Hadith 105

(The book) ‘Yaqeen Fi Imarate Amir Al Momineen-asws’ – from the book ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ahmad Bin Mardawayh, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Bin Yusuf, from Imran Bin Abdul Rahman, from Yhaya Al Hammani, from Al Hakam Bin Zaheer, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘I was travelling with Umar Bin Al-Khattab during a night, and Umar was upon a mule and I was upon a horse, he recited a Verse wherein was a mention of Ali-asws Bin Au Talib-asws. He said, ‘But by Allah-azwj O sons of Abdul Muttalib-asws! Your companion (Ali-asws) was foremost with this command than me and (more) than Abu Bakr’. I said within myself, ‘And Allah-azwj did not Make me say it, and Made you say it’. I said, ‘You are saying that, O commander of the faithful? ’ And you and your companion (Abu Bakr) are the two who pounced and snatched the command away from us besides the people? ’
He said, ‘(Remoteness) to you all, O sons of Abdul Muttalib-asws! But you are companions of Umar Bin Al-Khattab. You delayed and I preceded wholesomely’. He said, ‘A secret. There is no secret’. He said, ‘Repeat your speech unto me’. I said, ‘But rather, you mentioned something, so I returned its answer, and had you been silent, I would have been silent’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! We did not do what we did out of enmity, but we belittled him-asws and feared that the Arabs and Quraysh should not gather to him-asws due him-asws having wronged them’. I wanted to say, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww used to send him-asws in a battalion, and he-asws used to flatten their knights. He-saww did not belittle him-asws while you and your companion are belittling him-asws? ’
He said, ‘No offence, so how do you see, by Allah-azwj, we do not cut off any matter besides him-asws and do not do anything until we seek his-asws permission? ’’[70]