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Muhammad ibn Ka‘b Al-Qurazi narrated: Someone who heard Ali ibn Abi Talib narrated that we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the mosque when Mus‘ab ibn Umair appeared, wearing nothing but a patched cloak. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw him, he wept 1 for the blessings he once had and his state today. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What will it be like when one of you wears one fine garment in the morning and another in the evening, a dish is placed before him and another removed, and you curtain your homes as the Ka‘bah is curtained?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, we will be better off then than we are today, free for worship and spared from burdens.” He said: “No, you are better today than you will be then.”
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Note 1
(1) His statement: “he wept for the blessings he once had” – the apparent meaning is that his weeping was out of mercy and compassion for him, seeing his poverty and need, especially since he was once esteemed and immersed in blessings among his people. However, this somewhat contradicts what happened with Umar, who wept when he saw the Prophet (ﷺ) lying on a mat with nothing between him and it, its marks on his noble body, recalling the luxuries of Khosrau and Caesar. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: “Are you at this point, O Umar? Are you not content that they have the world and we have the Hereafter?” Thus, it is better to interpret the weeping as joy that he found in his nation someone who chose asceticism in the world and focus on the Hereafter. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: بكى للذي كان فيه من النعمة إلخ : والظاهر المتبادر أن بكاءه الا إنما كان رحمة له وشفقة عليه لما رآه من فقره وفاقته، لا سيما وقد كان عزيزا في قومه منغمسا في نعمته، لكن ينافيه بعض المنافاة ما وقع له مع عمر حيث بكى عمر الله لما رأى النبي مضطجعا على حصير سرير ليس بينه وبينه شيء، وقد أثر أثر ا الحصير على بدنه الشريف وتذكر عمر تنعم كسرى وقيصر ، فقال له: أأنت في هذا المقام يا عمر، أما ترضى أن تكون لهم الدنيا ولنا الآخرة، فالأولى أن يحمل البكاء على الفرح في أنه وجد في أمته من اختار الزهد في الدنيا والإقبال على العقبي. كذا في «المرقاة».