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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب السير
Book of Military Expeditions
باب: الإمام لا يجمر بالغزى
Chapter: The ruler should not keep fighters stationed at the front too long
Bayhaqi 17848 — The ruler should not keep fighters stationed
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " فَإِنْ جَمَّرَهُمْ فَقَدْ أَسَاءَ وَيَجُوزُ لِكُلِّهِمْ خِلَافُهُ وَالرُّجُوعُ "..
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If (the imam) keeps them (at the frontier) for a long time and does not let them return home, he has done wrong, and it is permissible for all of them to oppose him and return (to their homes)."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ، ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ يَعْنِي مَحْبُوبَ بْنَ مُوسَى، ثنا الْفَزَارِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي فِرَاسٍ، قَالَ: خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ: " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَبْعَثْ إِلَيْكُمْ عُمَّالِي لِيَضْرِبُوا أَبْشَارَكُمْ، وَلَا لِيَأْخُذُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ بَعَثْتُهُمْ لِيُعَلِّمُوكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَسُنَّتَكُمْ، فَمَنْ فُعِلَ بِهِ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَرْفَعْهُ إِلِيَّ فَأَقُصَّهُ مِنْهُ، أَلَا لَا تَضْرِبُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَتُذِلُّوهُمْ وَلَا تَمْنَعُوهُمْ فَتُكْفِرُوهُمْ، وَلَا تُجَمِّرُوهُمْ فَتَفْتِنُوهُمْ، وَلَا تُنْزِلُوهُمُ الْغِيَاضَ فَتُضَيِّعُوهُمْ ".
Sayyiduna Abu Firas (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us in a sermon and said: O people! I do not send governors to you so that they beat your bodies and take your wealth; I send them so that they teach you your religion and your Sunnah. If any of them does anything other than this, bring his case to me and I will take retribution from him. Beware! Do not beat the Muslims and so humiliate them; do not drive the Muslims to disbelief by repeatedly scolding and denying them; and do not keep the fighters from returning to their homes, for if you keep them, they will fall into trial; and do not ruin the fighters by putting them on difficult paths.
