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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - .
Reports on Umayr bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him)
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 16041
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عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ : بَعَثَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - عُمَيْرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ عَامِلًا عَلَى حِمْصَ ، فَمَكَثَ حَوْلًا لَا يَأْتِيهِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِكَاتِبِهِ : اكْتُبْ إِلَى عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَاهُ إِلَّا [ قَدْ ] خَانَنَا ، فَإِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِي هَذَا فَأَقْبِلْ ، وَأَقْبِلْ بِمَا جِئْتَ مِنْ فَيْءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حِينَ تَنْظُرُ فِي كِتَابِي هَذَا ، فَأَخْذَ عُمَيْرٌ جِرَابَهُ فَجَعَلَ فِيهِ زَادَهُ وَقَصْعَتَهُ ، وَعَلَّقَ إِدَاوَتَهُ وَأَخَذَ عَنَزَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يَمْشِي مِنْ حِمْصَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ .
قَالَ : فَقَدِمَ وَقَدْ شَحُبَ لَوْنُهُ ، وَاغْبَرَّ وَجْهُهُ ، وَطَالَتْ شَعْرَتُهُ ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَيْرُ : مَا تَرَى مِنْ شَأْنِي ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَرَانِي صَحِيحَ الْبَدَنِ ، طَاهِرَ الدَّمِ ، مَعِي الدُّنْيَا أَجُرُّهَا بِقُرُونِهَا ! قَالَ : وَمَا مَعَكَ ؟ قَالَ : فَظَنَّ عُمَرُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَ بِمَالٍ ، فَقَالَ : مَعِي جِرَابِي أَجْعَلُ فِيهِ زَادِي ، وَقَصْعَتِي آكُلُ فِيهَا وَأَغْسِلُ فِيهَا رَأْسِي وَثِيَابِي ، وَإِدَاوَتِي أَحْمِلُ فِيهَا وَضُوئِي وَشَرَابِي وَعَنَزَتِي أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأُجَاهِدُ بِهَا عَدُوِّي إِنْ عَارَضَنِي ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا تَبَعٌ لِمَتَاعِي . قَالَ : فَجِئْتَ تَمْشِي ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ قَالَ : أَمَا كَانَ لَكَ أَحَدٌ يَتَبَرَّعُ لَكَ بِدَابَّةٍ تَرْكَبُهَا ؟ ! قَالَ : مَا فَعَلُوا وَمَا سَأَلْتُهُمْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ : بِئْسَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرُ : اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا عُمَرُ ، فَقَدْ نَهَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْغِيبَةِ ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ . قَالَ : فَأَيْنَ مَا بَعَثْتُكَ لَهُ وَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ : وَمَا سُؤَالُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمْرُ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ! فَقَالَ عُمَيْرُ : أَمَا لَوْ لَمْ أَخْشَ أَنْ أَغُمَّكَ مَا أَخْبَرْتُكَ ، بَعَثْتَنِي حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْبَلَدَ ، فَجَمَعْتُ صُلَحَاءَ أَهْلِهَا فَوَلَّيْتُهُمْ جِبَايَةَ فَيْئِهِمْ ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَمَعُوهُ وَضَعْتُهُ مَوَاضِعَهُ ، وَلَوْ نَالَكَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ لَأَتَيْتُكَ بِهِ قَالَ : فَمَا جِئْتَنَا بِشَيْءٍ ؟ قَالَ : لَا . قَالَ : جَدِّدُوا لِعُمَيْرٍ عَهْدًا . قَالَ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَسَيِّئٌ لَا عَمِلْتُ لَكَ وَلَا لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا سَلِمْتُ بَلْ لَمْ أَسْلَمْ وَلَوْ قُلْتُ لِنَصْرَانِيٍّ : أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ ، فَهَذَا مَا عَرَّضْتَنِي لَهُ يَا عُمَرُ ، وَإِنَّ أَشْقَى أَيَّامِي يَوْمًا خَلَفْتُ مَعَكَ يَا عُمَرُ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ .
