Hadith 15

(The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ – In a Hadeeth of Abi Al-Huzeyl, when he debated with a Shiah who had been accused of being insane, said to him, ‘Inform me, O Abu Huzeyl, about Umar when he made a consultation among six and claimed that they are from the people of Paradise, He (Umar) said, ‘If two oppose the four, then kill the two, and if three oppose the three, then kill those three among them there is no Abdul Rahman Bin Awf’. So, this is the Religion, that he had ordered for killing the people of Paradise? ! And inform me, O Abu Al-Huzeyl, about Umar when he was stabbed, Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas entered to see him. He said, ‘I saw him panicky, so I said, ‘O commander of the faithful! ’ What is this panic? ’ He said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! I am not panicking for my sake, but for this command, who would be in-charge of it after me’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Make Talha Bin Abdullah, the ruler’. He said, ‘He is a man having anger. The Prophet-saww used to recognise it, so I will not make an angry one to rule the Muslims’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘I said, ‘Mak Zubeyr Bin Al-Awwam the ruler’. He (Umar) said, ‘He is a stingy person. I saw him arguing with his wife regarding a ball of yarn, so I will not make a stingy to rule the affairs of the Muslims’. He (Ibn Abbas), ‘I said, ‘Make Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqqas the ruler’. He said, ‘He is a man, owner of horses, and bow, and he isn’t from the dreams of the caliphate’. I said, ‘Make Abdul Rahman Bin Awf the ruler’. He said, ‘He is a man who isn’t good in sufficing his dependants’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Make Abdullah Bin Umar the ruler’. He sat up straight and said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! By Allah-azwj I do not want this. Shall I make someone a ruler who is not even good in divorcing his wife? ’
I said, ‘Make Usman Bin Affan the ruler’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! If I were to make him the ruler, he would carry the family of Abi Mueet upon the necks of the Muslims, and I have not doubt, if I were to do it, it would kill him’ – saying it thrice. Then he was silent due to what I recognised from his obstinacy towards Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. He said to me, ‘O Ibn Abbas! Mentioned your companion’. I said, ‘Make Ali-asws the ruler’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! My panic wasn’t except for what we had taken from the right of its owners. By Allah-azwj! If I were to make him-asws the ruler, he-asws would carry them to the greatest of goals, the great, and if they obey him-asws, he-asws would enter them into the Paradise’. So, he said this, then he made it to be a consultation between the six. Doom be for him, from his Lord-azwj’. – The report. [7]