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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند سعد بن أبي وقاص
Musnad of Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas
مُسْنَدُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ
Musnad of Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas
Musnad Abi Ya'la 693 — the people of Kufah complained to Sayyiduna
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ : شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّهُ لَا يُحْسِنُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ : « أَمَّا أَنَا ، فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، صَلَاتَيِ الْعِشَاءِ لَا أَخْرِمُ مِنْهَا ، أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ ، وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ » .
وَبَعَثَ رِجَالًا يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ ، فَكَانُوا لَا يَأْتُونَ مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَّا قَالُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ أَثْنَوْا خَيْرًا ، حَتَّى أَتَى مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ بَنِي عَبْسٍ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو سَعْدَةَ : أَمَا إِذْ نَشَدْتُمُونَا بِاللهِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ ، وَلَا يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ ، وَلَا يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَأَعْمِ بَصَرَهُ ، وَأَطِلْ عُمْرَهُ ، وَعَرِّضْهُ لِلْفِتَنِ .
قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ : فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْإِمَاءِ فِي السِّكَكِ ، فَإِذَا سُئِلَ : كَيْفَ أَنْتَ ؟ يَقُولُ : كَبِيرٌ فَقِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ ، أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ .
وَبَعَثَ رِجَالًا يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ ، فَكَانُوا لَا يَأْتُونَ مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَّا قَالُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ أَثْنَوْا خَيْرًا ، حَتَّى أَتَى مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ بَنِي عَبْسٍ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو سَعْدَةَ : أَمَا إِذْ نَشَدْتُمُونَا بِاللهِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ ، وَلَا يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ ، وَلَا يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَأَعْمِ بَصَرَهُ ، وَأَطِلْ عُمْرَهُ ، وَعَرِّضْهُ لِلْفِتَنِ .
قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ : فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْإِمَاءِ فِي السِّكَكِ ، فَإِذَا سُئِلَ : كَيْفَ أَنْتَ ؟ يَقُولُ : كَبِيرٌ فَقِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ ، أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people of Kufah complained to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "He does not lead the prayer properly." Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "As for me, I used to lead them in prayer just like the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I did not fall short in anything in the two night ('Isha) prayers; I would lengthen (the standing) in the first two rak'ahs and be brief in the last two." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Abu Ishaq! That is what I thought of you." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sent some men who would ask the people of Kufah about him. Whichever mosque of Kufah they went to, the people only praised and commended him, until they reached a mosque of Banu Abs, where a man named Abu Sa'dah said: "Now that you have asked us by Allah, (then hear that) he did not judge justly, did not distribute wealth equally, and did not himself go out with the army (for jihad)." At this Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Allah, if he is lying, take away his sight, lengthen his life and expose him to trials." Abd al-Malik bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: After this incident I saw that man, in his old age, accosting slave girls in the streets. When he was asked, "How are you?" he would say: "I am an old man, needy and afflicted with trials; the supplication of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) against me has struck me."
