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١٤٧ - حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَارِثِ، ثنا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ: كَيْفَ لَا يَشْتَهِي¹ أَحَدُنَا أَنَّهُ لَا يَزَالُ مُتَبَرِّكًا إِلَى رَبِّهِ يَسْتَغْفِرُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ، قَالَ: قَدْ ذُكِرَ لِلْحَسَنِ، فَقَالَ: «وَدَّ الشَّيْطَانُ لَوْ ظَفِرَ مِنْكُمْ بِهَذِهِ فَلَا تَمَلُّوا مِنَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ» -------- ص119 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - ود الشيطان لو ظفر منكم بهذه - المكتبة الشاملة 147 - Ja'far ibn Burqān said: I said to a Basrian: "How can it be that none of us is ashamed to ask Allāh for blessings, while one asks Allāh for forgiveness for a sin, then returns (to sin), then asks for forgiveness again and then returns (to sin)?" He said: This was mentioned to al-Ḥasan (al-Baṣrī) and he said: "The devil desires to win against you in this matter. So do not become lazy in asking for forgiveness." [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/119] ¹ A remark in the margin of the manuscript reads: صوابه يستحيي / Correct is (here): is ashamed

Perseverance is the key to every 'Ibādah. Know well that there is no shortcut to attaining sweetness and joy in your 'Ibādah. It requires showing Allāh تعالى how persistent you are in your path to attain His pleasure. Only if you give your 'Ibādah the time, effort and patience will its fruits be achieved. Sufyān ath-Thawrī said: "For twenty years I waged jihād against myself. I struggled all the time to remain in prayer at night. In those twenty years, I never tasted the sweetness of night prayer. Only after that did I find solace and sweetness." Abdullāh Ibn Mubārak said: "The souls of righteous people in the past urged them to do good deeds, but our souls do not do what we want them to do except by force. So we have to force them." [Hilyat al-Awliyā']

١٤٦ - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَسْلَمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ، {وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ} [سبأ: ٥٤] قَالَ: التَّوْبَةُ " -------- ص118 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - جالسوا التوابين - المكتبة الشاملة 146 - Aslam ibn 'Abdulmalik reported that a scholar said about the statement of Allāh {And a separation is made between them and that which they desire} (Saba' 34:54): "(It is) the regret/taubah (which they desire and can no longer realize)." [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/118]

١٤٥ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْوَاسِطِيُّ، ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أنبا الْيَمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيُّ، قَالَ: اجْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، وَعُلَمَاءِ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ، فَكَلَّمَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، وَنَحْنُ نَسْمَعُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَأَنَّى لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ} [سبأ: ٥٢] قَالَ: فَسَأَلَهُ وَنَحْنُ نَسْمَعُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: «سَأَلْتَ عَنِ التَّنَاوُشِ، وَهِيَ التَّوْبَةُ، طَلَبُوهَا حِينَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهَا» -------- ص118 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - جالسوا التوابين - المكتبة الشاملة 145 - Al-Yamān ibn al-Mughīrah reported that Muḥammad ibn Ka'b al-Quraẓī¹ said: "A group of scholars from the Levant and a group of scholars from Ḥijāz came together. Then 'Abdulmalik ibn 'Umar ibn 'Abdul'azīz said while we were listening to the statement of Allāh: {But how could they attain from a place so far away (from the Hereafter) now} (Saba' 34:52)." Then he (Muḥammad?) asked him while we were listening and 'Umar replied: "You asked about attainment. It is repentance. They asked for it after they were no longer able to do so." [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/118] Muḥammad ibn Ka'b had many companions who were among the wisest people in terms of exegesis (of the Qur'an). Once they gathered in the mosque (called) ar-Rabaḏah and (suddenly) an earthquake shook them. The mosque then collapsed on them and they all died under it (see adh-Dhahabī in as-Siyar).

