وَعَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ
قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الصَّفِّ الْمُقَدَّمِ فَجَبَذَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَلْفِي جَبْذَةً فَنَحَّانِي وَقَامَ مَقَامِي فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَقَلْتُ صَلَاتِي. فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ إِذَا هُوَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَقَالَ: يَا فَتَى لَا يَسُوءُكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ هَذَا عُهِدَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَيْنَا أَنْ نَلِيَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَقَالَ: هَلَكَ أَهْلُ الْعُقَدِ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ آسَى وَلَكِنْ آسَى عَلَى مَنْ أَضَلُّوا. قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ مَا تَعْنِي بِأَهْلِ العقد؟ قَالَ: الْأُمَرَاء
While I was in the mosque in the front row a man pulled me from behind, moved me aside and took my place, with the result, I swear by God, that I did not know what prayers I said. When he had finished I saw that he was Ubayy ibn Kab.
He said, “Young man, God does not wrong you, for this is a charge from the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to us that we should be near him.” He then faced the qibla and said three times, “May ahl al-‘aqd perish, by the Lord of the Kaba!’
Then he said, ‘I swear by God that I do not grieve for them, but for those they have led astray.’ I asked, ‘Abu Yaqub, what do you mean by ahl al-‘aqd?’* He replied, ‘The commanders.’ * One of the meanings of ‘aqd is ‘responsibility.’ The phrase literally means ‘the people bf responsibility’, i.e. those who are in responsible positions.
A chief ruler may be called sahib al-‘aqd wal hall, i.e. he who binds and looses. Nasai transmitted it.’’’”