Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 91

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابُ الأَمْرِ بِأَدَاءِ الأَمَانَةِ.

(from previous page) ⟵ Then the Qur'an was revealed, and they learned from the Qur'an and they learned from the Sunnah. Then he told us about the raising of the command to fulfill the trust.

فَقَالَ: «يَنَامُ الرَّجُلُ النَّوْمَةَ فَتُقْبَضُ الأَمَانَةُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَيَظَلُّ أَثَرُهَا مِثْلَ الوَكْتِ، ثُمَّ يَنَامُ النَّوْمَةَ فَتُقْبَضُ الأَمَانَةُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَيَظَلُّ أَثَرُهَا مِثْلَ المَجْلِ، كَجَمْرٍ دَحْرَجْتَهُ عَلَى رِجْلِكَ فَنَفِطَ، فَتَرَاهُ مُنْتَبِرًا وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ حَصَاةً فَدَحْرَجَهُ عَلَى رِجْلِهِ فَيُصْبِحُ النَّاسُ يَتَبَايَعُونَ، فَلَا يَكَادُ أَحَدٌ يُؤَدِّي الأَمَانَةَ حَتَّى يُقَالَ: إِنَّ فِي بَنِي فُلَانٍ رَجُلًا أَمِينًا، حَتَّى يُقَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ مَا أَجْلَدَهُ مَا أَظْرَفَهُ مَا أَعْقَلَهُ وَمَا فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ».

He said: "A man will fall asleep, and trust will be plucked from his heart, leaving only a faint trace. He will sleep again, and trust will be plucked from his heart, leaving a mark like a blister—like a coal rolled onto your foot, causing it to swell and rise, though there is nothing inside." He then took a pebble and rolled it over his foot. "People will continue to trade, yet hardly anyone will fulfill a trust. It will be said that in such-and-such a tribe there is one trustworthy man. People will look at a man and remark on his strength, his wit, and his intelligence, even though he does not possess a mustard seed's weight of faith in his heart."

وَلَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيَّ زَمَانٌ وَمَا أُبَالِي أَيُّكُمْ بَايَعْتُ: لَئِنْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا لَرَدَّنَّهُ عَلَيَّ دِينُهُ، وَلَئِنْ كَانَ نَصْرَانِيًّا أَوْ يَهُودِيًّا لَرَدَّنَّهُ عَلَيَّ سَاعِيهِ، وَأَمَّا اليَوْمَ فَمَا كُنْتُ أُبَايِعُ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا.

There was a time when I did not care whom I traded with. If he were a Muslim, his religion would compel him to be honest; if he were a Christian or a Jew, his overseer would ensure he fulfilled his obligation. Today, I would not trade with any of you except for so-and-so and so-and-so.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 59 nouns)

• نَامَ — to sleep
• قَبَضَ — to seize
• ظَلَّ — to remain
• بَاب — chapter
• أَمْر — command
• أَدَاء — performance