Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2226b
"عن الأحنف بن قيس قال: عمر بن الخطاب يقول: إن قريشا رءوسُ الناس لا يدخل أحدٌ منهم في باب إلا دخلَ معه فيهِ طائِفَةٌ من الناس، فلم أدر ما تأويلُ قوله في ذا حتى طُعِنَ، فلما احتُضِر أمر صهيبًا أن يصلى بالناس ثلاثةَ أيام، وأمر أن يُجعَل للناس طعَامٌ يَطعموا حتى يَستخلفوا إنسانا، فلما رجعوا من الجنازة جِئَ بالطعام ووضِعتِ الموائدُ، فأمسكَ الناس عنها للحزنِ الذى هم فيه، فقال العباسُ بن عبد المطلب: أيها الناس: إن رسول اللَّه ﷺ قد مات فأكلنا بعده وشربنا، وإنه لابدَّ من الأكل، فكلوا من هذا الطعامِ، ثُمَّ مَدَّ العباسُ يده فَأَكَل ومَدَّ الناس أيديهم فأكلوا، فَعرفتُ قول عمرَ: إنهم رُءُوسُ الناس".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥnf b. Qys
- ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Yqwl n Qryshā Rʾws al-Nās
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab used to say: The Quraysh are the heads of the people. No one of them enters a gate except that a group of people enter with him. I did not understand the meaning of his words until he was stabbed. When he was near death, he commanded Suhayb to lead the people in prayer for three days, and he commanded that food be provided for the people so they could eat until they appointed someone as successor. When they returned from the funeral, the food was brought and the tables were set out, but the people refrained from it because of the grief they were in. Al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib said: O people, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has died, and we ate and drank after him, and eating is necessary. So eat from this food. Then al-'Abbas stretched out his hand and ate, and the people stretched out their hands and ate. Then I understood 'Umar's saying: They are the heads of the people."
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Notes
ابن سعد، وابن منيع، وأَبو بكر في الغيلانيات، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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