Musnad Ahmad 18906
✧ Abdullah bin Zuma'a
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حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَمْعَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ، قَالَ
لَمَّا اسْتُعِزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، قَالَ: دَعَا بِلَالٌ لِلصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: مُرُوا مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ فِي النَّاسِ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ غَائِبًا، فَقَالَ: قُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ، فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ عُمَرُ سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَوْتَهُ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ رَجُلًا مُجْهِرًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَأَيْنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ يَأْبَى اللهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ، يَأْبَى اللهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ، قَالَ: فَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَجَاءَ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَلَّى عُمَرُ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَ: وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ: قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ: وَيْحَكَ، مَاذَا صَنَعْتَ بِي يَا ابْنَ زَمْعَةَ ؟ وَاللهِ مَا ظَنَنْتُ حِينَ أَمَرْتَنِي إِلَّا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَكَ بِذَلِكَ، وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَكِنْ حِينَ لَمْ أَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَأَيْتُكَ أَحَقَّ مَنْ حَضَرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ
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Chain of narrators
- Yaʿqūb
- my father
- Ibn Isḥāq
- Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī
- ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām
- his father
- ʿAbdullāh b. Zamʿah b. al-Aswad b. al-Muṭṭalib b. Asad
✧ When the illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became severe, and I was with him among a group of Muslims, he said: "Bilal called for prayer, and he said: 'Tell someone to lead the people in prayer.'" He said: "I went out and found Umar among the people, and Abu Bakr was absent." He said: "Rise, O Umar, and lead the people in prayer." He said: "So he stood up. When Umar said the takbir, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard his voice — Umar was a man with a loud voice." He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Where is Abu Bakr? Allah and the Muslims refuse that. Allah and the Muslims refuse that.'" He said: "So he sent for Abu Bakr, and he came after Umar had prayed that prayer, and he led the people in prayer." He said: "Abdullah b. Zama'a said: Umar said to me: 'Woe to you! What have you done to me, O son of Zama'a? By Allah, when you ordered me, I thought only that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had ordered you to do that. Were it not for that, I would not have led the people in prayer.'" He said: "I said: 'By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not order me. But when I did not see Abu Bakr, I considered you the most deserving of those present to lead the prayer.'"
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