Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1986b
"عَن زيد بن أسلم قال: لما أبطأ على عمر بن الخطابِ فتحُ مصر كتب إلى عمرو بن العاص أما بعدُ: فقد عجبتُ لإِبطائِكم عن فتح مصر، إنكم تقاتلونهم منذ سنين، وما ذَاكَ إلا لِما أحدَثتم وأَحْبَبْتُمُ من الدنيا ما أحبَّ عدوُّكم، وإنَّ اللَّه تبارك وتعالى لا يَنصُر إلا بصدقِ نِيَّاتهم، وقد كنت وجهتُ إليكَ أرْبعةَ نَفَرٍ، وأعلمتُك أن الرجلَ منهم مقام ألفِ رجلٍ على ما كنت أعرفُ إِلا أن يكون غَيَّرهم ما غيَّر غيْرهم، وإذا أَتاك كتابى هذا فاخطُب النَّاسَ وحُضَّهم على قتالِ عَدُوِّهم ورغِّبهم في الصبرِ والنِّيةِ، وقدِّم أولئك الأربعةَ في صدورِ الناس، ومر النَّاسَ جميعًا أن يكون لهم صَدْمَةُ رجلٍ واحدٍ، وليكن ذلك عند الزوال يومَ الجمعَة، فإنها ساعةُ تَنَزُّلِ الرحمةِ، وقتُ الإجابةِ، وليعجَّ النَّاسُ إلى اللَّهِ ويسألونه النَّصرَ على عدوِّهم، فلما أتى عَمْرًا الكتابُ جمع النَّاسَ وقرأ عليهم، ثم دعَا أولئك النفر فَقَدَّمهم أمامَ النَّاسِ، وأمر النَّاسَ أن يتَطَهَّروا ويُصَلُّوا ركعتين، ثم يرغَبُون إلى اللَّهِ ويسألونهُ النصرَ، ففعلوا ففتح اللَّهُ عليهم".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Zyd b. Slm
- Lmā Bṭʾ ʿLá ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Ftḥ Mṣr Ktb Lá ʿMrw b. al-ʿĀṣ Mā Bʿd Fqd ʿJbt Lʾibṭāʾikm
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"From Zayd ibn Aslam, who said: When the conquest of Egypt was delayed for 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, he wrote to 'Amr ibn al-'As: To proceed: I am surprised at your delay in conquering Egypt. You have been fighting them for years, and that is only because of what you have introduced and because you have loved the world as much as your enemy loves it. Allah, blessed and exalted, does not grant victory except through the sincerity of their intentions. I had sent you four men, and I informed you that each of them is worth a thousand men, as I know them, unless they have changed as others have changed. When this letter of mine reaches you, address the people, urge them to fight their enemy, and encourage them to be patient and sincere in intention. Put those four at the front of the people, and order all the people to make one united charge. Let it be at midday on Friday, for it is the hour when mercy descends and the time of answered prayer. Let the people cry out to Allah and ask Him for victory over their enemy." When the letter reached 'Amr, he gathered the people and read it to them. Then he called those four men and placed them at the front of the people. He ordered the people to purify themselves, pray two rak'ahs, then turn eagerly to Allah and ask Him for victory. They did so, and Allah granted them victory."
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ابن عبد الحكم
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