Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Best of You

Narrated Hamzah bin Suhaib that Suhaib (r.a.), also known by the title (kuniyya) Abu Yahya said that he was from the Arabs and he generously fed others. Umar (r.a.) said to him: O Suhaib, why are you known by the title of Abu Yahya when you have no son? and you say that you are an Arab and you feed others generously. This is extravagance of wealth! Suhaib replied: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) gave me the title of Abu Yahya. As for your statement regarding my lineage, I am a man from Namar bin Qasit from the people of Mosul but I was enslaved as a small boy and I am ignorant of my family and my nation. And as for your statement about feeding others, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: "The best of you are those who feed and respond to salam", this is what made me feed others.
عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ أَنَّ صُهَيْبًا رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ كَانَ يُكَنَّى أَبَا يَحْيَى وَيَقُولُ إِنَّهُ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ وَيُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ الْكَثِيرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ: يَا صُهَيْبُ مَا لَكَ تُكَنَّى أَبَا يَحْيَى وَلَيْسَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ وَتَقُولُ إِنَّكَ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ وَتُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ الْكَثِيرَ وَذَلِكَ سَرَفٌ فِي الْمَالِ فَقَالَ صُهَيْبٌ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَنَّانِي أَبَا يَحْيَى وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ فِي النَّسَبِ فَأَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ النَّمِرِ بْنِ قَاسِطٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَوْصِلِ وَلَكِنِّي سُبِيتُ غُلَامًا صَغِيرًا قَدْ غَفَلْتُ أَهْلِي وَقَوْمِي وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ فِي الطَّعَامِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: "خِيَارُكُمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَرَدَّ السَّلَامَ" فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَحْمِلُنِي عَلَى أَنْ أُطْعِمَ الطَّعَامَ. أخرجه لوين في " أحاديثه " ( 25 / 2 ) ، وابن عساكر ( 8 / 194 - 195 ) ، والضياء المقدسي في " الأحاديث المختارة " ( 16 / 1 ) و الحافظ ابن حجر في " الأحاديث العاليات " ( رقم 25 ) وأخرجه أيضا: أحمد (6 / 16) وصححه الألباني في "السلسلة الصحيحة" (1 / 73

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  1. “Verily, the land does not make anyone holy; it is the deeds of a man that make him pure.”

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