Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3520b
"عن إسحاق بن بشر القرشى قال: أنبأنا ابن إسحاق وأبو إسحاق قال: جاء رجلٌ إلى عمر بن الخطاب فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين! ما {النَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا} () فقال عمر: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قال: امْرُؤٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، مِنْ بَنِى تَمِيمٍ، ثُمَّ أَحدُ بَنِى سَعْدٍ، قال: مِنْ قَوْمٍ جُفاةٍ، أَمَّا إِنَّكَ لَتَحْمِلَنَّ إِلَى عَامِلِكَ مَا يَسُوءُكَ، ولهزهُ ( ) حتى فَرَّتْ قَلَنْسُوَتُهُ، فإِذَا هُوَ وَافِرُ الشَّعَرِ، فقال: أَمَّا إِنِّى لَوْ وَجَدْتُكَ مَحلُوقًا مَا سَأَلْتُ عَنْكَ، ثم كتب إلى أبى موسى: أما بعد: فَإِنَّ الأَصْبَغَ بن عَلِيمٍ التَّمِيمِىَّ تَكَلَّفَ مَا كُفِىَ وَضَيَّعَ مَا وَلِىَ، فَإِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِى هَذَا فَلاَ تُبَايِعُوهُ، وَإِنْ مَرِضَ فَلاَ تَعُودُوهُ، وإِنْ مَاتَ فَلا تَشْهدُوهُ، ثمَّ التْفْتَ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الله - ﷻ - خَلَقَكُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِضَعْفِكُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَأَنْزَلَ عليكم كتَابًا وَحَدَّ لَكُمْ فِيه حُدُودًا أَمَرَكُمْ أَن لَّا تَعْتَدُوهَا، وفَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ أَمرَكم أن تتبعوها، وَحَرَّمَ حُرَمًا نَهَاكُمْ أَن تَنْتَهِكُوهَا، وَتَركَ أَشْياءَ لَمْ يَدَعْهَا نِسيَانًا، فَلاَ تَتَكَلَّفُوهَا وِإنَّما تَركها رَحْمَةً لَكُمْ، قال: فَكَان الأصبغُ بنُ عَلِيمٍ يَقُولُ: قد قَدِمتُ الْبَصْرَةَ فَأَقَمْتُ بِهَا خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا وَمَا مِنْ غَائِبٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ مِنَ الْمَوْت، ثم إن الله أَلْهَمَهُ التَّوْبَةَ وَقَذَفَهَا في قَلْبِهِ، فَأَتْيْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمنْبَرِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيه، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّى، فَقُلتُ: أَيُّهَا المُعْرِضُ! إِنَّهُ قَدْ قَبِل التَّوبَةَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ منْكَ وَمِنْ عُمَرَ، وإنِّى أَتُوبُ إلى اللهِ - ﷻ - مِمَّا أَسْخَطَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَعَامَّةَ الْمُسْلِمِيَنَ، فَكَتبَ بِذَلِك إِلَى عُمَر، فَقَالَ: صَدقَ، اقْبلَوا مِنْ أَخِيكُمْ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sḥāq b. Bshr al-Qrshá
- Nbʾnā Ibn Sḥāq Wʾbw Sḥāq
- Jāʾ Rjl Lá ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Fqāl Yā Myr al-Mʾmnyn Mā al-Nāziʿāt Gharq Fqāl ʿMr Man Ant
- Āmruʾ from Ahl al-Baṣrah from Baniá
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Ishaq ibn Bishr al-Qurashi, who said: Ibn Ishaq and Abu Ishaq informed us, saying: A man came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and said: O Commander of the Believers! What is {By those who drag forth [souls] violently} () ? 'Umar said: Who are you? He said: A man from the people of Basra, of the Banu Tamim, then one of the Banu Sa'd. He said: You are from a rough people. Indeed you will surely carry to your governor what will displease you. He pushed him until his cap fell off, and he had abundant hair. He said: Had I found you shaved, I would not have asked about you. Then he wrote to Abu Musa: To proceed: al-Asbagh ibn 'Alim al-Tamimi has burdened himself with what he was spared and neglected what he was entrusted with. When this letter of mine reaches you, do not give him allegiance, and if he falls ill, do not visit him, and if he dies, do not attend his funeral. Then he turned to the people and said: Indeed Allah created you and He knows your weakness. He sent to you a messenger from yourselves, and sent down to you a Book, and set for you limits which He ordered you not to transgress, and imposed obligations which He ordered you to follow, and made forbidden things which He forbade you to violate, and left things not out of forgetfulness; so do not burden yourselves with them. He left them out only as mercy to you. He said: Al-Asbagh ibn 'Alim used to say: I came to Basra and stayed there for twenty-five days, and no absent person was more beloved to me to meet than death. Then Allah inspired him with repentance and cast it into his heart. So I came to Abu Musa while he was on the pulpit, and I greeted him, and he turned away from me. I said: O one who turns away! Indeed one better than you and better than 'Umar has accepted repentance, and I repent to Allah from what angered the Commander of the Believers and the general body of the Muslims. He wrote of that to 'Umar, and he said: He has spoken truly; accept from your brother."
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