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hakim:3722Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Aṣbahānī > Aḥmad b. Mahdī > Bishr b. Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah from my father > al-Zuhrī > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Baynā > Jālis Maʿ ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Jāʾah a man from Ahl al-ʿIrāq > Yā

[Machine] "O Abu Abdullah, I swear by Allah, I have come to seek your guidance and follow your example in dealing with division among people. I intend to distance myself from evil as much as I can and to ponder upon a specific verse from the Book of Allah that has deeply affected my heart. Please inform me about it. Have you heard the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: 'And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.' (Quran, Al-Hujurat 49:9)? Tell me about this verse." Abdullah bin Umar replied, "What concern do you have with it? Leave me alone." The man then got up and left. As soon as he disappeared, Abdullah bin Umar came back to us and said, "I cannot find anything within myself that contradicts the meaning of this verse, other than the fact that I have not fought against these rebellious groups as Allah has commanded."  

الحاكم:٣٧٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ خَرَجْتُ أَنْ أَتَسَمَّتُ بِسَمْتِكَ وَأَقْتَدِي بِكَ فِي أَمْرِ فُرْقَةِ النَّاسِ وَأَعْتَزِلُ الشَّرَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مُحْكَمَةً قَدْ أَخَذَتْ بِقَلْبِي فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْهَا أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷻ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِنْ بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّى تَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ} [الحجرات 9] أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ «مَا لَكَ وَلِذَلِكَ انْصَرِفْ عَنِّي» فَقَامَ الرَّجُلُ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى إِذَا تَوَارَيْنَا سَوَادَهُ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ «مَا وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ إِلَّا مَا وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنِّي لَمْ أُقَاتِلْ هَذِهِ الْفِئَةَ الْبَاغِيَةَ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

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hakim:4598Aḥmad b. Mahdī b. Rustum > Bishr b. Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah al-Qurashī from my father > al-Zuhrī > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Baynamā > Jālis Maʿ ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Idh Jāʾah a man from Ahl al-ʿIrāq > Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Innī And al-Lah Laqad Ḥaraṣt

[Machine] "O Abu Abdurrahman, I swear by Allah that I have always wanted to imitate your smile and follow your actions in dealing with people. I distance myself from evil as much as I can. There is a verse from the Book of Allah that has deeply affected my heart. Please tell me your thoughts on it. It is the verse of Allah Almighty that says: 'And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.' (Quran 49:9)

Abdullah replied, "What do you want from me regarding this?" So, I left him and he departed until he was out of sight. Abdullah bin Umar came to us and said, "I have found something within myself concerning this verse. I felt that I should not fight against this rebellious faction, as Allah Almighty commanded." This is a significant narrative narrated from Abdullah bin Umar by a group of prominent Tabi'een. I have presented the hadith of Shu'ayb bin Abi Hamza, narrated by Az-Zuhri, and I have focused on it because it meets the conditions of both Al-Bukhari and Muslim."  

الحاكم:٤٥٩٨فَحَدَّثَنَا بِصِحَّةِ حَالِهِ فِيهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَهْدِيِّ بْنِ رُسْتُمَ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ حَرَصْتُ أَنْ أَتَسَمَّتُ بِسَمْتِكَ وَأَقْتَدِي بِكَ فِي أَمْرِ فُرْقَةِ النَّاسِ وَأَعْتَزِلُ الشَّرَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَإِنِّي أَقْرَأُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مُحْكَمَةً قَدْ أَخَذَتْ بِقَلْبِي فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْهَا أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷻ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِنْ بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّى تَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ} [الحجرات 9] أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا لَكَ وَلِذَلِكَ؟ انْصَرِفْ عَنِّي فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنّا سَوَادُهُ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ «مَا وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي أَمْرِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ مَا وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنِّي لَمْ أُقَاتِلْ هَذِهِ الْفِئَةَ الْبَاغِيَةَ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي اللَّهُ ﷻ» هَذَا بَابٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ كِبَارِ التَّابِعِينَ وَإِنَّمَا قَدَّمْتُ حَدِيثَ شُعَيْبَ بْنَ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَاقْتَصَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّهُ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ على شرط البخاري ومسلم  

bayhaqi:16706[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Imlāʾ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Zāhid > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Mahdī b. Rustum > Bishr b. Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah al-Qurashī from my father [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Darastawayh > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > al-Ḥajjāj b. Abū Manīʿ from my father > Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ismāʿīl > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī Wahadhā Lafẓ Ḥadīth Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > al-Zuhrī > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Baynamā > Jālis Maʿ ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Idh Jāʾah a man from Ahl al-ʿIrāq > Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Innī Wa-al-Lh Laqad Ḥaraṣt

[Machine] That I have adopted your way and followed you in dealing with people's disputes, and I have distanced myself from evil as much as I can. And I have read a verse from the book of Allah that has deeply affected my heart. Tell me about it. Have you heard the saying of Allah, the Most Blessed and Exalted: "And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly." (Surah Al-Hujurat, 49:9) Inform me about this verse. So Abdullah and Malik departed from me, and then Abdullah ibn Umar came to us and said, "I did not find in myself any inclination to fight against this rebellious group, as Allah commanded me." Al-Qattan added in his narration that Hamza said, "So we said to him, who do you consider the rebellious group to be?" Ibn Umar said, "Ibn Zubayr's son rebelled against these people, expelled them from their homes, and broke their covenant. And Abdullah ibn Umar's statement is indicative of the permissibility of using this verse in fighting against the rebellious group."  

البيهقي:١٦٧٠٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ إِمْلَاءً ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الزَّاهِدُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَهْدِيِّ بْنِ رُسْتُمَ ثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دَرَسْتَوَيْهِ ثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي مَنِيعٍ ثَنَا جَدِّي وَثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ جَمِيعًا عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَقَدْ حَرَصْتُ

أَنِ اتَّسَمْتُ بِسَمْتِكَ وَأَقْتَدِي بِكَ فِي أَمْرِ فُرْقَةِ النَّاسِ وَأَعْتَزِلَ الشَّرَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَإِنِّي أَقْرَأُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ مُحْكَمَةً قَدْ أَخَذَتْ بِقَلْبِي فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْهَا أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِنْ بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّى تَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِالْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ} [الحجرات 9] أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَمَالَكَ وَلِذَلِكَ انْصَرِفْ عَنِّي فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنَّا سَوَادُهُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَا وَجِدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَا وَجِدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنِّي لَمْ أُقَاتِلْ هَذِهِ الْفِئَةَ الْبَاغِيَةَ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي اللهُ ﷻ زَادَ الْقَطَّانُ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالَ حَمْزَةُ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ وَمَنْ تَرَى الْفِئَةَ الْبَاغِيَةَ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ بَغَى عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ فَأَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَنَكَثَ عَهْدَهُمْ فَفِي قَوْلِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ هَذَا دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى جَوَازِ اسْتِعْمَالِ الْآيَةِ فِي قِتَالِ الْفِئَةِ الْبَاغِيَةِ