Hadith of Wathilah ibn al-Asqa'

حَدِيثَ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ " مُعَادٌ أَيْضًا فِي الْمَكِّيِّينَ وَالْمَدَنِيِّينَ (١) إِلَّا أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا قَدْ أَثْبَتُّهَا هَاهُنَا، وَبَاقِيهَا فِي الْمَكِّيِّينَ وَالْمَدَنِيِّينَ "، ١٦٩٧٨ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ، يَقُولُ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " أَتَزْعُمُونَ أَنِّي آخِرِكُمْ وَفَاةً، أَلَا إِنِّي مِنْ أَوَّلِكُمْ وَفَاةً، وَتَتْبَعُونِي أَفْنَادًا، يُهْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا " (٢)، ١٦٩٧٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ الْغَازِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي، ، َأَبُو النَّضْرِ، قَالَ: دَعَانِي وَاثِلَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْقَعِ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ فَقَالَ: يَا حَيَّانُ (١) ، قُدْنِي إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْجُرَشِيِّ - فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ -، فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَنِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: " أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، فَلْيَظُنَّ بِي مَا شَاءَ " (٢)،

Hayyan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) called me and said: O Hayyan! Take me to Abu al-Aswad Jurashi... Then the narrator mentioned the entire hadith, and he said: Then rejoice, for I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: I am as My servant thinks of Me, so let him think of Me as he wishes.

حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، وَأَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّصْرِيَّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْفِرَى أَنْ يُدْعَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ، أَوْ يُرِيَ عَيْنَيْهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ مَا لَمْ تَرَيَا (٣) ، أَوْ يَقُولَ: عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ " (٤)، ،

It is narrated from Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: The greatest slanders are three things: One is that a person slanders his own eyes and says, "I saw such and such in a dream," while he did not see it; the second is that a person slanders his parents and attributes himself to someone other than his father; and the third is that someone says he heard something from me, while he did not hear it from me.

حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ رُؤْبَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ النَّصْرِيَّ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ، يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " الْمَرْأَةُ تَحُوزُ ثَلَاثَةَ مَوَارِيثَ: عَتِيقَهَا، وَلَقِيطَهَا، وَالْوَلَدَ الَّذِي لَاعَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ " (١)،

It is narrated from Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A woman inherits in three ways: from her freed slave, from a miscarried child, and from the child for whom she has undergone li’an (mutual cursing).”

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ الْهُذَلِيِّ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " أُعْطِيتُ مَكَانَ التَّوْرَاةِ السَّبْعَ، وَأُعْطِيتُ مَكَانَ الزَّبُورِ الْمَئِينَ، وَأُعْطِيتُ مَكَانَ الْإِنْجِيلِ الْمَثَانِيَ، وَفُضِّلْتُ بِالْمُفَصَّلِ " (٢)، ، . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .، ،

It is narrated from Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: The greatest slanders are three: one is that a man slanders his own eyes and says, "I saw such-and-such in a dream," while he did not see it; the second is that a man slanders his parents and attributes himself to someone other than his father; and the third is that a person says he heard something from me, while he did not hear it from me.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّضْرُ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَعْظَمُ الْفِرَى مَنْ يُقَوِّلُنِي (١) مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ، وَمَنْ أَرَى عَيْنَيْهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ مَا لَمْ تَرَ (٢) ، وَمَنْ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ " (٣)، ،

Abu Sa’d, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that once in the mosque of Damascus, he saw Wa’thilah, may Allah be pleased with him, during prayer, spit under his left foot and rub it with his foot. When he finished the prayer, I said to him, “You are a companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), yet you spit in the mosque?” He replied, “I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) do the same.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " أُنْزِلَتْ صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَأُنْزِلَتِ التَّوْرَاةُ لِسِتٍّ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَالْإِنْجِيلُ لِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، وَأُنْزِلَ الْفُرْقَانُ (١) لِأَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ خَلَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The scriptures of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) were revealed on the first night of Ramadan, the Torah on the sixth of Ramadan, the Gospel on the thirteenth, and the Qur'an was revealed on the twenty-fourth of Ramadan."

حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ، عَنِ الْغَرِيفِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ، قَالَ: أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَفَرٌ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ صَاحِبًا لَنَا أَوْجَبَ. قَالَ: " فَلْيُعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً يَفْدِي اللهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهَا عُضْوًا مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ " (١)، ،

It is narrated from Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that some people from Banu Sulaym once came to the service of the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "One of our companions has made the fire of Hell obligatory upon himself by killing a person.?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "He should free a slave, so that Allah Almighty will free each of his limbs from the fire of Hell in exchange for each limb of that slave."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمَّارٍ شَدَّادٌ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ (١) مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah Almighty selected Kinana from among the descendants of Isma'il, then selected Quraysh from among the sons of Kinana, then selected Banu Hashim from among the Quraysh, and selected me from among Banu Hashim."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اصْطَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ كِنَانَةَ (١) ، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشًا، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah Almighty selected Isma'il (peace be upon him) from the children of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), then selected Kinanah from the descendants of Isma'il, then selected Quraysh from the descendants of Kinanah, then selected Banu Hashim from the Quraysh, and from Banu Hashim, He selected me."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ، وَعِنْدَهُ قَوْمٌ، فَذَكَرُوا (١) عَلِيًّا، فَلَمَّا قَامُوا قَالَ لِي: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ فَاطِمَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهَا أَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَتْ: تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ وَحَسَنٌ وَحُسَيْنٌ رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمْ، آخِذٌ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بِيَدِهِ، حَتَّى دَخَلَ فَأَدْنَى عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ، فَأَجْلَسَهُمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَأَجْلَسَ حَسَنًا، وَحُسَيْنًا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى فَخِذِهِ، ثُمَّ لَفَّ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبَهُ - أَوْ قَالَ: كِسَاءً - ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: {إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا} [الأحزاب: ٣٣] وَقَالَ: " اللهُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي، وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي أَحَقُّ " (٢)، ،

Shaddad says that once I went to Wasila (may Allah be pleased with him), and there were some people with him. They began to mention Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). When they left, Wasila (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, "Shall I not tell you what I saw from the Prophet (peace be upon him)?" I said, "Why not?" He said, "Once I came to Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) to ask about Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). She informed me that he had gone to the Prophet (peace be upon him). I sat down and waited for him. Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace be upon him) arrived, accompanied by Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), and Husain (may Allah be pleased with him), and they were all coming in such a way that each was holding the other's hand. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) entered the house, he called Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) near and seated them, and placed Hasan and Husain (may Allah be pleased with them both) on his thighs. Then he covered them all with a cloak and recited this verse: 'Allah only wishes to remove impurity from you, O people of the household, and to purify you thoroughly.' And he said: 'O Allah! These are my household, and the right of my household is greater.'"

حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الشَّامِيُّ، مِنْ أَهْلِ فِلَسْطِينَ، عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا: فَسِيلَةُ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، يَقُولُ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَمِنَ الْعَصَبِيَّةِ أَنْ يُحِبَّ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ؟ قَالَ: " لَا، وَلَكِنْ مِنَ الْعَصَبِيَّةِ أَنْ يَنْصُرَ الرَّجُلُ، ، قَوْمَهُ عَلَى الظُّلْمِ " (١)، ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: " سَمِعْتُ مَنْ يَذْكُرُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ أَبَاهَا - يَعْنِي فَسِيلَةَ - وَاثِلَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْقَعِ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَبِي جَعَلَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِي آخِرِ أَحَادِيثِ وَاثِلَةَ، فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ أَلْحَقَهُ فِي حَدِيثِ وَاثِلَةَ "، ،

Faseelah, a woman, narrates from her father that she asked the Prophet (peace be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! Is it also considered 'asabiyyah (tribalism) if a person loves his own people?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: "No, 'asabiyyah is that a person helps his people in wrongdoing." Imam Ahmad's son says that he heard from the scholars that Faseelah's father was Waathilah (may Allah be pleased with him), and then his father also mentioned this hadith at the end of the narrations of Waathilah (may Allah be pleased with him), so I think that this is indeed the hadith of Waathilah (may Allah be pleased with him).