أَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ قِيَامِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ...
أَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ قِيَامِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَ قَوْلِهِ إِنَّ لِي شَيْطَاناً يَعْتَرِينِي فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي مُغْضَباً فَاحْذَرُونِي لَا أَقَعُ فِي أَشْعَارِكُمْ وَ أَبْشَارِكُمْ فَهُوَ يُخْبِرُكُمْ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَنِّي مَجْنُونٌ وَ كَيْفَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا مَجْنُوناً Inform me, O Abu Al-Huzeyl, about the standing by Abu Bakr upon the pulpit and his words, ‘There is a Satan -la for me appearing to me.
So when you see me angry, then beware I don’t fall into your slogans and your glad tidings’. So he informed them upon the pulpit, ‘I am insane, and how can it be permissible for you to make a madman to be a ruler’.
وَ أَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ قِيَامِ عُمَرَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَ قَوْلِهِ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي شَعْرَةٌ فِي صَدْرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ بَعْدَهَا بِجُمْعَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً وَقَى اللَّهُ شَرَّهَا فَمَنْ عَادَ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يَوَدُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ شَعْرَةً فِي صَدْرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ مَنْ بَايَعَ مِثْلَهُ And inform me, O Abu Al-Huzeyl, about the standing by Umar upon the pulpit and his words, ‘I am a hair in the chest of Abu Bakr’.
Then he stood after it with Friday (Salat). He said, ‘The allegiance to Abu Bakr was an error. Allah -azwj has Saved its evil. So the one who repeats to its like, kill him!’ While he loved to be a hair in the chest of Abu Bakr, he ordered with killing the one who pledged with the likes of him.
فَأَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الْهُذَيْلِ بِالَّذِي زَعَمَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ وَ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اسْتَخْلَفَ عُمَرَ وَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ فَأَرَى أَمْرَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ مُتَنَاقِضاً Inform me, O Abu Al-Huzeyl, of that which you claimed that the Prophet -saww had not nominated a caliph, and that Abu Bakr had nominated Umar as caliph, and Umar did not nominate a caliph. So I see your matter between you all as being contradictory.
وَ أَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ عُمَرَ حِينَ صَيَّرَهَا شُورَى فِي سِتَّةٍ وَ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ إِنْ خَالَفَ اثْنَانِ لِأَرْبَعَةٍ فَاقْتُلُوا الِاثْنَيْنِ وَ إِنْ خَالَفَ ثَلَاثَةٌ لِثَلَاثَةٍ فَاقْتُلُوا الثَّلَاثَةَ الَّذِينَ فِيهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فَهَذِهِ دِيَانَةٌ أَنْ يَأْمُرَ بِقَتْلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ And inform me, O Abu Al-Huzeyl, about Umar when he made it to be a consultation among six, and he claimed that they are from the people of Paradise.
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