Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/417)

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caused me any distress. O people, I am pleased with ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, and so-and-so and so-and-so.” (1)

It is thus clear that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—[singled him out] (2) rather than anyone else, although he also counted others among his Companions; he distinguished him, however, by the perfection of his companionship.

For this reason, some scholars have said that al-Siddīq’s virtues are unique distinctions that no one else shares.

Whoever wishes to know their virtues and their standing with the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—should reflect upon the authentic hadiths authenticated by scholars of hadith who attained perfection in their knowledge of the Prophet’s life—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—their love for him, and their truthfulness in transmitting from him, and whose inclinations came to conform to what he brought. Their sole aim is to know what he said and distinguish it from the fabrications of liars and the errors of those who err that become mixed with it.

These include the compilers of authentic hadith collections, such as al-Bukhārī, Muslim, and al-Ismā‘īlī,

(1) I have not found the hadith with this wording in al-Bukhārī. It does, however, appear in Ibn Kathīr’s al-Sīra al-nabawiyya (The Prophetic Biography), edited by Mustafā ‘Abd al-Wāhid, 4:426: Al-Tabarānī said: ‘Alī ibn Ishāq al-Wazīr al-Asbahānī narrated to us; ‘Alī ibn Muhammad al-Muqaddamī narrated to us; Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Alī al-Muqaddamī narrated to us; ‘Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Shabbān ibn Mālik ibn Misma‘ narrated to us; Sahl ibn Hunayf ibn Sahl ibn Mālik, brother of Ka‘b ibn Mālik, narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: When the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—returned to Medina from the Farewell Pilgrimage, he ascended the pulpit, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: “O people, Abū Bakr has never caused me distress, so acknowledge this to his credit. O people, I am pleased with Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, Talha, al-Zubayr, ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf, and the earliest Emigrants, so acknowledge this to their credit.” (2) Khassahu (“singled him out”) is omitted in N, M, and S. In S, a blank space appears in its place.

يَسُؤْنِي قَطُّ، أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَاضٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ وَفُلَانٍ وَفُلَانٍ» " (١) . فَقَدْ تَبَيَّنَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - [خَصَّهُ] (٢) دُونَ غَيْرِهِ مَعَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ جَعَلَ غَيْرَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَيْضًا؛ لَكِنْ خَصَّهُ بِكَمَالِ الصُّحْبَةِ. وَلِهَذَا قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ: إِنَّ فَضَائِلَ الصِّدِّيقِ خَصَائِصُ لَمْ يَشْرَكْهُ فِيهَا غَيْرُهُ. وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ فَضَائِلَهُمْ وَمَنَازِلَهُمْ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَلْيَتَدَبَّرِ الْأَحَادِيثَ الصَّحِيحَةَ التى صَحَّحَهَا أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ بِالْحَدِيثِ الَّذِينَ كَمُلَتْ خِبْرَتُهُمْ بِحَالِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَمَحَبَّتُهُمْ لَهُ، وَصِدْقُهُمْ فِي التَّبْلِيغِ عَنْهُ وَصَارَ هَوَاهُمْ تَبَعًا لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ، فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ غَرَضٌ إِلَّا مَعْرِفَةُ مَا قَالَهُ، وَتَمْيِيزُهُ عَمَّا يُخْلَطُ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ كَذِبِ الْكَاذِبِينَ وَغَلَطِ الْغَالِطِينَ. كَأَصْحَابِ الصَّحِيحِ: مِثْلِ: الْبُخَارِيِّ، وَمُسْلِمٍ، وَالْإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّ،

(١) لَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذِهِ الْأَلْفَاظِ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ؛ وَلَكِنْ جَاءَ فِي السِّيرَةِ النَّبَوِيَّةِ لِابْنِ كَثِيرٍ (تَحْقِيقُ الْأُسْتَاذِ مُصْطَفَى عَبْد الْوَاحِدِ) ٤/٤٢٦ وَقَالَ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْوَزِيرُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الَمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الَمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ شَبَّانَ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِسْمَعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَخِي كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْمَدِينَةَ مِنْ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَمْ يَسُؤْنِي قَطُّ فَاعْرِفُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ. أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ وَطَلْحَةَ وَالزُّبَيْرِ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ رَاضٍ فَاعْرِفُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ ". (٢) خَصَّهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) . وَمَكَانُهَا فِي (س) بَيَاضٌ.