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Hadith 807

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، قَالَ: نَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَغْرِبِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَتَحْمِلَنِّي، فَنَظَرَ عُمَرُ إِلَى أَدْنَاهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ إِنْ كَانَ بِكَ مَا إِنْ تُنَبِّئَنِي حَاجَتَكَ دُونَ أَنْ تُقْسِمَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَنَا أَحْلِفُ بِاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكَ فَأَظُنُّهُ قَدْ رَدَّدَهَا ثَلَاثِينَ، أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَتِيكُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تُرِيدُ ؟ أَلَا تَرَى أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ حَلَفَ أَيْمَانًا لَا أُحْصِيهَا أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَكَ، وَاللهِ إِنْ تُرِيدُ إِلَّا الشَّرَّ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَمَالُ اللهِ، وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَمِنْ عِيَالِ اللهِ، وَاللهِ إِنَّكَ لَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَلَقَدْ أَدَّتْ بِي رَاحِلَتِي، وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَابْنُ السَّبِيلِ أُقْطِعَ بِي، وَاللهِ لَتَحْمِلَنِّي، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ ؟ فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَاللهِ إِنَّ الْمَالَ لَمَالُ اللهِ، وَإِنَّكَ لَمِنْ عِيَالِ اللهِ، وَإِنِّي لَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ رَاحِلَتُكَ أَدَّتْ بِكَ لَا أَتْرُكُكَ لِلتَّهْلُكَةِ، وَاللهِ لَأَحْمِلَنَّكَ، فَأَعَادَهَا حَتَّى حَلَفَ ثَلَاثِينَ يَمِينًا، أَوْ يَمِينَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ أَبَدًا، فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا اتَّبَعْتُ خَيْرَ الْيَمِينَيْنِ .
A man from the west came to Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: By Allah, O Commander of the Faithful! You must give me a ride. So Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) looked at him and said: By Allah! If you had mentioned your need without making me swear, it would have been better. And now, I swear by Allah that I will not give you a ride. The narrator says: I think he replied to him in this way thirty times or nearly thirty times.

Then an Ansari man whose name was Atiq bin Bilal said to him: What do you want? Have you not seen how many oaths the Commander of the Faithful has taken that he will not give you a ride? By Allah! You only want to cause trouble.

The man said: By Allah! This wealth belongs to Allah, by Allah! I am also one of Allah’s servants, by Allah! You are the Commander of the Faithful, my ride has left me stranded, by Allah! I am a traveler, I have been cut off on the way, by Allah! You must give me a ride.

Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What did you say? He repeated the same thing, so he said: By Allah! This wealth is indeed Allah’s, and you are indeed Allah’s servant, and I am the Commander of the Faithful, and if your ride has left you stranded, I cannot leave you to perish, by Allah! I will give you a ride.

Then that man kept repeating his statement until Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also swore an oath or swore twice, then said: From now on, I will not persist in any oath for which there is a better alternative, rather I will choose the better alternative.
Hadith Reference سنن سعید بن منصور / كتاب التفسير / 807
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