Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2019b
"عن رجل من بنى أسد: أنه شهد عمر بن الخطاب سأل أصحابه وفيهم طلحةُ وسلمانُ والزبيرُ وكعبٌ فقال: إنى سائلُكم عن شئ فإياكم أن تكذبونى فتُهلكونى وتهلِكوا أنفسَكم، أنشدُكم باللَّه، أخليفةٌ أنا أم ملكٌ؟ فقال طلحةُ والزبير: إنك لتسألُنا عن أمر ما نعرِفُه، ما ندرى ما الخليفةُ من الملك؟ فقال سلمان: يشهد بِلَحْمة ودَمِه إنك خليفةٌ ولست بملك، فقال عمر: إن تقلْ فقد كنت تدخلُ تَجلسُ مع رسول اللَّه ﷺ ثم قال سلمان: وذلك أنك تعدل في الرعية، وتَقسم بينَهم بالسوية، وتشْفق عليهم شفقةَ الرجلِ على أهلِه، وتقضى بكتاب اللَّه. فقال كعبٌ: ما كنتُ أحسبُ أنَّ في المجلس أحدًا يعرف الخليفة من الملك غيرى، ولكنَّ اللَّه ملأ سَلْمان حكمًا وعلمًا، ثم قال كعب: أشهد أنك خليفةٌ ولست بملكٍ. فقال له عمر: وكيف ذاك؟ قال: أجدك في كتابِ اللَّه. قال عمر: تجدُنى باسمى؟ قال: لا، ولكن بِنَعتِك: أجد نُبُوةً ثم خلافةً ورحمة على منهاج نبوةٍ (ثم خلافة ورحمة على منهاج نبوة) ثم مُلْكًا عضوضًا.
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Chain of narrators
- Rjl Mn b.á Sd Nh Shhd ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Sʾl Ṣḥābh Wfyhm Ṭlḥh Wslmān and al-Zbyr Wkʿb Fqāl Ná Sāʾlukm
- Shʾ Fʾyākm n Tkdhbwná Ftuhlkwná Wthlikwā Nfsakm Nshdukm Bi-al-Lah Khlyfh
- m Mlk Fqāl Ṭlḥh Wa-al-Zbyr Nk Ltsʾlunā
- Mr Mā Nʿrifuh
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"On the authority of a man from Banu Asad: that he witnessed 'Umar ibn al-Khattab ask his companions, among whom were Talhah, Salman, al-Zubayr and Ka'b. He said: I will ask you about something; beware lest you lie to me and destroy me and destroy yourselves. I adjure you by Allah: am I a caliph or a king? Talhah and al-Zubayr said: You are asking us about a matter we do not know; we do not know what the caliph is from the king. Salman said: He bears witness by the flesh and blood of himself that you are a caliph and not a king. 'Umar said: If you say so, you used to enter and sit with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then Salman said: That is because you act justly among the subjects, divide among them equally, are compassionate toward them as a man is compassionate to his family, and judge by the Book of Allah. Ka'b said: I did not think that anyone in the assembly knew the difference between caliph and king except me, but Allah filled Salman with wisdom and knowledge. Then Ka'b said: I testify that you are a caliph and not a king. 'Umar said to him: And how is that? He said: I find you in the Book of Allah. 'Umar said: Do you find me by my name? He said: No, but by your description: I find prophethood, then caliphate and mercy upon the path of prophethood (then caliphate and mercy upon the path of prophethood), then a biting kingship."
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نعيم بن حماد في الفتن
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