Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/161)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

and he charged him concerning the Bedouins and the protected communities. Amr ibn Maymūn(1) said:

“When he died, we set out on foot. Abd Allah ibn Umar offered the greeting of peace and said, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb(2) seeks permission to enter.’

“She replied, ‘Admit him.’ He was admitted and laid there beside his two companions.

“Once his burial had been completed, the members of the council assembled. Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf said, ‘Entrust your affair to three of your number.’

“Al-Zubayr said, ‘I cede my right to Alī.’

“Talhah said, ‘I cede my right to Uthmān.’ Sa‘d(3) said, ‘I cede my right to Abd al-Rahmān [ibn Awf](4).’

“Abd al-Rahmān said, ‘Which of you will relinquish his claim to this office so that we may entrust the decision to him? By Allah, he will be solemnly bound before Allah and Islam to select the person who, in(5) his own judgment, is best.’ The two senior men remained silent.

“Abd al-Rahmān then said, ‘Will you entrust it to me? By Allah, I shall spare no effort to choose the better of you two.’

“They replied, ‘Yes.’ He took one of them by the hand and said, ‘You possess kinship with the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and precedence in Islam, as you well know. I charge you before Allah: if I appoint you, you must rule justly; and if another is appointed over you, you must listen and obey.’ He then spoke privately with the other and said the same to him.

“Once he had secured their solemn pledge, he said, ‘Hold out your hand, Uthmān.’ He pledged allegiance to him, Alī likewise pledged allegiance to him, and the people of the house then came in and pledged allegiance to him(6).”

It is also related in the two Sahih collections, in the hadith of al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, who said(7): “...that the group of men

(1) See Sahīh al-Bukhārī, 5/17–18. (2) (N) and (M) read: “Ibn Umar seeks permission to enter,” which is erroneous. (3) (N) and (M) read: “Saīd,” which is erroneous. (4) “Ibn Awf” is absent from (N) and (M). (5) The word *fī* (“in”) is absent from (H) and (B). (6) See also the preceding discussion, 5/58–59. (7) The following passage appears in Sahīh al-Bukhārī, 9/78 (*Kitāb al-Ahkām*, “The Book of Judgments,” chapter: “How the Imam Receives the People’s Pledge of Allegiance”). The hadith was previously cited and discussed at 5/61–62. I did not find it in Sahīh Muslim.

وَأَوْصَاهُ بِأَهْلِ الْبَوَادِي وَبِأَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ. قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ (١) : " فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ انْطَلَقْنَا نَمْشِي، فَسَلَّمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ. وَقَالَ: يَسْتَأْذِنُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ (٢) . قَالَتْ: أَدْخِلُوهُ، فَأُدْخِلَ، فَوُضِعَ هُنَالِكَ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا فُرِغَ مِنْ دَفْنِهِ اجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ: اجْعَلُوا أَمْرَكُمْ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْكُمْ. قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَى عَلِيٍّ. وَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ: قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَى عُثْمَانَ. وَقَالَ سَعْدٌ (٣) : قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ [بْنِ عَوْفٍ] (٤) . وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَيُّكُمْ يَبْرَأُ مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ فَنَجْعَلُهُ إِلَيْهِ؟ وَاللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ لَيَنْظُرَنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَنْ فِي (٥) نَفْسِهِ. فَأُسْكِتَ الشَّيْخَانِ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَتَجْعَلُونَهُ إِلَيَّ؟ وَاللَّهِ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا آلُوَ عَنْ أَفْضَلِكُمَا. قَالَا: نَعَمْ. فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أَحَدِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: لَكَ قَرَابَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَالْقِدَمُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ، وَاللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ لَئِنْ أَمَّرْتُكَ لِتَعْدِلَنَّ، وَلَئِنْ أُمِّرْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَتَسْمَعَنَّ وَلَتُطِيعَنَّ. ثُمَّ خَلَا بِالْآخَرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ الْمِيثَاقَ قَالَ: ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ يَا عُثْمَانُ. فَبَايَعَهُ، وَبَايَعَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ، وَوَلَجَ أَهْلُ الدَّارِ فَبَايَعُوهُ (٦) . وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْمُسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ قَالَ (٧) : ". . أَنَّ الرَّهْطَ

(١) فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١٧ - ١٨ (٢) ن، م: يَسْتَأْذِنُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٣) ن، م: سَعِيدٌ وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٤) بْنِ عَوْفٍ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٥) فِي: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ح) ، (ب) . (٦) انْظُرْ أَيْضًا مَا سَبَقَ ٥/٥٨ - ٥٩ (٧) الْكَلَامُ التَّالِي فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٧٨ (كِتَابُ الْأَحْكَامِ، بَابُ كَيْفَ يُبَايِعُ الْإِمَامَ النَّاسُ) وَسَبَقَ وُرُودُ الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَالتَّعْلِيقُ عَلَيْهِ فِي ٥/٦١ - ٦٢ وَلَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَ فِي مُسْلِمٍ.