صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الطهارةBook of Purification
باب سنن الوضوء - ذكر الإباحة للإمام أن يستاك بحضرة رعيته إذا لم يكن يحتشمهم فيه
Chapter on the Sunnahs of Ablution - Permissibility for the leader to use the toothstick in front of his people
Hadith 1071
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ ، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ، قَالا : حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلالٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، قَالَ : أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَمَعِيَ رَجُلانِ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ ، أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي ، وَالآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِي ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَاكُ ، فَكِلاهُمَا سَأَلا الْعَمَلَ ، قُلْتُ : وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا ، وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ الْعَمَلَ ، فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سِوَاكِهِ تَحْتَ شَفَتِهِ قَلَصَتْ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّا لا أَوْ لَنْ نَسْتَعِينَ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ ، لَكِنِ اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ " فَبَعَثَهُ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ ، ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَهُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ .
Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I presented myself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and with me were two individuals from the Ash'ar tribe. One of them was on my right side and the other on my left. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was using a miswak at that time. Both of them requested an official responsibility from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: By the One Who has sent you with the truth, they did not inform me about what was in their minds, nor did I have any idea that they would request an official responsibility. (Sayyiduna Abu Musa narrates) It is as if I am still seeing that scene when the miswak was under the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) lip, which he was chewing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We do not appoint in our (state) affairs the one who seeks (the position), so you both go." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) to Yemen, and after him, he sent Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him).
