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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب قتال أهل البغي
Book of Fighting the Rebels
باب: الاستخلاف
Chapter: Appointing a successor
Bayhaqi 16572 — Appointing a successor
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ السُّكَّرِيُّ، بِبَغْدَادَ، أَنْبَأَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا، فَقَالَتْ: أَعِلْمُكَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ غَيْرَ مُسْتَخْلِفٍ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَلَّا، قَالَتْ: إِنَّهُ فَاعِلٌ، فَحَلَفْتُ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ، أَوْ قَالَ: فِي غَزَاةٍ، فَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ، فَكُنْتُ فِي سَفَرِي كَأَنَّمَا أَحْمِلُ بِيَمِينِي جَبَلًا حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَسْأَلُنِي، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ مَقَالَةً فَآلَيْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَهَا لَكَ، زَعَمُوا أَنَّكَ غَيْرَ مُسْتَخْلِفٍ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ رَاعِي غَنْمٍ فَجَاءَكَ وَقَدْ تَرَكَ رِعَايَتَهُ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ قَدْ ضَيَّعَ، فَرِعَايَةُ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ، قَالَ: فَوَافَقَهُ قَوْلِي، فَأَطْرَقَ مَلِيًّا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَحْفَظُ دِينَهُ، وَإِنْ لَا أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ، وَإِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ، قَالَ: فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَعْدِلُ بِرَسُولِ الله صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدًا، وَأَنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُسْتَخْلِفٍ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَغَيْرِهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I went to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said: "Do you know that your father (Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)) does not intend to nominate anyone as successor?" I said: "Certainly not." She said: "That is what he is going to do." I swore that I would certainly speak to him about it. Then I went off on a journey or a military expedition and could not speak to him. When I returned, I met my honoured father and he began asking me questions. I said: "I heard the people saying something, and I swore that I would say it to you: they claim that you will not nominate (anyone as) successor, whereas I know that if you had a shepherd tending your goats and he came to you having left his flock, you would consider that he had let them go to waste; and tending people is an even weightier matter." He said: He agreed with what I said, paused for a while, then raised his head and said: "Allah Almighty Himself will protect His religion. If I do not nominate (anyone as) successor, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do so either; and if I nominate (someone as) successor, then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) did so too." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When he mentioned only the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), I understood that he would not hold anyone equal to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (that is, he would not prefer anyone's way over his), and that he would not nominate a successor.
