Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3556b
"عَنْ (أَبِى) حُذَيْفَةَ: إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ بَشيرٍ، عَنْ شُيُوخِهِ قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ لَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ إِلَى أَبِى عُبَيْدةَ (بن الجراح): بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحيمِ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ عُمَرَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ إِلَى أَبِى عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكَ، فَإِنِّى أَحْمَدُ إلَيْكَ اللهَ الَّذى لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصَدِّيقَ خَلِيفَةَ رَسُول اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ تُوُفِّىَ فَإِنَّا للهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْه رَاجِعُونَ، وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَى أَبِى (بكرٍ) الصِّدِّيقِ الْعَامِلِ بالْحَقِّ، وَالآمِرِ بِالْقِسْطَ والآخِذِ بِالْعُرْفِ واللَّينِ وَالسِّتيرِ () الْوَادِعِ، السَّهْلِ الْقَرِيبِ، الْحَلِيمِ، وَنَحْتَسبُ مُصيبَتَنَا فِيهِ وَمُصِيبتَكُمْ وَمُصِيبَةَ الْمُسْلِميِنَ عَامَّةً عِنْدَ اللهِ، وَأَرْغَبُ إِلَى اللهِ في الْعِصمَةِ بِالتُّقَى برحْمَتِهِ، وَالْعَمَلِ بَطَاعَتِه مَا أَحْيَانَا، والْحُلُولَ في جَنَّتِهِ إِذَا تَوفَّانَا، فَإنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا حِصَارُكُمْ لأَهْلِ دمِشْقَ، وَقَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ جَمَاعَةَ النَّاسِ فَأَثْبِتْ سَرَايَاكَ في نَوَاحِى أَرْضِ حمْصَ وَدمَشْقَ وَمَا سِواهَا مِنَ أَرْضِ الشَّامِ، وَانْظُر في ذَلكَ بِرَأيِكَ وَمَنْ حَضركَ مِنْ الْمُسْلِميَنَ، وَلاَ يًحْمِلْكَ قَوْلِى هَذَا عَلَى أَنْ تُعَرِّىَ عَسْكَرَكَ فَيَطْمَعَ فيكَ عَدُوُّكَ، وَلَكِنْ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَيْتَ عَنْهُ فَسيِّرْهُ وَمَنِ احْتَجَتَ إِلَيْهِ في حِصَارِكَ فَاحْتبِسْهُ، وَلَيَكُنْ فِيمَنْ تَحْتَبِسُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ غِنَى بِكَ عَنْهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abiá Ḥudhayfah Isḥāq b. Bashyr
- Shuyūkhih
- Katab ʿUmar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb Lammā Āstukhlif
- Abiá ʿUbaydh b. al-Jrāḥ Bism Allāh al-Raḥman al-Raḥym from ʿAbdiāllh ʿUmar Amīr al-Muʾminyn
- Abiá ʿUbaydah b. al-Jarrāḥ Salām ʿAlayk Faʾinniá Aḥmad Layk Allāh al--Adhá Lā Ilah Ilā
- Ammā Baʿd Faʾin Abū
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Abu Hudhayfah Ishaq ibn Bashir, from his shaykhs, who said: When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab was made caliph, he wrote to Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful. From 'Abd Allah 'Umar, Commander of the Believers, to Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah: Peace be upon you. I praise Allah to you, other than whom there is no god. To proceed: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, has died, (surely we belong to Allah and to Him we return). May the mercy and blessings of Allah be upon Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who acted by the truth, commanded justice, took with kindness and gentleness, was modest, gentle, easy and approachable, and forbearing. We count his loss, your loss, and the loss of all Muslims, with Allah. I ask Allah for protection through piety by His mercy, for acting by His obedience as long as He keeps us alive, and for dwelling in His Paradise when He takes us, for He is capable of all things. It has reached us that you are besieging the people of Damascus. I have appointed you over the army as a whole. Establish your detachments in the regions of Homs and Damascus and the rest of the land of Syria, and consider this matter with your judgment and with the Muslims present with you. Let my words not lead you to leave your army bare, so that your enemy desires you. Rather, whomever you can do without, send away, and whomever you need in your siege, keep with you. Let Khalid ibn al-Walid be among those you keep, for you cannot do without him."
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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