الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الخلافة والإمارةThe Book of Caliphate and Leadership
الْبَابُ الْخَامِسُ فِي ذِكْرِ بَعْضِ خُطُبِهِ أوَّلُ خُطْبَةٍ خَطَبَهَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ
The Fifth Chapter Mentioning Some of His Sermons—The First Sermon He Delivered in Islam
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Hadith 12178
عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَهْرٍ فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً فَنُودِيَ فِي النَّاسِ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةٌ وَهِيَ أَوَّلُ صَلَاةٍ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ نُودِيَ بِهَا إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةٌ فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ شَيْئًا صُنِعَ لَهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَيْهِ وَهِيَ أَوَّلُ خُطْبَةٍ خَطَبَهَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا كَفَانِيهِ غَيْرِي وَلَئِنْ أَخَذْتُمُونِي بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا أُطِيقُهَا إِنْ كَانَ لَمَعْصُومًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ
It is narrated from Qais bin Abi Hazim, he says: I was sitting in the service of the Caliph of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), one month after the passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Suddenly, he remembered something and had it announced among the people: "As-Salāh Jāmi‘ah" (the prayer is gathering). This was the first prayer among the Muslims for which the words "As-Salāh Jāmi‘ah" were used to make the announcement. The people gathered, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ascended the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah, and said: O people! I wish that someone else would take up this burden of the caliphate and I would be relieved of it. If you begin to hold me accountable according to the Sunnah of your Prophet, I will not be able to bear it. Revelation used to descend from the heavens upon him (peace and blessings be upon him), so he was protected and safeguarded from the influence of Satan.
Hadith 12179
(وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا) عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَتَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا وَضَعَهَا اللَّهُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} [المائدة: 105] سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ”إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوْا الْمُنْكَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرُوهُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعِقَابِهِ“
Qais bin Abi Hazim also narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, delivered a sermon and said: O people! You do recite this verse, but you are applying it out of its proper context. Allah Almighty says: {یَا أَیُّہَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوْا عَلَیْکُمْ أَنْفُسَکُمْ لَا یَضُرُّکُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اہْتَدَیْتُمْ} … O you who have believed! Take care of your own selves. He who has gone astray cannot harm you when you are rightly guided. I myself heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say that when people see an evil among them and do not object to it, then Allah Almighty will send punishment upon all those people.
Hadith 12180
عَنْ أَوْسَطَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَنَةٍ فَأَلْفَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ فَخَنَقَتْهُ الْعَبْرَةُ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ ”يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْتَ أَحَدٌ مِثْلَ يَقِينٍ بَعْدَ مُعَافَاةٍ وَلَا أَشَدَّ مِنْ رِيبَةٍ بَعْدَ كُفْرٍ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ“
It is narrated from Awsat bin Amr, he says: One year after the passing of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, I came to Madinah Munawwarah. I saw Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, addressing the people. He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood among us last year. Saying this, his voice was choked with tears. This happened three times. Finally, he said: O people! Ask Allah for well-being. After well-being, there is no blessing like faith and certainty that a servant has been given. And after disbelief, there is no greater sin than doubt and suspicion. Hold fast to truthfulness and honesty; it leads a person towards righteousness, and the end of truthfulness and righteousness is Paradise. And beware of lying; it leads towards sins, and the end of lying and sin is Hell.
Hadith 12181
(عَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ) قَالَ خَطَبَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَقَامِي هَذَا عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ وَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ أَوْ قَالَ الْعَافِيَةَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ الْحَدِيثِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ وَزَادَ ”وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَلَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَقَاطَعُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا إِخْوَانًا كَمَا أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى“
. (Second chain) Awsat bin Amr says: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us and said: Last year, Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in this very place of mine. Saying this, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep. Then he said: Ask Allah Almighty for well-being. Then he mentioned as in the previous hadith and further said: Do not envy one another, do not bear malice towards one another, do not sever ties of kinship, do not adopt mutual estrangement and enmity, and remain brothers to one another, as Allah Almighty has commanded you.
