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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 32637 — Reports on talk about rulers
٣٢٦٣٧ - حدثنا ابن إدريس عن حصين عن زيد بن وهب قال: مررنا على أبي ذر بالربذة فسألناه عن منزله قال: كنت بالشام فقرأت هذه الآية: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ﴾ [التوبة: ٣٤]، فقال معاوية: إنما هي في أهل الكتاب، فقلت: إنها لفينا وفيهم، (قال) (١): فكتب إلى عثمان (فكتب إليّ عثمان) (٢) أن أقبل، فلما قدمت ركبني الناس كأنهم لم يروني قبل ذلك، فشكوت ذلك إلى عثمان فقال: لو اعتزلت فكنت قريبًا، فنزلت هذا المنزل، فلا أدع (قوله) (٣): ولو أمروا عليَّ عبدًا حبشيًا (٤).
Zayd bin Wahb said: We passed by Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) at al-Rabadhah and asked him the reason for his staying there. He said: I used to live in Syria, and there I recited this verse: "Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend them in the way of Allah" [Al-Tawbah: 34]. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This verse is about the People of the Book." I said: "This verse is about both us and them." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote about this to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he sent me a message: "Come to me." When I came, the people gathered around me as if they had never seen me before. I complained about this to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "It would be good if you withdrew to some nearby settlement outside Madinah." So I came to this place. Now I will not abandon the command of the ruler, even if they appoint an Abyssinian slave as ruler over me.
