English translation
3089. It was narrated from 'Āmir Ar-Rām, the brother of Al-Khudr — Abū Dāwūd said: An-Nufaili said: "He is Al-Khudr. But that is how he said it." — He said: "I was in our country when the flags and
banners were raised. I said: 'What is this?' They said: 'This is the banner of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' I came to him when he was beneath a tree; a cloak had been spread out for him, and he was sitting on it, and his Companions had gathered around him, I sat with them and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ mentioned illnesses. He said: 'When the believer is stricken with an illness, then Allāh heals him of it, it is an expiation for his past sins, and a warning for the future. But when the hypocrite is stricken with an illness, then recovers, he is like a camel whose owners tethered it, then let it loose, and it does not know why they tethered it, nor why they let it loose.' One of the men who were around him said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, what are illnesses? By Allāh, I have never fallen sick.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Get up and leave us, for you are not one of us.' While we were with him, a man came wearing a cloak, and carrying in his hand something over which he had wrapped part of his cloak. He said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, when I saw you I came to you, and I passed through a thicket of trees, where I heard the voices of some chicks. I took them and put them in my cloak, and their mother came and started hovering above my head. I uncovered them and she swooped down on them, and I wrapped them all up in the cloak and they are with me here.' He said: 'Put them down.' So he put them down, but their mother persisted on
staying close to them. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to his Companions: 'Are you surprised by the compassion of the chicks' mother towards her chicks?' They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allāh.' He said: 'By the One Who sent me with the truth, Allāh is more compassionate towards His slaves than the mother of the chicks towards her chicks. Take them and put them back where you took them from, and their mother with them.' So he took them back." (Da'if)
Arabic text
3089 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: أَبُو مَنْظُورٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي، عَنْ عَامِرٍ الرَّامِ، أَخِي الْخَضِرِ - قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ: هُوَ الْخَضِرُ، وَلَكِنْ كَذَا قَالَ - قَالَ: إِنِّي لَبِبِلَادِنَا إِذْ رُفِعَتْ لَنَا رَايَاتٌ وَأَلْوِيَةٌ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: هَذَا لِوَاءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ قَدْ بُسِطَ لَهُ كِسَاءٌ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُهُ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْأَسْقَامَ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ السَّقَمُ، ثُمَّ أَعْفَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ، كَانَ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا مَضَى مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ، وَمَوْعِظَةً لَهُ فِيمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ، وَإِنَّ الْمُنَافِقَ إِذَا مَرِضَ ثُمَّ أُعْفِيَ كَانَ كَالْبَعِيرِ، عَقَلَهُ أَهْلُهُ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلُوهُ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ لِمَ عَقَلُوهُ، وَلَمْ يَدْرِ لِمَ أَرْسَلُوهُ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ حَوْلَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَمَا الْأَسْقَامُ؟ وَاللَّهِ مَا مَرِضْتُ قَطُّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «قُمْ عَنَّا، فَلَسْتَ مِنَّا»، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ، وَفِي يَدِهِ شَيْءٌ قَدِ الْتَفَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي لَمَّا رَأَيْتُكَ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ فَمَرَرْتُ بِغَيْضَةِ شَجَرٍ فَسَمِعْتُ فِيهَا أَصْوَاتَ فِرَاخِ طَائِرٍ، فَأَخَذْتُهُنَّ فَوَضَعْتُهُنَّ فِي كِسَائِي، فَجَاءَتْ أُمُّهُنَّ فَاسْتَدَارَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِي، فَكَشَفْتُ لَهَا عَنْهُنَّ فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِنَّ، مَعَهُنَّ فَلَفَفْتُهُنَّ بِكِسَائِي ، فَهُنَّ أُولَاءِ مَعِي، قَالَ: «ضَعْهُنَّ عَنْكَ» فَوَضَعْتُهُنَّ، وَأَبَتْ أُمُّهُنَّ إِلَّا لُزُومَهُنَّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: «أَتَعْجَبُونَ لِرُحْمِ أُمِّ الْأَفْرَاخِ فِرَاخَهَا؟» قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ، لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ أُمِّ الْأَفْرَاخِ بِفِرَاخِهَا، ارْجِعْ بِهِنَّ حَتَّى تَضَعَهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخَذْتَهُنَّ وَأُمُّهُنَّ مَعَهُنَّ» فَرَجَعَ بِهِنَّ
