حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Stories and incidents of some scholars: Muhammad bin Ubaid said: A noble man with a long beard came to Al-A’mash, may God have mercy on him, and asked him about a simple matter in prayer. Al-A’mash turned to us and said: Look at him! His beard could bear the memory of four thousand hadiths, and his question is the question of schoolboys. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/646].

Stories and events concerning some scholars: Wahb ibn Munabbih, may Allah have mercy on him, said: There was a tyrant among the Children of Israel who killed people over eating pork. The matter continued... until it reached one of their worshippers. This distressed the people. The chief of police told him: I will slaughter a young goat for you. When the tyrant summons you to eat, eat. When he summoned him to eat, he refused. He said: Take him out and strike off his head. The chief of police asked him: What prevented you from eating, when I told you it was a young goat? He replied: I am a man whom people look to, and I disliked that I should be followed in acts of disobedience to Allah. He said: So he killed him. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/230].

Stories and events concerning some scholars: Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, may Allah have mercy on him, passed a young man speaking to a woman on the road and said: Young man, this is not the recompense for Allah's blessing upon you. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 2/206].

Stories and incidents of some scholars: Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, may God have mercy on him, saw a man with a woman in a ruin, and he was talking to her. He said: God sees you both. May Allah conceal our faults and yours. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 2/206].

Stories and events concerning some scholars: Thabit reported that Silah ibn Ashyam, may Allah have mercy on him, and his companions saw a man who had let his lower garment hang low. His companions wanted to rebuke him with their tongues. Silah said: Leave me to deal with him for you. He said: My nephew, I have a request of you. The man asked: What is it, uncle? He said: Raise your lower garment. He replied: Yes, gladly. Silah said to his companions: This was the kind of man who, had you approached him harshly, would have said: I will not do it. Yet he did it. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 2/206, 207].