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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 611 — the Prophet ﷺ appointed a man from the Ansar
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : اسْتَعْمَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ بَعَثَهُمْ ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا ، قَالَ : فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ ، فَقَالَ : اجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا ، فَجَمَعُوا ، فَقَالَ : أَوْقِدُوا نَارًا ، فَأَوْقَدُوا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَلَمْ يَأْمُرْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي وَتُطِيعُوا ؟ قَالُوا : بَلَى ، قَالَ : فَادْخُلُوهَا ، قَالَ : فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ ، وَقَالُوا : إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ النَّارِ ، قَالَ : فَسَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ ، وَطُفِئَتِ النَّارُ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَكَرُوا لَهُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا ، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed a man from the Ansar as the commander of a small detachment and sent them off, and he ordered the people to listen to him and obey. Then the people angered the commander over something, whereupon the commander said: "Gather firewood for me." So the people gathered firewood. Then he said: "Light a fire." So the people lit a fire. After that the commander said: "Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not order you to listen to me and obey?" The people said: "Yes (he did)." So the commander ordered: "Then enter this fire." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that (on hearing this) the people began to look at one another and said: "We fled from the Fire itself to take refuge with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (so how can we jump into fire?)." Meanwhile the commander's anger cooled down and the fire also went out. Then, when those people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole incident, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If they had entered that fire, they would never have come out of it. Remember! Obedience is obligatory only in what is right (ma'ruf)."
