52. ✧ Amr b. al-As

1. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1062No grade recorded

   كَانَ فَزَعٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَذْهَبُونَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا، فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ مُحْتَبٍ بِحَمَائِلِ سَيْفِهِ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ - مِنْبَرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَقَعَدْتُ مَعَ سَالِمٍ، وَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَلَا كَانَ مَفْزَعُكُمْ إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، أَلَا فَعَلْتُمْ مَا فَعَلَ هَذَانِ الرَّجُلَانِ الْمُؤْمِنَانِ ؟

   ✧ There was a fright in Madinah, and the people began to go this way and that. I entered the mosque, and there was Salim, the freedman of Abu Hudhayfah, sitting with his sword straps wrapped around him near the minbar—the minbar of the Prophet ﷺ. He said: I sat with Salim, and the Prophet ﷺ came and ascended the minbar and said: 'O people, should not your place of refuge have been to God and His Messenger? Should you not have done what these two believing men did?'

2. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1063No grade recorded

   بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِ الْبَسْ عَلَيْكَ سِلَاحَكَ وَائْتِنِي، فَفَعَلْتُ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَخَفَّضَ فِيَّ الْبَصَرَ وَرَفَعَهُ، وَقَالَ لِي: " يَا عَمْرُو، إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَبْعَثَكَ وَجْهًا فَيُغْنِمُكَ اللهُ وَأَزْعَبُ لَكَ مِنَ الْمَالِ زَعْبَةً صَالِحَةً "، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ مَا لِلْمَالِ أَسْلَمْتُ ! فَقَالَ: " يَا عَمْرُو، نِعِمَّا بِالْمَالِ الصَّالِحِ لِلْمَرْءِ الصَّالِحِ

   ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent for me, saying: 'Put on your weapon and come to me.' I did so, and I entered upon him. He lowered his gaze at me and then raised it, and said to me: 'O 'Amr, I want to send you out on an expedition, and God will give you booty, and I will grant you a good share of wealth.' I said: 'O Messenger of God, by God, I did not become Muslim for the sake of wealth.' He said: 'O 'Amr, excellent is righteous wealth for a righteous man.'

3. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1064No grade recorded

   قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: " عَائِشَةُ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أَعْنِي مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، قَالَ: " فَأَبُوهَا

   ✧ 'Amr b. al-'As said: 'O Messenger of God, who is the most beloved of people to you?' He said: ''A'ishah.' He said: 'I mean among men.' He said: 'Her father.'

4. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1065No grade recorded

   شَهِدْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَأُتِيَ بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ - وَكَانَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى مِصْرَ - وَهُوَ مَكْتُوفٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو: أَمَعَكَ أَمَانٌ ؟ أَمَّنَكَ أَحَدٌ ؟ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَنَّ مَعَهُ أَمَانًا، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يُجِيرُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَدْنَاهُمْ، قَالَ: فَضُرِبَتْ عُنُقُهُ

   ✧ I witnessed 'Amr b. al-'As when Muhammad b. Abi Bakr was brought to him—he had been governor over Egypt—and he was bound. 'Amr said to him: 'Do you have a guarantee of safety? Has anyone given you protection?' He did not mention that he had any guarantee. 'Amr said: 'I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: The humblest of the Muslims may grant protection on behalf of the Muslims.' He said: Then his neck was struck.

5. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1066No grade recorded

   جَزِعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ جَزَعًا شَدِيدًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: مَا هَذَا الْجَزَعُ وَقَدْ " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَعْمِلُكَ وَيُدْنِيكَ ؟ "، قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، سَأُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: كَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، فَوَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَحُبًّا كَانَ ذَاكَ أَوْ تَأَلُّفًا كَانَ يَتَأَلَّفُنِي، وَلَكِنْ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّهُمَا: ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ، وَابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ

   ✧ 'Amr b. al-'As grieved intensely at the time of death. His son 'Abd Allah said to him: 'Why this grief, when the Messenger of God ﷺ used to appoint you and keep you close?' He said: 'O my son, I will tell you about that. He used to do that, and by God, I do not know whether it was out of love or a conciliation he was using toward me. But I testify concerning two men that he departed this world loving them: the son of Umm 'Abd and the son of Sumayyah.'

6. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1067No grade recorded

   أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ عَلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ سَأَلَ الْمَوْلَى عَمْرًا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا - أَوْ نَهَى - أَنْ نَدْخُلَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ

   ✧ He sent him to 'Ali to seek permission on behalf of Asma' bt. 'Umays, and he granted him permission. When he had finished his errand, the freedman asked 'Amr about that. He said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade us—or he forbade—entering upon women without the permission of their husbands.'