قَالَ : وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَمْيَالٌ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ عُمَيْرٌ : مَا أَرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ خَانَنَا ، فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ : الْحَارِثُ ، فَقَالَ : انْطَلِقْ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِهِ كَأَنْ ضَيْفٌ [ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَثَرَ شَيْءٍ فَأَقْبِلْ ] ، وَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ حَالًا شَدِيدَةً فَادْفَعْ هَذِهِ الْمِائَةَ الدِّينَارِ . فَانْطَلَقَ الْحَارِثُ ، فَإِذَا بِعُمَيْرٍ جَالِسٌ يُفَلِّي قَمِيصَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ الْحَائِطِ ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرٌ : انْزِلْ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ ، فَنَزَلَ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ : مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ ؟ قَالَ : مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَقَالَ : كَيْفَ تَرَكْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ : صَالِحًا . قَالَ : كَيْفَ تَرَكْتَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ قَالَ : صَالِحِينَ قَالَ : أَلَيْسَ يُقِيمُونَ الْحُدُودَ ؟ قَالَ : بَلَى ؛ لَقَدْ ضَرَبَ ابْنًا لَهُ أَتَى فَاحِشَةً فَمَاتَ مِنْ ضَرْبِهِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَيْرُ : اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ عُمَرَ ؛ فَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا شَدِيدًا حُبُّهُ لَكَ .
قَالَ : فَنَزَلَ بِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ إِلَّا قُرْصَةٌ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ كَانُوا يَخُصُّونَهُ بِهَا وَيَطْوُونَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُمُ الْجَهْدُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرٌ : يَا هَذَا ، إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَجَعْتَنَا فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَتَحَوَّلَ عَنَّا فَافْعَلْ قَالَ : فَأَخْرَجَ الدَّنَانِيرَ فَوَضَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِهَا ، فَصَاحَ قَالَ : لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا ، رُدَّهَا ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ : إِنِ احْتَجْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِلَّا فَضَعْهَا مَوَاضِعَهَا ، فَقَالَ عُمَيْرٌ : وَاللَّهِ مَا لِي شَيْءٌ أَجْعَلُهَا فِيهِ ، فَشَقَّتِ امْرَأَتُهُ أَسْفَلَ دِرْعِهَا فَأَعْطَتْهُ خِرْقَةً فَجَعَلَهَا فِيهَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ أَبْنَاءِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَالْفُقَرَاءِ . ثُمَّ رَجَعَ وَالرَّسُولُ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : أَقْرِئْ مِنِّي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّلَامَ .
فَرَجَعَ الْحَارِثُ إِلَى عُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا رَأَيْتَ ؟ قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَالًا شَدِيدَةً . قَالَ : فَمَا صَنَعَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ ؟ قَالَ : لَا أَدْرِي .
قَالَ : وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ : إِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِي فَلَا تَضَعْهُ مِنْ يَدِكَ حَتَّى تُقْبِلَ ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : مَا صَنَعْتَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ ؟ قَالَ : صَنَعْتُ مَا صَنَعْتُ ، وَمَا سُؤَالُكَ عَنْهَا ؟ قَالَ : أَنْشُدُ عَلَيْكَ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي بِمَا صَنَعْتَ بِهَا قَالَ : قَدَّمْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي ، فَقَالَ : رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ . فَأَمَرَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بِوَسْقٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَثَوْبَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَّا الطَّعَامُ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ ؛ قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِي الْمَنْزِلِ صَاعَيْنِ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ إِلَى أَنْ آكُلَ ذَلِكَ ، قَدْ جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالرِّزْقِ ، فَلَمْ يَأْخُذِ الطَّعَامَ . وَأَمَّا الثَّوْبَانِ : فَقَالَ : إِنَّ فُلَانَةً عَارِيَةٌ . فَأَخَذَهُمَا وَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ هَلَكَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ فَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ وَتَرَحَّمَ عَلَيْهِ . فَخَرَجَ يَمْشِي وَمَعَهُ الْمَشَّاءُونَ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ ، فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ : لِيَتَمَنَّ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ أُمْنِيَّتَهُ .
فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَالًا ؛ فَأُعْتِقُ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا . وَقَالَ آخَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَالًا ؛ فَأَعْتِقُ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، وَقَالَ آخَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَالًا ؛ فَأُنْفِقُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ . وَقَالَ آخَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي قُوَّةً ؛ فَأَمْتَحَ بِدَلْوٍ مَاءَ زَمْزَمَ لِحَاجِّ بَيْتِ اللَّهِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ لِي رَجُلًا مِثْلَ عُمَيْرٍ ، وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ لِي رِجَالًا مِثْلَ عُمَيْرٍ ؛ أَسْتَعِينُ بِهِمْ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ . .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هَارُونَ بْنِ عَنْتَرَةَ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
قَالَ : فَقَدِمَ وَقَدْ شَحُبَ لَوْنُهُ ، وَاغْبَرَّ وَجْهُهُ ، وَطَالَتْ شَعْرَتُهُ ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَيْرُ : مَا تَرَى مِنْ شَأْنِي ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَرَانِي صَحِيحَ الْبَدَنِ ، طَاهِرَ الدَّمِ ، مَعِي الدُّنْيَا أَجُرُّهَا بِقُرُونِهَا ! قَالَ : وَمَا مَعَكَ ؟ قَالَ : فَظَنَّ عُمَرُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَ بِمَالٍ ، فَقَالَ : مَعِي جِرَابِي أَجْعَلُ فِيهِ زَادِي ، وَقَصْعَتِي آكُلُ فِيهَا وَأَغْسِلُ فِيهَا رَأْسِي وَثِيَابِي ، وَإِدَاوَتِي أَحْمِلُ فِيهَا وَضُوئِي وَشَرَابِي وَعَنَزَتِي أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأُجَاهِدُ بِهَا عَدُوِّي إِنْ عَارَضَنِي ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا تَبَعٌ لِمَتَاعِي . قَالَ : فَجِئْتَ تَمْشِي ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ قَالَ : أَمَا كَانَ لَكَ أَحَدٌ يَتَبَرَّعُ لَكَ بِدَابَّةٍ تَرْكَبُهَا ؟ ! قَالَ : مَا فَعَلُوا وَمَا سَأَلْتُهُمْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ : بِئْسَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرُ : اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا عُمَرُ ، فَقَدْ نَهَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْغِيبَةِ ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ . قَالَ : فَأَيْنَ مَا بَعَثْتُكَ لَهُ وَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ : وَمَا سُؤَالُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمْرُ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ! فَقَالَ عُمَيْرُ : أَمَا لَوْ لَمْ أَخْشَ أَنْ أَغُمَّكَ مَا أَخْبَرْتُكَ ، بَعَثْتَنِي حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْبَلَدَ ، فَجَمَعْتُ صُلَحَاءَ أَهْلِهَا فَوَلَّيْتُهُمْ جِبَايَةَ فَيْئِهِمْ ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَمَعُوهُ وَضَعْتُهُ مَوَاضِعَهُ ، وَلَوْ نَالَكَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ لَأَتَيْتُكَ بِهِ قَالَ : فَمَا جِئْتَنَا بِشَيْءٍ ؟ قَالَ : لَا . قَالَ : جَدِّدُوا لِعُمَيْرٍ عَهْدًا . قَالَ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَسَيِّئٌ لَا عَمِلْتُ لَكَ وَلَا لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا سَلِمْتُ بَلْ لَمْ أَسْلَمْ وَلَوْ قُلْتُ لِنَصْرَانِيٍّ : أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ ، فَهَذَا مَا عَرَّضْتَنِي لَهُ يَا عُمَرُ ، وَإِنَّ أَشْقَى أَيَّامِي يَوْمًا خَلَفْتُ مَعَكَ يَا عُمَرُ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ .
قَالَ : وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَمْيَالٌ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ عُمَيْرٌ : مَا أَرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ خَانَنَا ، فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ : الْحَارِثُ ، فَقَالَ : انْطَلِقْ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِهِ كَأَنْ ضَيْفٌ [ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَثَرَ شَيْءٍ فَأَقْبِلْ ] ، وَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ حَالًا شَدِيدَةً فَادْفَعْ هَذِهِ الْمِائَةَ الدِّينَارِ . فَانْطَلَقَ الْحَارِثُ ، فَإِذَا بِعُمَيْرٍ جَالِسٌ يُفَلِّي قَمِيصَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ الْحَائِطِ ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرٌ : انْزِلْ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ ، فَنَزَلَ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ : مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ ؟ قَالَ : مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ ، فَقَالَ : كَيْفَ تَرَكْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ : صَالِحًا . قَالَ : كَيْفَ تَرَكْتَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ قَالَ : صَالِحِينَ قَالَ : أَلَيْسَ يُقِيمُونَ الْحُدُودَ ؟ قَالَ : بَلَى ؛ لَقَدْ ضَرَبَ ابْنًا لَهُ أَتَى فَاحِشَةً فَمَاتَ مِنْ ضَرْبِهِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَيْرُ : اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ عُمَرَ ؛ فَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا شَدِيدًا حُبُّهُ لَكَ .
