Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/9)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[And Shabīb the Kharijite] (1), when he was stabbed, pressed himself into the thrust and kept saying:

“I hastened to You, my Lord, so that You might be pleased.”

[And I know one of our companions who, when death approached him, kept saying, “My Beloved, here I have come to You,” until his soul departed. Such instances are many] (2)].

As for Umar’s fear, it is related in [Sahīh] al-Bukhārī (3) from al-Miswar ibn Makhrama, who said: When Umar was stabbed, he began to suffer pain. Ibn Abbās (4) said—as though seeking to reassure him, that is, to dispel his distress (5)—“O Commander of the Faithful, even though (6) this has befallen you, you accompanied the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and were an excellent companion to him. Then you parted from him while he was pleased with you. You then accompanied Abū Bakr and were an excellent companion to him. Then you parted from him while he was pleased with you. You then lived among the Muslims (7) and treated them well. If you part from them, you will surely do so while they are pleased with you.”

He replied, “As for what you mentioned of my companionship with the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and his pleasure with me, that (8) was only a favor Allah bestowed upon me. As for what you mentioned of my companionship with Abū Bakr and his pleasure with me, that (9) was only a favor from Allah (10), which He bestowed upon me. As for what you see

(1) The text in square brackets is absent from (N) and (M). (2) The text in square brackets is absent from (N) and (M). (3) (N), (M): “in al-Bukhārī.” The following report also appears there, 5:12–13, Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter “The Merits of Umar ibn al-Khattāb.” (4) Al-Bukhārī: “Then Ibn Abbās said to him.” (5) The phrase “that is, to dispel his distress” does not appear in al-Bukhārī. (6) (H), (B): *la-in* (“even though”). (7) Al-Bukhārī: “Then you shared their companionship.” (8) (H), (B): “A reading in al-Bukhārī is: *fa-inna dhalika* (‘for indeed that’).” (9) (H), (B), (N), and (M): *fa-inna dhalika* (“for indeed that”). (10) Al-Bukhārī: “Allah—exalted is His remembrance.”

[وَشَبِيبٌ الْخَارِجِيُّ] (١) لَمَّا طُعِنَ دَخَلَ فِي الطَّعْنَةِ، وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَى. [وَأَعْرِفُ شَخْصًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ: حَبِيبِي هَا قَدْ جِئْتُكَ، حَتَّى خَرَجَتْ نَفْسُهُ، وَمِثْلُ هَذَا كَثِيرٌ] (٢) ] . وَأَمَّا خَوْفُ عُمَرَ، فَفِي [صَحِيحِ] الْبُخَارِيِّ (٣) عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ قَالَ: لَمَّا طُعِنَ عُمَرُ جَعَلَ يَأْلَمُ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ (٤) وَكَأَنَّهُ يُجَزِّعُهُ - أَيْ يُزِيلُ جَزَعَهُ (٥) - يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَئِنْ (٦) كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ صَحِبْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَحْسَنْتَ صُحْبَتَهُ، ثُمَّ فَارَقْتَهُ وَهُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ، ثُمَّ صَحِبْتَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَأَحْسَنْتَ صُحْبَتَهُ، ثُمَّ فَارَقْتَهُ وَهُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ، ثُمَّ صَحِبْتَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ (٧) فَأَحْسَنْتَ صُحْبَتَهُمْ، وَلَئِنْ فَارَقْتَهُمْ لَتُفَارِقَنَّهُمْ وَهُمْ عَنْكَ رَاضُونَ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ صُحْبَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَرِضَاهُ فَإِنَّمَا ذَاكَ (٨) مَنٌّ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَنَّ بِهِ عَلَيَّ، وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ صُحْبَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَرِضَاهُ فَإِنَّمَا ذَاكَ (٩) مَنٌّ مِنَ اللَّهِ (١٠) مَنَّ بِهِ عَلَيَّ. وَأَمَّا مَا تَرَى

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٢) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٣) ن، م: فَفِي الْبُخَارِيِّ وَالْخَبَرُ التَّالِي فِيهِ ٥/١٢ - ١٣ كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ، بَابُ مَنَاقِبِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ. (٤) الْبُخَارِيِّ: فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ. (٥) عِبَارَةٌ أَيْ يُزِيلُ جَزَعَهُ، لَيْسَتْ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٦) ح، ب: لَئِنْ. (٧) الْبُخَارِيِّ: ثُمَّ صَحِبْتَ صُحْبَتَهُمْ. (٨) ح، ب: قِرَاءَةٌ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ: فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ. (٩) ح، ب، ن، م: فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ. (١٠) الْبُخَارِيِّ: اللَّهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ.