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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

from among them to another man, who produced a document and handed it to him. When he read it, his eyes filled with tears. He then raised his head toward them and said, ‘People of Najran—or my companions—by Allah, this is in my own handwriting, dictated to me by Umar.’

They said, ‘Commander of the Faithful, grant us what it contains.’

I drew near to him and said, ‘If he is ever to overrule Umar, today he will do so.’

He replied, ‘I will not overturn anything Umar did. Umar was sound in judgment. Umar gave you better than what he took from you, and he took from you better than what he gave. Nor did Umar derive any benefit by taking anything for himself; he took it only for the Muslim community.’”(1)

Ahmad, al-Tirmidhī, and others also narrated it. Ahmad said:

Abū(2) Abd al-Rahmān al-Muqri narrated to us: Haywah ibn Shurayh narrated to us: Bakr ibn Amr al-Maāfirī narrated to us, from Mishrah ibn Hāān(3), from Uqbah ibn Āmir al-Juhanī, who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—say:

“If there were to be a prophet after me, it would be Umar ibn al-Khattāb.”(4)

(1) Ibn al-Jawzī relates this report with different wording in *Tārīkh Umar ibn al-Khattāb*, p. 213. (2) “Abū” is omitted from MSS H and B but appears in *al-Musnad*. (3) MSS H and B read “Āhān,” while MS R reads “Āhin.” The adopted reading, “Hāān,” appears in MSS N, M, and Y, as well as in *al-Musnad* and *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*. (4) The hadith narrated by Uqbah ibn Āmir—may Allah be pleased with him—appears in *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 5/281–282, Book of Virtues, chapter “The Virtues of Abū Hafs Umar ibn al-Khattāb.” Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a *hasan gharīb* hadith; we know it only through the narration of Mishrah ibn Hāān.” The hadith also appears in *al-Musnad*, Halabī ed., 4/154, and al-Hākim’s *al-Mustadrak*, 3/85. Al-Albānī discussed it in *Silsilat al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha*, no. 327, and graded it *hasan* (sound).

مِنْهُمْ إِلَى رَجُلٍ، فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَابًا فَنَاوَلَهُ إِيَّاهُ، فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ نَجْرَانَ - أَوْ يَا أَصْحَابِي - هَذَا وَاللَّهِ خَطِّي بِيَدِي، وَإِمْلَاءُ عُمَرَ عَلَيَّ. فَقَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعْطِنَا مَا فِيهِ، فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ كَانَ رَادًّا عَلَى عُمَرَ يَوْمًا فَالْيَوْمَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: لَسْتُ رَادًّا عَلَى عُمَرَ شَيْئًا صَنَعَهُ، إِنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ رَشِيدَ الْأَمْرِ، وَإِنَّ عُمَرَ أَعْطَاكُمْ خَيْرًا مِمَّا أَخَذَ مِنْكُمْ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْكُمْ خَيْرًا مِمَّا أَعْطَى، وَلَمْ يَجْرِ لِعُمَرَ نَفْعٌ مَعَ أَخْذٍ لِنَفْسِهِ، إِنَّمَا أَخَذَهُ لِجَمَاعَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ (١) . وَقَدْ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُمَا، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو (٢) عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنَ الْمُقْرِي، حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةَ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْمَعَافِرِيُّ، عَنْ مِشْرَحِ بْنِ هَاعَانَ (٣) ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ: " لَوْ كَانَ بَعْدِي نَبِيٌّ لَكَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ " (٤) .

(١) ذَكَرَ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ فِي تَارِيخِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ص ٢١٣ (٢) أَبُو: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ح) ، (ب) وَهِيَ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ. (٣) ح، ب: عَاهَانَ، ر: عَاهِنٍ، وَالْمُثْبَتُ فِي (ن) ، (م) ، (ي) وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي الْمُسْنَدِ وَسُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ. (٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٥/٢٨١ - ٢٨٢ كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ بَابِ مَنَاقِبِ أَبِي حَفْصٍ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ، وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ مِشْرَحِ بْنِ عَاهَانَ، وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ ٤/١٥٤، الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ لِلْحَاكِمِ ٣/٨٥ وَتَكَلَّمَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ فِي سِلْسِلَةِ الْأَحَادِيثِ الصَّحِيحَةِ رَقْمَ ٣٢٧ وَحَسَّنَهُ.