One day, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the prayer and then ascended the pulpit, though he had not previously ascended it except on Fridays. This troubled the people, so some stood and others sat. He gestured to them with his hand to sit down and said, "By Allah, I have not stood here for some matter that benefits you out of desire or fear, but Tamim Dari came to me and told me news that prevented me from taking my afternoon nap out of joy and delight, so I wished to share with you the joy of your Prophet.Indeed, a cousin of Tamim Dari informed me that the wind drove them to an island they did not recognize. They sat in the boats of their ship and went out in them, and suddenly they encountered something hairy and black.They asked it, 'What are you?'It replied, 'I am the Jassasa.'They said, 'Tell us.'She said, 'I will not tell you anything, nor will I ask you anything, but go to this monastery you have observed, for in it is a man who longs eagerly for you to inform him and for him to inform you.'So they went to it and entered, and there they found an old man tightly bound, displaying great sorrow and intense complaint.He said to them, 'From where are you?'They replied, 'From Sham.'He asked, 'What have the Arabs done?'They said, 'We are a people from the Arabs. About what are you asking?'He asked, 'What has this man who has emerged among you done?'They said, 'Good. He opposed a people, and Allah granted him victory over them, so today their affair is united, their God is one, and their religion is one.'He asked, 'What of the spring of Zughar?'They said, 'It is well. They water their crops from it and draw from it for their drinking.'He asked, 'What of the palm trees between Amman and Baysan?'They said, 'They yield their fruit every year.'He asked, 'What of the lake of Tiberias?'They said, 'Its sides overflow from the abundance of water.'Then he sighed three deep sighs and said, 'If I were freed from these bonds of mine, I would not leave any land without treading upon it with these two feet of mine, except Tayba, for I have no way to it.'"The Prophet ﷺ said, "To this point my joy reaches. This is Tayba. By the One in whose hand is my soul, there is no path in it, narrow or wide, nor plain nor mountain, except that upon it stands an angel with sword drawn until the Day of Resurrection."
حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن نمير حدثنا أبي حدثنا إسمعيل بن أبي خالد عن مجالد عن الشعبي
صلى رسول الله ﷺ ذات يوم وصعد المنبر وكان لا يصعد عليه قبل ذلك إلا يوم الجمعة فاشتد ذلك على الناس فمن بين قائم وجالس فأشار إليهم بيده أن اقعدوا فإني والله ما قمت مقامي هذا لأمر ينفعكم لرغبة ولا لرهبة ولكن تميما الداري أتاني فأخبرني خبرا منعني القيلولة من الفرح وقرة العين فأحببت أن أنشر عليكم فرح نبيكم ألا إن ابن عم لتميم الداري أخبرني أن الريح ألجأتهم إلى جزيرة لا يعرفونها فقعدوا في قوارب السفينة فخرجوا فيها فإذا هم بشيء أهدب أسود قالوا له ما أنت قال أنا الجساسة قالوا أخبرينا قالت ما أنا بمخبرتكم شيئا ولا سائلتكم ولكن هذا الدير قد رمقتموه فأتوه فإن فيه رجلا بالأشواق إلى أن تخبروه ويخبركم فأتوه فدخلوا عليه فإذا هم بشيخ موثق شديد الوثاق يظهر الحزن شديد التشكي فقال لهم من أين قالوا من الشام قال ما فعلت العرب قالوا نحن قوم من العرب عم تسأل قال ما فعل هذا الرجل الذي خرج فيكم قالوا خيرا ناوى قوما فأظهره الله عليهم فأمرهم اليوم جميع إلههم واحد ودينهم واحد قال ما فعلت عين زغر قالوا خيرا يسقون منها زروعهم ويستقون منها لسقيهم قال فما فعل نخل بين عمان وبيسان قالوا يطعم ثمره كل عام قال فما فعلت بحيرة الطبرية قالوا تدفق جنباتها من كثرة الماء قال فزفر ثلاث زفرات ثم قال لو انفلت من وثاقي هذا لم أدع أرضا إلا وطئتها برجلي هاتين إلا طيبة ليس لي عليها سبيل قال النبي ﷺ إلى هذا ينتهي فرحي هذه طيبة والذي نفسي بيده ما فيها طريق ضيق ولا واسع ولا سهل ولا جبل إلا وعليه ملك شاهر سيفه إلى يوم القيامة
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[Its chain of transmission is daif] Recorded by Abu Dawud, no. 4327, from the hadith of Ismail bin Abu Khalid. I say, Mujalid is daif as mentioned previously, vol. 11, and he alone transmitted these wordings, "It kept me from my midday nap, the joy of your Prophet..." "I have nothing to tell you nor anything to ask you..." "sorrow will appear, sorrow will appear..." "intense complaint," "between Amman and Baysan," and "he sighed three sighs." These are daif, while the rest of the hadith is sahih, and the hadith of Muslim (2942) suffices in its place.