ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى...
ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى حُمْرَانَ فَقَالَ تُجْرِي الْكَلَامَ عَلَى الْأَثَرِ فَتُصِيبُ وَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ فَقَالَ تُرِيدُ الْأَثَرَ وَ لَا تَعْرِفُهُ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى الْأَحْوَلِ فَقَالَ قَيَّاسٌ رَوَّاغٌ تَكْسِرُ بَاطِلًا بِبَاطِلٍ إِلَّا أَنَّ بَاطِلَكَ أَظْهَرُ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرِ فَقَالَ تَتَكَلَّمُ وَ أَقْرَبُ مَا تَكُونُ مِنَ الْخَبَرِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَبْعَدُ مَا تَكُونُ مِنْهُ تَمْزُجُ الْحَقَّ مَعَ الْبَاطِلِ وَ قَلِيلُ الْحَقِّ يَكْفِي عَنْ كَثِيرِ الْبَاطِلِ أَنْتَ وَ الْأَحْوَلُ قَفَّازَانِ حَاذِقَانِ Then Abu Abdullah -asws turned towards Humran and he -asws said, ‘You should flow the speech upon the Hadeeth, so you would be correct’.
And he -asws turned towards Hisham Bin Salim and he -asws said, ‘You intend the Hadeeth but you do not recognise it’. Then he -asws turned towards Al-Ahowl and he -asws said: ‘You analogise, dodging (issues), breaking the falsehood with the falsehood, except that your falsehood was victorious’.
Then he -asws turned towards Qays Al-Masir and he -asws said: ‘You spoke, and you were as close as you can happen to be from the Hadeeth from Rasool-Allah -saww (while using a method) as remote as can happen to be from him -saww . You mix the Truth with the falsehood, and the little of the Truth can suffice from the lot of falsehood. You and Al-Ahowl are both manoeuvring around skilfully’.
قَالَ يُونُسُ فَظَنَنْتُ وَ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ لِهِشَامٍ قَرِيباً مِمَّا قَالَ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا هِشَامُ لَا تَكَادُ تَقَعُ تَلْوِي رِجْلَيْكَ إِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِالْأَرْضِ طِرْتَ مِثْلُكَ فَلْيُكَلِّمِ النَّاسَ فَاتَّقِ الزَّلَّةَ وَ الشَّفَاعَةُ مِنْ وَرَائِهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ Yunus said, ‘So I thought, ‘By Allah -azwj , he -asws would be saying to Hisham close to what he -asws said to them both’. Then he -asws said: ‘O Hisham! You almost fall down, tangling your legs.
When you hit the ground, you fly off (like a bird). The likes of you, so let him speak to the people. But fear the slips, and the intercession is from behind it, if Allah -azwj so Desires’.