al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8
✧ Does the Imam judge in the presence of his congregation?
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعِي رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَالْآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِي وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَاكُ فَكِلَاهُمَا سَأَلَ الْعَمَلَ قُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ الْعَمَلَ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سِوَاكِهِ تَحْتَ شَفَتِهِ قَلَصَتْ قَالَ «إِنَّا لَا أَوْ لَنْ نَسْتَعْمِلَ عَلَى عَمِلْنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ»
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAmr b. ʿAlī
- Yaḥyá
- Qurrah
- Ḥumayd b. Hilāl
- Abū Burdah
- Abū Mūsá
✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ with two men from the Ash'aris, one on my right and the other on my left, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was using the siwak. Both of them asked for a position of authority. I said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, they did not inform me of what was in their minds, and I did not realize that they were seeking a position." It was as if I could see his siwak under his lip, which had receded. He said, "We do not—or will not—appoint to our work anyone who desires it."
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