English translation
4089. It was narrated that Qais bin Bishr At-Taghlibi said: "My father, who was a companion of Abū Ad-Dardā', told me: 'In Damascus there was one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, who was called Ibn Al-Hanzaliyyah. He was a solitary man, who rarely mixed with people, rather he spent his time in prayer, and when he finished he would recite Tasbih and Takbir until he went to his family. He passed by us while we were sitting with Abū Ad-Dardā', and Abū Ad-Dardā' said to him: "Tell us something that will benefit us, and not harm you. He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent out a military expedition, and they came back. One of them came and sat in a place where the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to sit, and said to a man beside him: "Would that you had seen us when we met the enemy and so-and-so attacked, and fought, and said: 'Take that, and I am the young man of Ghifār.'"
What do you think of what he said?" He said: "I think that his reward was lost because of that." Another man heard that and said: "I do not see anything wrong with it." They argued and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ heard them and said: "Subhān Allāh! There is nothing wrong with him being rewarded and praised." I saw that Abū Ad-Dardā' was pleased with that, and he raised his head and looked at him, and said: "Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?" He said: "Yes." He kept repeating (his question) until I thought that he was going to sit on the knees of Ibn Al-Hanzaliyyah (because he came so close to him). He passed by us on another day and Abū Ad-Dardā' said to him: "Tell us something that will benefit us and not harm you." He said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to us: 'The one who spends on horses (for Jihād) is like one who opens his hand to give charity and does not withhold it.'" Then he passed by us on another day and Abū Ad-Dardā' said to him: "Tell us something that will benefit us and not harm you." He said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to us: 'What a good man Khuraim Al-Asadī would be, were it not that his hair comes down to his shoulders and his Izār hangs below his ankles.' News of that reached Khuraim and he went and took a knife and cut his hair until it came to his ears, and he lifted up his Izār to mid-calf." Then he passed by us
on another day, and Abū Ad-Dardā' said to him: "Tell us something that will benefit us and not harm you." He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'You are coming to meet your brothers, so make your mounts and clothing look good, so that you will stand out among the people, for Allāh does not like obscene words or deeds.'" (Hasan)
Abū Dāwūd said: This is how Abū Nu'aim said it, from Hishām who said: "So that you will stand out among the people."
Arabic text
4089 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ التَّغْلِبِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، وَكَانَ جَلِيسًا لِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ: كَانَ بِدِمَشْقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ: ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مُتَوَحِّدًا، قَلَّمَا يُجَالِسُ النَّاسَ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ صَلَاةٌ، فَإِذَا فَرَغَ، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ تَسْبِيحٌ وَتَكْبِيرٌ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ، فَمَرَّ بِنَا وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: كَلِمَةً تَنْفَعُنَا وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرِيَّةً، فَقَدِمَتْ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَجَلَسَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ: لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا حِينَ الْتَقَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَالْعَدُوُّ فَحَمَلَ فُلَانٌ فَطَعَنَ، فَقَالَ: خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلَامُ الْغِفَارِيُّ، كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي قَوْلِهِ؟ قَالَ: مَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ بَطَلَ أَجْرُهُ، فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَرَى بِذَلِكَ بَأْسًا، فَتَنَازَعَا حَتَّى سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يُؤْجَرَ، وَيُحْمَدَ» فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ سُرَّ بِذَلِكَ، وَجَعَلَ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ فَيَقُولُ: نَعَمْ، فَمَا زَالَ يُعِيدُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ: لَيَبْرُكَنَّ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَمَرَّ بِنَا يَوْمًا آخَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: كَلِمَةً تَنْفَعُنَا وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْمُنْفِقُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ كَالْبَاسِطِ يَدَهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ لَا يَقْبِضُهَا» ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِنَا يَوْمًا آخَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: كَلِمَةً تَنْفَعُنَا وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ خُرَيْمٌ الْأَسَدِيُّ، لَوْلَا طُولُ جُمَّتِهِ، وَإِسْبَالُ إِزَارِهِ»، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ خُرَيْمًا فَعَجِلَ، فَأَخَذَ شَفْرَةً فَقَطَعَ بِهَا جُمَّتَهُ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ، وَرَفَعَ إِزَارَهُ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِنَا يَوْمًا آخَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: كَلِمَةً تَنْفَعُنَا، وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّكُمْ قَادِمُونَ عَلَى إِخْوَانِكُمْ، فَأَصْلِحُوا رِحَالَكُمْ، وَأَصْلِحُوا لِبَاسَكُمْ، حَتَّى تَكُونُوا كَأَنَّكُمْ شَامَةٌ فِي النَّاسِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفُحْشَ، وَلَا التَّفَحُّشَ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَ: أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ: «حَتَّى تَكُونُوا كَالشَّامَةِ فِي النَّاسِ»
