Sirat Ibn Hisham 1644
Abū Bakr’s leading the people in prayer
[ صَلَاةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِالنَّاسِ ] قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَحَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: لَمَّا اُسْتُعِزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، إنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ، ضَعِيفُ الصَّوْتِ، كَثِيرُ الْبُكَاءِ إذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ. قَالَ: مُرُوهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَتْ: فَعُدْتُ بِمِثْلِ قَوْلِي، فَقَالَ: إنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ، فَمُرُوهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ، قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ إلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يُصْرَفَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يُحِبُّونَ رَجُلًا قَامَ مَقَامَهُ أَبَدًا، وَأَنَّ النَّاسَ سَيَتَشَاءَمُونَ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ حَدَثٍ كَانَ، فَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يُصْرَفَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَمَعَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا اُسْتُعِزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، قَالَ: دَعَاهُ بَلَالٌ إلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: مُرُوا مَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ فِي النَّاسِ. وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ غَائِبًا؛ فَقُلْتُ: قُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ قَالَ: فَقَامَ، فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ، سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَوْتَهُ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ رَجُلًا مِجْهَرًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَأَيْنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ يَأْبَى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ، يَأْبَى اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ. قَالَ: فَبُعِثَ إلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَجَاءَ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَلَّى عُمَرُ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ: قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَمَعَةَ: قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ: وَيْحَكَ، مَاذَا صَنَعْتُ بِي يَا بْنَ زَمَعَةَ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا ظَنَنْتُ حِينَ أَمَرْتنِي إلَّا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَكَ بِذَلِكَ، وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ بِالنَّاسِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنِّي حِينَ لَمْ أَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَأَيْتُكَ أَحَقَّ مَنْ حَضَرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ بِالنَّاسِ
Translation
✧ [Abū Bakr's leading the people in prayer] Al-Zuhrī said: And Ḥamzah b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar related to me that ʿĀʾishah said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became gravely ill, he said: "Command Abū Bakr to lead the people in prayer." She said: I said: "O Prophet of Allah, Abū Bakr is a tender-hearted man, weak of voice, and weeps much when he recites the Qurʾān." He said: "Command him to lead the people in prayer." She said: I repeated the like of my words, and he said: "You are indeed the companions of Joseph; so command him to lead the people in prayer." She said: By Allah, I did not say that except because I wished that it be turned away from Abū Bakr, and I knew that the people would never love a man who stood in his place, and that the people would regard him as an ill omen in every event that occurred; so I wished that it be turned away from Abū Bakr. Ibn Isḥāq said: And Ibn Shihāb said: ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abī Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām related to me, from his father, from ʿAbd Allāh b. Zamaʿah b. al-Aswad b. al-Muṭṭalib b. Asad, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became gravely ill, and I was with him among a group of the Muslims, he said: Bilāl called him to prayer, and he said: "Command someone to lead the people in prayer." He said: So I went out and found ʿUmar among the people, while Abū Bakr was absent; so I said: "Rise, O ʿUmar, and lead the people in prayer." He said: So he rose, and when he said the takbīr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard his voice, for ʿUmar was a man with a loud voice. He said: So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Where is Abū Bakr? Allah and the Muslims refuse that; Allah and the Muslims refuse that." He said: So someone was sent to Abū Bakr, and he came after ʿUmar had prayed that prayer, and then he led the people in prayer. He said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Zamaʿah said: ʿUmar said to me: "Woe to you, what have you done to me, O Ibn Zamaʿah? By Allah, when you ordered me, I thought only that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had ordered you to do that; and had it not been 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 to do that; but when I did not see Abū Bakr, I considered you the most entitled of those present to lead the people in prayer."
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording.