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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- Isḥāq
- Wakīʿ
- al-Mundhir b. Thaʿlabah
- 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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- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
مرسلا ورجاله رجال الصحيح غير المنذر بن ثعلبة وهو ثقة
in المطالب العالية, p. 2569 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
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in المطالب العالية, p. 2569
Other narrations of this report
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34357al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17973al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 4357
Narrators
- Successor (Caliph) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (khalīfat rasūl Allāh ﷺ)d. 13 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُخليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمفي حكم العنعنة
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 105 AH, or 115 AHابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 151 and 160 AHالْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَثقة .عن
- Trustworthy, a memorizer, devout (thiqah ḥāfiẓ ʿābid)d. 196 AH, or 197 AH, or 198 AHوَكِيعٌثقة حافظ عابدأخبرنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AHإِسْحَاقُثقة حافظ مجتهد
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