Hadith 4108

The Ghazwā of Al-Khandaq which is called Al-Aḥzāb Battle.

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Darussalam · Volume 5

64 - THE BOOK OFAL-MAGHĀZĪ(1) (i.e., holy battle,or the deeds and virtues of Ghāzi)

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 4108 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 110

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English translation

4108. Narrated 'Ikrima bin Khālid: Ibn 'Umar said, “I went to Ḥafṣa while water was dribbling from her twined braids. I said, “The condition of the people is as you see,(1) and no authority has been given to me.” Ḥafṣa said, (to me), ‘Go to them, and as they (i.e., the people) are waiting for you, and I am afraid your absence from them will produce division amongst them.”’ So Ḥafṣa did not leave Ibn 'Umar till we went to them. When the people differed, Mu'āwiya addressed the people saying, “If anybody wants to say anything in this matter of the caliphate, he should show up and not conceal himself, for we are more rightful to be a caliph than he and his father.” On that, Ḥabīb bin Maslama said (to Ibn 'Umar), “Why don't you reply to him (i.e., Mu'āwiya)?” ‘Abdullāh bin 'Umar said, "I untied my garment that was going round my back and legs while I was sitting and was about to say, 'He who fought against you and against your father(1) for the sake of Islām, is more rightful to be a caliph,' but I was afraid that my statement might produce differences amongst the people and cause bloodshed, and my statement might be interpreted not as I intended. (So I kept quiet) remembering what Allāh has prepared in the Gardens of Paradise (for those who are patient and prefer the Hereafter to this worldly life)." Ḥabīb said, "You did what kept you safe and secure (i.e., you were wise in doing so)."

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4108 - حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: " دَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ وَنَسْوَاتُهَا تَنْطُفُ، قُلْتُ: قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا تَرَيْنَ، فَلَمْ يُجْعَلْ لِي مِنَ الأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ، فَقَالَتْ: الحَقْ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ، وَأَخْشَى أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي احْتِبَاسِكَ عَنْهُمْ فُرْقَةٌ، فَلَمْ تَدَعْهُ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ، فَلَمَّا تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ خَطَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ فَلْيُطْلِعْ لَنَا قَرْنَهُ، فَلَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْهُ وَمِنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ حَبِيبُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ: فَهَلَّا أَجَبْتَهُ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: فَحَلَلْتُ حُبْوَتِي، وَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: أَحَقُّ بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ مِنْكَ مَنْ قَاتَلَكَ وَأَبَاكَ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ، فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ كَلِمَةً تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الجَمْعِ، وَتَسْفِكُ الدَّمَ، وَيُحْمَلُ عَنِّي غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، فَذَكَرْتُ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ فِي الجِنَانِ، قَالَ حَبِيبٌ: حُفِظْتَ وَعُصِمْتَ " قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ وَنَوْسَاتُهَا

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(1) (H. 4108) The fighting (between 'Ali and Mu'āwiya) in Siffin.