Waah Umar!
Waah Umar!’’ Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Say to them, ‘Pray Salat!’’ [11] الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْهِلَالِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَدْ عَمِلَتِ الْوُلَاةُ قَبْلِي أَعْمَالًا خَالَفُوا فِيهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مُتَعَمِّدِينَ لِخِلَافِهِ وَ لَوْ حَمَلْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَا لَتَفَرَّقُوا عَنِّي (The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar, from Ibn Abu Ayyash, from Suleym Bin Qays Al Hilali who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘The rulers before me -asws had worked opposing Rasool-Allah ‑saww in it, deliberating for his -saww caliphate, and if I -asws were to carry the people upon leaving these, they will disperse from me -asws !’ وَ سَاقَ الْخُطْبَةَ الطَّوِيلَةَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَمَرْتُ النَّاسَ أَنْ لَا يَجْتَمِعُوا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ إِلَّا فِي فَرِيضَةٍ وَ أَعْلَمْتُهُمْ أَنَّ اجْتِمَاعَهُمْ فِي النَّوَافِلِ بِدْعَةٌ فَتَنَادَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ عَسْكَرِي مِمَّنْ يُقَاتِلُ مَعِي يَا أَهْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ غُيِّرَتْ سُنَّةُ عُمَرَ يَنْهَانَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ تَطَوُّعاً And he -asws continued the long sermon up to he -asws said: ‘By Allah -azwj !
I -asws had ordered the people not to be gathering during a month of Ramazan except regarding obligatory (Salat) and I -asws let them know that their gathering regarding the optional (Salat) is an innovation, so one of the people of the army, from the ones who had fought alongside me -asws , called out, ‘ O people of Al-Islam! He -asws has changed the sunnah of Umar!
He -asws is forbidding us from the Salat during a month of Ramazan voluntarily !’ وَ لَقَدْ خِفْتُ أَنْ يَثُورُوا فِي نَاحِيَةِ جَانِبِ عَسْكَرِي مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنَ الْفُرْقَةِ وَ طَاعَةِ أَئِمَّةِ الضَّلَالِ وَ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى النَّارِ الْخَبَرَ And I -asws have feared a revolt in a section of a side of my -asws army .
Oh what I -asws have faced from this community, from the divisions and obedience to the leaders of straying, and the callers to the Hellfire !’ – the Hadeeth’’. [12] Abbreviations: saww : – S al lal la ho A llay hay W a Aal lay he W asallam azwj: – A z Z a W a J alla asws: – A llay hay S alawat W ass S alam AJFJ: Ajal Allah hey wa Fara Jaak ra: – Razi Allah -azwj La: – Laan Allah -azwj [1] رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ!
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