Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: Umar Said He Repents to God for Three Things 3-227 وبهذا الاسناد، عن إبراهي٠د الثقفي قال: حدثني ٠د بن علي قال: حدثنا الحسين بن سفيان، عن أبيه قال: حدثني فضل بن الزبير قال: حدثني أبوعبيدة الحذاء زياد بن عيسى قال: س٠عت أبا جعفر عليه السلا٠وت قال: أتوب إلى الله ٠ن رجوعي عن جيش اسا٠ة، وأتوب إلى الله ٠ن، وأتوب إلى الله ٠ن شيء كنا أشعرناه قلوبنا نسئل الله أن يكفينا ضره، وأن بيعة أبي بكر كانت فلتةقول أبى بكر لا آسى ٠ن الدنيا الا على ثلاث … 3-227 By the same documentation on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Saqafy, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Sufyan, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Fazl ibn Zubayr, on the authority of Abu Ubaydat al-Heza’e Zyad ibn Isa that he had heard Aba Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) say, “When Umar faced death, he said, ‘I repent to God for the following three actions:1- Fleeing from the army of Usamah whom God’s Prophet (MGB) had appointed as the Chief of the Army;2- Freeing the atheist slaves from Yemen captured by the Muslims; and3- I repent to God for what is in our hearts - may God protect us from its harm; and pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr since it was not done with consultation.’”