58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] In his sermon, he said, "O people, I have not sent my workers to harm you or take your wealth, but I have sent them to teach you your religion and your traditions. Whoever does anything other than that, bring them to me so that I can deal with them accordingly. Do not strike the Muslims and humiliate them, or prevent them and declare them as unbelievers, or conspire against them and provoke them, or drive them away so that they are lost."
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
An expedition of the Ansar was operating in Persia with their leader. 'Umar used to send expeditions by turns every year, but he neglected them. When the expired, the people of expedition appointed on the frontier came back. He ('Umar) took serious action against them and threatened them, though they were the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said: 'Umar you neglected us, and abandoned the practice for which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded to send the detachments by turns. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2960)
أَنَّ جَيْشًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَانُوا بِأَرْضِ فَارِسَ مَعَ أَمِيرِهِمْ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يُعْقِبُ الْجُيُوشَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ فَشُغِلَ عَنْهُمْ عُمَرُ ؓ فَلَمَّا مَرَّ الْأَجَلُ قَفَلَ أَهْلُ ذَلِكَ الثَّغْرِ فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ وَأَوْعَدَهُمْ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا يَا عُمَرُ إِنَّكَ غَفَلْتَ عَنَّا وَتَرَكْتَ فِينَا الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ إِعْقَابِ بَعْضِ الْغَزِيَّةِ بَعْضًا
[Machine] "The long sea stretched out this night, and its side turned black, causing me sleeplessness because my beloved is not with me to entertain him. Umar ibn Al-Khattab asked Hafsah bint Umar, 'How long can a woman bear separation from her husband?' She replied, 'Six or four months.' Umar said, 'I will not confine the army more than this.'"
[البحر الطويل] تَطَاوَلَ هَذَا اللَّيْلُ وَاسْوَدَّ جَانِبُهْ وَأَرَّقَنِي أَنْ لَا حَبِيبَ أُلَاعِبُهْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ لِحَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ ؓ كَمْ أَكْثَرُ مَا تَصْبِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَنْ زَوْجِهَا؟ فَقَالَتْ سِتَّةُ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَا أَحْبِسُ الْجَيْشَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا