Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 27:362

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 27:362

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Hadith 27:362

Abu Usama narrated to us, he said: Kahmas narrated to me, he said: Abdullah ibn Shaqiq narrated to me, he said: Al-Aqra’ narrated to me—Kahmas doubted, "I do not know if it is Al-Aqra’ the Mu’adhdhin or someone else"—he said: Umar sent for the Bishop. He said: So he was asking him while I was standing over them, shading them from the sun. He said: "Do you find me in your Book?" He said: "Your description and your deeds." He said: "How do you find me?" He said: "I find you as a horn of iron." Umar struck his face and said: "A horn of iron?" He said: "A severe commander." It was as if he was pleased with that. He said: "What do you find after me?" He said: "A truthful successor who favors his relatives." Umar said: "May Allah have mercy on Ibn Affan." He said: "What do you find after him?" He said: "A crack of iron." Umar had something in his hand that he was turning over, so he threw it away and said: "Oh, the calamity!" two or three times. He said: "Do not say that, O Commander of the Faithful, for he is a Muslim successor or a righteous man, but he will be succeeded while the sword is drawn and blood is being shed." He said: Then he turned to me and said: "The prayer."

حدثنا أبو أسامة قال حدثني كهمس قال حدثني عبد الله بن شقيق قال حدثني الأقرع شك كهمس لا أدري الأقرع المؤذن هو أو غيره قال أرسل عمر إلى الأسقف قال فهو يسأله وأنا قائم عليهما أظلهما من الشمس فقال هل تجدني في كتابكم فقال صفتكم وأعمالكم قال كيف تجدني قال أجدك قرنا من حديد قال فنقط عمر وجهه وقال قرن حديد قال امير شديد فكأنه فرح بذلك قال فما تجد بعدي قال خليفة صدق يؤثر أقربيه قال فقال عمر يرحم الله بن عفان قال فما تجد بعده قال صدع حديد قال وفي يد عمر شيء يقلبه فنبذه فقال يا دفراه مرتين أو ثلاثة قال فلا تقل ذلك يا أمير المؤمنين فإنه خليفة مسلم أو رجل صالح ولكنه يستخلف والسيف مسلول والدم مهراق قال ثم التفت إلي ثم قال الصلاة