Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #44809
Hadith #44809
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، وَعَفَّانُ، قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَوْدِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ، مَنْ أَتَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حِينَ طُعِنَ فَقَالَ احْفَظْ عَنِّي ثَلَاثًا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ لَا يُدْرِكَنِي النَّاسُ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَقْضِ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ قَضَاءً وَلَمْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ عَلَى النَّاسِ خَلِيفَةً وَكُلُّ مَمْلُوكٍ لَهُ عَتِيقٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّاسُ اسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَالَ أَيَّ ذَلِكَ أَفْعَلُ فَقَدْ فَعَلَهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي إِنْ أَدَعْ إِلَى النَّاسِ أَمْرَهُمْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاة وَالسَّلَامُ وَإِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدْ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَبْشِرْ بِالْجَنَّةِ صَاحَبْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَطَلْتَ صُحْبَتَهُ وَوُلِّيتَ أَمْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَوِيتَ وَأَدَّيْتَ الْأَمَانَةَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا تَبْشِيرُكَ إِيَّايَ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي قَالَ عَفَّانُ فَلَا وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي الدُّنْيَا بِمَا فِيهَا لَافْتَدَيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ هَوْلِ مَا أَمَامِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَعْلَمَ الْخَبَرَ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ فِي أَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَفَافًا لَا لِي وَلَا عَلَيَّ وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ صُحْبَةِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَلِكَ.
Yahya bin Hammad and Affan told us, they said Abu Awanah told us, on the authority of Dawud bin Abdullah Al-Awdi, on the authority of Humaid bin Abd. Al-Rahman Al-Himyari, Ibn Abbas told us, in Basra, he said: I am the first, who came to Omar, may God be pleased with him, when he was stabbed, and said, “Keep from me three things.” For I fear that the people will not recognize me. As for me, I have not fulfilled the mandate and have not appointed a successor over the people, and every one of his slaves is an old man. So the people said to him, “Leave your successor.” He said, “Which of that should I do?” He who is better than me has done it. If I leave the affairs of the people to them, he has abandoned it. The Prophet of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and if he is appointed as successor, then he has appointed someone better than me as successor, Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him. So I said to him, “Give good news.” In Paradise, you accompanied the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and accompanied him for a long time, and you were in charge of the affairs of the believers, so you became strong and performed Honesty, so he said, “As for your giving me good news of Paradise, by God, if only I had it.” Affan said, “No, by God, there is no god but Him, if only I had it.” The world and all that is in it, I would have ransomed myself for it from the terror that was before me before I knew the news. As for your statement regarding the matter of the believers, by God, I would have liked That is sufficient for neither me nor mine, and as for what you mentioned about the companionship of the Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, that is that.
Narrated by
Humaid bin Abd al-Rahman al-Himyari (RA)
Source
Musnad Ahmad # 2/322
Grade
Sahih
Category
Chapter 2: Chapter 2