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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2528

✧ Disapproval of a judge passing judgment while angry

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، ثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ، خَطَبَ فَقَالَ: أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا أَنَا بِخَيْرِكُمْ، لَقَدْ كُنْتُ لِمَقَامِي هَذَا كَارِهًا، وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ مَنْ يَكْفِينِي، أَفَتَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي أَعْمَلُ فِيكُمْ بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، إِذًا لَا أَقُومُ بِهَا، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُعْصَمُ بِالْوَحْيِ، وَكَانَ مَعَهُ مَلَكٌ، وَإِنَّ لِي شَيْطَانًا يَعْتَرِينِي، فَإِذَا غَضِبْتُ فَاجْتَنِبُونِي أَنْ لَا أُؤْثِرَ فِي أَشْعَارِكُمْ وَأَبْشَارِكُمْ، أَلَا فَرَاعُونِي فَإِنِ اسْتَقَمْتُ فَأَعِينُونِي، وَإِنْ زِغْتُ فَقَوِّمُونِي قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: خُطْبَةٌ وَاللهِ مَا خُطِبَ بِهَا بَعْدَهُ.

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Chain of narrators
  1. Isḥāq
  2. ʿAbd al-Razzāq
  3. Maʿmar
  4. a man
  5. al-Ḥasan

✧ Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq ؓ gave a sermon and said: 'By God, I am not the best of you. I was averse to this position of mine, and I wished there were among you someone who could suffice me. Do you think that I would act among you according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of God ﷺ? If so, I would not be able to establish it. The Messenger of God ﷺ was protected by revelation, and an angel was with him. But I have a devil that comes upon me. So when I become angry, avoid me, lest I affect your hair and your skin. Indeed, tend to me: if I am upright, help me; if I deviate, correct me.' Al-Ḥasan said: 'A sermon, by God, none after him gave the like of it.'

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