Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2221b
"عن سالمٍ أَبى النضر قال: لما كثُر المسلمون في عهدِ عمرَ ضاق بهم المسجدُ فاشترى عمرُ ما حولَ المسجدِ من الدورِ إلا دارَ العباسِ بنِ عبد المطلب وحُجَرَ أمهات المؤمنين، فقال عمرُ للعباس: يا أبا الفضلِ، إن مسجدَ المسلمين قد ضاقَ بهم وقد ابتعتُ ما حولَه من المنازل نوسعُ به على المسلمين في مسجدِهم إلا دارَك وحُجرَ أمهاتِ المؤمنين، فأمَّا حُجرُ أمهاتِ المؤمنين فلا سبيل إليها، وأما دَارُك فبِعْنيهَا بما شئت من بيتِ مالِ المسلمين أوَسِّعُ بها في مسجدهم، فقال العباس: ما كُنْتُ لأفعلَ فقال عمر: اخترْمنى إحدى ثلاثٍ: إما أن تَبِيعَنِيها بما شئتَ من بيتِ مالِ المسلمين، وإما أن أخُطَّك حيث شئت من المدينةِ وأَبْنيِها لك من بيت مالِ المسلمين، وإما أن تَصَّدقَ بها على المسلمين فتوسعَ بها في مسجدِهم، فقال: لا، ولا واحدةً منها، فقال عمرُ: اجعل بينى وبينَك من شئت، فقال: أُبَىّ بن كعب، فانطلقا إلى أُبَىٍّ فقصَّا عليه القصة فقال أَبىّ: إن شئتما حَدَّثُتكما بحديثٍ سمعته من رسول اللَّه ﷺ فقالا: حدثنا، فقال: سمعت رسول اللَّه ﷺ يقول: إن اللَّه أوحى إلى داود أن ابن لى بيتًا أُذْكر فيه، فخط له هذه الخُطة، خُطةَ بيت المقدس، فإذا تربيعُها بِزاوية بيتِ رجل من بنى إسرائيل، فسأله داود أن يبيعه إياه فأبى، فحدَّث داودُ نفسَه أن يأخذَه منه، فأوحى اللَّه إليه أن يا داودُ: أمرتُكَ أن تبنى لى بيتا أُذْكر فيه فأردتَ أن تُدْخِل في بيتى الغصب، وليس من شأنِى الغصبُ، وإن عقوبتك أن لا تبنيَه، قال: يا رب فَمِنْ ولدى؛ قال: من ولدِك، فأخذ عمرُ بمجامع ثياب أُبى بن كعب وقال: جئتك بشئ فجئت بما هو أَشدُّ منه، لتخرجنَّ مما قلت، فجاء يَقُودُه حتى أدخله المسجد، فأوقفه على حلقة من أصحاب رسول اللَّه ﷺ منهم أبو ذَرٍّ، فقال إِنِّى: نشدت اللَّه رجلًا سمع رسول اللَّه ﷺ يذكرُ حديث بيت المقدس حيث أمرَ اللَّه داود أن يبنيه إلا ذكره، فقال أبو ذر: أنا سمعته من رسول اللَّه ﷺ (وقال آخَرُ: أنا سمعته -يعنى من رسول اللَّه ﷺ ) فأرسل أُبَيًا، فأقبل أَبى على عمر فقال: يا عمر أتتهمنى على حديث رسول اللَّه ﷺ ؟ ! فقال عمر: يا أبا المنذر: لا واللَّه ما اتهمتك عليه، ولكنى كَرِهْت أن يكون الحديث عن رسول اللَّه ﷺ غير ظاهر، وقال عمر للعباس: اذهب فلا أعرِض لك في دارك فقال العباس: أَمَّا إذا فَعْلت هذا فإنى قد تصدقت بها على المسلمين (أوسع بها عليهم في مسجدهم، فأما وأنت تخاصمنى فلا، فخط عمر داره التى هى له اليوم وبناها من بيت مال المسلمين) ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sālm Abá al-Nḍr
- Lmā Kthur al-Mslmwn Fy ʿHd ʿMr Ḍāq Bhm al-Msjd Fāshtrá ʿMr Mā Ḥwl al-Msjd Mn al-Dwr Lā Dār al-ʿBās b. ʿBd al-Mṭlb Wḥujar Mhāt al-Mʾmnyn
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"On the authority of Salim Abu al-Nadr, who said: When the Muslims increased in number during the time of 'Umar, the mosque became too small for them. So 'Umar bought all the houses around the mosque except the house of al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib and the chambers of the Mothers of the Believers. 'Umar said to al-'Abbas: O Abu al-Fadl, the mosque of the Muslims has become too small for them, and I have bought the dwellings around it in order to expand the mosque for the Muslims, except your house and the chambers of the Mothers of the Believers. As for the chambers of the Mothers of the Believers, there is no way to them. As for your house, sell it to me for whatever you wish from the treasury of the Muslims, and I will expand the mosque with it. Al-'Abbas said: I will not do that. 'Umar said: Choose one of three options: either you sell it to me for whatever you wish from the treasury of the Muslims, or I will lay out a plot for you wherever you wish in Madinah and build it for you from the treasury of the Muslims, or you give it as charity to the Muslims so that they can expand the mosque with it. He said: No, not one of them. 'Umar said: Appoint someone between me and you. He said: Ubayy ibn Ka'b. So they went to Ubayy and related the matter to him. Ubayy said: If you wish, I will narrate to you a hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said: Narrate to us. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah revealed to Dawud, 'Build for Me a house in which I am remembered,' so he marked out this plot, the plot of Bayt al-Maqdis. Then its corner touched the house of a man from the Children of Israel. Dawud asked him to sell it to him, but he refused. Dawud resolved in himself to take it from him by force. Allah revealed to him: O Dawud, I commanded you to build Me a house in which I am remembered, but you wished to bring seizure into My house, and seizure is not of My nature. Your punishment is that you will not build it. He said: O Lord, then from my offspring? He said: From your offspring. 'Umar seized the garments of Ubayy ibn Ka'b and said: I brought you something, and you have brought something even worse. You must retract what you said. So he came leading him until he brought him into the mosque and stopped him at a circle of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, among whom was Abu Dharr. He said: I adjure Allah any man who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention the hadith about Bayt al-Maqdis, when Allah commanded Dawud to build it, to mention it. Abu Dharr said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Another said: I heard it—meaning from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.) Then he sent for Ubayy. Ubayy turned to 'Umar and said: O 'Umar, do you accuse me regarding a hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?! 'Umar said: O Abu al-Mundhir, no, by Allah, I do not accuse you of it, but I disliked that the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ should not be made clear. 'Umar said to al-'Abbas: Go, I will not raise any objection to your house. Al-'Abbas said: As for now, since you have done this, I have given it as charity to the Muslims (so that they may expand the mosque with it). But since you are disputing with me, no. So 'Umar marked out the house that is his today and built it from the treasury of the Muslims."
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ابن سعد، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه وسنده (صحيح) إلا أن سالمًا أبا النضر لم يدرك عمر
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