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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2594

✧ The ruler's covenant to his governors on how they should deal with the people of Islam and disbelief

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قَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْمُحَبَّرِ، ثَنَا أَبِي الْمُحَبَّرُ بْنُ قَحْذَمٍ، عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَاهِلِيِّ، عَنْ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ الْجَارُودِ، عَنِ الْجَارُودِ أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ هَذِهِ النُّسْخَةَ [مِنْ نُسْخَةِ] عَهْدِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، حِينَ بَعَثَهُ عَلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا كِتَابٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ الْقُرَشِيِّ الْهَاشِمِيِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ، وَنَبِيِّهِ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ كَافَّةً؛ لِلْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، عَهْدًا عَهِدَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ، اتَّقُوا اللهَ أَيُّهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ بَعَثْتُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ وَأَمَّرْتُهُ؛ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ اللهَ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنْ يُلِينَ لَكُمُ الْجَنَاحَ، وَيُحْسِنَ فِيكُمُ السِّيرَةَ بِالْحَقِّ، وَيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَنْ لَقِيَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ مِنَ الْعَدْلِ، وَأَمَرْتُكُمْ بِطَاعَتِهِ إِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَقَسَمَ فَقَسَطَ، وَاسْتُرْحِمَ فَرَحِمَ، فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا، وَأَحْسِنُوا مُؤَازَرَتَهُ وَمُعَاوَنَتَهُ، فَإِنَّ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ طَاعَةً وَحَقًّا عَظِيمًا، لَا تَقْدُرُونَ كُلَّ قَدْرِهِ، وَلَا يَبْلُغُ الْقَوْلُ كُنْهَ [حَقِّ] عَظَمَةِ اللهِ، وَحَقِّ رَسُولِهِ، كَمَا أَنَّ لِلهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً، وَعَلَيْكُمْ خَاصَّةً حَقًّا وَاجِبًا، فَطَاعَتُهُ وَالْوَفَاءُ بِعَهْدِهِ [وَرَضِيَ اللهُ عَمَّنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِالطَّاعَةِ، وَعَظَّمَ حَقَّ أَهْلِهَا وَحَقَّ وُلَاتِهَا] كَذَلِكَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى وُلَاتِهِمْ حَقًّا [وَاجِبًا وَطَاعَةً، فَرَضَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَمَّنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِالطَّاعَةِ، وَعَظَّمَ حَقَّ أَهْلِهَا وَحَقَّ وُلَاتِهَا]، فَإِنَّ فِي الطَّاعَةِ دَرْكًا لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ يُبْتَغَى، وَنَجَاةً مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ يُتَّقَى، وَأَنَا أُشْهِدُ اللهَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلَّيْتُهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ أُمُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَلِيلًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا فَلَمْ يَعْدِلْ فِيهِمْ أَنْ لَا طَاعَةَ لَهُ، وَهُوَ خَلِيعٌ مِمَّا وَلَّيْتُهُ، وَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ ذِمَّةُ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَيْمَانُهُمْ وَعَهْدُهُمْ [وَذِمَّتُهُمْ]، وَلْيَسْتَخِيرُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ لِيَسْتَعْمِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَفْضَلَهُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ، أَلَا وَإِنْ أَصَابَتِ الْعَلَاءَ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ، فَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ سَيْفُ اللهِ فِيهِمْ خَلَفٌ لِلْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا عَرَفْتُمْ أَنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ، حَتَّى يُخَالِفَ الْحَقَّ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ، فَسِيرُوا عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللهِ وَعَوْنِهِ وَنَصْرِهِ وَعَافِيَتِهِ وَرُشْدِهِ وَتَوْفِيقِهِ، فَمَنْ لَقِيتُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَادْعُوهُمْ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ الْمُنَزَّلِ وَسُنَنِهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ وَإِحْلَالِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَهُمْ فِي كِتَابِهِ، وَتَحْرِيمِ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي كِتَابِهِ، وَأَنْ يَخْلَعُوا الْأَنْدَادَ وَيَبْرَأُوا مِنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكُفْرِ، وَيَكْفُرُوا بِعِبَادَةِ الطَّاغُوتِ وَاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى، وَأَنْ يَتْرُكُوا [عِبَادَةَ] عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، وَعُزَيْرِ بْنِ حَرْوَةَ.، وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ [وَالنِّيرَانِ] وَكُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُتَّخَذُ ضِدًّا مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَأَنْ يَتَوَلَّوُا اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَأَنْ يَتَبَرَّأُوا مِمَّا بَرِئَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ وَأَقَرُّوا بِهِ وَدَخَلُوا فِي الْوِلَايَةِ، فَبَيِّنُوا لَهُمْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّهُ كِتَابُ اللهِ الْمُنَزَّلُ مَعَ الرُّوحِ الْأَمِينِ عَلَى صَفْوَتِهِ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ [عَبْدِ اللهِ] وَرَسُولِهِ وَنَبِيِّهِ [وَحَبِيبِهِ]، أَرْسَلَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ [عَامَّةً] الْأَبْيَضِ [مِنْهُمْ] وَالْأَسْوَدِ، الْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ، كِتَابُ اللهِ فِيهِ نَبَأُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، وَمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكُمْ، لِيَكُونَ حَاجِزًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، يَحْجِزُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ بَعْضَهُمْ عَنْ بَعْضٍ، [وَفِيهِ] إِعْرَاضُ بَعْضِهِمْ عَنْ بَعْضٍ، وَهُوَ كِتَابُ اللهِ مُهَيْمِنًا عَلَى الْكُتُبِ، مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالزَّبُورِ، يُخْبِرُكُمْ فِيهِ اللهُ بِمَا كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِمَّا فَاتَكُمْ دَرْكُهُ فِي آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ، الَّذِينَ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُ اللهِ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُهُ، كَيْفَ كَانَ جَوَابُهُمْ وَبِمَا أَرْسَلَهُمْ، وَكَيْفَ كَانَ تَصْدِيقُهُمْ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَوْ تَكْذِيبُهُمْ بِهِمَا، وَأَخْبَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ بِشَأْنِهِمْ وَعَمَلِهِمْ، وَعَمَلِ مَنْ هَلَكَ مِنْهُمْ بِدِينِهِ، لِتَجْتَنِبُوا ذَلِكَ، وَأَنْ لَا تَعْمَلُوا مِثْلَهُ، لِئَلَّا يَحِقَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ عِقَابِهِ وَسُخْطِهِ وَنِقْمَتِهِ مِثْلُ الَّذِي حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سُوءِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ، [لِتَهَاوُنِهِمْ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَأَخْبَرَكُمْ فِي كِتَابِهِ بِأَعْمَالِ مَنْ مَضَى مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوا بِمِثْلِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ] بَيَّنَ لَكُمْ فِي كِتَابِهِ هَذَا شَأْنَ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ، رَحْمَةً مِنْهُ بِكُمْ، وَشَفَقَةً مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَهُوَ هُدًى مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ، وَتِبْيَانٌ مِنَ الْعَمَى، وَإِقَالَةٌ مِنَ الْعَثْرَةِ، وَنَجَاةٌ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ، وَنُورٌ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ، وَشِفَاءٌ عِنْدَ الْأَحْدَاثِ، وَعِصْمَةٌ مِنَ التَّهْلُكَةِ، وَرُشْدٌ مِنَ الْغِوَايَةِ، وَبَيَانٌ مِنَ اللَّبْسِ، وَفَيْصَلُ مَا بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، فِيهِ كَمَالُ دِينِكُمْ، فَإِذَا عَرَضْتُمْ هَذَا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَقَرُّوا لَكُمْ بِهِ فَاسْتَكْمِلُوا الْوِلَايَةَ، فَاعْرِضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَهُوَ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ، وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ، وَحَجُّ الْبَيْتِ، وَصِيَامُ رَمَضَانَ، وَالْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ، وَالطُّهُورُ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الْمُسْلِمَةِ، وَحُسْنُ الصُّحْبَةِ [حَتَّى] لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ الْمُشْرِكَيْنِ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَسْلَمُوا، فَادْعُوهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَانْصِبُوا لَهُمْ شَرَائِعَهُ وَمَعَالِمَهُ، وَالْإِيمَانُ بِشَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ [وَرَسُولُهُ]، وَأَنَّ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ الْحَقُّ، وَأَنَّ مَا سِوَاهُ الْبَاطِلُ، وَالْإِيمَانُ بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ، وَالْإِيمَانُ بِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَمَا خَلْفَهُ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالزَّبُورِ [وَالْبَعْثِ وَالنُّشُورِ وَالْحِسَابِ] وَالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ وَالْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ وَالْإِيمَانُ بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَافَّةً، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ وَأَقَرُّوا بِهِ فَهُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ مُؤْمِنُونَ، ثُمَّ دُلُّوهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْإِحْسَانِ، وَعَلِّمُوهُمْ [أَنَّ] الْإِحْسَانَ أَنْ يُحْسِنُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي أَدَاءِ الْأَمَانَةِ، وَعَهْدِهِ الَّذِي عَهِدَهُ إِلَى رُسُلِهِ، وَعَهْدِ رُسُلِهِ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ وَأَئِمَّةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَالتَّسْلِيمِ وَسَلَامَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ غَائِلَةِ لِسَانٍ أَوْ يَدٍ، وَأَنْ يَبْتَغِيَ لِبَقِيَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَمَا يَبْتَغِي لِنَفْسِهِ، وَالتَّصْدِيقِ لِمَوَاعِيدِ الرَّبِّ وَلِقَائِهِ وَمُعَايَنَتِهِ وَالْوَدَاعِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا فِي كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ، وَالْمُحَاسَبَةِ لِلنَّفْسِ عِنْدَ اسْتِيفَاءِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ، وَتَزَوُّدٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَالتَّعَاهُدِ لِمَا فَرَضَ اللهُ تَأْدِيَتَهُ إِلَيْهِ فِي السِّرِّ وَالْعَلَانِيَةِ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَهُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ مُؤْمِنُونَ مُحْسِنُونَ، ثُمَّ انْعَتُوا لَهُمُ الْكَبَائِرَ، وَدُلُّوهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَخَوِّفُوهُمْ مِنَ الْهَلَكَةِ فِي الْكَبَائِرِ، فَإِنَّ الْكَبَائِرَ هِيَ الْمُوبِقَاتُ، وَأُولَاهُنَّ: الشِّرْكُ بِاللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ لا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَالسِّحْرُ، وَمَا لِلسَّاحِرِ مِنْ خَلاقٍ، وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ لَعَنَهُمُ اللهُ، وَالْفِرَارُ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ، فَقَدْ بَاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللهِ، وَالْغُلُولُ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُمْ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الْمُؤْمِنَةِ فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ، وَقَذْفُ الْمُحْصَنَةِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا، وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ. فَإِذَا انْتَهَوْا عَنِ الْكَبَائِرِ فَهُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ مُؤْمِنُونَ مُحْسِنُونَ مُتَّقُونَ، فَادْعُوهُمْ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْعِبَادَةِ، وَالْعِبَادَةُ: الصِّيَامُ، وَالْقِيَامُ، وَالْخُشُوعُ، [وَالْخُضُوعُ]، وَالرُّكُوعُ، وَالسُّجُودُ، وَالْإِنَابَةُ، وَالْيَقِينُ، وَالْإِخْبَاتُ، وَالتَّهْلِيلُ، وَالتَّسْبِيحُ، وَالتَّحْمِيدُ، وَالتَّكْبِيرُ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بَعْدَ الزَّكَاةِ، وَالتَّوَاضُعُ، وَالسُّكُونُ، وَالْمُوَاسَاةُ، وَالدُّعَاءُ، وَالتَّضَرُّعُ، وَالْإِقْرَارُ بِالْمُلْكِ وَالْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَالِاسْتِقْلَالُ بِمَا كَثُرَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَهُمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ مُسْلِمُونَ مُحْسِنُونَ مُتَّقُونَ عَابِدُونَ، وَقَدِ اسْتَكْمَلُوا الْعِبَادَةَ فَادْعُوهُمْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْجِهَادِ وَبَيِّنُوهُ لَهُمْ، وَرَغِّبُوهُمْ فِيمَا رَغَّبَهُمُ اللهُ فِيهِ مِنْ فَضِيلَةِ الْجِهَادِ وَثَوَابِهِ عِنْدَ اللهِ، فَإِنِ انْتُدِبُوا فَبَايِعُوهُمْ وَادْعُوهُمْ حَتَّى تُبَايِعُوهُمْ إِلَى سُنَّةِ اللهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ، عَلَيْكُمْ عَهْدُ اللهِ وَذِمَّتُهُ سَبْعُ كَفَالَاتٍ، يَعْنِي: اللهُ كَفِيلٌ عَلَى الْوَفَاءِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ - لَا تَنْكُثُونَ أَيْدِيَكُمْ مِنْ بَيْعَةٍ وَلَا تَنْقُضُونَ أَمْرَ وَالٍ مِنْ وُلَاةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَإِذَا أَقَرُّوا بِهَذَا فَبَايِعُوهُمْ، وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللهَ لَهُمْ، فَإِذَا خَرَجُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ غَضَبًا لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَنَصْرًا لِدِينِهِ، فَمَنْ لَقُوا مِنَ النَّاسِ فَلْيَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى مَا دُعُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ بِإِجَابَتِهِ ثُمَّ إِسْلَامِهِ وَإِيمَانِهِ وَإِحْسَانِهِ وَتَقْوَاهُ وَعِبَادَتِهِ وَجِهَادِهِ، فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ فَهُوَ الْمُسْتَحَثُّ الْمُسْتَكْثِرُ [الْمُسْلِمُ] الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُحْسِنُ الْمُتَّقِي الْعَابِدُ الْمُجَاهِدُ، لَهُ مَا لَكُمْ وَعَلَيْهِ مَا عَلَيْكُمْ، وَمَنْ أَبَى هَذَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى يَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللهِ وَإِلَى دِينِهِ، وَمَنْ عَاهَدْتُمْ وَأَعْطَيْتُمُوهُ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ فَفُوا لَهُ بِهَا، وَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَأَعْطَاكُمُ الرِّضَا فَهُوَ مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ، وَمَنْ قَاتَلَكُمْ عَلَى هَذَا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا سَمَّعْتُمُوهُ لَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ، وَمَنْ صَالَ بِكُمْ فَحَارِبُوهُ، وَمَنْ كَايَدَكُمْ فَكَايِدُوهُ، وَمَنْ جَمَعَ لَكُمْ فَاجْمَعُوا لَهُ، وَمَنْ غَالَكُمْ فَغِيلُوهُ، أَوْ خَادَعَكُمْ فَاخْدَعُوهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَعْتَدُوا أَوْ مَاكَرَكُمْ فَامْكُرُوا بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَعْتَدُوا سِرًّا أَوْ عَلَانِيَةً، فَإِنَّهُ مَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللهَ مَعَكُمْ يَرَاكُمْ وَيَرَى أَعْمَالَكُمْ، وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَهُ كُلَّهُ، فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَكُونُوا عَلَى حَذَرٍ، فَإِنَّمَا هَذِهِ أَمَانَةٌ أَمَّنَنِي رَبِّي عَلَيْهَا، أُبَلِّغُهَا عِبَادَهُ، عُذْرًا مِنْهُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَحُجَّةً مِنْهُ، أَحْتَجُّ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ بَلَغَهُ هَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ جَمِيعًا فَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِمَا فِيهِ نَجَا، وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ بِمَا فِيهِ اهْتَدَى، وَمَنْ خَاصَمَ بِهِ أَفْلَحَ، وَمَنْ قَاتَلَ بِهِ نُصِرَ، وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ ضَلَّ حَتَّى يُرَاجِعَهُ، فَتَعَلَّمُوا مَا فِيهِ، وَأَسْمِعُوا آذَانَكُمْ، وَأَوْعُوهُ أَجْوَافَكُمْ، وَاسْتَحْفِظُوهُ قُلُوبَكُمْ ; فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ الْأَبْصَارِ، وَرَبِيعُ الْقُلُوبِ وَشِفَاءٌ لِمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ، وَكَفَى بِهَذَا أَمْرًا وَمُعْتَبَرًا، وَزَاجِرًا وَعِظَةً وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللهِ [وَرَسُولِهِ]، فَهَذَا هُوَ الْخَيْرُ الَّذِي لَا شَرَّ فِيهِ، كِتَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَنَبِيِّهِ لِلْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ حِينَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَدْعُو إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ إِلَى مَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَلَالٍ، وَيَنْهَى عَمَّا فِيهِ مِنْ حَرَامٍ، وَيَدُلَّ عَلَى مَا فِيهِ مِنْ رُشْدٍ، وَيَنْهَى عَمَّا فِيهِ مِنْ غَيٍّ، كِتَابٌ ائْتَمَنَ عَلَيْهِ نَبِيُّ اللهِ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ وَخَلِيفَتَهُ سَيْفَ اللهِ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ، وَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ بِمَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ [وَ] إِلَى مَنْ مَعَهُمَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ عُذْرًا فِي إِضَاعَةِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ، لَا الْوُلَاةِ وَلَا الْمُتَوَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ، فَمَنْ بَلَغَهُ هَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ جَمِيعًا فَلَا عُذْرَ لَهُ وَلَا حُجَّةَ، وَلَا يُعْذَرُ بِجَهَالَةِ شَيْءٍ مِمَّا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ، كُتِبَ هَذَا الْكِتَابُ لِثَلَاثٍ مِنْ ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ، لِأَرْبَعِ سِنِينَ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ مُهَاجَرِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ إِلَّا شَهْرَيْنِ، شَهِدَ الْكِتَابَ يَوْمَ كَتَبَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ يُمِلُّهُ عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ [ ابْنُ عَفَّانَ ] ؓ، رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ [جَالِسٌ]، الْمُخْتَارُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ، وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّ، وَحُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ الْعَبْسِيُّ، وَقُصَيُّ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ، وَشَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَسَّانِيُّ، وَالْمُسْتَنِيرُ ابْنُ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، وَعَوَانَةُ بْنُ شَمَّاخٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، وَالنُّقَبَاءُ، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ حَتَّى دَفَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ وَسَيْفِ اللهِ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ. سقط من طبعة دار العاصمة، والمثبت من زوائد الحارث، وإتحاف البوصيري

