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المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الخلافة والإمارة
Book of the Caliphate and Leadership
بَابُ أجر الحاكم إِذَا اجتهد فِي الحق
Chapter: The reward of the judge when he strives to reach the truth
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2124 — The reward of the judge when he strives
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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، ثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ - رَجُلٍ مِنْ آلِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ - أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، حِينَ اسْتُخْلِفَ قَعَدَ فِي بَيْتِهِ حَزِينًا ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَلُومُهُ ، وَقَالَ : أَنْتَ كَلَّفْتَنِي هَذَا الْأَمْرَ وَشَكَى إِلَيْهِ الْحُكْمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : أَوَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : إِنَّ الْوَالِيَ إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَصَابَ الْحَقَّ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ ، وَإِذَا اجْتَهَدَ فَأَخْطَأَ الْحَقَّ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ وَاحِدٌ ، فَكَأَنَّهُ سَهَّلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَدِيثُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا .
It is narrated from Musa bin Ibrahim (a man from the family of Abu Rabi'ah) that it reached him that when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was chosen as caliph, he sat in his house in sorrow. Then Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) turned to him and began reproaching him, and said: "It was you who burdened me with this affair (the caliphate)," and he complained of the heavy responsibility of judging (al-hukm) between people. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, when the ruler exercises ijtihad (careful judgement) (in a matter) and reaches the truth, he has two rewards; and if he exercises ijtihad and errs in reaching the truth, he (still) has one reward.'" So it was as though this hadith related by Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made the matter easy for Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him).
This narration is mursal, because Musa bin Ibrahim's hearing from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) is not established; however, the text of this hadith exists with a sahih chain in the Sahihayn and other books of hadith.
This narration is mursal, because Musa bin Ibrahim's hearing from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) is not established; however, the text of this hadith exists with a sahih chain in the Sahihayn and other books of hadith.
