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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7353 — An army of the Muslims set out with me
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ : قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ خَرَجَ جَيْشٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنَا أَمِيرُهُمْ حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ ، فَقَالَ لِي عَظِيمٌ مِنْ عُظَمَائِهِمْ : أَخْرِجُوا إِلَيَّ رَجُلًا أُكَلِّمُهُ وَيُكَلِّمُنِي ، فَقُلْتُ : لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ غَيْرِي فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَ تُرْجُمَانِهِ حَتَّى وُضِعَ لَنَا مِنْبَرَانِ فَقَالَ : مَا أَنْتُمْ ؟ فَقُلْنَا : نَحْنُ الْعَرَبُ ، وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ الشَّوْكِ وَالْقَرَظِ وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ اللهِ . كُنَّا أَضْيَقَ النَّاسِ أَرْضًا ، وَأَشَدَّهُ عَيْشًا نَأْكُلُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَيُغِيرُ بَعْضُنَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ بِشَرِّ عَيْشٍ عَاشَ بِهِ النَّاسُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ فِينَا رَجُلٌ لَيْسَ بِأَعْظَمِنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ شَرَفًا وَلَا بِأَكْثَرِنَا مَالًا ، فَقَالَ : أَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَيْكُمْ يَأْمُرُنَا بِأَشْيَاءَ لَا نَعْرِفُ وَيَنْهَانَا عَمَّا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ آبَاؤُنَا فَشَنَّفْنَا لَهُ ، وَكَذَّبْنَاهُ وَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ مَقَالَتَهُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَقَالُوا : نَحْنُ نُصَدِّقُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَّبِعُكَ وَنُقَاتِلُ مَنْ قَاتَلَكَ ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ ، وَخَرَجْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَاتَلْنَاهُ فَقَتَلَنَا وَظَهَرَ عَلَيْنَا وَغَلَبَنَا وَتَنَاوَلَ مَنْ يَلِيهِ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَقَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى ظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ وَرَائِي مِنَ الْعَرَبِ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا جَاءَكُمْ حَتَّى يَشْرَكَكُمْ فِيمَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فَضَحِكَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَدْ صَدَقَ قَدْ جَاءَتْنَا رُسُلُنَا بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ رَسُولُكُمْ فَكُنَّا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى ظَهَرَتْ فِينَا مُلُوكٌ فَجَعَلُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فِيهَا بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ ، وَيَتْرُكُونَ أَمْرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، فَإِنْ أَنْتُمْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِأَمْرِ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَمْ يُقَاتِلْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا غَلَبْتُمُوهُ ، وَلَمْ يُشَارِرْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ظَهَرْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُمْ مِثْلَ الَّذِي فَعَلْنَا فَتَرَكْتُمْ أَمْرَ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَعَمِلْتُمْ مِثْلَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ يُخَلَّى بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ ، فَلَمْ تَكُونُوا أَكْثَرَ عَدَدًا مِنَّا وَلَا أَشَدَّ قُوَّةً مِنَّا . قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ : فَمَا كَلَّمْتُ رَجُلًا أَذْكَرَ مِنْهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him): An army of the Muslims set out with me as its commander, until we reached Alexandria. One of their great chiefs said to me: "Send out to me a man whom I may speak with and who may speak with me." I said (to my companions): "No one will go out to him except me." So I went out with his interpreter until two pulpits were set up for us. That chief asked: "Who are you?" We said: "We are the Arabs; we are the people of thorny bushes and acacia (desert trees); we are the guardians of the House of Allah. We were the people with the narrowest land and the hardest life; we used to eat carrion and blood and raid one another; we were living the worst life people have lived, until a man appeared among us who was at that time neither the greatest of us in rank nor the richest of us in wealth. He said: 'I have come to you as the Messenger of Allah.' He would command us with things we did not know, and forbid us from what we and our forefathers had been upon. We took up enmity against him, denied him and rejected his word, until a group of people other than us came to him and said: 'We affirm your truthfulness, we believe in you, we follow you, and we will fight whoever fights you.' Then he went out to them, and we came out against him. We fought him, and he overpowered us; he prevailed over us and subdued us. Then he turned to the Arab tribes near him and fought them until he prevailed over them as well. Now, if the Arabs behind me knew of this luxurious life of yours, no one would stay behind; rather they would all come here to share with you in this prosperous life of yours." At this the chief laughed and said: "Indeed your Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has spoken the truth. Our prophets also came to us with the same message that your Messenger has brought, and we too remained upon it until kings arose among us who began to act according to their own desires and abandoned the command of the prophets. So if you hold fast to the command of your Prophet, whoever fights you, you will overcome him, and whoever shows enmity to you, you will prevail over him. But when you begin to do what we did, that is, you abandon the command of your Prophet and act according to your desires as those kings did, then Allah will leave us and you to your own state, and then you will be neither greater in number than us nor stronger in might than us." Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "I have never spoken with a man more intelligent and wise than him."
