English translation
[7518] (3012) (Jâbir continued) “We traveled with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ until we halted in a spacious valley. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ went to relieve himself, and I followed him, bringing a bucket of water. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ looked, but he did not see anything with which to conceal himself, then he saw two trees at the end of the valley. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ went to one of them and took hold of one of its branches, and said: “Follow me, by Allâh’s Leave,” and it came with him like a camel with a nose ring that follows its driver. Then he went to the second tree and took hold of one of its branches and said: “Follow me, by Allâh’s Leave,” and it came with him in a similar manner. Then when he reached the middle of the space between them, he joined them together and said: “Come together and (conceal) me, by Allâh’s Leave,” and they joined together.”
Jâbir said: ‘I went away, lest the
Messenger of Allâh ﷺ realize that I was nearby, and go even further away. I sat down, thinking to myself. Then I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ coming, and the two trees had parted and each one was standing in its own place. I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ stand still for a moment, then he did this with his head” – and Abû Ismâ’îl (a sub narrator) turned his head right and left – “then he came forward. When he reached me he said: “O Jâbir, did you see where I was standing?” I said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allâh.” He said: “Go to the two trees and cut a branch from each one, and bring them here, then when you reach the place where I was standing, put one branch in your right hand and one in your left.”
“Jâbir said: ‘I got up, picked up a stone and broke it and sharpened it, then I went to the two trees and cut a branch from each one. Then I came, dragging them, until I reached the place where the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ had stood. Then I held one branch in my right hand and one in my left. Then I caught up with him, and said: “I have done that, O Messenger of Allâh; what was it for?” He said: “I passed by two graves (whose occupants) were being tormented, and I wanted to intercede so that the torment would be lessened for them so long as these branches remained fresh.”
Arabic text
(3012) سِرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا وَادِيًا أَفْيَحَ، فَذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ، فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ بِإِدَاوَةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا يَسْتَتِرُ بِهِ، فَإِذَا شَجَرَتَانِ بِشَاطِئِ الْوَادِي، فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا، فَأَخَذَ بِغُصْنٍ مِنْ أَغْصَانِهَا ، فَقَالَ: «انْقَادِي عَلَيَّ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» فَانْقَادَتْ مَعَهُ كَالْبَعِيرِ الْمَخْشُوشِ، الَّذِي يُصَانِعُ قَائِدَهُ، حَتَّى أَتَى الشَّجَرَةَ الْأُخْرَى، فَأَخَذَ بِغُصْنٍ مِنْ أَغْصَانِهَا، فَقَالَ: «انْقَادِي عَلَيَّ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» فَانْقَادَتْ مَعَهُ كَذَلِكَ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِالْمَنْصَفِ مِمَّا بَيْنَهُمَا، لَأَمَ بَيْنَهُمَا - يَعْنِي جَمَعَهُمَا - فَقَالَ: «الْتَئِمَا عَلَيَّ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» فَالْتَأَمَتَا، قَالَ جَابِرٌ: فَخَرَجْتُ أُحْضِرُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُحِسَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقُرْبِي فَيَبْتَعِدَ - وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ - فَيَتَبَعَّدَ فَجَلَسْتُ أُحَدِّثُ نَفْسِي، فَحَانَتْ مِنِّي لَفْتَةٌ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُقْبِلًا، وَإِذَا الشَّجَرَتَانِ قَدِ افْتَرَقَتَا، فَقَامَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى سَاقٍ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَفَ وَقْفَةً، فَقَالَ بِرَأْسِهِ هَكَذَا - وَأَشَارَ أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِرَأْسِهِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا - ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَيَّ قَالَ: «يَا جَابِرُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَقَامِي؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: «فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى الشَّجَرَتَيْنِ فَاقْطَعْ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا غُصْنًا، فَأَقْبِلْ بِهِمَا، حَتَّى إِذَا قُمْتَ مَقَامِي فَأَرْسِلْ غُصْنًا عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَغُصْنًا عَنْ يَسَارِكَ»، قَالَ جَابِرٌ: فَقُمْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ حَجَرًا فَكَسَرْتُهُ وَحَسَرْتُهُ، فَانْذَلَقَ لِي، فَأَتَيْتُ الشَّجَرَتَيْنِ فَقَطَعْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا غُصْنًا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ أَجُرُّهُمَا حَتَّى قُمْتُ مَقَامَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَرْسَلْتُ غُصْنًا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَغُصْنًا عَنْ يَسَارِي، ثُمَّ لَحِقْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَمَّ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِقَبْرَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ، بِشَفَاعَتِي، أَنْ يُرَفَّهَ عَنْهُمَا، مَا دَامَ الْغُصْنَانِ رَطْبَيْنِ»
