Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

هاجت الفتنة وأصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم متوافرون

Sedition arose and the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, were available

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دخلت على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وعثمان بين يديه يناجيه، فلم أدرك من مقالته شيئا إلا قول عثمان: أظلما وعدوانا، أظلما وعدوانا يا رسول الله؟ فما دريت ما هو حتى قتل عثمان، فعلمت أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إنما عني قتله ، قالت عائشة: وما أحببت أن يصل إلى عثمان شيء إلا وصل إلي مثله، غير أن الله علم أني لم أحب قتله، ولو أحببت قتله لقتلت وذلك لما رمي هودجها من النبل حتى صار مثل القنفذ

I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) and Uthman was in his presence conversing with him. I did not recognize anything from his statement except Uthman’s words: Unjust and hostile, O Messenger of Allah, unjust and hostile? I did not know what it was until Uthman was killed, and I knew that the Prophet ﷺ had only intended to kill him. Aisha said: I did not want anything to reach Uthman without the like of it reaching me, except that Allah knew that I did not like to kill him, and if I had liked to kill him, I would have been killed. That was when her howdah was pelted with arrows until it became like a hedgehog.

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السلام عليك يا أمه ، قالت: وعليك يا بني، قال: قلت لها: ما أخرجك علينا مع منافقي قريش؟ قالت: كان ذلك قدرا مقدورا

Peace be upon you, mother. She said: And upon you, my son. He said: I said to her: What brought you out on us with the hypocrites of Quraysh? She said: It was fate

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إني لأرجو أن أكون أنا وطلحة والزبير ممن قال الله تعالى: {إخوانا على سرر متقابلين} [الحجر: 47]

I hope that Talhah, Al-Zubair and I will be among those whom Allah Almighty said: “Brothers on beds facing each other” [Al-Hijr: 47].

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إن لم نكن نحن هم، فمن هم؟

If we are not them, then who are they?

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، فقال: يا سليمان، والله لأمير المؤمنين كان أكره لهذا من دم سنية، إن أمير المؤمنين أراد أمرا فتتابعت به الأمور، فلم يجد منزعا وسأكفيك أمير المؤمنين

Then he said: O Suleiman, by Allah, this was more hateful to the Commander of the Faithful than the blood of a Sunni woman. The Commander of the Faithful wanted something, and things proceeded with it, but he found no choice but I will suffice for you, Commander of the Faithful.

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يا ابن صرد، تنأنأت وتزحزحت وتربصت، كيف ترى الله صنع؟ قلت: يا أمير المؤمنين، إن الشوط بطين، وقد أبقى الله من الأمور ما تعرف فيها عدوك من صديقك، فلما قام قلت للحسن بن علي: ما أراك أغنيت عني شيئا، وقد كنت حريصا أن أشهد معه، فقال: هذا يقول لك ما تقول وقد قال لي يوم الجمل حين مشى الناس بعضهم إلى بعض: يا حسن، ثكلتك أمك، أو هبلتك أمك، والله ما أرى بعد هذا من خير

O son of Sard, you hesitated, moved, and waited. How do you see Allah doing? I said: O Commander of the Faithful, this is a difficult time, and Allah has left some matters in which you know your enemy from your friend. When he got up, I said to Al-Hassan bin Ali: I do not see that you have spared me anything, and I was keen to bear witness with him. He said: This tells you what you say, and he said to me on the Day of the Camel when the people were walking towards each other: O Hassan, may your mother be bereaved of you, or your mother may make you miserable, and by Allah, I do not see any good after this.

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لو سيرني عثمان إلى صرار لسمعت له وأطعت

If Othman had directed me to Sarar, I would have listened to him and obeyed

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والله لوددت أني لم أذكر عثمان بكلمة قط، وأني عشت في الدنيا برصاء سالخ، ولأصبع عثمان الذي يشير بها إلى السماء خير من طلاع الأرض من علي

By Allah, I wish I had never mentioned a word to Uthman, and that I had lived in this world with flawless leprosy, and that Uthman’s finger pointing to the sky was better than the earth rising from me.

