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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1065 — when the illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : نَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ : نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ . عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَمْعَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ : لَمَّا اسْتُعِزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- ، وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، دَعَاهُ بِلَالٌ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَالَ : مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ : فَخَرَجْتُ ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ فِي النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ غَائِبًا . فَقُلْتُ : يَا عُمَرُ ، قُمْ فَصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ ، فَقَامَ ، فَكَبَّرَ فَسَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- صَوْتَهُ ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ رَجُلًا جَهِيرًا ، فَقَالَ : I " فَأَيْنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ يَأْبَى اللهُ ذَلِكَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ - مَرَّتَيْنِ - فَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَجَاءَ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَلَّى عُمَرُ ، فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ . قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ : فَقَالَ لِي عُمَرُ : وَيْحَكَ مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي يَا ابْنَ زَمْعَةَ ؟ وَاللهِ مَا ظَنَنْتُ حِينَ أَمَرْتَنِي إِلَّا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- أَمَرَكَ بِذَلِكَ ، وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا صَلَّيْتُ بِالنَّاسِ قُلْتُ : وَاللهِ مَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ، وَلَكِنْ حِينَ لَمْ أَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَأَيْتُكَ أَحَقَّ مَنْ حَضَرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ مِنَ النَّاسِ . I " لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدٌ ، وَلَا يُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَمْعَةَ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zam'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the illness of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became severe, and I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him) among a group of Muslims, Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the prayer. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zam'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I went out, and there among the people was Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), while Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was absent. I said: "O Umar! Stand up and lead the people in prayer." So he stood up and began the prayer by saying "Allahu akbar". When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard his voice, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was a man with a loud voice, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Where is Abu Bakr? Allah and the Muslims reject this," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this twice. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); he came after Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had led the prayer, and then he led the people in prayer. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zam'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "Woe to you, O Ibn Zam'ah! What have you done to me? By Allah! When you told me to lead, I thought only that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had ordered you to do so. Had it not been for that, I would never have led the people in prayer." I replied: "By Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order me, but when I did not find Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) present, I considered you, among the people present there, the most entitled to (lead) the prayer."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him), and this hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zam'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him), and this hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zam'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain."
