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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الجهاد
Book of Jihad
ما ذكر في فضل الجهاد والحث (عليه)
What is mentioned on the virtue of jihad and urging it
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 20673 — What is mentioned on the virtue
٢٠٦٧٣ - حدثنا عبد الرحيم بن سليمان عن مجالد عن الشعبي عن مسروق قال: إن (الشهداء) (١) ذكروا عند عمر بن الخطاب قال: فقال عمر للقوم: ما ترون الشهداء؟ قال القوم: يا أمير المؤمنين! هم (من) (٢) يقتل في هذه (المغازي) (٣) قال: فقال (عمر) (٤) عند ذلك: إن شهداءكم (إذن) (٥) (لكثير) (٦)، إني أخبركم عن ذلك أن الشجاعة (والجبن) (٧) غرائز في الناس، يضعها اللَّه حيث يشاء، فالشجاع يقاتل من وراء من لا يبالي أن لا يؤوب إلى أهله، والجبان فار عن (حليلته) (٨)، ولكن الشهيد من احتسب بنفسه، والمهاجر من هجر ما نهى اللَّه عنه، والمسلم من سلم المسلمون من لسانه ويده (٩).
Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Once the martyrs were mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Whom do you consider to be martyrs?" Those present said: "O Commander of the Believers! Those who are killed in these battles." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In that case your martyrs will be very many. I will tell you about the martyrs. Courage and cowardice are traits placed in people; Allah Almighty puts them in whomever He wills. The brave man fights in defence of those behind him, not caring whether he ever returns to his family, and the coward flees, abandoning his own wife. But the martyr is the one who offers his life seeking its reward from Allah. The emigrant (muhajir) is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden, and the Muslim is the one from whose hand and tongue the other Muslims are safe."
