulders, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is the seal of prophethood. If you can join that land, do so. Then he died and was buried. I remained in Ammuriya as long as Allah willed me to remain. Then some merchants of Kalb passed by me. I said to them: Will you carry me to the land of the Arabs, and I will give you these cows of mine and these sheep of mine? They said: Yes. I gave them and they carried me with them, until when they brought me to Wadi al-Qura, they wronged me and sold me to a Jewish man. I stayed with him and saw the palm trees, hoping it was the land my companion described to me, though it did not settle in my mind. While I was with him, a cousin of his from Banu Qurayza came to him and bought me from him, carrying me to Medina. By Allah, no sooner did I see it than I recognized it by my companion's description to me. I stayed there. Allah sent His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he stayed in Mecca as long as he stayed, and I heard no mention of him, busy as I was with slavery. Then he emigrated to Medina. By Allah, I was at the top of a date-palm cluster for my master, doing some work for him in it, with my master sitting beneath me, when a cousin of his came until he stood over him and said: May Allah fight Banu Qayla; by Allah, they are now gathered around a man who has come to them from Mecca today, claiming he is a prophet. When I heard it, joy seized me until I thought I would fall upon my master. I came down from the palm tree, saying to that cousin of his: What are you saying? What are you saying? My master became angry and struck me a severe blow, then said to me: What is it to you? Attend to your work. I said: Nothing; I only wanted to ask him about what he said. I had something I had gathered; in the evening I took it and went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was in Quba. I entered upon him and said to him: It has reached me that you are a righteous man, with companions of yours, strangers in need; and this is something I had as charity, and I saw you more deserving of it than others. I brought it near to him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to his companions: Eat. He himself refrained and did not eat of it. I said to myself: This is one. Then I left him, gathered something, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) moved to Medina. Then I brought it to him and said to him: I saw you do not eat charity, and this is a gift with which I honor you. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ate of it and commanded his companions, so they ate. I said to myself: These are two. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was in Baqi al-Gharqad, having followed the funeral of a man of his companions, sitting. I greeted him, then went behind to look at his back whether I could see the seal my companion described to me. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw me going behind him, he knew I was verifying something described to me, so he cast his cloak from his back. I looked at the seal and recognized it. I fell upon him kissing him and weeping. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Turn around. I turned and sat before him. I narrated to him my story as I narrated to you, O Ibn Abbas. It pleased the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that his companions hear that. Then slavery occupied Salman until he missed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) Badr and Uhud. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Write a contract, O Salman. I contracted with my master for three hundred palm trees which I would plant for him, and forty ounces. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to his companions: Help your brother. They helped me with the palms: a man with thirty, a man with twenty, a man with fifteen, a man with ten, and a man according to what he had, until three hundred were gathered for me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me: Go, O Salman, and when you finish, let me know; I will be with you, placing them with my hand. I dug holes for them, and my companions helped me, until when I finished, I came to him and informed him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out with me to them, and we brought the young palms near to him while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) placed them with his hand until we finished. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Salman, not a single palm tree of them died. I delivered the palms, and the money remained upon me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was brought something like a hen's egg of gold from one of the mines. He said: What has the Persian contract-slave done? I was called to him. He said: Take this and pay with it what is upon you, O Salman. I said: And where will this fall, O Messenger of Allah, against what is upon me? He said: Take it, for Allah will pay it off for you. I weighed out to him from it, by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Salman, forty ounces; I paid them their due. Salman was freed. I witnessed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) al-Khandaq, then no battle with him escaped me.
