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5 Jumada II 1448 AH

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Musnad Abi Ya'la 7174 — when Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah intended to appoint

حَدِيثُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ شَقِيقِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ الْجَرْمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ : لَمَّا أَرَادَ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَنْ يَسْتَخْلِفَ يَزِيدَ ، بَعَثَ إِلَى عَامِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ أَفِدْ إِلَيَّ مَنْ شَاءَ قَالَ : فَوَفَدَ إِلَيْهِ عَمْرُو بْنُ حَزْمٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ ، فَجَاءَ حَاجِبُ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ ، فَقَالَ : هَذَا عَمْرٌو قَدْ جَاءَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ ، فَقَالَ : مَا جَاءَ بِهِمْ إِلَيَّ ؟ فَقَالَ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، جَاءَ يَطْلُبُ مَعْرُوفَكَ ، فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ : إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا فَلْيَكْتُبْ مَا شَاءَ ، فَأَعْطِهِ مَا سَأَلَكَ ، وَلَا أُرَاهُ .
قَالَ : فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجِبُ ، فَقَالَ : مَا حَاجَتُكَ ؟ اكْتُبْ مَا شِئْتَ .
فَقَالَ : سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ! أَجِيءُ إِلَى بَابِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، فَأُحْجَبُ عَنْهُ ؟ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ ، فَأُكَلِّمَهُ .
فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لِلْحَاجِبِ : عِدْهُ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا إِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ فَلْيَجِئْ قَالَ : فَلَمَّا صَلَّى مُعَاوِيَةُ الْغَدَاةَ ، أَمَرَ بِسَرِيرٍ ، فَجُعِلَ فِي إِيوَانٍ لَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ النَّاسَ عَنْهُ ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا كُرْسِيٌّ وُضِعَ لِعَمْرٍو ، فَجَاءَ عَمْرٌو ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ : حَاجَتَكَ . قَالَ : فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَاسِطَ الْحَسَبِ فِي قُرَيْشٍ ، غَنِيًّا عَنِ الْمَالِ ، غَنِيًّا إِلَّا عَنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَسْتَرْعِ عَبْدًا رَعِيَّةً إِلَّا وَهُوَ سَائِلُهُ عَنْهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، كَيْفَ صَنَعَ فِيهَا .
وَإِنِّي أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ فِي أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِمَنْ تَسْتَخْلِفُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ : فَأَخَذَ مُعَاوِيَةَ رَبْوَةٌ وَنَفَسٌ فِي غَدَاةٍ قَرٍّ حَتَّى عَرِقَ ، وَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الْعَرَقَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَإِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ نَاصِحٌ ، قُلْتَ بِرَأْيِكَ ، بَالِغٌ مَا بَلَغَ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا ابْنِي وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ ، وَابْنِي أَحَقُّ مِنْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ ، حَاجَتَكَ . قَالَ : مَا لِي حَاجَةٌ .
قَالَ : ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَخُوهُ : إِنَّمَا جِئْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ نَضْرِبُ أَكْبَادَهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ كَلِمَاتٍ ؟ قَالَ : مَا جِئْتُ إِلَّا لِكَلِمَاتٍ . قَالَ : فَأَمَرَ لَهُمْ بِجَوَائِزِهِمْ . قَالَ : وَخَرَجَ لِعَمْرٍو مِثْلُهُ .
It is narrated from Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) that when Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to appoint Yazid as his successor, he sent word to the governor of Madinah: "Send to me as a delegation whomever they wish." So Sayyiduna Amr bin Hazm al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him as a delegate and sought permission to meet him. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah's (may Allah be pleased with him) doorkeeper came to seek permission, saying: "This is Amr; he has come and is asking permission to enter." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What has brought them to me?" The doorkeeper said: "O Commander of the Believers! He has come seeking your generosity." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you are telling the truth, let him write whatever he wants; give him all that he asks for, but I will not meet him." The doorkeeper went out and said to him: "What is your need? Write whatever you wish." Sayyiduna Amr bin Hazm (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! Shall I come to the door of the Commander of the Believers and then be kept from him? I wish to meet him so that I may speak to him." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the doorkeeper: "Give him such-and-such a day, that when he has offered the morning prayer he should come." The narrator said: When Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) had offered the morning prayer, he ordered a couch, which was placed in his hall; then he had the people removed from there, and nothing remained there except a chair that had been placed for Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) came and sought permission; he was given permission, so he greeted him with salam and sat on the chair. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "State your need." He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "By my life! Yazid bin Mu'awiyah is of noble lineage among Quraysh, free of need of wealth, and in need of nothing except goodness and virtue. But I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Allah Almighty does not make any servant a shepherd over subjects except that He will certainly question him about them on the Day of Resurrection: how he dealt with them.' And O Mu'awiyah! I remind you to fear Allah regarding the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), concerning the one whom you are appointing as your successor over them." The narrator said: Hearing this, a heaviness came over Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and on a cold morning his breathing became so rapid that he broke into a sweat, and he wiped the sweat from his face three times. Then he recovered, praised Allah and extolled Him, and said: "To proceed: you are indeed a sincere well-wisher; you have expressed your opinion, and it has reached as far as it was going to reach. The fact is that now only my son and their sons remain, and my son has more right than their sons. Now state your need." He said: "I have no personal need." His brother said to him: "Did we come from Madinah, wearing out our mounts, only for these few words?" He replied: "I came only for these words." So Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered stipends and gifts for them, and for Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) too he assigned a gift like theirs.
Hadith Reference مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / حديث عمرو بن حزم / 7174
Hadith Grading محدثین: رجاله ثقات
Hadith Takhrij «حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: رجاله ثقات . »
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«رواه أبو يعلى، ورجاله رجال الصحيح"، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 7138»

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