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Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal said:
My father related to me: Yahyā ibn Saīd related to us from Ismāīl ibn Abī Khālid; Qays ibn Abī Hāzim related to us, saying:
Abdullah ibn Masud said:
“We have remained mighty ever since Umar embraced Islam.”(1)
It has also been related from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—in reports narrated by Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbās, and others that he said:
“O Allah, strengthen Islam through Abu Jahl ibn Hishām or through Umar ibn al-Khattāb.”
He said: The next morning, Umar went to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and embraced Islam that day.
Another wording states:
“Strengthen Islam through whichever of these two men is more beloved to You.”(2)
Al-Nadr narrated from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbās, who said:
“When Umar embraced Islam, the polytheists said, ‘The Muslims are now on an equal footing with us.’”(3)
(1) This report appeared two pages earlier, on p. 58. The chain cited here differs slightly from the chains through which this report was narrated.
(2) The hadith is narrated from Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with them—in *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 5/279–280, Book of Virtues, chapter “The Virtues of Abu Hafs Umar.” Regarding Ibn Umar’s hadith, al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a *hasan sahih gharib* hadith.” Regarding Ibn Abbās’s hadith, he said: “This hadith is *gharib* through this route. Some scholars criticized al-Nadr Abu Umar, who narrates objectionable reports.” Ibn Mājah also transmitted the hadith in his *Sunan*, 1/39, Introduction, chapter “The Merit of Umar,” with the wording: “O Allah, strengthen Islam specifically through Umar ibn al-Khattāb.” Its chain is weak. Ibn Umar’s hadith also appears in *al-Musnad*, al-Maārif edition, 8/76; the editor stated: “Its chain is authentic.” The hadith also appears in al-Hākim’s *al-Mustadrak*, 3/83, from Ibn Umar, Āisha, and Ibn Masūd, with varying wordings; it likewise appears in *Fadāil al-Sahāba*, 1/249–250, nos. 311–312, and in *al-Riyād al-Nadira*, 1/257.
(3) The report appears in *Fadāil al-Sahāba*, 1/248, no. 308. The editor stated: “Its chain is extremely weak because of al-Nadr ibn Abd al-Rahmān Abu Umar al-Khazzāz,” who was discussed earlier. Al-Hākim also transmitted it in 3/85 through Yahyā al-Himmānī and said: “Its chain is authentic, though neither al-Bukhārī nor Muslim included it.” Al-Dhahabī likewise agreed with him in his abridgment. Their authentication of the report is questionable: how can its chain be authentic when it contains al-Nadr Abu Umar, who is rejected? Al-Haythamī stated in *Majma al-Zawāid*, 9/62, 65: “Al-Bazzār and al-Tabarānī narrated it. Its chain contains al-Nadr Abu Umar, who is rejected.”
قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ:
حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ،
قَالَ:
قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: مَا زِلْنَا أَعِزَّةً مُنْذُ أَسْلَمَ عُمَرُ
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. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَغَيْرِهِمَا أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
" «اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَوْ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ "
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قَالَ:
فَغَدَا عُمَرُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَسْلَمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ،
وَفِي لَفْظٍ:
" أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بِأَحَبِّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ إِلَيْكَ» "
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وَرَوَى النَّضْرُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،
قَالَ:
لَمَّا أَسْلَمَ عُمَرُ قَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ: قَدِ انْتَصَفَ الْقَوْمُ مِنَّا
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(١) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْأَثَرُ قَبْلَ صَفْحَتَيْنِ ص ٥٨ وَالسَّنَدُ الْمَذْكُورُ هُنَا يَخْتَلِفُ قَلِيلًا عَنْ أَسَانِيدِ رِوَايَاتِ هَذَا الْأَثَرِ.
(٢) الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٥/٢٧٩ - ٢٨٠، كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابِ مَنَاقِبِ أَبِي حَفْصٍ عُمَرَ، وَقَالَ عَنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ، وَعَنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ، وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي النَّضْرِ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَهُوَ يَرْوِي مَنَاكِيرَ، وَأَخْرَجَ الْحَدِيثَ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ فِي سُنَنِهِ ١/٣٩ الْمُقَدِّمَةِ بَابِ فَضْلِ عُمَرَ، بِلَفْظِ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامِ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ خَاصَّةً، وَإِسْنَادُهُ ضَعِيفٌ، وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ٨/٧٦ وَقَالَ الْمُحَقِّقُ: إِسْنَادُهُ صَحِيحٌ، وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ فِي الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ لِلْحَاكِمِ ٣/٨٣ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ وَجَاءَ أَيْضًا فِي فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ١/٢٤٩ - ٢٥٠، رَقْمَ ٣١١، ٣١٢ وَفِي الرِّيَاضِ النَّضِرَةِ ١/٢٥٧
(٣) الْأَثَرُ فِي فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ١/٢٤٨ رَقْمَ ٣٠٨ وَقَالَ الْمُحَقِّقُ: إِسْنَادُهُ ضَعِيفٌ جِدًّا لِأَجْلِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْخَزَّازِ، وَقَدْ سَبَقَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْحَاكِمُ ٣/٨٥، مِنْ طَرِيقِ يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيِّ، وَقَالَ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ، وَوَافَقَهُ الذَّهَبِيُّ أَيْضًا فِي تَلْخِيصِهِ، وَفِي تَصْحِيحِهِمَا لَهُ نَظَرٌ، إِذْ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ صَحِيحَ الْإِسْنَادِ وَفِيهِ النَّضْرُ أَبُو عُمَرَ وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ، وَقَالَ الْهَيْثَمِيُّ فِي مَجْمَعِ الزَّوَائِدِ ٩/٦٢، ٦٥ رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ، وَفِيهِ النَّضْرُ أَبُو عُمَرَ وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ.