Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/60)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

the killing of Umar ibn al-Khattāb—may Allah be pleased with him:

“When his burial had been completed, the members of the council assembled. Abd al-Rahmān (1) said, ‘Entrust your affair to three from among you.’ Al-Zubayr (2) said, ‘I relinquish my claim in favor of Alī.’ Talha (3) said, ‘I relinquish my claim [in favor of Uthmān.’ Saʿd said, ‘I relinquish my claim] (4) in favor of Abd al-Rahmān (5).’

Abd al-Rahmān then said, ‘Which of you will withdraw (6) from this matter so that we may entrust it to him—with Allah and Islam as witnesses over him—to determine whom he considers the best (7)?’ The two senior men remained silent.

Abd al-Rahmān said, ‘Will you entrust it to me? Allah is my witness that I will not fail (8) to choose the best among you.’

They replied, ‘Yes.’ He then took one of them by the hand and said, ‘You possess kinship with the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and precedence in Islam, as I well know. I charge you by Allah: if I appoint you, you must act justly; and if I appoint another over you, you must hear and obey.’ He then conferred privately with the other and said the same to him.

After securing their pledge, he said, ‘Raise your hand, Uthmān (9).’”

(1) R, W, H, and Y read: “Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf.” (2) Al-Bukhārī, 5/17, reads: “Then he said.” (3) Al-Bukhārī reads: “Then he said.” (4) The text between square brackets is omitted from all manuscripts except B, but appears in Al-Bukhārī. (5) Al-Bukhārī reads: “to Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf.” (6) N, R, A, H, and Y read: “withdraws.” (7) N, R, H, and Y read: “the best person in his judgment”; A: “one better than himself”; W: “the best, in his judgment”; M: “the one who is best in his judgment.” (8) N and M read: “alayya lā ālū” (“I must not fall short”); “alayya min an lā ālū” (“it is incumbent upon me not to fall short”). (9) Part of this hadith appears in Al-Bukhārī, 2/103, “The Book of Funerals,” chapter “What Has Been Related Concerning the Grave of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” The hadith also appears in Al-Bukhārī, 9/78, “The Book of Judgments,” chapter “How the Imam Receives the People’s Pledge of Allegiance.”

مَقْتَلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: فَلَمَّا فُرِغَ مِنْ دَفْنِهِ اجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ (١) : اجْعَلُوا أَمْرَكُمْ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْكُمْ. قَالَ (٢) الزُّبَيْرُ: قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَى عَلِيٍّ. وَقَالَ (٣) طَلْحَةُ: قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَمْرِي [إِلَى عُثْمَانَ. وَقَالَ سَعْدٌ: قَدْ جَعَلَتْ أَمْرِي] (٤) إِلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ (٥) . فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَيُّكُمْ تَبَرَّأَ (٦) مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ فَنَجْعَلُهُ إِلَيْهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَالْإِسْلَامُ. لِيَنْظُرَنَّ أَفْضَلَهُمْ فِي نَفْسِهِ (٧) ؟ فَأُسْكِتَ الشَّيْخَانِ. فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَتَجْعَلُونَهُ إِلَيَّ وَاللَّهُ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا آلُوَ (٨) عَنْ أَفْضَلِكُمْ. قَالَا: نَعَمْ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أَحَدِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: لَكَ قَرَابَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَالْقَدَمُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ، فَاللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ لَئِنْ أَمَّرْتُكَ لَتَعْدِلَنَّ وَلَئِنْ أَمَّرْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَتَسْمَعَنَّ وَلَتُطِيعَنَّ. ثُمَّ خَلَا بِالْآخَرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ الْمِيثَاقَ قَالَ: ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ يَا عُثْمَانُ (٩) .

(١) ر، و، ح، ي: عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ. (٢) الْبُخَارِيُّ ٥/١٧: فَقَالَ. (٣) الْبُخَارِيُّ: فَقَالَ. (٤) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ النُّسَخِ مَا عَدَا (ب) وَهُوَ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٥) الْبُخَارِيِّ: إِلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ. (٦) ن، ر، أ، ح، ي: يَتَبَرَّأُ. (٧) ن، ر، ح، ي: أَفْضَلَ مَنْ فِي نَفْسِهِ، أ: أَفْضَلَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، و: أَفْضَلَ فِي نَفْسِهِ، م: أَفْضَلَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي نَفْسِهِ. (٨) ن، م: عَلِيَّ لَا آلُوَ، عَلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ لَا آلُوَ. (٩) جَاءَ جُزْءٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٢/١٠٣ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَبْرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٧٨ كِتَابُ الْأَحْكَامِ، بَابُ كَيْفَ يُبَايِعُ الْإِمَامُ النَّاسَ.