Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Conveys the Greetings to you...
Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Conveys the Greetings to you -saww and Says to you -saww : ‘Ask Abu Bakr, is he pleased with Me -azwj , for I -azwj am Pleased with him!”’ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ لَسْتُ بِمُنْكِرِ فَضْلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ لَكِنْ يَجِبُ عَلَى صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِثَالَ الْخَبَرِ الَّذِي قَالَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَيَّ الْكَذَّابَةُ وَ سَتَكْثُرُ فَمَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّداً فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ فَإِذَا أَتَاكُمُ الْحَدِيثُ فَاعْرِضُوهُ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّتِي فَمَا وَافَقَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّتِي فَخُذُوا بِهِ وَ مَا خَالَفَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّتِي فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا بِهِ Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘I -asws am not a denier of the merit of Abu Bakr, but it obligated upon the owner (reporter) of this Hadeeth that he takes an example of the Hadeeth which Rasool-Allah -saww had said during the farewell Hajj: ‘The liars upon me -saww have become a lot, and they will be becoming ever more.
The one who lies upon me deliberately, so let him assume his seat from the Fire! So, whenever a Hadeeth comes to you, then present it to the Book of Allah -azwj and my Sunnah. Whatever is in accordance with the Book of Allah -azwj and my Sunnah , take with it, and whatever opposes the Book of Allah -azwj and my -saww Sunnah, do not take with it.
وَ لَيْسَ يُوَافِقُ هَذَا الْخَبَرُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ وَ نَعْلَمُ ما تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ فَاللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَفِيَ عَلَيْهِ رِضَا أَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ حَتَّى سَأَلَ مِنْ مَكْنُونِ سِرِّهِ هَذَا مُسْتَحِيلٌ فِي الْعُقُولِ And this Hadeeth is not in accordance with the Book of Allah -azwj .
Allah -azwj the Exalted Said: And We Created the human being, and We know what his mind suggests to his self, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein [50:16] . Would Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Hide from him the pleasure of Abu Bakr from his anger until He -azwj Asks from His -azwj hidden secrets?
This is impossible in the intellects!’ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَكْثَمَ وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّ مَثَلَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَثَلِ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ Then Yahya Bin Aksam said, ‘And it has been reported that an example of Abu Bakr and Umar in the earth is like an example of Jibraeel -as and Mikaeel -as in the sky’.
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