Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/11)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

and [people came praising him] (1). A young man came and said, “Rejoice, O Commander of the Faithful, in Allah’s glad tidings for you: the companionship of Allah’s Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—your well-known precedence in Islam, your rule (2) with justice, and then martyrdom.”

He replied, “I wish that (3) all of that would leave me even (4), with nothing against me and nothing in my favor.”

When the young man turned away, his lower garment was trailing on the ground. Umar said (5), “Bring the young man back to me.” He then said, “My nephew, raise your lower garment (6). It will make your garment last longer (7) and is more mindful of your Lord.”

He then said, “O Abd Allah ibn Umar, find out how much debt I owe (8).” They calculated it and found (9) that it amounted to eighty-six thousand, or thereabouts.

He said, “If the wealth of Umar’s family is sufficient to cover it, [then pay it from their wealth] (10). Otherwise, ask (11) the Banū Adī ibn Ka'b. If their wealth is insufficient, then ask (12) Quraysh. Do not go beyond them to anyone else. Pay this sum on my behalf. Then go to Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, and say, ‘Umar sends you

(1) The text between square brackets is absent from (N). (2) Al-Bukhārī: “Then you assumed authority.” (3) The word *anna* (“that”) is absent from (H) and (B). (4) Al-Bukhārī: *kafāni*; another reading has *kafāfan* (“even, with neither gain nor loss”). (5) Al-Bukhārī: “He said.” (6) Al-Bukhārī: “your garment”; (M): “your cloak.” (7) (B): A reading in al-Bukhārī has “cleaner.” (8) (N), (M): “How much do I owe?” (9) (H), (B): “So he calculated it and found it to be…” (10) The phrase “then make payment from their wealth” is absent from (N), (M), (R), and (Y). Al-Bukhārī has: “then pay it from their wealth.” (11) (H), (B): *fa-is’al* (“then ask”). (12) (H), (B): *amwāluhum wa-illā fa-is’al* (“their wealth; otherwise, ask”); al-Bukhārī: *amwālahum fa-sal* (“their wealth, then ask”).

[وَجَاءَ النَّاسُ يُثْنُونَ عَلَيْهِ] (١) ، وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِبُشْرَى اللَّهِ لَكَ مِنْ صُحْبَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقَدَمٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ، وَوَلِيتَ (٢) فَعَدَلْتَ، ثُمَّ شَهَادَةٍ. قَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ (٣) ذَلِكَ كَفَافًا (٤) لَا عَلَيَّ وَلَا لِي. فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ إِذَا إِزَارُهُ يَمَسُّ الْأَرْضَ. فَقَالَ (٥) : رُدُّوا عَلَيَّ الْغُلَامَ، قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، ارْفَعْ إِزَارَكَ (٦) ، فَإِنَّهُ أَبْقَى (٧) لِثَوْبِكَ وَأَتْقَى لِرَبِّكَ، يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، انْظُرْ مَا عَلَيَّ (٨) مِنَ الدَّيْنِ. فَحَسَبُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ (٩) سِتَّةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفًا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ، قَالَ: إِنْ وَفَّى لَهُ مَالُ آلِ عُمَرَ [فَأَدِّ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ] (١٠) وَإِلَّا فَسَلْ (١١) فِي بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفِ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَإِلَّا فَسَلْ (١٢) فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَا تَعْدُهُمْ إِلَى غَيْرِهِمْ، فَأَدِّ عَنِّي هَذَا الْمَالَ، انْطَلِقْ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقُلْ: يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكِ عُمَرُ

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) . (٢) الْبُخَارِيِّ: ثُمَّ وَلِيتَ. (٣) أَنَّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ح) ، (ب) . (٤) الْبُخَارِيِّ: كَفَانِ وَفِي قِرَاءَةٍ كَفَافًا. (٥) الْبُخَارِيِّ: قَالَ. (٦) الْبُخَارِيِّ: ثَوْبَكَ، م: رِدَاءَكَ. (٧) ب: قِرَاءَةٌ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ: أَنْقَى. (٨) ن، م: مَاذَا عَلَيَّ. (٩) ح، ب: فَحَسَبَهُ فَوَجَدَهُ. (١٠) عِبَارَةُ فَأَدِّ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (ر) ، (ي) وَفِي الْبُخَارِيِّ فَأَدِّهِ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ. (١١) ح، ب: فَاسْأَلْ. (١٢) ح، ب: أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَإِلَّا فَاسْأَلْ، الْبُخَارِيِّ: أَمْوَالَهُمْ فَسَلْ.