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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 545 — Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab asked
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ : مَا تَرَوْنَ فِي فَضْلٍ فَضَلَ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، قَدْ شَغَلْنَاكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ وَضَيْعَتِكَ وَتِجَارَتِكَ ، فَهُوَ لَكَ ، قَالَ لِي : مَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَشَارُوا عَلَيْكَ ، قَالَ : قُلْ ، فَقُلْتُ : لِمَ تَجْعَلُ يَقِينَكَ ظَنًّا ، وَعِلْمَكَ جَهْلًا ؟ قَالَ : لَتَخْرُجَنَّ مِمَّا قُلْتَ ، أَوْ لَأُعَاقِبَنَّكَ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَجَلْ لَأَخْرُجَنَّ مِنْهُ ، أَمَا تَذْكُرُ حَيْثُ بَعَثَكَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَاعِيًا ، فَأَتَيْتَ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ، فَمَنَعَكَ صَدَقَتَهُ ، فَقُلْتَ لِيَ : انْطَلِقْ مَعِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَنُخْبِرَنَّهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعَ الْعَبَّاسُ ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ خَاثِرًا ، فَرَجَعْنَا ، ثُمَّ عُدْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْغَدَ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ فَأَخْبَرْتَهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعَ الْعَبَّاسُ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عَمَّ الرَّجُلِ صِنْوُ أَبِيهِ ، وَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ الَّذِي رَأَيْنَا مِنْ خُثُورِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ ، وَمَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّكُمَا أَتَيْتُمَانِي فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ وَقَدْ بَقِيَ عِنْدِي مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ دِينَارٌ ، فَكَانَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمَا لِذَلِكَ ، وَأَتَيْتُمَانِي الْيَوْمَ وَقَدْ وَجَّهْتُ ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمَا مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِي ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : صَدَقْتَ ، أَمَا وَاللهِ لَأَشْكُرَنَّ - يَعْنِي لَكَ - الْأُولَى وَالْآخِرَةَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، فَلِمَ تُعَجِّلُ الْعُقُوبَةَ وَتُؤَخِّرُ الشُّكْرَ . ؟
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) asked (the Companions): "What is your opinion about this wealth that has been left over beyond our needs?" The people said: "O Commander of the Faithful, (the affairs of the caliphate) have kept you busy away from your family, your estate and your trade, so this wealth is (permissible) for you." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: "What do you say?" I said: "The people have already given you their advice." He said: "No, state your own opinion." I said: "Why are you turning your certainty into conjecture and your knowledge into ignorance?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You must give a solid explanation of what you have said, or else I will punish you." I said: "Yes, I will certainly explain it. Do you remember when the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent you as a collector of charity, and you went to Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) and he refused to give you the zakah? Then you said to me: 'Come with me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) so that we may inform him of what al-Abbas has done.' So we came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and found him (peace and blessings be upon him) extremely troubled and distressed, so we went back. The next day we came again and found him (peace and blessings be upon him) cheerful and happy. Then you informed him (peace and blessings be upon him) of what Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had done, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Do you not know that a man's paternal uncle is like his father?' Then we mentioned to him (peace and blessings be upon him) the distress we had seen in him (peace and blessings be upon him) on the first day and the cheerfulness we had seen on the second day, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'When the two of you came to me on the first day, one dinar of the charity was still left with me (undistributed), and what you saw was because of that. And when you came today, I had already spent it (on its proper recipient), and that is why you found me cheerful.'" (On hearing this) Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have spoken the truth. By Allah! I will certainly thank you for both, the first and the last (pieces of advice)." So I said: "O Commander of the Faithful, then why is it that you hasten to punish but delay in giving thanks?"
