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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأمراء
Book of Rulers
ما ذكر من حديث الأمراء والدخول عليهم
Reports on talk about rulers and entering upon them
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32587 — Reports on talk about rulers
٣٢٥٨٧ - حدثنا عبد اللَّه بن نمير قال: حدثنا أبو (محلم) (١) الهمداني عن عامر قال: أتى رجل معاوية فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين عدتك التي وعدتني؟ (قال) (٢): وما وعدتك؟ قال: أن تزيدني مئة في عطائي، قال: ما فعلت؛ قال: بلى، قال: من يعلم ذلك؟ قال: الأسود أو ابن الأسود، قال: ما يقول هذا يا ابن الأسود؟ قال: نعم، قد زدته فأمر له بها، ثم إن معاوية ضرب بيديه إحداهما على الأخرى، فقال: ما بي، مئة زدتها رجلا، ولكن بي غفلتي: أن أزيد رجلا من المهاجرين مئة ثم أنساها، فقال له ابن الأسود: يا أمير المؤمنين فهو (آمنٌ) (٣) عليها، قال: نعم، (قال) (٤): فواللَّه ما زدته شيئًا، ولكنه لا يدعوني رجل إلى خير يصيبه من ذي ⦗١١٠⦘ سلطان إلا شهدت له به، ولا شر أصرفه عنه من ذي سلطان إلا شهدت له به (٥).
Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Commander of the Believers! Fulfil the promise you made to me. He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What did I promise you? He said: You promised that you would increase my stipend by one hundred dirhams. He said: I did not do so. He said: Yes, you did! He said: Who knows of this? He said: Al-Aswad, or he said: Ibn al-Aswad. He said: O Ibn al-Aswad, what is this man saying? He said: Yes! O Commander of the Believers, you did increase his stipend. So he ordered that the increase be given. Then he struck one of his hands on the other and said: I do not grieve that I ordered an increase of one hundred dirhams for a man; rather, I regret my own heedlessness, that I increased the stipend of a man of the Muhajirun by one hundred dirhams and then forgot it. At this Ibn al-Aswad said: O Commander of the Believers! Will he be free of fear concerning these dirhams? He said: Yes! He said: By Allah, you made no increase for him. But whoever calls on me to testify for him about money he is to receive from some chief, I testify for him; likewise, whoever asks me to testify for him about warding off some harm he fears from a person of rank, I testify for him.
