[15] Background Hadeeth – of the pit فِي مَجْمَعِ الْبَيَانِ...
[15] Background Hadeeth – of the pit فِي مَجْمَعِ الْبَيَانِ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ هَدِيَّةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَانِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: كَانَ مَلِكٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَهُ سَاحِرٌ، فَلَمَّا مَرِضَ السَّاحِرُ قَالَ: إِنِّي قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي فَادْفَعْ إِلَيَّ غُلَاماً أُعَلِّمُهُ السِّحْرَ، فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ غُلَاماً وَ كَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهِ In (the Book) Majma Al Bayan, it is reported by Muslim in Al Saheeh, from Hadayya Bin Khali, from Hammad bin Salma, from Sabit bin Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Layli, from Suheyb, ‘From Rasool-Allah -saww having said: ‘There was a king among ones who were before you, who had a magician for him.
So, when the magician fell sick, he said, ‘My death has approached, so hand over a boy to me I can teach him the magic’. So he handed over a boy (as an apprentice) and he used to disagree with him.
وَ بَيْنَ السَّاحِرِ وَ الْمَلِكِ رَاهِبٌ، فَمَرَّ الْغُلَامُ بِالرَّاهِبِ فَأَعْجَبَهُ كَلَامُهُ وَ أَمْرُهُ، فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ عِنْدَهُ الْقُعُودَ، فَإِذَا أَبْطَأَ عَنِ السَّاحِرِ ضَرَبَهُ وَ إِذَا أَبْطَأَ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ ضَرَبُوهُ فَشَكَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى الرَّاهِبِ And between the magician and the king was a monk. The boy passed by the monk and he was fascinated by his speech and his matter, so he used to prolong his sitting with him.
So when he was delayed from the magician, he hit him, and when he was delayed from his family, they hit him. He complained of that to the monk. فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ إِذَا اسْتَبْطَأَكَ السَّاحِرُ فَقُلْ حَبَسَنِي أَهْلِي وَ إِذَا اسْتَبْطَأَكَ أَهْلُكَ فَقُلْ: حَبَسَنِي السَّاحِرُ He said, ‘O my son! When you are delayed to the magician, then say, ‘My family withheld me’, and when you are delayed to your family, then say, ‘The magician withheld me’.
فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذَا بِالنَّاسِ قَدْ غَشِيَهُمْ دَابَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فَظِيعَةٌ فَقَالَ: الْيَوْمَ أَعْلَمُ أَمْرُ السَّاحِرِ أَفْضَلُ أَمْ أَمْرُ الرَّاهِبِ، فَأَخَذَ حَجَراً فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْرُ الرَّاهِبِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ فَاقْتُلْ هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةَ، فَرَمَى فَقَتَلَهَا وَ مَضَى النَّاسُ One day he was with the people have been overwhelmed by a terrible great beast, so he said, ‘Today I will know whether the matter of the magician is superior of the matter of the monk’.
So, he took a rock and he said, ‘O Allah -azwj !
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