Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3444b
"عَنْ يَزِيدَ بنِ () أَسَدٍ: أَنَّه قَدِمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بَنِ الخَطَّابِ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، فَقَالَ: مَا الشُّهداءُ فِيكُم يا أَمير المُؤْمِنينَ؟ ! فَقَالَ: الشُّهدَاء مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِى سَبيل الله حتَّى يُقْتَلَ، قَالَ: فَمَا تَقولُون فيمَن مَات حَتْفَ أَنْفِه لاَ تَعلَمون مِنه إلاَّ خَيْرًا؟ قَالَ: نَقولُ عَبْدٌ عَمِلَ خَيْرًا وَلِقَى رَبَّا لاَ يظلِمُه، يُعذِّبُ مَنْ عُذِّبَ بَعْدَ الحُجَّةِ عَلَيْه والمَعْذِرَة فِيه، أَو يَعْفُوَ عَنْه، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: كَلاَّ واللهِ مَا هُو كما تَقولُونَ مَن ماتَ مُفْسِدًا فِى الأرْضِ، ظَالِمًا للِذمَّةِ، عَاصِيًا للإِمَام، غَالاّ للمَالِ، ثَم لَقِى العَدُوَّ فَقاتَل فَقُتِلَ فَهو غير شَهِيدٍ، وَلَكِنَّ الله يُعَذِّبُ عَدُوَّهُ بالبَر والفَاجِرِ، وَأمَّا مَن مَاتَ حَتْفَ أَنْفِه لاَ تَعلَمونَ مِنْهُ إلاَّ خَيْرًا فَكَما قَال اللهُ: {وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ} ( ) الآية".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yazīd b. Asad
- Qadim
- ʿUmar
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of Yazid ibn () Asad: that he came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab from Damascus, and he said: "What about the martyrs among you, O Commander of the Believers?" He said: "The martyrs are those who fight in the cause of Allah until they are killed." He said: "So what do you say about one who dies a natural death, of whom you know only good?" He said: "We say: a servant who did good and met a Lord who does not wrong him. He punishes whoever is punished after the proof has been established against him and his excuse has been removed, or He pardons him." 'Umar said: "No, by Allah, it is not as you say. Whoever dies corrupting the earth, wronging the protected covenant, disobeying the ruler, or misappropriating the wealth, then he fights the enemy and is killed, he is not a martyr. Rather, Allah punishes His enemy through the righteous and the wicked. As for one who dies a natural death, of whom you know only good, then as Allah said: {And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger - those will be with the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favor of the prophets and the truthful} ( ) the verse."
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أبو العباس الأصم في جزء من حديثه
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