Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-03b

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The reciter: And Mahmud said: Abu Asim narrated to us: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to us, saying: Fatimah bint al-Mundhir informed me, from Asma bint Abi Bakr, who said:

I went to 'Aishah and the people were offering Salat. I asked her, 'What is wrong with the people ?' She pointed towards the sky with her head. I asked her, 'Is there a sign ?' 'Aishah nodded with her head meaning 'Yes'." Asma' added, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prolonged the Salat to such an extent that I fainted. There was a waterskin by my side and I opened it and poured some water on my head. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) finished Salat, and the solar eclipse had cleared, the Prophet (ﷺ) addressed the people and praised Allah as He deserves and said, 'Amma ba'du'." Asma' further said, "Some Ansari women started talking, so I turned to them in order to make them quiet. I asked 'Aishah what the Prophet (ﷺ) had said. 'Aishah said: 'He said, 'I have seen things at this place of mine which were never shown to me before; (I have seen) even Paradise and Hell. And, no doubt it has been revealed to me that you (people) will be put in trial in your graves like or nearly like the trial of Masih Ad-Dajjal. (The angels) will come to everyone of you and ask him, 'What do you know about this man (Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)) ?" The faithful believer or firm believer (Hisham was in doubt which word the Prophet (ﷺ) used), will say, 'He is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he is Muhammad (ﷺ) who came to us with clear evidences and guidance. So we believed him, accepted his teachings and followed and trusted his teaching.' Then the angels will tell him to sleep (in peace) as they have come to know that he was a believer. But the hypocrite or a doubtful person (Hisham is not sure as to which word the Prophet (ﷺ) used), will be asked what he knew about this man (Prophet Muhammed (ﷺ)). He will say, 'I do not know but I heard the people saying something (about him) so I said the same'

دخلت على عائشة رضي الله عنها ، والناس يصلون ، قلت : ما شأن الناس؟ فأشارت برأسها إلى السماء ، فقلت : آية ؟ فأشارت برأسها: أي نعم، فأطال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم جدا حتى تجلاني الغشي ، وإلى جنبي قربة فيها ماء ، ففتحتها فجعلت أصب منها على رأسي ، فانصرف رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقد تجلت الشمس ، فخطب الناس ، وحمد الله بما هو أهله ، ثم قال : أما بعد. قالت : ولغط نسوة من الأنصار ، فانكفأت إليهن لأسكتهن ، فقلت لعائشة : ما قال ؟ قالت : قال : ما من شيء لم أكن أريته إلا قد رأيته في مقامي هذا ، حتى الجنة والنار ، وإنه قد أوحي إلي أنكم تفتنون في القبور ، مثل - أو قريبا من - فتنة المسيح الدجال ، يؤتى أحدكم فيقال له : ما علمك بهذا الرجل ؟ فأما المؤمن - أو قال: الموقن ، شك هشام - فيقول : هو رسول الله ، هو محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، جاءنا بالبينات والهدى ، فآمنا وأجبنا واتبعنا وصدقنا ، فيقال له : نم صالحاً ، قد كنا نعلم إن كنت لتؤمن به ، وأما المنافق - أو قال المرتاب ، شك هشام - فيقال له : ما علمك بهذا الرجل ؟ فيقول : لا أدري ، سمعت الناس يقولون شيئاً فقلته

Sahih al-Bukhari 922

. Hisham said: Fatimah certainly told me this and I memorized it, except that she mentioned what is severe for him.

The Shaykh : This refers to what he said: "I heard, I heard people saying something, so I said it." Hisham forgot [the exact wording], but he mentioned that it is severe for him. And what came in the hadith is that he is struck with an iron mallet, and he lets out a scream that is heard by everything except humans and jinn.
The point of this is his saying:

As for what follows,

أما بعد

The phrase "As for what follows" is a term used by the Arabs in their sermons when a person wants to transition to the main topic after the praise and eulogy; he says "As for what follows." Some scholars described it as being used to transition from one style to another, but this is not correct, because sermons transition from one style to another, from command to prohibition, from news to questioning, and the like.

Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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