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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2569

✧ The ruler appointing a governor who is knowledgeable in war over one who is better than him

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، قَالَ:

قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ لَمَّا مَنَعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ ؓ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُوقِدُوا نَارًا: أَمَا تَرَى مَا يَصْنَعُ هَذَا بِالنَّاسِ يَمْنَعُ مَنَافِعَهُمْ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: دَعْهُ فَإِنَّمَا وَلَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا لِعِلْمِهِ بِالْحَرْبِ

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Chain of narrators
  1. Isḥāq
  2. Wakīʿ
  3. al-Mundhir b. Thaʿlabah
  4. Ibn Buraydah

✧ Umar ؓ said to Abu Bakr ؓ when 'Amr b. al-'As ؓ prevented people from lighting a fire: "Do you not see what this man is doing to the people? He prevents them from their benefits." Abu Bakr ؓ said: "Leave him, for the Messenger of God ﷺ appointed him over us because of his knowledge of war."

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