English translation
4131. It was narrated that Khālid said: "Al-Miqdām bin Ma'dikarib, 'Amr bin Al-Aswad, and a man from Banū Asad came from Qinnasrīn to Mu'āwiyah bin Abī Sufyān. Mu'āwiyah said to Al-Miqdām: 'Do you know that Al-Ḥasan bin 'Ali has died?' Al-Miqdām said: 'Indeed we are Allāh's, and to Him we shall return.' Someone said to him: 'Do you regard it as a calamity?' He said: 'Why shouldn't I regard it as a calamity, when the Messenger of
Allāh ﷻ used to take him in his lap and say: "He is from me, and Ḥusain is from 'Alī.'" The Asādī man said: 'A live coal that has been extinguished by Allāh.' Al-Miqdām said: 'As for me, I will not move today, until I say something to annoy you, and make you hear what you dislike.' Then he said: 'O Mu'āwiyah, if I tell the truth, then confirm it, and if I tell lies, then tell me I am lying.' He said: 'Go ahead.' He said: 'I adjure you by Allāh, did you hear the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbid wearing gold?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I adjure you by Allāh, do you know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade wearing silk?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I adjure you by Allāh, do you know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade wearing and riding on the skins of predators?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By Allāh, I have seen all of that in your house, O Mu'āwiyah!' Mu'āwiyah said: 'I knew that I could not be safe from you, O Miqdām.'" Khālid said: "Mu'āwiyah ordered that he be given something that he did not order for his two companions, and he allocated a stipend of two hundred to his son. Al-Miqdām divided it among his companions, but the Asādī man did not give anyone anything of what he took. News of that reached Mu'āwiyah, and he said: 'As for Al-Miqdām, he is a generous man who gives freely, and as for the Asādī man he is a man who holds on well to his possessions.'" (Hasan)
Arabic text
4131 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ بَحِيرٍ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ: وَفَدَ الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ قِنَّسْرِينَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لِلْمِقْدَامِ: أَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ تُوُفِّيَ؟ فَرَجَّعَ الْمِقْدَامُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: أَتَرَاهَا مُصِيبَةً؟ قَالَ لَهُ: وَلِمَ لَا أَرَاهَا مُصِيبَةً، وَقَدْ وَضَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حِجْرِهِ فَقَالَ: «هَذَا مِنِّي» وَحُسَيْنٌ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ؟، فَقَالَ الْأَسَدِيُّ: جَمْرَةٌ أَطْفَأَهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْمِقْدَامُ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا أَبْرَحُ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى أُغَيِّظَكَ، وَأُسْمِعَكَ مَا تَكْرَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ إِنْ أَنَا صَدَقْتُ فَصَدِّقْنِي، وَإِنْ أَنَا كَذَبْتُ فَكَذِّبْنِي، قَالَ: أَفْعَلُ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ بِاللَّهِ هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «نَهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ الذَّهَبِ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ بِاللَّهِ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ بِاللَّهِ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «نَهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ جُلُودِ السِّبَاعِ وَالرُّكُوبِ عَلَيْهَا؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَوَاللَّهِ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ هَذَا كُلَّهُ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنِّي لَنْ أَنْجُوَ مِنْكَ يَا مِقْدَامُ، قَالَ خَالِدٌ: فَأَمَرَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِمَا لَمْ يَأْمُرْ لِصَاحِبَيْهِ وَفَرَضَ لِابْنِهِ فِي الْمِائَتَيْنِ، فَفَرَّقَهَا الْمِقْدَامُ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، قَالَ: وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْأَسَدِيُّ أَحَدًا شَيْئًا مِمَّا أَخَذَ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مُعَاوِيَةُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا الْمِقْدَامُ فَرَجُلٌ كَرِيمٌ بَسَطَ يَدَهُ، وَأَمَّا الْأَسَدِيُّ فَرَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الْإِمْسَاكِ لِشَيْئِهِ
