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Bayhaqi 16809 — The prohibition of fighting in times of division

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ، أنبأ الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَلِيسًا لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ زَمَنَ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَفِي طَاعَةِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ رُءُوسُ الْخَوَارِجِ نَافِعُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ وَعَطِيَّةُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ وَنَجْدَةُ فَبَعَثُوا أَوْ بَعْضُهُمْ شَابًّا إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تُبَايِعَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَرَأَيْتُهُ حِينَ مَدَّ يَدَهُ وَهِيَ تَرْجُفُ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ، فَقَالَ: " وَاللهِ مَا كُنْتُ لِأُعْطِيَ بَيْعَتِي فِي فُرْقَةٍ، وَلَا أَمْنَعُهَا مِنْ جَمَاعَةٍ ".
Sa'id bin Harb al-Abdi said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) in al-Masjid al-Haram during the time of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him). Under the obedience of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) were the chiefs of the Khawarij, among them Nafi' bin al-Azraq, Atiyyah bin al-Aswad and Najdah. They sent a man to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask: Why do you not give the pledge of allegiance to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him)? He raised his hand, which was trembling from old age, and said: "By Allah!" I will not give my pledge of allegiance for division, nor will I withhold it from the community.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 16809
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