Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Judgements

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAmr b. Aws > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣī

The Prophet [SAW] said: "Those who are just and fair will be with Allah, Most High, on thrones of light, at the right hand of the Most Merciful, those who are just in their rulings and in their dealings with their families and those of whom they are in charge." Muhammad (one of the narrators) said in his Hadith: "And both of His hands are right hands."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَوْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِي

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ عَنْ يَمِينِ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِينَ يَعْدِلُونَ فِي حُكْمِهِمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ وَمَا وُلُّوا»

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, those who are just and fair in the sight of Allah will be on pulpits of light on the Day of Resurrection, by the side of the Most Merciful, according to their justice and fairness in the world." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said, "Shu'ayb ibn Abi Hamzah halted him there."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ فِي اللهِ عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِمَا أَقْسَطُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَّفَهُ شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Usāmah b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Busr b. Saʿīd > Abū Qays a freed slave of ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣī > ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣī

On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "When a judge makes a ruling and strives to reach the correct decision, then if he is successful, he will receive two rewards. But if he strives and makes a mistake, he will receive one reward." Ibn al-Hadd reported to me that he narrated from Abu Bakr ibn Amr ibn Hazm, who said, "This is what Abu Salamah narrated to me from Abu Hurayrah." Isaac said, "I did not understand 'Amr ibn al-'Asi, who is 'Abd al-Aziz 5888." Ishaaq ibn Ibrahim reported to us that al-Muqri' said, "Haywah ibn Shurayh narrated to us from Yazid ibn al-Hadd." Both narrations are of equal strength in their chains of narration.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِي

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ وَاحِدٌ» قَالَ ابْنُ الْهَادِ فَحَدَّثْتُ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ لَمْ أَفْهَمْ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِي مَنْ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ 5888 أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ كِلَا الْحَدِيثَيْنِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا سَوَاءٌ مِثْلَهُ

Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Ḥazm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ»

Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh > Khubayb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except His Shade. (They will be), a just ruler, a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, a man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears, a man whose heart is attached to mosques (offers his compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque), two men who love each other for Allah's Sake, a man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her, and he says, 'I am afraid of Allah,' and (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given."

أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ إِمَامٌ عَادِلٌ وَشَابٌّ نَشَأَ فِي عِبَادَةِ اللهِ وَرَجُلٌ ذَكَرَ اللهَ فِي خَلَاءٍ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَرَجُلٌ قَلْبُهُ مُعَلَّقٌ بِالْمَسْجِدِ وَرَجُلَانِ تَحَابَّا فِي اللهِ وَرَجُلٌ دَعَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ مَنْصِبٍ وَجَمَالٍ إِلَى نَفْسِهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللهَ وَرَجُلٌ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَأَخْفَاهَا حَتَّى لَا تَعْلَمَ شِمَالُهُ مَا صَنَعَتْ يَمِينُهُ

Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > Khalaf b. Khalīfah > Abū Hāshim > Lawlā Ḥadīth Ibn Buraydah from his father

“Were it not for the Hadith of Ibn Buraidah from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ who said: 'Judges are of three types, two of whom will be in Hell and one will be in Paradise. The man who knows the truth and rules in accordance with it, will be in Paradise. The man who passes judgment on the people in ignorance will be in Hell' - we would have said that if the judge does his best he will be in Paradise.”

أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَاشِمٍ قَالَ لَوْلَا حَدِيثُ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الْقَاضِيَ إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَلَكِنْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْقُضَاةُ ثَلَاثَةٌ اثْنَانِ فِي النَّارِ وَوَاحِدٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ رَجُلٌ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ فَقَضَى بِهِ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَرَجُلٌ عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ فَلَمْ يَقْضِ بِهِ وَجَارَ فِي الْحُكْمِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْرِفِ الْحَقَّ فَقَضَى لِلنَّاسِ عَنْ جَهْلٍ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ»

Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Abū Yaḥyá al-Baghdādī Yuʿraf Biṣāʿiqah > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Dāwud b. Khālid > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو يَحْيَى الْبَغْدَادِيُّ يُعْرَفُ بِصَاعِقَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَلَّى بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ سَمِعَ الْمَقْبُرِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ»

Abū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Sayf al-Ḥarrānī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is appointed to make a judgment, it is as if he was slaughtered with a knife." Abu Abdur Rahman Uthman ibn Muhammad al-Akhnasi said, "He is not strong in that sense, but we mentioned it so that Uthman does not leave the group and makes ibn Abi Dhi'b replace Sa'id."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ الْحَرَّانِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ هُوَ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ فَكَأَنَّمَا ذُبِحَ بِالسِّكِّينِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ الْقَوِيِّ وَإِنَّمَا ذَكَرْنَا لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجَ عُثْمَانُ مِنَ الْوَسَطِ وَيَجْعَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-Akhnasī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman And al-Ṣṣawāb ʿUthmān b. Maḥammad > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who has been appointed a judge among the people has been killed without a knife.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالصَّوَابُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ»

Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Abū Salamah al-Khuzāʿī Manṣūr b. Salamah > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar / al-Makhramī > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whosoever is made a judge among the people, he is being slaughtered without a knife." Abu Salama said, "He mentioned this once or twice from Al-A'raj and Al-Maqburi."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَهُوَ الْمَخْرَمِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَدْ ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ» قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ وَالْمَقْبُرِيِّ

Muḥammad b. Ādam > Ibn al-Mubārak > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"You will become keen for positions of authority, but that will become a regret and loss. What a good life they will live, but how hard it will be for them when they die."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ»

Yazīd b. Sinān > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥumrān > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥakam > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet [SAW] said: "You will be keen for governorship but it will be regret and loss on the Day of Resurrection. What a good position it is when they are alive, but how miserable their state when they die (and leave it behind)."

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ حَسْرَةً وَنَدَامَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ»

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Akhīh > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

Two men from the Ash'ariyyin came to the Prophet ﷺ and they presented their actions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, your brothers whom you seek are with me." But they did not find any support from them for anything. Abu Abdur-Rahman said, "Abbad ibn Al-Awwam caused a rift between his brother and Abu Burdah Qurrah ibn Bashir."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَا يُعَرِّضَانِ بِالْعَمَلِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَخْوَنَكُمْ عِنْدِي مَنْ طَلَبَهُ» فَمَا اسْتَعَانَ بِهِمَا عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَدْخَلَ عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ بَيْنَ أَخِيهِ وَبَيْنَ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قُرَّةَ بْنَ بِشْرٍ

Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb And Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Akhīh > Qurrah b. Bishr > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with two men. One of them testified the Shahada (faith declaration) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have come to assist you in some of your work." Then, the other man testified the Shahada as well. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the same words as the first man. He ﷺ said, "Indeed, your brothers whom you seek are present with me." However, he did not seek their assistance in anything until he passed away.

أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَهِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ فَتَشَهَّدَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْنَا تَسْتَعِينُ بِنَا عَلَى بَعْضِ عَمَلِكَ وَتَشَهَّدَ الْآخَرُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَخْوَنَكُمْ عِنْدِي مَنْ يَطْلُبُهُ» فَلَمْ يَسْتَعِنْ بِهِمَا فِي شَيْءٍ حَتَّى قُبِضَ

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Qurrah b. Khālid > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

"I came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was using the Siwak and with me were two men of the Ash'aris - one on my right and the other on my left - who were seeking to be appointed as officials. I said: 'By the One Who sent you as a Prophet with the truth, they did not tell me why they wanted to come with me and I did not realize that they were seeking to be appointed as officials.' And I could see his Siwak beneath his lip, then it slipped and he said: 'We do not' - or; 'We will never appoint as an official anyone who seeks that. Rather you should go.'" So he sent his (Abu Musa) to Yemen, then he sent Mu'adh bin Jabal to go after him - may Allah be pleased with them.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

أَقْبَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعِي رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّيِّنَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَالْآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِي ورَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَاكُ فَكِلَاهُمَا سَأَلَ الْعَمَلَ قُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ الْعَمَلَ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سِوَاكِهِ تَحْتَ شَفَتِهِ قَلُصَتْ قَالَ «إِنَّا لَا أَوْ لَنْ نَسْتَعْمِلَ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ وَلَكِنْ اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ» فَبَعَثَهُ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ

Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas > Usayd b. Ḥuḍayr

Will you not appoint me governor as you have appointed so and so? He (the Messenger of Allah) said: You will surely come across preferential treatment after me, so you should be patient until you meet me at the Cistern (Haud-i-Kauthar).

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَسْتَعْمِلُنِي كَمَا اسْتَعْمَلْتَ فُلَانًا؟ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَلْقَوْنَ بَعْدِي أَثَرَةً فَاصْبِرُوا حَتَّى تَلْقَوْنِي عَلَى الْحَوْضِ»

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAwn > al-Ḥasan > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'Abd al-Rahman, do not ask for a position of authority, for if you are granted this position as a result of your asking for it, you will be left alone (without God's help to discharge the responsibilities attendant thereon), and it you are granted it without making any request for it, you will be helped (by God in the discharge of your duties).

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا»

al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr

A group from Banu Tamim came to the Prophet [SAW]. Abu Bakr said: "Appoint Al-Qa'qa' bin Ma'bad (as commander or governor)," and 'Umar said: "No, (appoint) Al-Aqra' bin Habis." They argued until they began to raise their voices, then the words were revealed: "O you who believe! Make not (a decision) in advance before Allah and His Messenger..." until the end of the Verse: "And if they had patience till you could come out to them, it would have been better for them."

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ الرَّكْبُ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَمِّرِ الْقَعْقَاعَ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بَلْ أَمِّرِ الْأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ فَتَمَارَيَا حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا فَنَزَلَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ} [الحجرات 1] حَتَّى انْقَضَتِ الْآيَةُ {وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ} [الحجرات 5]

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

"Allah protected me with something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah [SAW]. When Chosroes died, he said: 'Whom have they appointed as his successor?' They said: 'His daughter.' He said: 'No people will ever prosper who entrust their leadership to a woman.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ

عَصَمَنِي اللهُ ﷻ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا هَلَكَ كِسْرَى قَالَ «مَنِ اسْتَخْلَفُوا؟» قَالُوا ابْنَتَهُ قَالَ «لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ وَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمُ امْرَأَةً»

Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Umāmah > Abū Saʿīd > Samiʿah

He heard him saying, "When the people of Qurayzah were given the judgment of Sa'd, the Prophet ﷺ came to them riding a donkey and said, 'Indeed, these [people] have come down on your judgment.'" He said, "So surely, I judge that their fighters be killed and their children be taken as captives." He said, "You have judged them with the judgment of a king." Abu Abdullah Al-Rahman said, "Muhammad bin Salih disagreed with him."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّهَ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ أَهْلُ قُرَيْظَةَ عَلَى حُكْمِ سَعْدٍ أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى حِمَارٍ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ نَزَلُوا عَلَى حُكْمِكَ» قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَحْكُمُ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ مُقَاتِلَتُهُمْ وَتُسْبَى ذَرَارِيُّهُمْ قَالَ «حَكَمْتَ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ

Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū ʿĀmir > Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd from his father > Saʿd Ḥakam > Banī Qurayẓah > Yuqtal Minhum Kul Man Jarat ʿAlayh al-Mūsá > Tusbá Dharāriyyuhum > Tuqsam Amwāluhum Fadhukir Dhalik Lilnnabī ﷺ