قَالَ : فَنَزَلَ بِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ إِلَّا قُرْصَةٌ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ كَانُوا يَخُصُّونَهُ بِهَا وَيَطْوُونَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُمُ الْجَهْدُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرٌ : يَا هَذَا ، إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَجَعْتَنَا فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَتَحَوَّلَ عَنَّا فَافْعَلْ قَالَ : فَأَخْرَجَ الدَّنَانِيرَ فَوَضَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِهَا ، فَصَاحَ قَالَ : لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا ، رُدَّهَا ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ : إِنِ احْتَجْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِلَّا فَضَعْهَا مَوَاضِعَهَا ، فَقَالَ عُمَيْرٌ : وَاللَّهِ مَا لِي شَيْءٌ أَجْعَلُهَا فِيهِ ، فَشَقَّتِ امْرَأَتُهُ أَسْفَلَ دِرْعِهَا فَأَعْطَتْهُ خِرْقَةً فَجَعَلَهَا فِيهَا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ أَبْنَاءِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَالْفُقَرَاءِ . ثُمَّ رَجَعَ وَالرَّسُولُ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : أَقْرِئْ مِنِّي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّلَامَ .
فَرَجَعَ الْحَارِثُ إِلَى عُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا رَأَيْتَ ؟ قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَالًا شَدِيدَةً . قَالَ : فَمَا صَنَعَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ ؟ قَالَ : لَا أَدْرِي .
قَالَ : وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ : إِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِي فَلَا تَضَعْهُ مِنْ يَدِكَ حَتَّى تُقْبِلَ ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : مَا صَنَعْتَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ ؟ قَالَ : صَنَعْتُ مَا صَنَعْتُ ، وَمَا سُؤَالُكَ عَنْهَا ؟ قَالَ : أَنْشُدُ عَلَيْكَ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي بِمَا صَنَعْتَ بِهَا قَالَ : قَدَّمْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي ، فَقَالَ : رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ . فَأَمَرَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بِوَسْقٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَثَوْبَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَّا الطَّعَامُ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ ؛ قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِي الْمَنْزِلِ صَاعَيْنِ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ إِلَى أَنْ آكُلَ ذَلِكَ ، قَدْ جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالرِّزْقِ ، فَلَمْ يَأْخُذِ الطَّعَامَ . وَأَمَّا الثَّوْبَانِ : فَقَالَ : إِنَّ فُلَانَةً عَارِيَةٌ . فَأَخَذَهُمَا وَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ هَلَكَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ فَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ وَتَرَحَّمَ عَلَيْهِ . فَخَرَجَ يَمْشِي وَمَعَهُ الْمَشَّاءُونَ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ ، فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ : لِيَتَمَنَّ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ أُمْنِيَّتَهُ .
فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَالًا ؛ فَأُعْتِقُ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا . وَقَالَ آخَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَالًا ؛ فَأَعْتِقُ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، وَقَالَ آخَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي مَالًا ؛ فَأُنْفِقُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ . وَقَالَ آخَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي قُوَّةً ؛ فَأَمْتَحَ بِدَلْوٍ مَاءَ زَمْزَمَ لِحَاجِّ بَيْتِ اللَّهِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ لِي رَجُلًا مِثْلَ عُمَيْرٍ ، وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ لِي رِجَالًا مِثْلَ عُمَيْرٍ ؛ أَسْتَعِينُ بِهِمْ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ . .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هَارُونَ بْنِ عَنْتَرَةَ ، وَهُوَ مَتْرُوكٌ .
