English translation
4904. Saḥl bin Abī Umāmah narrated that he and his father entered upon Anas bin Mālik in Al-Madinah, during the time of 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz when he
(Anas) was the governor of Al-Madinah. They found him offering a very light prayer, as if it were the prayer of a traveler, or close to that. When he said the Salām, my father said: 'May Allāh have mercy on you, do you think that this prayer is an obligatory prayer or a Nāfil prayer?' He said: 'It is an obligatory prayer, and it is the prayer of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. I did not make any mistake except something that I forgot.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to say: "Do not be harsh with yourselves lest you be dealt with harshly, for some people were harsh with themselves, and Allāh dealt with them harshly, and their remnants are to be found in the monasteries and hermitages. But the monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them."[1] Then he went to him the next day, and he said: 'Will you ride, and see, and learn a lesson?' He said: 'Yes.' So they rode together, and came to a land whose people had perished, and passed away, and died, and their town had fallen down on its roofs. He said: 'Do you know what this land is?' He said: 'How could I know anything about it or its people?' This is a land whose people were destroyed by wrongdoing and envy. Envy extinguishes the light of good deeds, and wrongdoing confirms that or denies it. The eye commits
Zinā and the hands, feet, body, tongue and private part confirm that or deny it.”” (Da'if)
Arabic text
4904 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَمْيَاءِ، أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ، أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ هُوَ وَأَبُوهُ عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً خَفِيفَةً دَقِيقَةً كَأَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ مُسَافِرٍ أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبِي: يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، أَرَأَيْتَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ أَوْ شَيْءٌ تَنَفَّلْتَهُ، قَالَ: إِنَّهَا الْمَكْتُوبَةُ، وَإِنَّهَا لَصَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَّا شَيْئًا سَهَوْتُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: " لَا تُشَدِّدُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَيُشَدَّدَ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَوْمًا شَدَّدُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَشَدَّدَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَتِلْكَ بَقَايَاهُمْ فِي الصَّوَامِعِ وَالدِّيَارِ {وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ} [الحديد: 27] " ثُمَّ غَدَا مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ: «أَلَا تَرْكَبُ لِتَنْظُرَ وَلِتَعْتَبِرَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَرَكِبُوا جَمِيعًا فَإِذَا هُمْ بِدِيَارٍ بَادَ أَهْلُهَا وَانْقَضَوْا وَفَنُوا خَاوِيَةٍ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا، فَقَالَ: «أَتَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الدِّيَارَ؟» فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَعْرَفَنِي بِهَا وَبِأَهْلِهَا، «هَذِهِ دِيَارُ قَوْمٍ أَهْلَكَهُمُ الْبَغْيُ وَالْحَسَدُ، إِنَّ الْحَسَدَ يُطْفِئُ نُورَ الْحَسَنَاتِ، وَالْبَغْيُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلِكَ أَوْ يُكَذِّبُهُ، وَالْعَيْنُ تَزْنِي، وَالْكَفُّ، وَالْقَدَمُ، وَالْجَسَدُ، وَاللِّسَانُ، وَالْفَرْجُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلِكَ أَوْ يُكَذِّبُهُ»