"And their wealth is distributed, so it was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ and he said, 'You have ruled among them with the judgment of Allah, who has ruled with it above the seven heavens.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ سَعْدًا حَكَمَ عَلَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنْهُمْ كُلُّ مَنْ جَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمُوسَى وَأَنْ تُسْبَى ذَرَارِيُّهُمْ

وَأَنْ تُقْسَمَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «حَكَمْتَ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ فَوْقَ سَبْعِ سَمَوَاتٍ»

Qutaybah > Yazīd / Ibn al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ b. Hāniʾ > Abīh Shurayḥ > Abīh Hāniʾ

When he came to the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he heard them calling Hani' by the nickname of Abu Al-Hakam, the Messenger of Allah [SAW] called him and said to him: "Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge) and judgment is His. Why are you known as Abu Al-Hakam?" He said: "If my people differ concerning something, they come to me, and I pass judgment among them, and both sides accept it." He said: "How good this is. Do you have any children?" He said: "I have Shuraih, and 'Abdullah, and Muslim." He said: "Who is the eldest of them?" He said: "Shuraih." He said: "Then you are Abu Shuraih," and he supplicated for him and his son.

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَانِئٍ

أَنَّهُ لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَعَ قَوْمِهِ سَمِعَهُ وَهُمْ يُكَنُّونَ هَانِئًا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ «إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الْحَكَمُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ فَلِمَ تُكَنَّى أَبَا الْحَكَمِ؟» قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيْءٍ أَتَوْنِي فَحَكَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَضِيَ كِلَا الْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا فَمَا لَكَ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ؟» قَالَ لِي شُرَيْحٌ وَعَبْدَ اللهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ قَالَ «مَنْ أَكْبَرُهُمْ؟» قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَلِوَلَدِهِ

al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"There were kings after 'Isa bin Mariam who altered the Tawrah and the Injil, but there were among them believers who read the Tawrah. It was said to their kings: 'We have never heard of any slander worse than that of those (believers) who slander us and recite: "And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the disbelievers." In these Verses, they are criticizing us for our deeds when they recite them.' So he called them together and gave them the choice between being put to death, or giving up reading the Tawrah and Injil, except for what had been altered. They said: 'Why do you want us to change? Leave us alone.' Some of them said: 'Build us a tower and let us go up there, and give us something to lift up our food and drink so we do not have to mix with you.' Others said: 'Let us go and wander throughout the land, and we will drink as the wild animals drink, and if you capture us in your land, you may kill us.' Others said: 'Build houses for us in the wilderness, and we will dig wells and grow vegetables, and we will not mix with you or pass by you, for there is no one of the tribes among whom we do not have close relatives.' So they did that, and Allah revealed the words: 'But the monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they sought it) only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance.' Then others said: 'We will worship as so-and-so worshipped, and we will wander as so-and-so wandered, and we will adopt houses (in the wilderness) as so-and-so did.' But they were still following their Shirk with no knowledge of the faith of those whom they claimed to be following. When Allah sent the Prophet [SAW], and they were only a few of them left, a man came down from his cell, and a wanderer came from his travels, and a monk came from his monastery, and they believed in him. And Allah said: 'O you who believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger (Muhammad), He will give you a double portion of His mercy - meaning, two rewards, because of their having believed in 'Isa and in the Tawrah and Injil, and for having believing in Muhammad [SAW]; and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight), - meaning, the Qur'an, and their following the Prophet [SAW]; and He said: 'So that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may know that they have no power whatsoever over the Grace of Allah.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَتْ مُلُوكٌ بَعْدَ عِيسَى بَدَّلُوا التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ فَكَانَ فِيهِمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ يَقْرَءُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَقِيلَ لِمُلُوكِهِمْ مَا نَجْدُ شَتْمًا أَشَدَّ مِنْ شَتْمٍ يَشْتِمُونَنَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَنَّهُمْ يَقْرَءُونَ {وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ} [المائدة 44] هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتُ مَعَ مَا يَعِيبُونَنَا بِهِ فِي أَعْمَالِنَا فِي قِرَاءَتِهِمْ فَادْعُهُمْ فَلْيَقْرَءُوا كَمَا نَقْرَأُ وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَّا فَدَعَاهُمْ فَجَمَعَهُمْ وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلَ أَوْ يَتْرُكُوا قِرَاءَةَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ إِلَّا مَا بَدَّلُوا مِنْهَا فَقَالُوا مَا تُرِيدُونَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ؟ دَعُونَا فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ ابْنُوا لَنَا أُسْطُوَانَةً ثُمَّ ارْفَعُونَا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَعْطُونَا شَيْئًا نَرْفَعُ بِهِ طَعَامَنَا وَشَرَابَنَا فَلَا نَرُدُّ عَلَيْكُمْ وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ دَعُونَا نَسِيحُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَهِيمُ وَنَشْرَبُ كَمَا يَشْرَبُ الْوَحْشُ فَإِنْ قَدَرْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَرْضِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُونَا وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ ابْنُوا لَنَا دُورًا فِي الْفَيَافِي وَنَحْتَفِرُ الْآبَارَ وَنَحْتَرِثُ الْبُقُولَ فَلَا نَرِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا نَقْرَبُكُمْ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَبَائِلِ إِلَّا ولَهُ حَمِيمٌ فِيهِمْ قَالَ فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا} [الحديد 27] وَالْآخَرُونَ قَالُوا نَتَعَبَّدُ كَمَا تَعَبَّدَ فُلَانٌ وَنَسِيحُ كَمَا سَاحَ فُلَانٌ وَنَتَّخِذُ دُورًا كَمَا اتَّخَذَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى شِرْكِهِمْ لَا عِلْمَ لَهُمْ بِإِيمَانِ الَّذِينَ اقْتَدُوا بِهِ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ انْحَطَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ صَوْمَعَتِهِ وَجَاءَ سَائِحٌ مِنْ سِيَاحَتِهِ وَصَاحِبُ الدَّيْرِ مِنْ دَيْرِهِ فَآمَنُوا بِهِ وَصَدَّقُوهُ فَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ} [الحديد 28] أَجْرَيْنِ بِإِيمَانِهِمْ بِعِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَبِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَبِإِيمَانِهِمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَتَصْدِيقِهِمْ قَالَ {يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ} [الحديد 28] الْقُرْآنَ وَاتِّبَاعَهُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ {لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ} [الحديد 29] الَّذِينَ يَتَشَبَّهُونَ بِكُمْ {أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللهِ وَأَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ} [الحديد 29] الْآيَةَ

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > ʿAlī Abū al-Asd > Bukayr b. Wahbal-Jazarī > Anas b. Mālik Uḥaddithuk Ḥadīth Mā

I speak of it every Sunday that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at a door while we were inside, and he said, "The leaders from Quraysh, they have rights over you, and you have rights over them. As long as they are kind to you, show mercy. If they make a covenant and fulfill it, then fulfill it as well. And if they judge with justice, then accept their judgment. But whoever does not do that from among them, then the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people be upon them."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَبِي الْأَسْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بُكَيْرُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الْجَزَرِيُّ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا مَا

أُحَدِّثُهُ كُلَّ أَحَدٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ عَلَى بَابٍ وَنَحْنُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ «الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَقًّا وَلَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ مَا إِنِ اسْتُرْحِمُوا رَحِمُوا وَإِنْ عَاهَدُوا وَفَوْا وَإِنْ حَكَمُوا عَدَلُوا فَمَنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ»

Muḥammad b. Salamah > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Zaynab b. Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"I am only a human being, and you bring your disputes to me, some perhaps being more eloquent in their plea than others, so that I give judgement on their behalf according to what I hear from them. Therefore, whatever I decide for anyone which by right belongs to his brother, he must not take anything, for I am granting him only a portion of Hell.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ وَإِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَيَّ وَلَعَلَّ بَعْضُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَلْحَنَ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَأَقْضِي لَهُ عَلَى نَحْوِ مَا أَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ حَقِّ أَخِيهِ فَلَا يَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ»

Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū ʿĀmir > Sufyān > al-Shaybānī > al-Shaʿbī > Shurayḥ > Katab > ʿUmar Yasʾaluh Fakatab Ilayh

He wrote to 'Umar, to ask him (a question), and 'Umar wrote back to him telling him: "Judge according to what is in the Book of Allah. If it is not (mentioned) in the Book of Allah, then (judge) according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah [SAW]. If it is not (mentioned) in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah [SAW], then pass judgment according to the way the righteous passed judgment. If it is not (mentioned) in the Book of Allah, or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah [SAW], and the righteous did not pass judgment concerning it, then if you wish, go ahead (and try to work it out by yourself) or if you wish, leave it. And I think that leaving it is better for you. And peace be upon you."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ يَسْأَلُهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ

«أَنِ اقْضِ بِمَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَبِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ وَلَا سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاقْضِ بِمَا قَضَى بِهِ الصَّالِحُونَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ وَلَا فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَقْضِ بِهِ الصَّالِحُونَ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَقَدَّمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَأَخَّرْ وَلَا أَرَى التَّأَخُّرَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا لَكَ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ»

Mujāhid b. Mūsá > Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Yasār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

a man asked the Prophet "The command of ) Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in his saddle; if I tie him (to the saddle) I fear that he will die. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "don't you think that if your father owed a debt and you paid it off, that would be good enough?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then perform Hajj on behalf of your father. "

أَخْبَرَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ أَبِي أَدْرَكَهُ الْحَجُّ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَإِنْ شَدَدْتُهُ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ أَكَانَ مُجْزِئًا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ»

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yazīd > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās

I was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. A man came to him and said, "Indeed, my father is an elderly man and unable to perform Hajj. And when I mount him on a camel, he cannot stay on it. And if I tie him tightly on it, he cannot hold on. " The Prophet asked him, "Have you ever owed anyone?" The man replied, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Perform Hajj on behalf of your father." Abu Abdur-Rahman disagreed with him, saying it was narrated from Al-Fadl ibn Abbas.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ رَدِيفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي كَبِيرٌ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ وَإِنْ حَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَمْ يَثْبُتْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ شَدَدْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ آمَنْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «كُنْتَ قَاضِيًا دَيْنًا لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «حُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ فَقَالَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yazīd > Hishām > Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Yasār > al-Faḍl b. ʿAbbās

he was riding behind the Messenger of Allah and a man came and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My mother is an old woman and she cannot sit firmly in the saddle. If I tie her I fear that I may kill her." The Messenger of Allah said: "Don't you think that if your mother owed a debt you would pay it off?" He said: "Yes." Her said: "Then perform Hajj on behalf of your mother."(Shih)

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَدِيفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي عَجُوزٌ كَبِيرَةٌ إِنْ حَمَلْتُهَا لَمْ تَسْتَمْسِكْ وَإِنْ رَبَطْتُهَا خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُمِّكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحُجَّ عَنْ أُمِّكَ»

Muḥammad b. Hāshim al-Baʿlabakkī > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAbbās

He was riding behind the Messenger of Allah [SAW] on the morning of the Day of Sacrifice, when a woman from Khath'am came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the command of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, to His slaves to perform Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot ride unless he is tied crossways on a mount; can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "Yes, perform Hajj on his behalf, for if he owed a debt you would pay it off for him."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَعْلَبَكِّيُّ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ رَدِيفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَدَاةَ النَّحْرِ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ فَرِيضَةَ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ أَدْرَكَتْ أَبِي شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ إِلَّا مُعْتَرِضًا أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ حُجِّي عَنْهُ» قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قَضَيْتِيهِ