Musnad Ahmad 3355
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حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَرْقَمَ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
لَمَّا مَرِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَضَهُ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ، كَانَ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ: ادْعُوا لِي عَلِيًّا، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: نَدْعُو لَكَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؟ قَالَ: ادْعُوهُ، قَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَدْعُو لَكَ عُمَرَ ؟ قَالَ: ادْعُوهُ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَدْعُو لَكَ الْعَبَّاسَ ؟ قَالَ: ادْعُوهُ. فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمْ يَرَ عَلِيًّا، فَسَكَتَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: قُومُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَجَاءَ بِلَالٌ يُؤْذِنُهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ حَصِرٌ، وَمَتَى مَا لَا يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ يَبْكُونَ، فَلَوْ أَمَرْتَ عُمَرَ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ. فَخَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ، وَوَجَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ خِفَّةً، فَخَرَجَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ، وَرِجْلَاهُ تَخُطَّانِ فِي الْأَرْضِ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّاسُ سَبَّحُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَذَهَبَ يَتَأَخَّرُ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ: أَيْ مَكَانَكَ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى جَلَسَ. قَالَ: وَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَأْتَمُّ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَالنَّاسُ يَأْتَمُّونَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَلَغَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَمَاتَ فِي مَرَضِهِ ذَاكَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Wakīʿ
- Isrāʾīl
- Abū Isḥāq
- Arqam b. Shuraḥbīl
- Ibn ʿAbbās
“When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill with what would be his final illness, he was in the house of ‘Aishah. He said: ‘Call ‘Ali for me.’ ‘Aishah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should we call Abu Bakr for you?’ He said: ‘Call him.’ Hafsah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should we call ‘Umar for you?’ He said: ‘Call him.’ Ummul-Fadl said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should we call Al-‘Abbas for you?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ When they had gathered, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lifted his head, looked and fell silent. ‘Umar said: ‘Get up and leave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ Then Bilal came to tell him that the time for prayer had come, and he said: ‘Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.’ ‘Aishah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is a soft and tender-hearted man, and if he does not see you, he will weep and the people will weep with him. If you tell ‘Umar to lead the people in prayer (that would be better).’ Abu Bakr went out and led the people in prayer, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ felt a little better, so he came out, supported by two men, with his feet making lines along the ground. When the people saw him, they said: ‘Subhan-Allah,’ to alert Abu Bakr. He wanted to step back, but the Prophet ﷺ gestured him to stay where he was. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and sat on his right. Abu Bakr stood up and he was following the lead of the Prophet ﷺ, and the people were following the lead of Abu Bakr. Ibn ‘Abbas said; ‘And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ started to recite from where Abu Bakr had reached.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1235)
Notes
وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ مَرَّةً فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَأْتَمُّ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ يَأْتَمُّونَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ
machine translationWakīʿ said on one occasion: "Abū Bakr would follow the Prophet ﷺ in prayer, and the people would follow Abū Bakr."
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- Ibn Mājah
صححه
machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu).
in مسند أحمد, p. 3399 - Ibn al-Qaṭṭān
رواية مرسلة فإنها ليست من رواية ابن عباس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وإنما رواها ابن عباس عن أبيه العباس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
machine translationA mursal narration, for it is not from the narration of Ibn ʿAbbās from the Prophet ﷺ; rather, Ibn ʿAbbās narrated it from his father al-ʿAbbās, from the Prophet ﷺ.
in مسند أحمد, p. 3399
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. during the days of the quake (al-rajfah)أَرْقَمَ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah); he was criticized without any valid proofd. Abū Nuʿaym said, and Qaʿnab b. al-Muḥarrar: 160 AH. Hārūn b. Ḥātim said, from Dubays: 161 AH. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said, and Muḥammad b. Saʿd: 162 AH, Mughulṭāy said: 164 AHإِسْرَائِيلُثقة ، تُكلم فيه بلا حجةحدثنا
- Trustworthy, a memorizer, devout (thiqah ḥāfiẓ ʿābid)d. 196 AH, or 197 AH, or 198 AHوَكِيعٌثقة حافظ عابدحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
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