Zād al-MaʿādIbn al-Qayyim

until Allah punishes you. I relate to you what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, yet you relate to us what Abū Bakr and ‘Umar said?” ‘Urwah replied: “They knew the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, better than you and followed it more closely.”

In Sahīh Muslim (1), Ibn Abī Mulaykah reports that ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr said to one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: “Do you instruct people to perform ‘umrah during these (2) ten days, when there is no ‘umrah during them?!” The man replied: “Why not ask your mother about that?” ‘Urwah said: “But Abū Bakr and ‘Umar did not do that.” The man replied: “This is how you have brought ruin upon yourselves! I can only think that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will punish you. I relate to you what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, yet you tell me what Abū Bakr and ‘Umar said!” ‘Urwah replied: “By Allah, they knew the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, better than you.” The man then fell silent.

Abū Muhammad ibn Hazm answered this statement of ‘Urwah with a response that we shall quote, followed by an even better response from our shaykh.

Abū Muhammad said (3): “We say to ‘Urwah: Ibn ‘Abbās knew the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and knew Abū Bakr and ‘Umar better than you. He was better than you and had a greater claim to all three of them than you did. No Muslim doubts this. And ‘Ā’ishah, the Mother of the Believers, was more knowledgeable and more truthful than you.” He then cited a report through al-Thawrī, from Abū Ishāq al-Sabī‘ī, from ‘Abd Allāh, who said: “‘Ā’ishah asked: ‘Who has been appointed to oversee the Hajj?’ They replied: ‘Ibn ‘Abbās.’ She said: ‘He is the most knowledgeable of all people concerning Hajj.’”

(1) This is the reading in all manuscripts, but it is erroneous: the report does not appear in that work. The printed edition corrects it to: “Abū Muslim al-Kajjī narrated from Sulaymān ibn Harb, from Hammād ibn Zayd, from Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī, from Ibn Abī Mulayka,” following Hajjat al-wadā‘ (The Farewell Pilgrimage), where it is narrated through him as no. 393. (2) Sād: “hādhā” (this). (3) Hajjat al-wadā‘ (The Farewell Pilgrimage), p. 354.
حتَّى يعذِّبكم الله، أحدِّثكم عن رسول الله ﷺ وتُحدِّثونا عن أبي بكر وعمر؟ فقال عروة: لهما أعلمُ بسنَّة رسول الله ﷺ وأتبعُ لها منك. وفي «صحيح مسلم» (١) عن ابن أبي مُليكة: أنّ عروة بن الزُّبير قال لرجلٍ من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ: تأمر النَّاس بالعمرة في هؤلاء (٢) العشر وليس فيها عمرةٌ؟! قال: أوَلا تسأل أمَّك عن ذلك؟ قال عروة: فإنَّ أبا بكر وعمر لم يفعلا ذلك، قال الرَّجل: من هاهنا هلكتم، ما أرى الله ﷿ إلا سيعذِّبكم، إنِّي أحدِّثكم عن رسول الله ﷺ، وتُخبروني بأبي بكر وعمر! قال عروة: إنَّهما والله كانا أعلمَ بسنَّة رسول الله ﷺ منك، فسكتَ الرَّجل. ثمَّ أجاب أبو محمَّدٍ بن حزمٍ عروةَ عن قوله هذا بجوابٍ نذكره، ونذكر جوابًا أحسنَ منه لشيخنا. قال أبو محمد (٣): ونحن نقول لعروة: ابنُ عبَّاسٍ أعلمُ بسنَّة رسول الله ﷺ وبأبي بكر وعمر منك، وخيرٌ منك وأولى بهم ثلاثتِهم منك، لا يشكُّ في ذلك مسلم. وعائشة أم المؤمنين أعلمُ وأصدقُ منك. ثمَّ ساق من طريق الثّوريِّ عن أبي إسحاق السَّبيعي عن عبد الله قال: قالت عائشة: من استُعمِل على الموسم؟ قالوا: ابن عبَّاسٍ، قالت: هو أعلمُ النَّاس بالحجِّ.
(١) كذا في جميع النسخ، وهو خطأ فالأثر لا يوجد فيه. وصححه في المطبوع بقوله: «وأخرج أبو مسلمٍ الكجِّيُّ عن سليمان بن حربٍ عن حمَّاد بن زيدٍ عن أيُّوب السَّختيانيِّ عن ابن أبي مليكة» نقلًا عن «حجة الوداع»، فقد رواه من طريقه برقم (٣٩٣). (٢) ص: «هذا». (٣) «حجة الوداع» (ص ٣٥٤).

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