Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 5413

(1) حسنٌ، وهذا إسنادٌ رجاله لا بأس بهم، لكنه مرسل، فلم يدرك محمدُ بنُ إبراهيم التيمي ولا أبو سلمة - وهو ابن عبد الرحمن بن عوف - عُمرَ بنَ الخطاب، والذي استشكله عمر بن الخطاب هو قراءة ﴿وَالَّذِينَ﴾ بالواو قبلها وبعطف الأنصار على المهاجرين، إذ كان عمر يقرأ: (والأنصار الذين) برفع الأنصار وحذف الواو قبل الموصول، ليكون الموصولُ صفةً للأنصار، وقد رُوي نحو هذه القصة وقراءة عمر هذه الآية من وجوه عنه مرسلة، وفي بعضها أنَّ زيد بن ثابت كان يقرؤها كأبي بن كعب، وأنَّ عمر رجع إلى قراءتهما.
Grading: (1) This narration is "hasan". Technical note / Defect ('illah): The narrators of this chain are "la ba'sa bihim" (acceptable), but the chain is "mursal", because neither Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Taymi nor Abu Salamah (the son of Abd al-Rahman bin Awf) lived in the time of Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). Details of the narration: What Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) found problematic is the reading of ﴿وَالَّذِينَ﴾ in the verse (Surah al-Tawbah: 100) with the "waw" before it, making "the Ansar" conjoined to "the Muhajirun". Umar himself used to read it as (wa al-Ansaru alladhina), i.e. with the word "Ansar" in the nominative (raf') and dropping the "waw" before the relative pronoun (alladhina), so that "alladhina" becomes an attribute of the Ansar. This story and this particular reading of Umar are narrated from Umar through several other routes as "mursal". Some narrations also mention that Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) read this verse as Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) did (with the waw), and that Umar eventually returned to their reading.
وأخرجه إسحاق بن راهويه في "مسنده" كما في "المطالب العالية" للحافظ ابن حجر (3618) عن عبْدة بن سُليمان، عن محمد بن عمرو بن علقمة، عن أبي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن وحده.
Reference / Source: Ishaq bin Rahwayh recorded this narration in his "Musnad", as found in al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar's "al-Matalib al-'Aliyah" (no. 3618). It is narrated via Abdah bin Sulayman ← Muhammad bin Amr bin Alqamah ← Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman (alone).
وأخرجه بنحوه ابن وهب في التفسير من "جامعه" 2/ (1)، والطبري في "تفسيره" 11/ 8 من طريق محمد بن كعب القُرظي، مرسلًا. لكن ليس فيه قول أُبيٍّ لعمر في آخره، إنما جاء فيه بدلًا منه قولُ عمر: لقد كنتُ أظن أنا رُفعنا رفعةً لا يبلغُها أحدٌ بعدنا، فقال أبيٌّ: بلى، تصديق هذه الآية في أول سورة الجمعة: ﴿وَآخَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ﴾ إلى ﴿وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ﴾، وفي سورة الحشر: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ﴾، وفي الأنفال: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا مَعَكُمْ فَأُولَئِكَ مِنْكُمْ﴾ إلى آخر الآية.
Reference / Source: Ibn Wahb narrated this in the Tafsir section of his book "al-Jami'" (2/ 1), and Imam al-Tabari in his "Tafsir" (11/ 8), via Muhammad bin Ka'b al-Qurazi as "mursal". Details of the narration: But in this route the exchange between Ubayy and Umar at the end is not mentioned; instead there is Umar's statement: "I used to think that we had been raised to a rank which no one after us could reach." Ubayy said: "Not so! (Those who come later also have a rank.) The confirmation of this is in the opening verse of Surah al-Jumu'ah: ﴿وَآخَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ﴾ (and to others of them who have not yet joined them) to the end; and in Surah al-Hashr: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ﴾ (and those who came after them say: Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith); and in Surah al-Anfal: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا مَعَكُمْ فَأُولَئِكَ مِنْكُمْ﴾ (and those who believed afterwards and emigrated and strove along with you, they are of you) to the end of the verse."
وأخرجه بنحوه أيضًا ابن وهب في التفسير من "جامعه" 1/ (60) عن ابن لَهِيعة، عن يزيد بن أبي حبيب، مرسلًا كذلك، لكن لفظ آخره: فقال له عمر: فما منعك أن تخبرني؟ فقال: فَرِقتُ منك، قال عمر: ذلك أجدرُ ألا تكون من شهداء الله.
Reference / Source: Ibn Wahb also recorded a similar narration in the Tafsir section of "al-Jami'" (1/ 60) via Ibn Lahi'ah ← Yazid bin Abi Habib, likewise as "mursal". Details of the narration: However, its closing words are as follows: Umar said to Ubayy: "What prevented you from telling me (earlier)?" Ubayy said: "I was afraid of you (your awe)." Umar said: "That fear was more likely to make you not be among the witnesses of Allah (i.e. my awe should not have prevented you from stating the truth)."
وأخرج أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلام في "فضائل القرآن" ص 301، ومن طريقه الطبري في "تفسيره" 11/ 8 من طريق حبيب بن الشهيد وعمرو بن عامر الأنصاري مرسلًا: أن عمر بن الخطاب قرأ … فذكر الآية من سورة التوبة، فرفع الأنصار، ولم يُلحِق الواو في (الذين)، فقال له زيد بن ثابت: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ﴾ فقال عمر: (الذين اتبعوهم بإحسانٍ)، فقال زيد: أمير المؤمنين أعلمُ، فقال عمر: ائتوني بأبي بن كعب، فسأله عن ذلك، فقال أُبيٌّ: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ﴾، فقال عمر: فنَعَم إذًا، فتابع أُبيًّا.
Reference / Source: Abu Ubayd al-Qasim bin Sallam in "Fada'il al-Qur'an" (p. 301), and through him Imam al-Tabari in his "Tafsir" (11/ 8), narrated it from Habib bin al-Shahid and Amr bin Amir al-Ansari as "mursal". Details of the narration: The story is that Umar bin al-Khattab recited the verse of Surah al-Tawbah … reading "al-Ansar" in the nominative (raf') and not attaching the "waw" to (alladhina). At this Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) corrected him, reciting: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ﴾ (with the waw). Umar (repeated his reading): "alladhina ittaba'uhum bi-ihsan". Zayd said (out of courtesy): "The Commander of the Believers knows best." Then Umar said: "Bring me Ubayy bin Ka'b." He asked him about it, and Ubayy also recited: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ﴾ (with the waw). Then Umar said: "If so, then yes," and so he followed Ubayy.