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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب آداب القاضي
Book of the Etiquette of the Judge
باب: اتخاذ الكتاب
Chapter: Appointing scribes
Bayhaqi 20405 — Appointing scribes
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، ثنا سَلَمَةُ، عنِ ابنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَكْتَبَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ ⦗٢١٥⦘ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ، وَكَانَ يُجِيبُ عَنْهُ الْمُلُوكَ، فَبَلَغَ مِنْ أَمَانَتِهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ الْمُلُوكِ فَيَكْتُبَ، ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ وَيَخْتِمَ وَلَا يَقْرَأَه - لِأَمَانَتِهِ عِنْدَهُ - ثُمَّ اسْتَكْتَبَ أَيْضًا زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ، وََيَكْتُبُ إِلَى الْمُلُوكِ أَيْضًا، وَكَانَ إِذَا غَابَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَاحْتَاجَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ أُمَرَاءِ الْأَجْنَادِ وَالْمُلُوكِ، أَوْ يَكْتُبَ لِإِنْسَانٍ كِتَابًا يُقْطِعَهُ، أَمَرَ جَعْفَرًا أَنْ يَكْتُبَ، وَقَدْ كَتَبَ لَهُ عُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَكَانَ زَيْدٌ وَالْمُغِيرَةُ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِمَّنْ قَدْ سُمِيَّ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ ".
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made Abdullah bin al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) a scribe. Abdullah bin al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) used to write letters, and he would also reply to kings. Such was his trustworthiness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would instruct him to write to certain kings; then he would write, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would order him to seal it, and he would not read it. Then in the same way he (peace and blessings be upon him) also took Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) as a scribe; he wrote down the revelation and letters to kings. When Abdullah bin al-Arqam and Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with them both) were both absent, he would instruct Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) to write to the armies, the kings or any person. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him), Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), Khalid bin Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) and many others besides, whose names have been mentioned, were scribes for him (peace and blessings be upon him).
