Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/13)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

It is authentically established that the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—said:

“The best of your leaders are those whom you love and who love you, for whom you pray and who pray for you. The worst of your leaders are those whom you hate and who hate you, whom you curse and who curse you.” (1)

No Muslim killed Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—because the Muslims were pleased with him. Rather, he was killed by a Persian Magian unbeliever.

His fear of Allah arose from the completeness of his knowledge, for Allah Most High says:

“Only those of His servants who possess knowledge truly fear Allah.”

[Surah Fatir: 28]

The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—would pray while his chest emitted, from weeping, a sound like that of a boiling cauldron. (2) Ibn Masud recited Surah al-Nisa to him. When he reached the words:

“How will it be when We bring a witness from every nation and bring you as a witness against these people?”

[Surah al-Nisa: 41]

he said, “Enough.” I looked at his eyes and saw them overflowing with tears. (3)

Allah Most High also says:

“Say: I am not the first of the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you.”

[Surah al-Ahqaf: 9]

(1) This hadith appeared previously at 1/116. (2) The hadith is narrated, with some differences in wording, by Mutarrif ibn Abd Allāh ibn al-Shikhkhīr, from his father—may Allah be pleased with him—in *Sunan al-Nasā’ī*, 3/12, Book of Forgetfulness, chapter “Weeping during Prayer.” Its wording is: “I came to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—while he was praying, and from within him came a sound like the bubbling of a cauldron”; that is, he was weeping. The hadith also appears in *al-Musnad*, al-Halabī ed., 4/25–26, where it begins: “I saw the Prophet.” (3) The hadith of Abd Allāh ibn Masūd—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in *al-Bukhārī*, 6/196, Book of the Virtues of the Quran, chapter “The Instructor’s Saying to the Reciter: ‘That Is Enough’”; *al-Musnad*, al-Maārif ed., nos. 3551, 3606, and 4118; and *Tafsīr al-Tabarī*, al-Maārif ed., 8/370.

وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: " «خِيَارُ أَئِمَّتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَكُمْ، وَتُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَشِرَارُ أَئِمَّتِكُمُ الَّذِي تُبْغِضُونَهُمْ وَيُبْغِضُونَكُمْ، وَتَلْعَنُونَهُمْ وَيَلْعَنُونَكُمْ» " . (١) وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِرِضَا الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَنْهُ، وَإِنَّمَا قَتَلَهُ كَافِرٌ فَارِسِيٌّ مَجُوسِيٌّ. وَخَشْيَتُهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِكَمَالِ عِلْمِهِ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ - تَعَالَى - يَقُولُ: {إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ} [سُورَةُ فَاطِرٍ: ٢٨] . وَقَدْ «كَانَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُصَلِّي وَلِصَدْرِهِ أَزِيزٌ كَأَزِيزِ الْمِرْجَلِ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ» (٢) . «وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} [سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ: ٤١] قَالَ: " حَسْبُكَ " فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى عَيْنَيْهِ وَهُمَا تَذْرِفَانِ» (٣) . وَقَدْ قَالَ - تَعَالَى - {قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِي وَلَا بِكُمْ} [سُورَةُ الْأَحْقَافِ: ٩] .

(١) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِيمَا مَضَى ١/١١٦. (٢) الْحَدِيثَ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ ٣/١٢ كِتَابِ السَّهْوِ، بَابِ الْبُكَاءِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَنَصُّهُ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي وَلِجَوْفِهِ أَزِيزٌ كَأَزِيزِ الْمِرْجَلِ، يَعْنِي يَبْكِي، وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ ٤/٢٥ - ٢٦ وَأَوَّلُهُ فِيهِ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ. (٣) الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٦/١٩٦ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الْقُرْآنِ، بَابِ قَوْلِ الْمُقْرِئِ لِلْقَارِئِ حَسْبُكَ، الْمُسْنَدَ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ الْأَرْقَامَ ٣٥٥١، ٣٦٠٦، ٤١١٨ تَفْسِيرَ الطَّبَرِيِّ، ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ٨/٣٧٠.