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وكيف أنتم يوم يكثر لكم من هذا؟ فلم يجبه أحد، فقال رجل من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: والله لوددنا لو أكثر الله لنا منه، وصبر من صبر، وفتن من فتن، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لعلك تكون فيه شر مفتون

How are you when so much of this happens to you? No one answered him, so a man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) said: By Allah, we would have liked if Allah had given us more of it, had patience with those who were patient, and been tempted with temptations from those who were tempted. Then the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him) said: Perhaps you will be evil and tempted by him.

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ستكون فرقة، وفتنة، واختلاف، فإذا كان ذلك فاكسر سيفك، واقعد في بيتك، واتخذ سيفا من خشب

There will be division, strife, and disagreement. If that happens, break your sword, stay at home, and take a wooden sword.

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شهدت الجماجم فما طعنت برمح، ولا ضربت بسيف، ولوددت أنهما قطعتا من هاهنا ، يعني يديه، ولم أكن شهدته

I witnessed the skulls, but I was not pierced with a spear, nor struck with a sword. I wished they had been cut off from here, but I had not witnessed it.

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ما عهد إلينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم شيئا لم يعهده إلى الناس كافة

The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, did not entrust us with anything that he did not entrust to all people

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من أبل في ذلك الزمان إبلا، أو اتخذ كنزا أو عقارا مخافة الدوائر لقي الله تعالى يوم القيامة خائبا غالا

Whoever was idle in that time, or took treasure or property out of fear of circles, will meet Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection greatly disappointed.

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ناقة مقتبة يومئذ خير من دسكرة تغل مائة ألف

A camel with a mask on that day is better than a camel yielding one hundred thousand

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خير المال يومئذ سلاح صالح، وفرس صالح يزول عليه العبد أينما زال

The best money on that day is a good weapon, and a good horse that the servant will ride wherever he goes

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يوشك أن يكون خير مال امرئ مسلم غنم يتبع بها شعف الجبال ومواقع القطر، يفر بدينه من الفتن

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the afflictions

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أسعد الناس في الفتن رب شاء في رأس جبل، معتزل عن شرور الناس

The happiest person in the face of temptation is the one who lives on the top of a mountain, isolated from the evils of people

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خير الناس في الفتن رجل أخذ برأس فرسه يخيف العدو ويخيفونه، أو رجل معتزل يؤدي حق الله عليه

The best people in turmoil are a man who takes the head of his horse and frightens the enemy, or a man who is isolated and performs Allah’s rights upon him

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خير الناس في الفتن رجل يأكل من فيء سيفه في سبيل الله، ورجل في رأس شاهقة يأكل من رسل غنمه

The best people in times of turmoil are a man who eats from the droppings of his sword for the sake of Allah, and a man with a lofty head who eats from the messengers of his sheep.

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يا أيها الناس، اتهموا رأيكم، فإنا والله ما أخذنا بقوائمهن إلى أمر يفظعنا قط إلا أسهلن بنا إلى أمر نعرفه إلا أمركم هذا، فإنه لا يزداد إلا شدة ولبسا، فإني رأيتني يوم أبي جندل لو أجد أعوانا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لأنكرت

O people, make up your mind, for by Allah, we have never taken their lists to a matter that terrifies us without making it easy for us to do a matter we know except this matter of yours, for it only increases in severity and confusion. For I saw myself on the day of Abu Jandal, and if I had found helpers against the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, I would have denied it.

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إنك لا تدري ما أحدثوا بعدك

You do not know what they did after you

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يقتل السفياني كل من عصاه، وينشرهم بالمناشير، ويطبخهم بالقدور ستة أشهر، قال: ويلتقي المشرقان والمغربان

Al-Sufyani kills everyone who disobeys him, saws them, and cooks them in pots for six months. He said: And the two Easts and the two Wests will meet.

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يكون بعدي من الخلفاء عدة نقباء موسى

After me, among the caliphs, there will be several captains of Musa

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لا يزال هذا الأمر عزيزا إلى اثني عشر خليفة كلهم من قريش

It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:This order will continue to be dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. The narrator says: Then he said something which I could not understand, and I said to my father: What did he say? My father told me that he said that all of them (Caliphs) would be from the Quraish

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