Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/447)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

and bring him back so that I could claim the hundred camels, or not?” The result was the one I disliked (1). I mounted [my horse] (2)—disregarding the divining arrows—and it carried [me] closer until, [when] I heard (3) the recitation of Allah’s Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—my horse’s forelegs sank (4) into the ground up to its knees. He was not looking back, whereas Abū Bakr kept looking back. I fell off the horse, then shouted at it, and it rose, barely managing to pull its forelegs free. Once it stood upright, dust (6) rose into the sky like smoke from the marks left by its forelegs (5). I again sought a decision through the divining arrows, and the result was the one I disliked. I called out to them with assurances of safety, and they stopped. I mounted my horse and rode up to them. After all I had experienced in being prevented from reaching them, I felt within myself that the cause (7) of Allah’s Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—would prevail (8).”

The fifth point: While he was in the cave, ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Bakr would bring him news, and ʿĀmir ibn Fuhayrah was with the two of them, as mentioned earlier. It would therefore have been possible for him to

(1) Ibn Hajar said: “‘The result I disliked came out’: namely, ‘Do not harm them.’ Al-Ismā‘īlī, Mūsā, and Ibn Ishāq state this explicitly, with the addition: ‘I had hoped to bring him back and claim the hundred she-camels.’” (2) Farasī (‘my horse’) is omitted in (ن), (م), and (س). It appears in (ب) and al-Bukhārī. (3) ن, م, س: fa-qarubtu hattā sami‘tu (‘I drew near until I heard’). The adopted reading is from (ب) and al-Bukhārī. (4) That is, ‘sank.’ (5) ن: idhā al-amru yadayhā, idhā al-amru badhan. The adopted reading is from (م), (ب), and al-Bukhārī. (6) Al-Bukhārī: ‘uthān (‘smoke’). Another version in that work reads ghubār wa-‘uthān (‘dust and smoke’). (7) Amr (‘cause’) is omitted in (م). (8) This hadith is reported with similar wording from ‘Ā’isha—may Allah be pleased with her—in al-Bukhārī, 5/58–6 (Book of the Merits of the Ansār, chapter on the migration of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and his Companions to Medina). An abridged version appears in al-Bukhārī, 3/96–97 (Book of Suretyship, chapter on Abū Bakr’s protection during the lifetime of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and his covenant).

أَرُدُّهُ فَآخُذُ الْمِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ أَمْ لَا؟ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ (١) ، فَرَكِبْتُ [فَرَسِي] (٢) - وَعَصَيْتُ الْأَزْلَامَ - تُقَرِّبُ [بِي] حَتَّى [إِذَا] سَمِعْتُ (٣) قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ لَا يَلْتَفِتُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُكْثِرُ الِالْتِفَاتَ، سَاخَتْ (٤) يَدَا فَرَسِي فِي الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتَا الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَنْهَا، ثُمَّ زَجَرْتُهَا فَنَهَضَتْ فَلَمْ تَكَدْ تُخْرِجُ يَدَيْهَا، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَتْ قَائِمَةً إِذَا لَأَثَرِ يَدَيْهَا (٥) غُبَارٌ (٦) سَاطِعٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ مِثْلَ الدُّخَانِ، فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِالْأَزْلَامِ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ، فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ بِالْأَمَانِ فَوَقَفُوا؛ فَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي حَتَّى جِئْتُهُمْ، وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي حِينَ لَقِيتُ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ عَنْهُمْ أَنْ سَيَظْهَرُ أَمْرُ (٧) رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (٨) ". الْوَجْهُ الْخَامِسُ: أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْغَارِ كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ بِالْأَخْبَارِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَكَانَ مَعَهُمَا عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ ذَلِكَ، فَكَانَ يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ

(١) قَالَ ابْنُ حَجَرٍ: " فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ: أَيْ لَا تَضُرُّهُمْ، وَصَرَّحَ بِهِ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ وَمُوسَى وَابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَزَادَ: وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ فَآخُذُ الْمِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ ". (٢) فَرَسِي سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) . وَهِيَ فِي (ب) ، الْبُخَارِيِّ (٣) ن، م، س: فَقَرُبْتُ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنَ (ب) ، الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٤) أَيْ غَاصَتْ. (٥) ن: إِذَا الْأَمْرُ يَدَيْهَا، إِذَا الْأَمْرُ بَدْهًا. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (م) ، (ب) ، الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٦) الْبُخَارِيِّ: عُثَانٌ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ فِيهِ: غُبَارٌ وَعُثَانٌ. أَيْ دُخَانٌ. (٧) أَمْرُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (م) . (٨) - الْحَدِيثُ - بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُقَارَبَةٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/٥٨ - ٦ - (كِتَابُ مَنَاقِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ، بَابُ هِجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَصْحَابِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ) وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ مُخْتَصَرًا فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٣/٩٦ - ٩٧ (كِتَابُ الْكَفَالَةِ، بَابُ جِوَارِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَعَقْدِهِ) .