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and grant him peace, commands you to lead the people in prayer.’ Abū Bakr, who was a tender-hearted man, said, ‘O ‘Umar, lead the people in prayer.’

‘Umar replied, ‘You are more entitled to do so.’

She said: Abū Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, therefore led them in prayer during those days.

Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, felt somewhat better and came out for the noon prayer, supported between two men, one of whom was al-‘Abbās. Abū Bakr was leading the people in prayer. When Abū Bakr saw him, he began to step back, but the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, signalled to him not to step back and said to the two men, ‘Seat me beside him’ (1).

They seated him beside Abū Bakr. Abū Bakr prayed standing (2), following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while the people followed Abū Bakr’s prayer and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, remained seated.

‘Ubayd Allāh said: I then visited Ibn ‘Abbās and asked, ‘May I present to you ‘Ā’ishah’s account of the illness of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as she related [it] (3) to me?’

He replied, ‘Go ahead.’ I recounted her report to him, and he disputed nothing in it, except that he asked, ‘Did she name for you the man who was with al-‘Abbās?’

I replied, ‘No.’

He said, ‘It was ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib.’” (4).

(1) N: “Beside Abū Bakr.” (2) In al-Bukhārī, the reading is ya’tammu (“follows in prayer”); in another narration in al-Bukhārī, it is qā’im (“standing”). (3) Bihi (“it”) is an addition in (M). (4) The hadith narrated by ‘Ā’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, appears in: al-Bukhārī, 1/138–139 (Book of the Call to Prayer, chapter “The Imam Is Appointed Only to Be Followed”); Muslim, 1/311–313 (Book of Prayer, chapter “Appointing a Substitute When the Imam Has an Excuse…”); Sunan al-Nasā’ī, 2/101–102 (Book of Leading Prayer, chapter “Following an Imam Who Prays Seated”); al-Musnad (al-Ma‘ārif edition), 7/152–153 (no. 5141), and the al-Halabī edition, 6/251. Ibn al-Athīr says in al-Nihāya fī gharīb al-hadīth (The Comprehensive Work on Uncommon Hadith Vocabulary): “Al-mikhdab, with a kasra on the initial letter, is like a mirkan: a basin in which clothes are washed.” Ibn Hajar says in Fath al-Bārī, 2/174: “‘Then he attempted to rise’—li-yanū’a, with a damma on the nūn followed by a long vowel—means to rise with effort.”

عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ - وَكَانَ رَجُلًا رَقِيقًا - يَا عُمَرُ صَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامَ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَدَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ خِفَّةً فَخَرَجَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ، أَحَدُهُمَا الْعَبَّاسُ لِصَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ذَهَبَ لِيَتَأَخَّرَ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لَا يَتَأَخَّرَ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: " أَجْلَسَانِي إِلَى جَنْبِهِ " (١) فَأَجْلَسَاهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ (٢) بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَالنَّاسُ يَصِلُونَ بِصَلَاةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدٌ، قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ: فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ: أَلَا أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ مَا حَدَّثَتْنِي [بِهِ] (٣) عَائِشَةُ عَنْ مَرَضِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: هَاتِ، فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثَهَا، فَمَا أَنْكَرَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَسَمَّتْ لَكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَ الْعَبَّاسِ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا؟ قَالَ: هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ» (٤) .

(١) ن: إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. (٢) فِي " الْبُخَارِيِّ " يَأْتَمُّ، وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ فِي " الْبُخَارِيِّ " قَائِمٌ. (٣) بِهِ. زِيَادَةٌ فِي (م) . (٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ١/١٣٨ - ١٣٩ (كِتَابُ الْآذَانِ، بَابُ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ) مُسْلِمٍ ١/٣١١ - ٣١٣ (كِتَابُ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ اسْتِخْلَافِ الْإِمَامِ إِذَا عَرَضَ لَهُ عُذْرٌ. . .) سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ ٢/١٠١ - ١٠٢ (كِتَابُ الْإِمَامَةِ، بَابُ الِائْتِمَامِ بِالْإِمَامِ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا) الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٧/١٥٢ - ١٥٣ (رَقْمُ ٥١٤١) وَ " ط الْحَلَبِيِّ " ٦/٢٥١ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْأَثِيرِ فِي النِّهَايَةِ فِي غَرِيبِ الْحَدِيثِ ": " الْمِخْضَبُ بِالْكَسْرِ:. شِبْهُ الْمِرْكَنِ، وَهِيَ إِجَّانَةٌ تُغْسَلُ فِيهَا الثِّيَابُ) وَقَالَ ابْنُ حَجَرٍ فِي " فَتْحِ الْبَارِي " ٢/١٧٤: " ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ (لِيَنُوءَ) بِضَمِّ النُّونِ بَعْدَهَا مَدَّةٌ: أَيْ لِيَنْهَضَ بِجَهْدٍ ".