Al Haafidh ibn Rajab mentioned in the commentary of the tabiqaat of AlHanaabila (196/1) in the biography of Al Qaadi Abi Bakr Muhammad Abdul AlBaaqi Al Bazzaz who died in the year 535 AH Sheik Saalih Abu Al Qaasim Al Khazaz Al Bagdadi said, “I heard Al-Qaadi AbiBakr Muhammad Abdul Al Baaqi Al Bazzaz Al Ansaari say”…
I used to live in the vicinity of Mecca, may Allah the Exalted protect it, so one day I was stricken with severe hunger and I did not find anything to fight against this hunger. So I found a bag made from silk, tied with a tassel that was also made from silk, so I grabbed it and took it to my house.
When I unfastened it I found in it a necklace made from pearl such that I had not seen the like of it before. So when I exited my house I saw an old man that was seeking this bag. With him was a torn rag containing five hundred dinar and he was saying, “This is for the one who returns to me the bag containing the pearls.”
So I said, “I am in need, I am hungry, so I will take this money and benefit from it and return to him the bag.”
So I said to him, “Come to me”, so I took him and brought him to my home. So he gave me the description of the bag, and the description of the tassel, and the description of the pearls along with their number, and the description of the thread that fastened it. So I removed it from the bag and gave it to him, so he gave me the five hundred dinar, but I did not take it.
Then I said to him, “It is incumbent upon me to return this to you and I will not take any reward for it.”
He said to me,“You must take it”, and he persisted in this, but I would not take it from him so he left me and went about his way.
As for me, I didn’t have anything so I left Mecca and began sailing in the sea. So the ship tore apart and everyone aboard it drowned and their wealth wasdestroyed. I was saved by holding onto a piece of the ship. So I remained for a time period in the sea not knowing where I was going. I then arrived at an island that was inhabited by people.
I sat in some of the masaajid and the people heard me reading, and there did not remain anyone on the island except that he came to me and said, “Teach me the Qur’an”, so I acquired from the people a lot of wealth.
Then I saw in the masjid some paper from a Mushaf, so I took it and began to read it.
They said to me,“Do you have good handwriting?” I said “yes”. So they said, “Teach me handwriting”. So they came to me with their children from amongst the small kids and the young men and I used to teach them. I acquired from this also, a lot of wealth.
After this they said to me, “We have a young orphan girl who has some things from the dunya, (worldly wealth) we would like for you to marry her. I refused, but they said, “It is a must!” And they made this incumbent upon me, so I agreed.
After they married her to me, I turned my glance toward her and I found that exact same necklace hanging around her neck! At this time I did not busy myself with anything except staring at this necklace. So they said to me, “O Shaykh! You have broken this young orphan girl’s heart by looking at this necklace, and you have not even looked at her.
So I relayed to them the story of the necklace. So they screamed and yelled out, “There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, Allahu Akbar, until it reached everyone on the island.
So I said, “What is with you?”
They said, “The old man that took the necklace from you is the father of this young girl.” He used to say, “I have not found in the dunya (world) a Muslim (what is meant here is a trustworthy, kindhearted, one who knows the rights of found property) except the one who returned to me this necklace.” And he used to make dua (supplication) saying, “Oh Allah, join me and him together so that I may marry him to my daughter”, and now it has happened.
So I remained with her for a time period and I was provided with two sons by her. Then she passed away, so I inherited the necklace, me and my two sons. Thenmy two sons died, therefore the necklace became mine. So I sold the necklace for one hundred thousand dinar, and the money that you see me with now is what is left over from that money.
translated by Rasheed Barbee
أنبئت عن يوسف بن خليل الحافظ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا الشيخ الصالح أَبُو القاسم عبد الله بن أبي الفوارس محمد بن علي بن حسن الخزاز الصوفي البغدادي ببغداد قَالَ: سمعتُ القاضي أبا بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْبَاقِي بن محمد البزاز الأنصاري يقول: كنتُ مجاورا بمكة - حرسها الله تعالى - فأصابني يوما من الأيام جوع شديد لم أجد شيئا أدفع به عني الجوع، فوجدتُ كيسا من إبريسم مشدودا بشرابة من إبريسم أيضا فأَخذته وجئت به إلى بيتي، فحللته فوجدتُ فيه عقدًا من لؤلؤ لم أرَ مثله، فخرجتُ فإذا الشيخ ينادي عليه، ومعَه خرقة فيها خمسمائة دينار وهو يقول: هذا لمن يَرد علينا الكيس الذي فيه اللؤلؤ، فقلت: أنا محتاج، وأنا جائع، فآخذ هذا الذهب فأنتفع به، وأرد عليه الكيس، فقُلت له: تعالى إلي، فأخذته وجئت به إلى بيتي، فأعطاني علامة الكيس، وعلامة الشرابة، وعلامة اللؤلؤ وعَدَدَه، والخيط الذي هو مَشدُود به، فأخرجته ودَفعته إليه. فسلم إليّ خمسمائة دينار، فما أخذتها، وقلت: يجب علي أن أعيده إليك ولا آخذ له جزاء، فقال لي: لا بد أن تأخذ. ألح عليَّ كثيرا، فلم أقبل ذلك منه، فتركني ومضى.
وأما ما كان مني: فإني خرجتُ من مكة وركبتُ البحر، فانكسر المركب وغرق الناس، وهلكت أموالهم، وسلمتُ أنا على قطعة من المركب، فبقيت مُدّةً في البحر لا أدري أين أذهب، فوصَلت إلى جزيرة فيها قوم، فقعَدتُ في
بعض المساجد، فسمعوني أقرأ، فلم يبق في تلك الجزيرة أحد إلا جاء إلي وقال: علمني القرآن. فحصل لي من أولئك القوم شيء كثير من المال.
قال. ثم إني رأيتُ في ذلك المسجد أوراقا من مصحف، فأخذتها أقرأ فيها فقالوا لي: تحسن تكتب؟. فقلت: نعم، فقالوا: علمنا الخط، فجاءوا بأولادهم من الصبيان والشباب، فكنتُ أعلمهم، فحصل لي أيضا من ذلك شيء كثير فقالوا لي بعد ذلك: عندنا صبيَّةً يتيمة، ولها شيء من الدُنيا نريد أن تتزوج بها، فامتنعتُ، فقالوا: لا بل، وألزموني، فأجبتهم إلى ذلك.
فلما زفوها إليَّ مددتُ عيني أنظر إليها، فوجدت ذلك العقد بعينه معلقا في عنقها، فما كان لي حينئذ شغل إلا النظر إليه. فقالوا: يا شيخ، كسرتَ قلب هذه اليتيمة من نظرك إلى هذا العقد، ولم تنظر إليها، فقصصتُ عليهم قصة العقد فصاحوا وصرخوا بالتهليل والتكبير، حتى بلغ إلى جميع أهل الجزيرة، فقلتُ: ما بكم. فقالوا: ذلك الشيخ الذي أخذ منك العقد أَبُو هذه الصبية، وكان يقول: ما وجدتُ في الدنيا مسلما إلا هذا الذي رد عليَّ هذا العقد، وكان يدعو ويقول: اللهم أجمع بيني وبينه حتى أزوجه بابنتي، والآن قد حصلت، فبقيتُ معها مدة ورزقتُ منها بولدين.
ثم إنها ماتت فورثت العقد أنا وولداي، ثم مات الولدان فحصل العقد لي فبعته بمائة ألف دينار. وهذا المال الذي ترون معي من بقايا
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