Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/22)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

In the two Sahīhs, Ibn Umar narrated that Umar said:

“I agreed with my Lord on three matters (1): the Station of Abraham, the veil, and the captives of Badr.” (2)

Al-Bukhārī also narrated from Anas that Umar said:

“I agreed with my Lord on three matters—or my Lord agreed with me on three matters. I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, if only you were to take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.’ Then the following was revealed:

‘Take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.’

[Surah al-Baqara: 125] (3)

“I also said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, both the righteous and the wicked enter upon you. If only you would instruct the Mothers of the Believers to observe the veil.’ Allah then revealed the verse of the veil.

“When I learned that the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had reproached some of his wives, I went to them and said, ‘Either you desist, or Allah will surely give His Messenger wives better than you in your place.’ Eventually, one of his wives came (4) and said, ‘O Umar, can the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—not admonish his own wives, such that you must admonish them?’ Allah then revealed:

‘Perhaps his Lord, if he divorces you, will give him wives better than you in your place’—to the end of the verse.

[Surah al-Tahrīm: 5] (5).”

(1) Manuscript (M) resumes at the words “my Lord on three matters.” (2) I found this hadith, narrated from Abd Allah ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—in Muslim, 4/1865, Book of the Virtues of the Companions, chapter “Some of the Virtues of Umar.” I did not find it in al-Bukhārī. (3) The words in square brackets appear only in (B). (4) (R), (N), and (Y): “I came.” (5) This hadith, with variations in wording, is narrated from Anas ibn Mālik—may Allah be pleased with him—in al-Bukhārī, 1/85, Book of Prayer, chapter “What Has Been Related concerning the Qibla”; 5/20, Book of Quranic Exegesis, Surah al-Baqara, chapter on His saying, “Take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer”; al-Musnad (al-Maārif ed.), 1/323, 263; and Fadāil al-Sahāba, nos. 434, 435, 437, 493, 494, 495, and 682.

وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: " وَافَقْتُ رَبِّي فِي ثَلَاثٍ (١) : فِي مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَفِي الْحِجَابِ، وَفِي أَسَارَى بَدْرٍ " . (٢) . وَلِلْبُخَارِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: " وَافَقْتُ رَبِّي فِي ثَلَاثٍ أَوْ وَافَقَنِي رَبِّي فِي ثَلَاثٍ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى، فَنَزَلَتْ: {وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى} [سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ: ١٢٥] (٣) وَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْكَ الْبَرُّ وَالْفَاجِرُ، فَلَوْ أَمَرْتَ أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِالْحِجَابِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ آيَةَ الْحِجَابِ، وَبَلَغَنِي مُعَاتَبَةُ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَعْضَ أَزْوَاجِهِ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِ انْتَهَيْتُنَّ، أَوْ لَيُبَدِّلَنَّ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْكُنَّ، حَتَّى أَتَتْ (٤) إِحْدَى نِسَائِهِ فَقَالَتْ: يَا عُمَرُ، أَمَا فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَا يَعِظُ نِسَاءَهُ حَتَّى تَعِظَهُنَّ أَنْتَ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {عَسَى رَبُّهُ إِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُ أَزْوَاجًا خَيْرًا مِنْكُنَّ} الْآيَةَ [سُورَةُ التَّحْرِيمِ: ٥] (٥) .

(١) عِنْدَ عِبَارَةِ رَبِّي فِي ثَلَاثٍ تَعُودُ نُسْخَةُ (م) . (٢) وَجَدْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٨٦٥ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابِ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ، وَلَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٣) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ فِي (ب) فَقَطْ. (٤) ر، ن، ي: أَتَيْتُ. (٥) الْحَدِيثُ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ عَنْهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/٨٥ كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ بَابِ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقِبْلَةِ، ٥/٢٠، كِتَابِ التَّفْسِيرِ، سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، بَابِ قَوْلِهِ: وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى، الْمُسْنَدَ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ١/٣٢٣، ٢٦٣، وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، الْأَرْقَامَ ٤٣٤، ٤٣٥، ٤٣٧، ٤٩٣، ٤٩٤، ٤٩٥، ٦٨٢.