Ashrat al-Saah - al-Wabil - Yusuf al-Wabil - (97)

Ashrat al-Saah - al-WabilYusuf al-Wabil

What the truthful and trustworthy Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had foretold came to pass: Umar was killed, the gate was broken, tribulations appeared, and affliction struck. The first tribulation to arise was the killing of the Rightly Guided Caliph, the Possessor of the Two Lights, Uthmān ibn Affān, at the hands of a group of advocates of evil who banded together against him from Iraq and Egypt, entered Medina, and killed him in his own home (may Allah be pleased with him) (1).

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had told Uthmān (may Allah be pleased with him) that an affliction would befall him. For this reason, he remained patient and forbade the Companions from fighting those who rebelled against him, lest blood be shed on his account (may Allah be pleased with him) (2).

In the hadith narrated by Abū Mūsā al-Asharī (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to one of the gardens of Medina…” The narrator continued the hadith until he said: “Then Uthmān came, and I said, ‘Remain where you are until I seek permission for you.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Admit him and give him glad tidings of Paradise, together with an affliction that will befall him’” (3).

“The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specifically mentioned the affliction to Uthmān, even though Umar was also killed, because Umar was not subjected to a trial like that of Uthmān: men gained ascendancy over him and demanded that he relinquish the caliphate because of the injustice and oppression they alleged against him, even after he had convinced

in the edition with *Fath al-Bārī*; and *Sahīh Muslim*, Book of Tribulations and the Portents of the Hour, vol. 18, pp. 16–17, with al-Nawawī’s commentary. (1) For a detailed account, see *al-Bidāya wa-l-Nihāya*, vol. 7, pp. 170–191. (2) See *al-Awāsim min al-Qawāsim*, pp. 132–137, edited and annotated by Muhibb al-Dīn al-Khatīb. (3) *Sahīh al-Bukhārī*, Book of Tribulations, chapter “The Tribulation That Will Surge Like the Waves of the Sea,” vol. 13, p. 48, with *Fath al-Bārī*.

وكان ما أخبر به الصادق المصدوق ﷺ، فقد قُتِلَ عمر، وكُسِرَ الباب، وظهرتِ الفتن، ووقع البلاء، فكان أول فتنة ظهرت هي قتل الخليفة الراشد ذي النورين عثمان بن عفَّان على يد طائفة من دُعاة الشر، الذين تألَّبوا عليه من العراق ومصر، ودخَلُوا المدينة، وقتلوه وهو في داره ﵁ (١). وقد ذكر النّبيّ ﷺ لعثمان ﵁ أنّه سيصيبه بلاءٌ، ولهذا صبر ونهى الصّحابة عن قتال الخارجين عليه؛ كي لا يُراقَ دَمٌ مِن أجله ﵁ (٢). ففي الحديت عن أبي موسى الأشعري ﵁ قال: خرج النّبيّ ﷺ إلى حائطٍ مِن حوائطِ المدينة ... (فذكر الحديث إلى أن قال: (فجاء عثمان، فقلت: كما أنت، حتّى أستأذن لك. فقال النّبيّ ﷺ: "ائذن له، وبشِّره بالجنة معها بلاءٌ يُصيبُهُ" (٣). "وخصَّ النبيُّ ﷺ عثمان بذكر البلاء مع أن عمر قتل أيضًا؛ لكون عمر لم يمْتَحَنْ بمثلِ ما امْتُحِنَ به عثمان؛ من تسلُّط القوم الذين أرادوا منه أن ينخلع من الإِمامة بسبب ما نسبوه إليه من الجور والظلم؛ بعد إقناعه

= مع الفتح)، و"صحيح مسلم"، كتاب الفتن وأشراط السّاعة، (١٨/ ١٦ - ١٧ - مع شرح النووي). (١) انظر تفصيل ذلك في "البداية والنهاية" (٧/ ١٧٠ - ١٩١). (٢) انظر: "العواصم من القواصم" (ص ١٣٢ - ١٣٧)، تحقيق وتعليق محب الدين الخطيب. (٣) "صحيح البخاريّ"، كتاب الفتن، باب الفتنة الّتي تموج كموج البحر، (١٣/ ٤٨ - مع الفتح).