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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 590 — Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib addressed us
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَبُعٍ ، قَالَ : خَطَبَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ : وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَتُخْضَبَنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ - يَعْنِي لِحْيَتَهُ مِنْ دَمِ رَأْسِهِ - قَالَ : فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : وَاللهِ لَا يَقُولُ ذَاكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَبَرْنَا عِتْرَتَهُ ، فَقَالَ : أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ - أَوْ : أَنْشُدُ اللهَ - أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِي إِلَّا قَاتِلِي ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، وَلَكِنْ أَتْرُكُكُمْ إِلَى مَا تَرَكَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالُوا : فَمَا تَقُولُ لِلهِ إِذَا لَقِيتَهُ ؟ قَالَ : أَقُولُ : اللَّهُمَّ تَرَكْتَنِي فِيهِمْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ ، ثُمَّ تَوَفَّيْتَنِي ، وَتَرَكْتُكَ فِيهِمْ ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَصْلَحْتَهُمْ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ .
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Sabu' (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us in a sermon and said: "By the One who split the seed and created the soul! This (beard) will surely be dyed with this (blood of the head)." The narrator says: At this a man cried out: By Allah, whoever does such a thing (threatens to kill you), we will wipe out his entire family. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I adjure you by Allah (and I instruct you) that none be killed in retaliation for me except my killer." Then a man said: O Commander of the Believers, will you not appoint your successor? He (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "No, rather I am leaving you in the same state in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left you." The people asked: When you meet your Lord, what will you say to Him? He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will say: 'Allahumma taraktani fihim ma bada laka, thumma tawaffaytani wa taraktuka fihim, fa in shi'ta aslahtahum, wa in shi'ta afsadtahum' (O Allah, You kept me among these people for as long as You willed, then You caused me to die, and I entrusted them to You; now, if You will, reform them, and if You will, leave them in corruption and ruin (because of the evil of their deeds)).
