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Bayhaqi 16783 — The disagreement on fighting rebels

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أَنْبَأَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ بِالشَّامِ، فَبَعَثَ الْمُهَلَّبُ سِتِّينَ رَأْسًا مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ، فَنُصِبُوا عَلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ، وَكُنْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لِي إِذْ مَرَّ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ، فَنَزَلْتُ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا يَصْنَعُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَنِي آدَمَ، ثَلَاثًا، كِلَابُ جَهَنَّمَ، كِلَابُ جَهَنَّمَ، شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، خَيْرُ قَتْلَى مَنْ قَتَلُوهُ، طُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ أَوْ قَتَلُوهُ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا غَالِبٍ أَعَاذَكَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ، قُلْتُ: رَأَيْتُكَ بَكَيْتَ حِينَ رَأَيْتَهُمْ؟ قَالَ: بَكَيْتُ رَحْمَةً، رَأَيْتُهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، هَلْ تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَرَأَ: {هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ} [آل عمران: ٧]، حَتَّى بَلَغَ {وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللهُ} [آل عمران: ٧]، وَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ كَانَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ، وَزِيغَ بِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَاخْتَلَفُوا} [آل عمران: ١٠٥] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {فَفِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ} [آل عمران: ١٠٧]، قُلْتُ: هُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: مِنْ قِبَلِكَ تَقُولُ، أَوْ شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ، بَل سَمِعْتُهُ لَا مَرَّةً، وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ، حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَفَرَّقُوا عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِمْ ⦗٣٢٦⦘ فِرْقَةً، كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا السَّوَادُ الْأَعْظَمُ، قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ أَلَا تَرَى مَا يَفْعَلُونَ؟ قَالَ: عَلَيْهِمْ مَا حُمِّلُوا، وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ.
Abu Ghalib said: I was in Syria when al-Muhallab sent sixty heads of the Khawarij, and they were set up on the steps of Damascus. I was on the roof of a house of mine when Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by, so I came down and followed him. When he stood over them, his eyes filled with tears and he said: Glory be to Allah! What Satan does to the children of Adam! (He said it) three times. Dogs of Hell, dogs of Hell, the worst of the slain under the shade of the sky, three times; the best of the slain are those whom they killed; glad tidings for whoever kills them or is killed by them. Then he turned to me and said: O Abu Ghalib, may Allah protect you from them. I said: I saw you weep when you saw them. He said: I wept out of mercy; I saw that they had been among the people of Islam. Do you recite Surah Al Imran? I said: Yes. So he recited: "It is He who has sent down to you the Book; in it are verses that are precise, they are the foundation of the Book" [Surah Al Imran: 7] until he reached: "And none knows its interpretation except Allah" [Surah Al Imran: 7]. And these people had deviation in their hearts, so they were made to deviate. Then he recited: "And do not be like those who became divided and differed" [Surah Al Imran: 105] up to His words: "they will be in the mercy of Allah, abiding therein forever" [Surah Al Imran: 107]. I said: Are these the ones, O Abu Umamah? He said: Yes. I said: Are you saying this of your own accord, or is it something you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Then I would indeed be bold! Rather, I heard it not once and not twice, until he counted seven. Then he said: The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and this ummah will exceed them by one sect; all of them are in the Fire except the great majority (al-sawad al-a'zam). I said: O Abu Umamah, do you not see what they are doing? He said: Upon them is what they have been charged with, and upon you is what you have been charged with.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 16783