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Ahmad ibn Manī related: Ibn Ulayya related to us: Ayyūb related to us from Abū Mashar, from Ibrāhīm, who said:
Ibn Masūd said:
“Umar was a fortified wall protecting Islam: people entered it and did not leave it. When Umar was killed, the wall was breached, and today people are leaving it.”(1)
Ibn Batta narrated through the well-known chain of transmission(2), from al-Thawrī, from Qays ibn Muslim, from Tāriq ibn Shihāb, from Umm Ayman, who said:
“Islam grew weak on the day Umar died.”(3)
Al-Thawrī also narrated from Mansūr, from Ribī, from Hudhayfa, who said:
“During Umar’s time, Islam was like a man advancing, drawing ever nearer. When Umar was killed, it became like a man retreating, moving ever farther away.”(4)
(1) Ibn al-Jawzī cited this report in *Tārīkh Umar ibn al-Khattāb*, p. 213, stating: “Umar was an impregnable fortress…” Similar wording appears in *Fadāil al-Sahāba*, 1/271, no. 357; its editor stated: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Hākim also transmitted a similar report in 3/93 from Abū Juhayfa, from Ibn Masūd. Al-Tabarānī transmitted part of it through several routes, including the route of Āsim ibn Abī al-Nujūd, as cited in *Majma al-Zawāid*, 9/78. I say: the correct reference is 9/77. The report appears again in *Fadāil al-Sahāba*, 1/338–339, no. 486, with a chain that the editor described as “extremely weak.” He further stated: “Ibn Sad transmitted a similar report in 3/371 from Zayd ibn Wahb, from Abū Wāil, from Ibn Masūd, containing part of it.” Al-Muhibb al-Tabarī also cited this report in *al-Riyād al-Nadira*, 2/103–104.
(2) MSS N and M read: “He also narrated through the chain of transmission.”
(3) Ibn al-Jawzī cited this report in *Tārīkh Umar ibn al-Khattāb*, p. 216. It also appears in *Fadāil al-Sahāba*, 1/245, no. 303; its editor stated: “Its chain of transmission is weak.”
(4) Ibn al-Jawzī cited this report in *Tārīkh Umar ibn al-Khattāb*, p. 214; al-Muhibb al-Tabarī in *al-Riyād al-Nadira*, 2/104; and Ibn Sad in *al-Tabaqāt*, 3/373.
وَرَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ،
عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ:
قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: كَانَ عُمَرُ حَائِطًا حَصِينًا عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ وَلَا يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ عُمَرُ انْثَلَمَ الْحَائِطُ، فَالنَّاسُ الْيَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ
(١)
.
وَرَوَى ابْنُ بَطَّةَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ
(٢)
الْمَعْرُوفِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ،
عَنْ أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ قَالَتْ:
وَهِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ عُمَرُ
(٣)
.
وَالثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ،
عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ:
كَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ فِي زَمَنِ عُمَرَ كَالرَّجُلِ الْمُقْبِلِ لَا يَزْدَادُ إِلَّا قُرْبًا، فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ كَانَ كَالرَّجُلِ الْمُدْبِرِ لَا يَزْدَادُ إِلَّا بُعْدًا
(٤)
.
(١) ذَكَرَ هَذَا الْأَثَرَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ فِي تَارِيخِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ص ٢١٣، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا. . . إِلَخْ، وَجَاءَ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُقَارَبَةٍ فِي فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، ١/٢٧١ رَقْمَ ٣٥٧ وَقَالَ الْمُحَقِّقُ: إِسْنَادُهُ صَحِيحٌ، وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْحَاكِمُ ٣/٩٣ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ نَحْوَهُ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ بَعْضَهُ مِنْ طُرُقٍ، وَمِنْ طَرِيقِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النُّجُودِ كَمَا فِي مَجْمَعِ الزَّوَائِدِ ٩/٧٨ قُلْتُ: الصَّوَابُ ٩/٧٧ وَجَاءَ الْأَثَرُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فِي فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ١/٣٣٨ - ٣٣٩ رَقْمَ ٤٨٦ بِإِسْنَادٍ قَالَ عَنْهُ الْمُحَقِّقُ: ضَعِيفٌ جِدًّا. وَقَالَ: وَأَخْرَجَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ ٣/٣٧١ نَحْوَهُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ نَحْوَهُ بِبَعْضِهِ، وَذَكَرَ هَذَا الْأَثَرَ أَيْضًا الْمُحِبُّ الطَّبَرِيُّ فِي الرِّيَاضِ النَّضِرَةِ ٢/١٠٣ - ١٠٤.
(٢) ن، م: وَرَوَى أَيْضًا بِالْإِسْنَادِ.
(٣) ذَكَرَ هَذَا الْأَثَرَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ فِي تَارِيخِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ص ٢١٦ وَجَاءَ فِي فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ ١/٢٤٥ رَقْمَ ٣٠٣ وَقَالَ الْمُحَقِّقُ: إِسْنَادُهُ ضَعِيفٌ.
(٤) ذَكَرَ هَذَا الْأَثَرَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ فِي تَارِيخِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ص ٢١٤ وَالْمُحِبُّ الطَّبَرِيُّ فِي الرِّيَاضِ النَّضِرَةِ ٢/١٠٤، ابْنُ سَعْدٍ فِي الطَّبَقَاتِ ٣/٣٧٣.