Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2040b
"عَن ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ {يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ} قَالَ: كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ المُهَاجِرينَ فِى أَنْسَابِهِمْ شَىْءٌ (فقَالُوا يومًا: واللَّهِ لَوَدِدْنَا أَنَّ اللَّه أنزل قُرآنًا فِى نَسبِنَا، فأنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مَا قَرأتَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِى: إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ هَذَا -يَعْنِى عَلِىَّ بْنَ أَبِى طَالِبٍ- إِن وَلِىَ زَهِدَ وَلَكِنِّى أَخْشَى عليه عُجْبَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِهِ، قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ المؤمِنينَ: إِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا مَنْ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ! وَاللَّهِ مَا نَقُولُ إِنَّهُ (مَا) غَيَّرَ وَلَا بَدَّلَ، وَلَا أَسْخَطَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيَّامَ صُحْبَتِهِ! فَقَالَ: وَلَا بِنْتِ أَبِى جَهْلٍ؟ وَهوَ يُريدُ أَنْ يَخْطِبهَا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ؟ ! قُلْتُ: قَالَ اللَّه فِى مَعصِيَةِ -آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ-: {وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْمًا} فَصَاحِبُنَا لَمْ يَعْزِم عَلَى (إسْخَاطِ) رَسُولِ اللَّه ﷺ وَلَكِنَّ الخَوَاطِرَ الِّتِى لا يَقْدرُ أَحَدٌ دَفعَهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ، ورُبَّمَا كَانَتْ مِنَ الفَقِيهِ فِى دينِ اللَّه، العَالِمِ بِأمْرِ اللَّهِ، فَإذَا نُبِّهَ عَلَيْهَا رَجَعَ وأَنَابَ، فَقَال: يَا بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ: مَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ يَرِدُ بُحُورَكُمْ، فَيَغُوص فِيها (مَعَكُمْ) حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ قَعْرَهَا؛ لَقَدْ ظَنَّ عَجْزًا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿAbbās
- Saʾalt ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
- Qawl Allāh ʿAz and Jal Yāʾayyuhā al--Adhīn Āmanūā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Ibn 'Abbas said: I asked 'Umar ibn al-Khattab about the saying of Allah, Exalted is He: {O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they were disclosed to you, would distress you}. He said: Some men among the Muhajirun had a matter concerning their lineages. They said one day: By Allah, we wish that Allah had sent down a Quran about our lineage. So Allah sent down what you have read. Then he said to me: This companion of yours, meaning 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, if he takes charge he will be ascetic, but I fear for him that his self-admiration may carry him away. I said: O Commander of the Believers, our companion is the one you know! By Allah, we do not say that he changed or altered, nor that he angered the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during his companionship. He said: Nor the daughter of Abu Jahl? He wanted to propose to her over Fatimah? I said: Allah said about the disobedience of Adam, peace be upon him: {And We did not find in him determination}. So our companion did not resolve to anger the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but there were passing thoughts that no one can repel from himself, and perhaps they come to a jurist in the religion of Allah, one who knows the command of Allah; when he is alerted to them he returns and repents. He said: O Ibn 'Abbas, whoever thinks he can enter your seas and dive in them with you until he reaches their bottom has thought himself incapable."
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