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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
أول مسند ابن عباس
Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas
أَوَّلُ مُسْنَدِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas
Musnad Abi Ya'la 2550 — Najdah al-Haruri wrote a letter to Sayyiduna
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، وَالزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ الْحَرُورِيُّ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ سَهْمِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى لِمَنْ هُوَ؟ وَعَنْ قَتَلِ الْوِلْدَانِ، وَيَذْكُرُ فِي كِتَابِهِ أَنَّ الْعَالِمَ صَاحِبَ مُوسَى قَدْ قَتَلَ الْغُلَامَ، وَعَنِ النِّسَاءِ هَلْ كُنَّ يَحْضُرْنَ الْحَرْبَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ وَهَلْ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ لَهُنَّ بِسَهْمٍ؟ قَالَ يَزِيدُ: فَأَنَا كَتَبْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ كِتَابَهُ. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ سَهْمِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى لِمَنْ هُوَ؟ هُوَ لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ. وَقَدْ كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ دَعَانَا إِلَى أَنْ يُنْكِحَ مِنْهُ أَيِّمَنَا، وَيُخْدِمَ مِنْهُ عَائِلَنَا، وَيَقْضِي مِنْهُ عَنْ غَارِمِنَا، فَأَبَيْنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُسَلِّمَهُ إِلَيْنَا، وَأَبَى ذَلِكَ فَتَرَكْنَاهُ. وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ قَتَلِ الْوِلْدَانِ وَتَذْكُرُ أَنَّ الْعَالِمَ صَاحِبَ مُوسَى قَتَلَ الْغُلَامَ، وَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ مِنَ الْوِلْدَانِ مَا يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ الْعَالِمُ قَتَلْتَ، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ فَاجْتَنِبْهُمْ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِهِمْ. وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ النِّسَاءِ هَلْ كُنَّ يَحْضُرْنَ الْحَرْبَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ وَهَلْ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ لَهُنَّ بِسَهْمٍ؟ فَقَدْ كُنَّ يَحْضُرْنَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَمَّا أَنْ يَضْرِبَ لَهُنَّ بِسَهْمٍ فَلَا. قَدْ كَانَ يَرْضَخُ لَهُنَّ
It is narrated from Yazid bin Hurmuz (may Allah have mercy on him) that Najdah al-Haruri wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asking him about the share of the near relatives (dhawi al-qurba): to whom does it belong? He also asked about killing children, and mentioned in his letter that the scholar who was the companion of Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) had killed a boy. And he asked about women: did they take part in battle with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and did he assign them a regular share of the spoils? Yazid bin Hurmuz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was the one who wrote the reply letter on behalf of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). He had it written: "You have asked me about the share of the near relatives: to whom does it belong? It belongs to us, the People of the House (Ahl al-Bayt). Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) offered us that from this wealth he would arrange marriages for our unmarried women, provide servants for those of us with families, and pay off the debts of our debtors, but we insisted that he hand this share over to us (in full). He refused that, so we left it. You have asked me about killing children, and mentioned that the scholar who was the companion of Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) killed a boy. If you knew about children what that scholar knew, you would kill; but since you do not have that knowledge, avoid killing them, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing children. And you have asked me about women: did they attend battle with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and did he assign them a share? They certainly attended (the battles) with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but as for assigning them a regular share, he did not do that; however, he would give them something from the spoils."
