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Riyad as-Salihin 1505

The inhabitants of Kufah complained to Umar (radiyallahu anhu) against Sad ibn Abu Waqqas (radiyallahu anhu) and Umar (radiyallahu anhu) appointed Ammar (radiyallahu anhu) as Governor of Kufah in his…

Jabirnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by agreed upon
2names in the chain
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وعن جابر بن سَمُرة

رضي الله عنهما، قال: شكا أهل الكوفة سعدًا، يعني: ابن أبي وقاص، رضي الله عنه الله عنه، إلى عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله عنه، فعزله واستعمل عليهم عمارًا، فشكوا حتى ذكروا أنه لا يحسن يصلي، فأرسل إليه، فقال: يا أبا إسحاق، إن هؤلاء يزعمون أنك لا تحسن تصلي، فقال: أما أنا والله فإني كنت أصلي بهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، لا أخرم عنها أصلي صلاة العشاء فأركد في الأوليين، وأخف في الأخريين، قال: ذلك الظن بك يا أبا إسحاق، وأرسل معه رجلا (أو رجالا) إلى الكوفة يسأل عنه أهل الكوفة، فلم يدع مسجدًا إلا سأل عنه، ويثنون معروفًا، حتى دخل مسجدًا لبني عبس، فقام رجل منهم، يقال له أسامة بن قتادة، يكنى أبا سعدة.

فقال: أما إذ نشدتنا فإن سعدًا كان لا يسير بالسرية ولا يقسم بالسوية، ولا يعدل في القضية، قال سعد: أم والله لأدعون بثلاث: اللهم إن كان عبدك هذا كاذبًا، قام رياء، وسمعة، فأطل عمره، وأطل فقره، وعرضه للفتن. وكان بعد ذلك إذا سئل يقول: «شيخ كبير مفتون، أصابتني دعوة سعد.

قال عبد الملك بن عمير الرواي عن جابر بن سمرة: فأنا رأيته بعد قد سقط حاجباه على عينيه من الكبر، وإنه ليتعرض للجواري في الطرق فيغمزهن»

The inhabitants of Kufah complained to Umar (radiyallahu anhu) against Sad ibn Abu Waqqas (radiyallahu anhu) and Umar (radiyallahu anhu) appointed Ammar (radiyallahu anhu) as Governor of Kufah in his place. Their complaint was that he did not even conduct As-Salat (the prayers) properly.

Umar (radiyallahu anhu) sent for Sad and said to him: “O Abu Ishaq, the people claim that you do not offer the Salat properly.” Sad replied: “By Allah! I observe Salat according to the Salat of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and I make no decrease in it. I prolong Qiyam (standing) in the first two Rakah in Maghrib and Isha prayers and shorten in the last ones.”

Umar (radiyallahu anhu) said: “This is what I thought of you, O Abu Ishaq!” Then he sent with him a man (or some men) to Kufah to investigate the matter about him (from the people of Kufah). The inquiry was conducted in every mosque and all the people in these mosques praised him; but in the mosque of the Banu Abs, a man, with the name of Usamah ibn Qatadah and surname Abu Sadah, stood up and said, “Sad ibn Abu Waqqas did not participate in Jihad and he did not distribute the spoils equitably and did not judge justly.”

On this Sad said: “I shall make three supplications in respect of him: O Allah! If this slave of Yours is a liar and seeker of notoriety, please prolong his life and lengthen his period of adversity and afflict him with trials.”

(And so did it happen.) Thereafter, when the man was asked about his condition he would say, “I am an old man afflicted with trials and overtaken by the curses of Sad.”Abdul-Malik ibn Umair (a subnarrator) said: I saw this man with eyebrows hung over his eyes as a result of his old age and he walked aimlessly, following young girls and winking at them.

Riyad as-Salihin 1505, Book 17, The Book of Du'a (Supplications), Hadith 41. 2 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2Jabir ibn SamurahFrom, Companion, died 72 AH

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