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He said, ‘If two oppose the four, then kill the two, and if three oppose the three, then kill the ones among whom is Abdul Rahman Bin Awf’. So this is a religion, that he orders with killing the people of Paradise?
وَ أَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ عُمَرَ لَمَّا طُعِنَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ جَزِعاً فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا هَذَا الْجَزَعُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ مَا جَزَعِي لِأَجْلِي وَ لَكِنَّ جَزَعِي لِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَنْ يَلِيهِ بَعْدِي And inform me, O Abu Al-Huzeyl, about Umar, when was stabbed. Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas entered to see him. He said, ‘I saw him in panic. I said, ‘O commander of the faithful!
What is this panic?’ He said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! My panic is not for my reason, but my panic is for the command (caliphate), who should be in charge of it after me’. قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا طَلْحَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ حِدَّةٌ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَعْرِفُهُ فَلَا أُوَلِّي أُمُورَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حَدِيداً He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘I said, ‘Place Talha Bin Ubeydullah in charge’. He said, ‘A man having temper for him. The Prophet -saww had recognised it.
A man of temper should not be in charge of the affairs of the Muslims’. قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ قَالَ رَجُلٌ بَخِيلٌ رَأَيْتُهُ يُمَاكِسُ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي كُبَّةٍ مِنْ غَزْلٍ فَلَا أُوَلِّي أُمُورَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَخِيلًا He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘I said, ‘Place Al-Zubeyr Bin Al-Awwam in charge’. He said, ‘A stingy man. I saw him arguing with his wife regarding a ball of yarn. A stingy cannot be in charge of the affairs of the Muslims’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ رَجُلٌ صَاحِبُ فَرَسٍ وَ قَوْسٍ وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحْلَاسِ الْخِلَافَةِ He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘I said, ‘Place Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqas to be in charge’. He said, ‘A man who is a companion of a horse and a bow, and he isn’t from the saddlecloth of the caliphate’. قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَيْسَ يُحْسِنُ أَنْ يَكْفِيَ عِيَالَهُ I said, ‘Place Abdul Rahman Bin Awf to be in charge’.
He said, ‘A man who isn’t good at sufficing his own dependants’. قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلِّهَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَاسْتَوَى جَالِساً وَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ مَا وَ اللَّهِ أَرَدْتُ بِهَذَا أُوَلِّي رَجُلًا لَمْ يُحْسِنْ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘I said, ‘Place Abdullah Bin Umar in charge’. He sat up straight and said, ‘O Ibn Abbas!
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