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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث أبي موسى الأشعري
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
حَدِيثُ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7240 — he said: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْجُشَمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ : أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ : أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي ، وَالْآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِي ، فَكِلَاهُمَا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْعَمَلَ وَهُوَ يَسْتَاكُ ، فَقَالَ : « مَا تَقُولُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ ، أَوْ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى ؟ » قَالَ : وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا ، وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ الْعَمَلَ . قَالَ : فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سِوَاكِهِ وَهُوَ تَحْتَ شَفَتِهِ قَلَصَتْ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا أَبَا مُوسَى إِنَّا لَا ، أَوْ لَنْ نَسْتَعْمِلَ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ ، وَلَكِنِ اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ ، أَوْ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى ، فَبَعَثَهُ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ ، ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَ لَهُ : انْزِلْ ، وَأَلْقَى لَهُ وِسَادَةً .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and with me were two other men from the Ash'ari tribe, one on my right and the other on my left. Both of them asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for a post of authority, and at that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was using the tooth-stick (miswak). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Abdullah bin Qays! Or, O Abu Musa! What do you say?" I said: "By the One who sent you (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth! They did not disclose to me what was in their hearts, and I did not even realise that they had come seeking a post." Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is as if I can still see his (peace and blessings be upon him) tooth-stick beneath his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed lip, while his (peace and blessings be upon him) lip was drawn up because of the tooth-stick. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Musa! We will never appoint to our work (the responsibility of government) anyone who himself wants it or asks for it. But you go, O Abdullah bin Qays! (Or, O Abu Musa!)" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him as governor of Yemen, and then sent Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) after him. When Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived there, Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Come in (dismount)," and laid out a cushion for him to sit on.
