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13 Jumada I 1448 AH

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Bayhaqi 16571 — Appointing a successor

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، قَالَا: ثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، ثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ أَبِي حِينَ أُصِيبَ، فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا: جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ: رَاهِبٌ وَرَاغِبٌ، قَالُوا: اسْتَخْلِفْ، فَقَالَ: أَتَحَمَّلُ أَمَرَكُمْ حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا، لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ حَظِّي مِنْهَا الْكَفَافُ، لَا عَلَيَّ وَلَا لِي، إِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، وَإِنْ أَتْرُكْكُمْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَكُمْ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ حِينَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرَ مُسْتَخْلِفٍ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I was present with my father when he was struck (wounded). They praised him and said: "May Allah reward you with good." He said: "(People are) hopeful and fearful." They said: "Nominate a successor." He said: "Shall I bear your affair both in life and in death? I wish that my share of it were just enough to break even, nothing against me and nothing for me. If I nominate a successor, then one better than me nominated a successor; and if I leave you, then one better than me left you, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Abdullah said: So I knew, when he mentioned the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he would not nominate a successor.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 16571

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