مَا سَمِعَ الشَّيْبُ وَالشَّبَابُ بِخُطْبَةٍ أَقْصَرَ وَلَا أَبْلَغَ مِنْهَا

عَنِ عَامِرالشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ : انْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ

- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -

بِالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رضي الله عنه

- وَكَانَ ذَا رَأْيٍ - 

إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عِنْدَ الْعَقَبَةِ.

( والمقصود هنا بيعة العقبة الثانية )

فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ : لِيَتَكَلَّمْ مُتَكَلِّمُكُمْ ، وَلَا يُطِيلُ الْخُطْبَةَ ،

فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَيْنًا ( أي جاسوس ) ، 

وَإِنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِكُمْ يَفْضَحُوكُمْ .

فَقَالَ قَائِلُهُمْ - وَهُوَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ أَسْعَدُ بن زُرَارَة : 

يَا مُحَمَّدُ سَلْ لِرَبِّكَ مَا شِئْتَ ، 

ثُمَّ سَلْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَلِأَصْحَابِكَ مَا شِئْتَ 

، ثُمَّ أَخْبِرْنَا مَا لَنَا مِنَ الثَّوَابِ عَلَى اللهِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ

إِذَا فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ ،

فَقَالَ :

((أَسْأَلُكُمْ لِرَبِّي أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا ،

وَأَسْأَلُكُمْ لِنَفْسِي وَأَصْحَابِي أَنْ تُئْوُونَا وَتَنْصُرُونَا 

وَتَمْنَعُونَا مِمَّا تَمْنَعُونَ مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَكُمْ))

قَالَ : 

فَمَا لَنَا إِذَا فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ ؟ 

قَالَ : الْجَنَّةُ . 

فَكَانَ الشَّعْبِيُّ إِذَا حَدَّثَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ :

مَا سَمِعَ الشَّيْبُ وَالشَّبَابُ بِخُطْبَةٍ أَقْصَرَ وَلَا أَبْلَغَ مِنْهَا .

On the authority of Amir al-Sha’bi who said: The Prophet set out

- Peace be upon him -

By Al-Abbas bin Abd Al-Muttalib, may God be pleased with him

- He had an opinion -

To the seventy of the Ansar at Al-Aqabah.

(What is meant here is the second pledge of Aqaba)

Al-Abbas said: Let your speaker speak and not make the sermon too long.

Indeed, the polytheists have an eye on you (i.e., a spy),

And if they knew about you, they would expose you.

So what they said - and he is Abu Umamah Asaad bin Zurarah:

O Muhammad, ask your Lord what you will,

Then ask yourself and your friends what you want.

Then tell us what is our reward for God and you.

So we did that,

He said:

((I ask you to my Lord to worship Him and not associate anything with Him.

And I ask you for myself and my companions, to take us in and help us.

And you prevent us from what you prevent yourselves from).

He said :

So what are we to do if we do that?

He said: Heaven.

When al-Sha’bi narrated this hadith he would say:

Young men and women have not heard a shorter or more eloquent sermon.