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. al-Ḥārith
  2. Dāwud b. al-Muḥabbar
  3. Abū al-Muḥabbar b. Qaḥdham
  4. al-Miswar b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bāhilī
  5. Baʿḍ And Lad al-a neighborūd
  6. al-a neighborūd
  7. Akhadh Hadhih al-Nuskhah Min Nuskhah ʿAhd al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī al--Adhī Katabah Lah al-Nabī ﷺ Ḥīn Baʿathah
  8. al-Baḥrayn

✧ In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. This is a letter from Muhammad b. Abdullah, the unlettered Prophet, the Qurashi, the Hashimi, the Messenger of God and His Prophet to all His creation: to al-Ala b. al-Hadrami and those Muslims with him—a covenant he covenanted to you. Fear God, O Muslims, as much as you are able, for I have sent over you al-Ala b. al-Hadrami and appointed him as commander, to fear God alone with no partner, to be gentle to you, and to conduct himself among you with truth, and to judge between you and those he meets of the people according to what God, Mighty and Majestic, sent down in His Book of justice. I command you to obey him as long as he does that and distributes equitably, and is merciful when mercy is sought. So listen to him and obey, and support and assist him well. For I have over you a right of obedience, a great right; you cannot estimate its full measure, and words cannot reach the true essence of the greatness of God and the right of His Messenger. Just as God and His Messenger have over all people in general, and over you in particular, an obligatory right, so obedience to him and fulfillment of his covenant [and may God be pleased with whoever holds fast to obedience and magnifies the right of its people and the right of its governors]. Likewise, Muslims have over their governors an obligatory right and obedience, which God Almighty has ordained for whoever holds fast to obedience and magnifies the right of its people and the right of its governors. For in obedience is the attainment of every good sought and deliverance from every evil feared. I call God to witness regarding anyone I appoint over any affair of the Muslims, small or great, who does not act justly among them, that he has no obedience, and he is dismissed from what I appointed him to, and the protection of the Muslims with him is absolved, along with their oaths and their covenant [and their protection]. Then let them ask God Almighty for guidance, and then let them appoint over themselves the best of them in their own view. Behold, if any calamity befalls al-Ala, then Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ, the Sword of God, is his successor among them for al-Ala b. al-Hadrami. So listen to him and obey as long as you know he is upon the truth, until he opposes the truth for something else. Proceed with the blessing of God and His help, victory, well-being, guidance, and success. Whomever you meet among people, call them to the Book of God sent down and the practices of His Messenger ﷺ, and to making lawful what God made lawful for them in His Book, and forbidding what God forbade them in His Book, and to casting off rivals and renouncing polytheism and disbelief, and to disbelieving in the worship of the tyrant and al-Lat and al-Uzza, and to abandoning worship of Jesus son of Mary, and Ezra son of Harwa, and the angels and the sun and the moon [and the fires], and everything taken as a rival besides God Almighty, and to taking God and His Messenger as guardians, and to renouncing what God and His Messenger renounced. When they do that and affirm it and enter into allegiance, then explain to them what is in the Book of God to which you call them. For it is the Book of God sent down with the Trustworthy Spirit upon His chosen one among the worlds, Muhammad b. Abdullah, His servant, Messenger, and Prophet [and beloved]. He sent him as a mercy to the worlds [in general], white and black among them, humans and jinn. The Book of God contains the news of everything that was before you and what will be after you, so that it may be a barrier between people by which God Almighty separates some of them from others, and in it is the turning away of some of them from others. It is the Book of God, dominant over the books, confirming what is in them of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms. In it God informs you of what was before you that you missed in your first ancestors, to whom the messengers and prophets of God came, how their response was