al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2538
✧ The minister and the minister's rejection of the ruler's command if he sees the interest in opposing it
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قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، قَالَ:
جَاءَ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ وَالْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ ؓ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالَا: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا أَرْضًا سَبِخَةً لَيْسَ فِيهَا كَلَأٌ وَلَا مَنْفَعَةٌ، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُقْطِعَنَاهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَأَقْطَعَهَا إِيَّاهُمَا وَكَتَبَ لَهُمَا عَلَيْهِ كِتَابًا، وَأَشْهَدَ فِيهِ عُمَرَ ؓ، وَلَيْسَ فِي الْقَوْمِ، فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ لِيُشْهِدَاهُ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ عُمَرُ ؓ مَا فِي الْكِتَابِ تَنَاوُلَهُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمَا، ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِيهِ فَمَحَاهُ، فَتَذَمَّرَا وَقَالَا لَهُ مَقَالَةً سَيِّئَةً. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَأَلَّفُ وَالْإِسْلَامُ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَلِيلٌ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī
- Ḥajjāj b. Dīnār
- Ibn Sīrīn
- ʿAbīdah
✧ ʿUyayna b. Ḥiṣn and al-Aqraʿ b. Ḥābis ؓ came to Abū Bakr ؓ and said: 'O successor of the Messenger of God, we have salty land with no pasture and no benefit. If you see fit to grant it to us?' He said: He granted it to them and wrote them a document, and he had ʿUmar ؓ witness it, though he was not among the people. They went to ʿUmar ؓ to have him witness it. When ʿUmar ؓ heard what was in the document, he took it from their hands, spat on it, and erased it. They became angry and spoke harshly to him. He said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ used to win hearts, but Islam then was small.'
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Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبصريح في السماع
- a senior Successor, mukhaḍram, jurist, firm (thabt)d. 62 AH, or 63 AH, or 72 AH, or 73 AH, said by al-Tirmidhī and Qaʿnab b. al-Muḥarrar, or 74 AH, also said 76 AH, Ibn Ḥajar said in al-Taqrīb: the correct view is that he died before 70 AH, Mughulṭāy said in al-Ikmāl: the most correct regarding his death is 74 AHعَبِيدَةَتابعي كبير ، مخضرم ، فقيه ثبتعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AHابْنِ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنىعن
- no harm in him (lā baʾs bih)حَجَّاجِ بْنِ دِينَارٍلا بأس بهعن
- no harm in him (lā baʾs bih)d. 195 AHعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّلا بأس بهحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
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