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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 71 — after the martyrdom of the martyrs of the Battle
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ السَّبَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ .
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ بِأَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ - أَوِ : النَّاسِ ، شَكَّ أَبُو يَعْلَى - فَأَنَا أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ الْقَتْلُ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ كُلِّهَا ، فَيَذْهَبَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَا يُوعَى ، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ ، قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ : كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ ، فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ : وَعُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنَّكَ لَشَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ وَلَا نَتَّهِمُكَ ، وَكُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَاتَّبِعِ الْقُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهُ ، قَالَ زَيْدٌ : فَوَاللهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ ، فَقُلْتُ : كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي بِالَّذِي شَرَحَ بِهِ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ، فَجَمَعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ أَتَتَبَّعُهُ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ وَالْأَكْتَافَ وَصُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ ، حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ آخِرَ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ مَعَ خُزَيْمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، لَمْ أَجِدْهَا مَعَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ ؛ لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ ، فَكَانَتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ الَّتِي جَمَعْنَا فِيهَا الْقُرْآنَ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَيَاتَهُ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ، ثُمَّ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ .
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ بِأَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ - أَوِ : النَّاسِ ، شَكَّ أَبُو يَعْلَى - فَأَنَا أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ الْقَتْلُ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ كُلِّهَا ، فَيَذْهَبَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَا يُوعَى ، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ ، قُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ : كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ ، فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ : وَعُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنَّكَ لَشَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ وَلَا نَتَّهِمُكَ ، وَكُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَاتَّبِعِ الْقُرْآنَ فَاجْمَعْهُ ، قَالَ زَيْدٌ : فَوَاللهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ ، فَقُلْتُ : كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ صَدْرِي بِالَّذِي شَرَحَ بِهِ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ، فَجَمَعْتُ الْقُرْآنَ أَتَتَبَّعُهُ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ وَالْأَكْتَافَ وَصُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ ، حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ آخِرَ سُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ مَعَ خُزَيْمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، لَمْ أَجِدْهَا مَعَ أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ ؛ لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ ، فَكَانَتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ الَّتِي جَمَعْنَا فِيهَا الْقُرْآنَ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَيَاتَهُ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ، ثُمَّ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that after the martyrdom of the martyrs of the Battle of Yamamah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a message summoning him. When he arrived there, Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) was also present. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Umar came to me and said: 'In the Battle of Yamamah the martyrdom of the reciters of the Qur'an (or: of the people; Imam Abu Ya'la was in doubt about this word) has greatly increased, and I fear that if the reciters continue to be martyred like this in other places too, a large part of the Qur'an will be lost and will not be preserved. Therefore my view is that you should order the Qur'an to be collected together.'" I said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "How can I do something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself did not do?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! This is nothing but good." He kept repeating this to me again and again until Allah Almighty opened my breast to this task, and my view became the same as that of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that at that time Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting there silently. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "You are a sensible young man; we hold no suspicion of any kind against you, and you used to write the revelation for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So search out the Qur'an and collect it." Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! Had they ordered me to move one of the mountains from one place to another, it would not have been heavier on me than this order to collect the Qur'an." I said: "How are you two doing 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! This task is nothing but good." He kept talking to me about it continually until Allah Almighty opened my breast too 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 to collect the Qur'an, searching it out from pieces of parchment, shoulder blades and the breasts of men, until I found the last part of Surah al-Tawbah with Sayyiduna Khuzaymah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), and I did not find it (in written form) with anyone besides him: "There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves," to the end of the verse. Then the sheets in which we had collected the Qur'an remained safe with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) until Allah took him in death, then they remained with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) until Allah took him in death as well, and then they remained safe with Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her).