and with what He sent them, and how their affirmation of the signs of God Almighty or their denial of them was. And God Almighty informed in His Book of their affairs and their deeds, and the deeds of those of them who perished in their religion, so that you may avoid that and not do the like, lest there befall you from the Book of God Almighty of His punishment, wrath, and vengeance the like of what befell them because of their evil deeds and their contempt for God's command. And He informed you in His Book of the deeds of those who passed before you so that you may do the like of their deeds. He made clear to you in this Book of His all of that matter, as a mercy from Him to you and compassion from your Lord upon you. It is guidance from error, clarification from blindness, recovery from stumbling, deliverance from trial, light from darkness, healing at events, protection from destruction, right direction from misguidance, clarity from confusion, and the decisive criterion between this world and the Hereafter. In it is the perfection of your religion. When you present this to them and they affirm it to you, then complete the allegiance. Then present to them Islam, which is the five prayers, giving the zakat, pilgrimage to the House, fasting Ramadan, the major ablution from janabah, purification before prayer, dutifulness to parents, maintaining ties with Muslim kin, and good companionship [even] toward polytheist parents. If they do that, they have become Muslims. Then call them thereafter to faith and establish for them its laws and landmarks. Faith is the testimony that there is no god but God alone with no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant [and Messenger], and that what Muhammad brought is the truth, and that what is other than it is falsehood, and faith in God, His angels, His books, His messengers and prophets, and the Last Day, and faith in what is before it and after it of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms [and the resurrection, the gathering, and the reckoning], and Paradise and Hell, death and life, and faith in God and His Messenger and for all believers. When they do that and affirm it, they are submissive believers. Then guide them thereafter to excellence and teach them that excellence is to do good between them and God Almighty in fulfilling the trust and His covenant which He covenanted to His messengers, and the covenant of His messengers to His creation and the leaders of the believers, and submission and the safety of Muslims from every harm of tongue or hand, and to seek for the rest of the Muslims what he seeks for himself, and the affirmation of the promises of the Lord and meeting Him and seeing Him, and bidding farewell to the world at every hour, and self-reckoning at the completion of every day and night, and provision from night and day, and care for what God has obligated to be performed to Him in secret and openly. When they do that, they are submissive, believing, excellent ones. Then describe to them the major sins and guide them to them, and warn them of destruction in the major sins, for the major sins are the destructive ones. The first of them is associating partners with God; indeed, God does not forgive that partners be associated with Him, and sorcery, and the sorcerer has no share [in the Hereafter], and severing ties of kinship—may God curse them—and fleeing from the battlefield, for he has incurred wrath from God, and embezzlement; he will bring what he embezzled on the Day of Resurrection and it will not be accepted from them, and killing a believing soul—its recompense is Hell—and slandering chaste women—they are cursed in this world and the Hereafter—and consuming the orphan's property; they consume fire in their bellies and will burn in a blaze, and consuming usury; then announce war from God and His Messenger. When they desist from the major sins, they are submissive, believing, excellent, God-fearing ones. Then call them in like manner to worship. Worship is fasting, standing [in prayer], humility, [submissiveness], bowing, prostration, turning [to God], certainty, tenderness, declaring God's oneness, glorification, praise, magnification, charity after zakat, humbleness, tranquility, mutual consolation, supplication, earnest entreaty, acknowledgment of sovereignty and servitude, and deeming little what one does of much righteous work. When they do that, they are believing, submissive, excellent, God-fearing, worshipping ones and have completed worship. Then call them at that point to jihad and explain it to them, and make them desire what God made them desire of the virtue of jihad and its reward with God. If they are summoned, then accept their pledge and call them until you pledge them to the practice of God and the practice of His Messenger. Upon you is the covenant of God and His protection, seven sureties—meaning God is guarantor for fulfillment seven times—that you will not break your hands from a pledge nor violate the command of any governor among the governors of the Muslims. When they affirm this, accept their pledge and seek forgiveness from God for them. When they go out fighting in the path of God, anger for God Almighty and support for His religion, then whoever they meet among people, let them call them to what they were called to of the Book of God, by answering it, then its Islam, faith, excellence, God-fearing, worship, and jihad. Whoever follows them is the incited, the abundant, the submissive, the believer, the excellent, the God-fearing, the worshipper, the fighter; he has what you have and upon him is what is upon you. And whoever refuses this to you, fight them until they return to the command of God and to His religion. Whoever you make a treaty with and give the protection of God, fulfill it for him. Whoever submits and gives you satisfaction, he is of you and you are of him. Whoever fights you over this after you have made it heard to him, kill him. Whoever assaults you, fight him. Whoever schemes against you, scheme against him. Whoever gathers against you, gather against him. Whoever assassinates you, assassinate him, or deceives you, then deceive him without transgressing, or plots against you, then plot against him without transgressing, secretly or openly. For whoever avenges after being wronged, upon such there is no way [of blame]. Know that God is with you, sees you and sees your deeds, and knows all that you do. So fear God and be on guard. This is only a trust with which my Lord entrusted me, to convey it to His servants as an excuse from Him to them and a proof from Him with which I argue against all creation whom this book reaches. Whoever acts upon what is in it will be saved, whoever follows what is in it will be guided, whoever disputes by it will succeed, whoever fights by it will be aided, and whoever leaves it will go astray until he returns to it. So learn what is in it, listen with your ears, retain it in your hearts, and preserve it in your minds, for it is light for the eyes, spring for the hearts, and healing for what is in the breasts. This suffices as a matter and lesson, a deterrent, admonition, and caller to God [and His Messenger]. This is the good in which there is no evil. The letter of Muhammad, servant of God, His Messenger and Prophet, to al-Ala b. al-Hadrami when he sent him to Bahrain to call to God and His Messenger, commanding him to call to what is in it of lawful and forbid what is in it of unlawful, and to guide to what is in it of right direction and forbid what is in it of error. A letter with which the Prophet of God entrusted al-Ala b. al-Hadrami and his successor the Sword of God, Khalid b. al-Walid, and he has left no excuse to them in the bequest of what is in this letter [and] to the Muslims with them, and he made no excuse for any of them in wasting any of it, neither the governors nor the governed. Whoever of all creation this letter reaches has no excuse and no argument, and he is not excused for ignorance of anything in this letter. This letter was written on the third of Dhu al-Qa'dah, four years having passed of the migration of the Prophet of God except two months. Witnessed the letter on the day it was written: Ibn Abi Sufyan dictating it to him, Uthman [b. Affan] ؓ, the Messenger of God ﷺ [seated], al-Mukhtar b. Qays al-Qurashi, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Hudhayfah b. al-Yaman al-Absi, Qusayy b. Abi Umar al-Himyari, Shabib b. Abi Marthad al-Ghassani, al-Mustanir b. Abi Sa'sa'ah al-Khuza'i, Awanah b. Shammakh al-Juhani, Sa'd b. Malik al-Ansari, Sa'd b. Ubadah al-Ansari, Zayd b. Umayr, the naqibs, a man from Quraysh, a man from Juhaynah, and four from the Ansar, until the Messenger of God ﷺ handed it to al-Ala b. al-Hadrami and the Sword of God, Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ. [This passage was omitted from the Dar al-Asimah edition; it is established from Zawa'id al-Harith and It-haf al-Busiri].

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