١٤٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: «جَالِسُوا التَّوَّابِينَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ أَرَقُّ شَيْءٍ أَفْئِدَةً» -------- ص117 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - جالسوا التوابين - المكتبة الشاملة 144 - 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb said: "Sit with the repentant, for they have the softest hearts." [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/117]

١٤٣ - حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، ⦗١١٧⦘ أَخْبَرَنِي الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ اللَّهَ، إِذَا رَضِيَ عَنْ عَبْدٍ أَنْسَى الْحَفَظَةَ ذُنُوبَهُ، وَأَمَرَ جَوَارِحَهُ (وَ)الْأَرْضَ فَقَالَ: اكْتُمِي عَنْ عَبْدِي، وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ مَا سَبَّبَ اللَّهُ لِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَقَبَّلَهُ وَلَا نَزَعَ بِعَبْدٍ عَنْ ذَنْبٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ -------- ص116 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - إذا رضي الله عن عبد - المكتبة الشاملة 143 - Al-Khalīl ibn 'Abdullāh said: It has reached me that when Allāh is pleased with a servant, He makes the watching angels forget his sins and commands his limbs and the earth: "Cover My servant." And it reached me that Allah never does anything good for a servant except that He will accept it from him, and that He does not keep a servant from sin except that He will forgive him. [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/116] ¹ There is a clear "و/and" in the manuscript, but this is not to be found either in the (printed) book or in the digitized version of the book (on ash-Shāmilah) (see manuscript, 23rd copy, right-hand page).

١٤٠ - حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ ⦗١١٥⦘ الْيَامِيُّ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ صَاحِبٍ، لَهُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ: «الْأَوَّابُ الْحَفِيظُ الَّذِي يُذْنِبُ الذَّنْبَ سِرًّا، ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا» -------- ص114 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - من هو الأواب الحفيظ - المكتبة الشاملة 140 - Layth reported from one of his companions that Mujāhid said: "The one who always repents and preserves (cf. Qāf 50:32) is the one who commits sin in secret and then repents of it in secret." [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/114]

١٣٩ - وَبِهِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أنبا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، قَالَ: أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ حَائِقٌ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ لِقَوْمِهِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُخْرِجُوا أَفَاضِلَهُمْ فَيَتُوبُوا، قَالَ: فَخَرَجُوا فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا بِثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْ أَفَاضِلِهِمْ وَفْدًا إِلَى اللَّهِ، أَوْ قَالَ: بِوِفَادَتِهِمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَتِ الثَّلَاثَةُ أَمَامَ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الثَّلَاثَةِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الَّتِي أَنْزَلْتَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى أَنْ لَا نَرُدَّ السُّؤَالَ إِذَا قَامُوا بِأَبْوَابِنَا، وَإِنَّا سُؤَّالٌ مِنْ سُؤَّالِكَ بِبَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِكَ فَلَا تَرُدَّ مَنْ سَأَلَكَ، وَقَالَ الثَّانِي: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الَّتِي أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى أَنْ نَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمْنَا، وَإِنَّا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا فَاعْفُ عَنَّا، وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الَّتِي أَنْزَلْتَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى أَنْ نُعْتِقَ أَرِقَّاءَنَا، وَإِنَّا عُبَيْدُكَ وَأَرِقَّاؤُكَ فَأَوْجِبْ لَنَا عِتْقَنَا، قَالَ: فَأَوْحَى إِلَى النَّبِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ قَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ، وَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ -------- ص114 - كتاب التوبة لابن أبي الدنيا - توبة ثلاثة من بني إسرائيل - المكتبة الشاملة 139 - Sa'īd ibn Sinān al-Ḥimṣī said: Allah revealed to one (of His) Prophets: "The punishment has enveloped (your people) (or has become due for them)." The Prophet then mentioned this to his people and commanded them to come out among themselves with the nobles so that they might repent. Then (they listened and) came out and he commanded them to come out with the three most excellent among them as a sending to Allāh - or he said: - as a conception to Allāh. Then these three stood before the people and one of the three said, "O Allāh, You have commanded us in the Torah that You sent down upon Your servant Moses (Mūsā) that we should not refuse the supplication (of the supplicant) when they stand before our doors. And we are also one of those who ask You and stand at one of Your doors. So do not reject whoever asks You." Then the second said, "O Allāh, You have commanded us in the Torah that You sent down upon Your servant Moses that we should forgive the one who has wronged us. And we have wronged our souls, so forgive us." Then the third said, "O Allāh, You have commanded us in the Torah that You sent down upon Your servant Moses that we should release our servants. And we are Your servants and Your servants, so arrange for our release." Finally, Allāh revealed to the Prophet that He had accepted their repentance and forgiven them. [ibn abī ad-dunyā, at-taubah 1/114]