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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 1327 — when Sayyiduna Umar was stabbed, it was said
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : نَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَضَاءِ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ قَالَ : نَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ - ثِقَةٌ - قَالَ : نَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ قَالَ : نَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ . عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ : لَمَّا طُعِنَ عُمَرُ ، قِيلَ لَهُ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ : اعْهَدْ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ جَاءَكَ رَاعِي غَنَمِكَ وَقَدْ تَرَكَهَا سَائِبَةً ، قُلْتَ : تَرَكْتَ غَنَمِي بِغَيْرِ رَاعٍ ؟ فَكَيْفَ بِأُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : I " إِنْ أَتْرُكْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي - يَعْنِي : النَّبِيَّ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَإِنْ أَعْهَدْ فَقَدْ عَهِدَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي ، يَعْنِي : أَبَا بَكْرٍ I " ، ثُمَّ ، قَالَ : I " الشُّورَى إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ السِّتَّةِ الَّذِينَ مَاتَ النَّبِيُّ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ : عُثْمَانُ ، وَعَلِيٌّ ، وَطَلْحَةُ ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ، وَسَعْدٌ . I " لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ إِلَّا عَاصِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَلَا عَنْ عَاصِمٍ إِلَّا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ I " .
It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was stabbed, it was said to him: "O Commander of the Believers! Nominate a successor, for if your shepherd came to you having left your sheep and goats roaming free, you would say to him: Have you left my sheep without a shepherd? Then what about the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)?"
Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I do not nominate (anyone), then one who was better than me did not nominate, that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); and if I nominate, then one who was better than me did nominate, that is, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Then he said: "The matter of consultation (shura) is entrusted to these six men, with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased when he passed away: Sayyiduna Uthman, Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with them)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) except Asim bin Abi Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abdullah bin Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ali bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I do not nominate (anyone), then one who was better than me did not nominate, that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); and if I nominate, then one who was better than me did nominate, that is, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Then he said: "The matter of consultation (shura) is entrusted to these six men, with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased when he passed away: Sayyiduna Uthman, Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with them)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) except Asim bin Abi Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abdullah bin Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ali bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
