Al-Uqud al-DurriyyaIbn Abd al-Hadi

And ⦗28⦘ ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once stood before us and related the story of creation—from its very beginning until the people of Paradise took up their abodes and the people of Hell took up theirs. Whoever remembered it preserved it, and whoever forgot it, forgot it.” (1) Al-Bukhari narrated this report. (2)

Given this, and together with (3) the fact that he taught them every matter that could profit them in their religion—even the subtlest of things—it is impossible that he would neglect to teach them what they should proclaim with their tongues and affirm with their hearts (4) concerning their Lord and object of worship, the Lord of all worlds. Knowing Him is the pinnacle of all knowledge, worshipping Him the noblest of all aims, and drawing near to Him the ultimate pursuit; indeed, this is the very essence of the prophetic call and the quintessence of the divine message. How could anyone who possesses the slightest trace of faith and wisdom imagine that the Prophet’s clarification of this subject fell short of absolute perfection?

Furthermore, if such clarification did in fact come from him, it is inconceivable that the best of his community and the finest of its generations would then fall short in this matter, adding to it or taking away from it.

It is likewise impossible that the virtuous generations—the generation among whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sent, then those who followed them, and then those who followed them—could have been ignorant (5) of, or silent about, the manifest truth in this respect; for the opposite of that would mean either a total lack of knowledge and utterance, or

(1) Manuscripts B, Q, and F read: “wa nasiyahu min” (and he forgot it). (2) Occurs after narration no. 3192 as a suspended report; see Ibn Hajar, Taghliq al-Ta‘liq, 3/486–488. (3) The word “ma‘a” is absent from Q, F, and K; B reads “wa bi-ta‘limihim” (and by teaching them), while Kh has “muhal ma‘a ta‘limihim” (impossible together with their teaching). (4) Manuscripts F and K read: “wa ya‘taqidunahu bi-qulubihim” (and they affirm it in their hearts). (5) The phrase “thumma alladhina yalunahum” (then those who follow them) is missing in Q. In K, “la‘allahu” (perhaps) is written above “alamin,” with a marginal note: “Replace it with: al-alamin.”
وقال [ق ٢٨] عمر بن الخطاب ﵁: قام فينا رسول الله ﷺ مقامًا فذكر بدء الخلق، حتى دخل أهل الجنة منازلهم، وأهل النار منازلهم. حفظ ذلك من حَفِظَه، ونَسِي ذلك (١) من نسيه. رواه البخاري (٢). مُحال مع هذا ومع (٣) تعليمهم كلّ شيء لهم فيه منفعة في الدين ــ وإن دقَّت ــ أن يترك تعليمهم ما يقولونه بألسنتهم وقلوبهم (٤) في ربهم ومعبودهم رب العالمين، الذي معرفته غاية المعارف، وعبادته أشرف المقاصد، والوصول إليه غاية المطالب، بل هذا خلاصة الدعوة النبوية، وزُبْدة الرسالة الإلهية. فكيف يتوهَّم من في قلبه أدنى مُسْكَة من إيمان وحكمة أن لا يكون بيان هذا الباب قد وقع من الرسول ﷺ على غاية التمام؟ ! ثم إذا كان قد وقع ذلك منه، فمن المُحال أن يكون خير أمته وأفضل قرونها قصَّروا في هذا الباب زائدين فيه أو ناقصين عنه. ثم من المُحال أيضًا أن تكون القرون الفاضلة؛ القرن الذي بُعِث فيهم رسول الله ﷺ ثم الذين يلونهم، ثم الذين يلونهم، كانوا غير عالمين (٥) وغير قائلين في هذا الباب بالحقِّ المبين؛ لأنّ ضدّ ذلك إما عدم العلم والقول، وإما
(١) (ب، ق، ف): «ونسيه من». (٢) بعد رقم (٣١٩٢) معلقًا، وانظر «تغليق التعليق»: (٣/ ٤٨٦ - ٤٨٨) لابن حجر. (٣) «مع» ليست في (ق، ف، ك). (ب): «وبتعليمهم». و (خ): «محال مع تعليمهم». (٤) (ف، ك): «ويعتقدونه بقلوبهم». (٥) «ثم الذين يلونهم» ليست في (ق)، وكُتِب فوق «عالمين» في (ك): «لعله» وفي الهامش: «بدله: العالمين».

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