Sayyiduna Umayr bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Sayyiduna Umayr bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Hims. He stayed there for a year, during which he did not come to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his scribe: Write to Sayyiduna Umayr bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him). By Allah, I think he has betrayed us. Write to him: When this letter of mine reaches you, come, and as soon as you read this letter of mine, bring with you whatever you have collected of the fay' (public revenue) of the Muslims. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) took his bag, put his provisions and his bowl in it, hung up his water-skin, took his short spear, and set out on foot from Hims until he reached Madinah. The narrator says: When he arrived in Madinah his complexion had changed, his face was covered with dust and his hair had grown long. He came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Commander of the Believers, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What is your condition? Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: How does my condition seem to you? Do you not see that my body is healthy and my blood is pure, and that I have the world with me, which I have dragged here by its horns? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What do you have with you? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that he had perhaps brought wealth. He said: I have this bag of mine, in which I keep my provisions; and my bowl, in which I eat and with which I also wash my head and my clothes; and my water vessel, in which I carry water for ablution and for drinking; and my short spear, on which I lean and with which I fight my enemy if he confronts me. By Allah, the world is nothing but a follower of these belongings of mine. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Did you come on foot? He replied: Yes. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Was there no one who would have given you a mount as a gift, so that you could ride it? He said: They did not do so, and I did not ask them for it either. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Wretched are the Muslims from whom you have come! Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Umar, fear Allah! Allah Almighty has forbidden you from backbiting, and I saw them offering the dawn prayer. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What about the task for which I sent you; what did you do? Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Commander of the Believers, what is it you wish to ask about? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Subhan Allah! Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, had I not feared that I would grieve you, I would not have told you. You sent me, and I came to the city. I gathered the righteous people of the city and appointed them to collect their fay', and when they had collected it, I spent it in its proper places. Had any of it been due to you, I would have brought it to you. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: So you have brought us nothing? He replied: No. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Issue a fresh appointment for Umayr. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: That would be a bad thing; I will not work for you, nor for anyone after you. By Allah, I did not remain safe; rather, I was not even kept safe from saying to a Christian: May Allah disgrace you. O Umar, this is what you exposed me to. And, O Umar, the most wretched of my days was the day I stayed behind (in office) with you. Then he asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) for permission, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave him permission, and he returned to his home. The narrator says: Between his home and Madinah there was a distance of some miles. When Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) had left, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I think he has betrayed us. Then he sent a man named al-Harith and said: Go and stay with him as though you were a guest. If you see any sign (indicating betrayal), come back; and if you see a hard situation (that is, poverty in his home), give him these one hundred dinars. That man, al-Harith, went, and found Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) sitting beside the wall, picking the lice from his shirt. The man greeted him, and Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: May Allah have mercy on you; stay here. The man stayed there. Then Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: Where have you come from? He replied: From Madinah. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: In what state did you leave the Commander of the Believers? He said: He is well. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: In what state did you leave the Muslims? He said: They are well too. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Do they not establish the prescribed punishments (hudud)? The man said: Yes indeed (they do). He punished a son of his who had committed an immoral act, and the boy died as a result of that punishment. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Allah, help Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), for as far as I know he is so stern because of his intense love for You. The narrator says: That man stayed with them for three days. They had nothing but a single loaf of barley bread, which they gave especially to him while they themselves went hungry, until hardship overcame them. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the man: O you, you have made us go hungry; if you see fit, then leave us. The narrator says: The man took out the dinars, handed them to him and said: The Commander of the Believers has sent these to you; seek help with them. He cried out and said: I have no need of them; take them back. His wife said to him: If you need them, keep them; otherwise spend them in their proper places. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, I have nothing in which to put them. So his wife tore off the lower part of her garment and gave him that piece of cloth. He put the dinars in it, then went out and distributed the dinars among the children of the martyrs and the poor. Then he came back, while the messenger was thinking that perhaps he would give him some of them too. He said to the messenger: Convey my greetings of peace to the Commander of the Believers. When the man al-Harith returned to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What did you see? He said: O Commander of the Believers, I saw a hard situation. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What did he do with the dinars? The messenger said: I do not know. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to him: When my letter reaches you, do not put it down from your hand before you have set out towards me. So he came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and presented himself before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What did you do with the dinars? He said: Whatever I did with them, why are you asking about them? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I ask you by Allah to tell me what you did with them. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: I have sent them ahead for myself. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah Almighty have mercy on you. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that he be given a wasq of grain and two garments. Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: As for the grain, I have no need of it, for I left two sa' of barley at home, which will serve me until Allah Almighty grants further provision. So he did not take the grain. Then he said: As for the two garments, such-and-such a woman is in need of clothing. He took the two garments and returned with them to his home. Then he remained at his home until he passed away, may Allah Almighty have mercy on him. When the news reached Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), it weighed heavily upon him, and he prayed for mercy for Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him). He went out on foot, accompanied by others on foot, until he came to Baqi' al-Gharqad, and he said to his companions: Let each one of you state his wish. One man said: O Commander of the Believers, I wish I had wealth so that with it I could free such-and-such a number of people for the sake of Allah. Another man said: I wish I had wealth so that with it I could free such-and-such a number of people for the sake of Allah. Another man said: I wish I had wealth so that I could spend it in the way of Allah. Another man said: I wish I had strength so that with it I could draw Zamzam water with a bucket and give it to the pilgrims of the House of Allah. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I wish I had a man like Umayr; I wish I had several men like Umayr, whose help I could seek in the affairs of the Muslims.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Abd al-Malik bin Harun bin Antarah, who is matruk (abandoned).
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Abd al-Malik bin Harun bin Antarah, who is matruk (abandoned).
