Sirat Ibn Hisham 1651
Ibn ʿAwf and his counsel to ʿUmar regarding the pledge of allegiance to Abū Bakr
[ ابْنُ عَوْفٍ وَمَشُورَتُهُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بِشَأْنِ بَيْعَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ السَّقِيفَةِ حِينَ اجْتَمَعَتْ بِهَا الْأَنْصَارُ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِي، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ: وَكُنْتُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ بِمنَى أَنْتَظِرُهُ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فِي آخِرِ حِجَّةٍ حَجَّهَا عُمَرُ، قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ عُمَرَ، فَوَجَدَنِي فِي مَنْزِلِهِ بِمنَى أَنْتَظِرُهُ، وَكُنْتُ أُقْرِئُهُ الْقُرْآنَ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، فَقَالَ لِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ: لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَتَى أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، هَلْ لَكَ فِي فُلَانٍ يَقُولُ: وَاَللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ مَاتَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ لَقَدْ بَايَعْتُ فُلَانًا، وَاَللَّهِ مَا كَانَتْ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ إلَّا فَلْتَةٌ فَتَمَّتْ. قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: إنِّي إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَقَائِمٌ الْعَشِيَّةَ فِي النَّاسِ، فَمُحَذِّرُهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَغْصِبُوهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا تَفْعَلْ، فَإِنَّ الْمَوْسِمَ يَجْمَعُ رِعَاعَ النَّاسِ وَغَوْغَاءَهُمْ، وَإِنَّهُمْ هُمْ الَّذِينَ يَغْلِبُونَ عَلَى قُرْبِكَ، حِينَ تَقُومُ فِي النَّاسِ، وَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تَقُومَ فَتَقُولُ مَقَالَةً يَطِيرُ بِهَا أُولَئِكَ عَنْكَ كُلَّ مَطِيرٍ، وَلَا يَعُوهَا وَلَا يَضَعُوهَا عَلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا، فَأَمْهِلْ حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّهَا دَارُ السُّنَّةِ، وَتَخْلُصُ بِأَهْلِ الثِّقَةِ وَأَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ فَتَقُولُ مَا قُلْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مُتَمَكِّنًا، فَيَعِيَ أَهْلُ الْفِقْهِ مَقَالَتَكَ، وَيَضَعُوهَا عَلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ إنَّ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَأَقُومَنَّ بِذَلِكَ أَوَّلَ مَقَامٍ أَقُومُهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ
Translation
✧ [Ibn ʿAwf and his counsel to ʿUmar regarding the pledge of allegiance to Abū Bakr] Ibn Isḥāq said: And regarding the story of the Saqīfah when the Anṣār gathered there, ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Bakr related to me from Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd, from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās, who said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf informed me. [Ibn ʿAbbās] said: I was in his dwelling in Minā waiting for him, while he was with ʿUmar during the last pilgrimage ʿUmar performed. He said: Then ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf returned from ʿUmar and found me in his dwelling in Minā waiting for him, and I was teaching him the Qurʾān. Ibn ʿAbbās said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf said to me: “If only you had seen a man who came to the Commander of the Faithful and said: ‘O Commander of the Faithful, do you care about someone who says: By God, if ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb were to die, I would pledge allegiance to so-and-so. By God, the pledge of allegiance to Abū Bakr was only a sudden affair that was carried out.’” He said: Then ʿUmar became angry and said: “I, if God wills, will stand before the people this evening and warn them against these ones who want to seize their affair from them.” ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: So I said: “O Commander of the Faithful, do not do that, for the season gathers the riffraff and rabble of the people, and they are the ones who will dominate when you stand before the people. I fear that you will stand and say a statement that those people will carry away from you in every direction, not understanding it nor putting it in its proper place. So wait until you arrive in Madinah, for it is the abode of the Sunnah, and you will be alone with the trustworthy people and the nobles of the people. Then you will say what you said in Madinah with firmness, and the people of understanding will comprehend your statement and put it in its proper place.” He said: Then ʿUmar said: “By God, if God wills, I will certainly stand for that in the first address I give in Madinah.”
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