Hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him)

حَدِيثُ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ (١)، ٢٧٢٣٨ - حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَحَجَّاجٌ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ - يُقَالُ لَهُ: سُوَيْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ - عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْءٌ نَصْنَعُهُ دَوَاءً، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّمَا هِيَ (٢) دَاءٌ " (٣)،

It is narrated from Suwaid bin Tariq (may Allah be pleased with him) that he submitted in the court: O Messenger of Allah! We live in a region of grapes, can we squeeze them (and drink their wine)? The Noble Prophet (ﷺ) said: "No." He asked: Can we give it to patients as a treatment? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "There is no cure in it, rather it is a disease."

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْطَعَهُ أَرْضًا، قَالَ: فَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنْ أَعْطِهَا إِيَّاهُ ـ أَوْ قَالَ: أَعْلِمْهَا إِيَّاهُ ـ " قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي مُعَاوِيَةُ: أَرْدِفْنِي خَلْفَكَ، (٤) فَقُلْتُ: لَا تَكُونُ مِنْ أَرْدَافِ الْمُلُوكِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَعْطِنِي نَعْلَكَ، فَقُلْتُ: انْتَعِلْ ظِلَّ النَّاقَةِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَأَقْعَدَنِي مَعَهُ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ، فَذَكَّرَنِي الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ سِمَاكٌ فَقَالَ: " وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ حَمَلْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ " (٥)، ،

It is narrated from Wa'il (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) granted him a piece of land and sent Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) with him so that he could identify the portion. On the way, Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, "Let me ride behind you." I said, "You cannot sit behind kings." He said, "Then at least give me your shoes." I said, "Consider the shadow of the she-camel as your shoe." Then, when Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was appointed as the Caliph and I went to him, he seated me with him on the throne and reminded me of the aforementioned incident. He says that at that time I thought, "If only I had let him ride in front of me."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ،، ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: خَرَجَتْ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَقِيَهَا رَجُلٌ فَتَجَلَّلَهَا بِثِيَابِهِ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ مِنْهَا، وَذَهَبَ وَانْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ فَعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ فِي طَلَبِهِ فَانْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَوَقَفُوا (١) عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا فَعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَذَهَبُوا فِي طَلَبِهِ، فَجَاءُوا بِالرَّجُلِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ فِي طَلَبِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا، فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ: هُوَ هَذَا، فَلَمَّا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجْمِهِ قَالَ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا وَاللهِ (٢) هُوَ، فَقَالَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: " اذْهَبِي فَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكِ "، وَقَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ قَوْلًا حَسَنًا، فَقِيلَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَلَا تَرْجُمُهُ، فَقَالَ: " لَقَدْ تَابَ تَوْبَةً لَوْ تَابَهَا أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَقُبِلَ مِنْهُمْ " (٣)، ،

It is narrated from Wa'il (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a woman set out to pray, and on the way she met a man. He covered her with his clothes and fulfilled his desire with her and then disappeared. Meanwhile, another man came near the woman. She said to him, "A man has done such and such with me." That person went to search for him. In the meantime, a group of Ansar passed by the woman and stopped. The woman told them the same thing, "A man has done such and such with me." Those people also set out in search and brought back the man who had gone out to look for the wrongdoer, and they presented him before the Prophet (ﷺ). The woman also said, "This is the one." When the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered him to be stoned, the real wrongdoer stepped forward and said, "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, I am that man." Upon this, the Prophet (ﷺ) said to the woman, "Go, Allah has forgiven you." And he praised that man. Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Why do you not stone him?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He has repented in such a way that if all the people of Madinah repented like this, it would be accepted from them."