Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (1/513)

In the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd and elsewhere, it is narrated from al-Ashath, from al-Hasan, from Abū Bakra, that one day the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Which of you has seen (1) a dream?”

A man replied, “I saw what appeared to be a balance descending (2) from heaven. You and Abū Bakr were weighed, and you outweighed Abū Bakr. Then Umar and Abū Bakr were weighed, and Abū Bakr outweighed Umar. Then Umar and Uthmān were weighed, and Umar outweighed Uthmān. The balance was then taken up.” He said, “I saw displeasure on the face of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace” (3).

Abū Dāwūd also narrated it through Hammād ibn Salama, from Alī ibn Zayd ibn Judān, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Bakra, from his father, giving the same account but without mentioning the displeasure. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was troubled by it (4)—meaning that it displeased him—and said:

“A prophetic caliphate, after which Allah will grant kingship to whomever He wills” (5).

Thus [the Prophet] (6) made clear—

(1) B reads “that is,” an obvious corruption. (2) A and B read “was sent down.” (3) This hadith was cited previously (p. 490). (4) N reads, “He said and complained of it,” which is a corruption. (5) This hadith was cited previously, p. 490. (6) “The Prophet” is an addition in A and B.

وَفِي سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَشْعَثِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ: " مَنْ رَأَى (١) مِنْكُمْ رُؤْيَا؟ " فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ مِيزَانًا نَزَلَ (٢) مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَوُزِنْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَجَحْتَ أَنْتَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ وُزِنَ عُمَرُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَجَحَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَوُزِنَ عُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ فَرَجَحَ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ رُفِعَ الْمِيزَانُ. فَرَأَيْتُ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ» - " (٣) . وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا مِنْ حَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ. فَاسْتَاءَ لَهَا (٤) النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَعْنِي سَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ - فَقَالَ: " «خِلَافَةُ نُبُوَّةٍ، ثُمَّ يُؤْتِي اللَّهُ الْمُلْكَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ» " (٥) . فَبَيَّنَ [النَّبِيُّ] (٦)

(١) ب: أَيْ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ ظَاهِرٌ. (٢) أ، ب: أُنْزِلَ. (٣) وَرَدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ قَبْلُ (ص ٤٩٠) . (٤) ن: قَالَ فَاشْتَكَاهَا، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٥) مَضَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، ص ٤٩٠. (٦) النَّبِيُّ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) .