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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 64 — he said: After the martyrdom of the reciters
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ السَّبَّاقِ، أَنَّ زَيْدًا، حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ: أَرْسَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ بِقُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ يَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ، وَإِنِّي لَأَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ بِالْقُرَّاءِ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ كُلِّهَا، فَيَذْهَبُ قُرْآنٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ يُجْمَعُ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: " قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ: كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ " فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: هُوَ وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ عُمَرَ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ الَّذِي رَآهُ، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: «إِنَّكَ شَابٌّ، عَاقِلٌ، وَلَا نَتَّهِمُكَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْوَحْيَ، فَتَتَبَّعِ الْقُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهُ» قَالَ: فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ ذَاكَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم؟، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: هُوَ وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرِي لِلَّذِي شَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، فَتَتَبَّعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ أَجْمَعُهُ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ وَالسَّعَفِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ، وَالرِّقَاقِ، وَمَنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ، فَوَجَدْتُ فِي آخِرِ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ، بَرَاءَةَ، مَعَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ: {لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ} [التوبة: 128] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: After the martyrdom of the reciters in the Battle of Yamamah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sent for me. When I arrived, Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was also with him. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Umar came to me and said: 'On the day of the Battle of Yamamah the killing of the reciters of the Qur'an has become very intense, and I fear that the reciters of the Qur'an may be martyred in large numbers on the other battlefields too, so that a large part of the Noble Qur'an would be lost. Therefore my view is that you should issue an order for the Qur'an to be collected.'" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I said to Umar: 'How can I do something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do?'" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "By Allah! This deed is entirely good." Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) kept coming back to me about it until Allah Almighty opened my breast to this matter just as He had opened the breast of Sayyiduna Umar, and my view became the same as his. Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) related that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "You are a young and intelligent man; we have no suspicion about you, and you used to write down the revelation for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So search out the Noble Qur'an and collect it in one place." Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! Had they ordered me to move one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier on me than this task." I said: "How will you two do something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! It is good." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) kept urging me until Allah Almighty opened my breast to the matter for which He had opened the breasts of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). So I began searching for the Noble Qur'an and collecting it from pieces of leather, palm branches, stone slabs and the breasts of men, until I found the last verses of Surah al-Tawbah, "There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves," to the end of the surah, with Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him).
