Sirat Ibn Hisham 1240
Jahjāh and Sinān, and what happened with b. Ubayy
تَوَلِّي قَوْمِ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ مُجَازَاتَهُ وَجَعَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إذَا أَحْدَثَ الْحَدَثَ كَانَ قَوْمُهُ هُمْ الَّذِينَ يُعَاتِبُونَهُ وَيَأْخُذُونَهُ وَيُعَنِّفُونَهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعُمَرِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، حِينَ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ: كَيْفَ تَرَى يَا عُمَرُ؛ أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَوْ قَتَلْتُهُ يَوْمَ قُلْتَ لِي اُقْتُلْهُ، لَأُرْعِدَتْ لَهُ آنُفٌ، لَوْ أَمَرْتهَا الْيَوْمَ بِقَتْلِهِ لَقَتَلْتُهُ؛ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: قَدْ وَاَللَّهِ عَلِمْتُ لَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً مِنْ أَمْرِي.
Translation
✧ Ibn Ubayy's people taking over his punishment. Thereafter, whenever he committed an offense, his people were the ones who reproached him, seized him, and rebuked him. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb when that about their conduct reached him: 'How do you see it, O ʿUmar? By God, had I killed him on the day you said to me, "Kill him," noses would have quivered for him; if I ordered them today to kill him, they would kill him.' He said: ʿUmar said: 'By God, I knew that the command of the Messenger of God ﷺ is greater in blessing than my command.'
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