السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: كراهية إمامة الأعجمي واللحان
The dislike of being led by a non-Arab or one who makes mistakes in recitation
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ عَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ يَقُولُ: اجْتَمَعَتْ جَمَاعَةٌ فِيمَا حَوْلَ مَكَّةَ قَالَ: حَسَبْتُ أَنْ قَالَ: فِي أَعْلَى الْوَادِي هَاهُنَا، وَفِي الْحَجِّ، قَالَ: فَحَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَتَقَدَّمَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ آلِ أَبِي السَّائِبِ أَعْجَمِيُّ اللِّسَانِ، قَالَ: فَأَخَّرَهُ الْمِسْوَرُ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ وَقَدَّمَ غَيْرَهُ، فَبَلَغَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَلَمْ يُعَرِّفْهُ بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَرَّفَهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ الْمِسْوَرُ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ: " أَنْظِرْنِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ كَانَ أَعْجَمِيَّ اللِّسَانِ، وَكَانَ فِي الْحَجِّ، فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ بَعْضُ الْحَاجِّ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَيَأْخُذَ بِعُجْمَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: هُنَالِكَ ذَهَبْتَ بِهَا؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَصَبْتَ ".
Ubayd bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a group gathered somewhere around Makkah, I think in the upper part of the valley, during the days of Hajj. The time of prayer came, and a man of non-Arab tongue from the family of Abu al-Sa'ib went forward. Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) moved him back and put someone else forward. This reached Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), but he did not ask him anything about it until he came to Madinah; when he came to Madinah, he asked him. Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Commander of the Believers! Hear me out. This man is of non-Arab tongue, and it was during the days of Hajj, so I feared that some of the pilgrims would hear his recitation and adopt his non-Arab way of reciting." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Is that what you were aiming at?" He said: "Yes." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You did right."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ، ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، ثنا عَوْفٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ: " قَدْ نَفَعَنِي اللهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ مَا كِدْتُ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِأَصْحَابِ ⦗١٢٨⦘ الْجَمَلِ فَأُقَاتِلَهُ مَعَهُمْ، بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ فَارِسَ مَلَّكُوا عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنَةَ كِسْرَى، فَقَالَ: " لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ وَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمُ امْرَأَةً ". . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ.
Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Allah benefited me through a word I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), after I had almost joined the people of the Camel to fight alongside them. When the news reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that the people of Persia had made the daughter of Chosroes their ruler, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will never succeed."
