English Hayatus Sahabah RA - V2 - P 150 - 295 - Islamibayanaat.com
English Hayatus Sahabah RA - V2 - P 150 - 295 - Islamibayanaat.com
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156 THE LIVES OF mE SAHABAH ~~~ (Vol-2)<br />
The Advices of Hadhrat Umar ~)J.1~.<br />
The Advice Hadhrat Umar ~ gave to his Successor<br />
Hadhrat Umar ~ once said, "My parting advice to my successor is that he<br />
recognises the rights of the early Muhaajireen and upholds their honour and<br />
respect. I also advise him to give recognition to those Ansaar who do good and<br />
to overlook those who do wrong because the Ansaar are the ones who adopted<br />
the place (Madinah) as their home before them (before the Muhaajireen) and<br />
(had adopted) Imaan. I also advise him to treat well the people of the other cities<br />
because they are the assistants of Islaam, an invaluable source of in<strong>com</strong>e (for the<br />
Muslim state) and a source of fury for the enemy. He should take from them only<br />
their excess wealth and only with their consent. I also advise him to treat the<br />
Bedouins well because they are the native Arabs and the foundation of Islaam.<br />
He should take only from their young animals, which should then be given back<br />
to the poor amongst them. I also advise him to honour the treaty of those in the<br />
custody of Allaah and His Rasool ~ Le. the Dhimmis. He should fight those<br />
who threaten them (should defend them) and should not charge them with<br />
more than they can bear." (1)<br />
Hadhrat Qaasim bin Muhammad narrates that Hadhrat Umar ~ once said,<br />
"My successor should know that many close and distant people will want to take<br />
the Khilaafah away from him. Even I have to exert myself to fight people off. Had<br />
I known of anyone who will make a more powerful Khalifah than myself, I would<br />
prefer that (he be the Khalifah and that) I should be executed rather than be<br />
appointed to the post." (2) .<br />
The Advice that Hadhrat Umar ~~ gave to <br />
Hadhrat Abu Ubaydah bin Jarraah ~~ <br />
Hadhrat Saalih bin Kaysaan narrates that the first letter that HadhratUmar<br />
~~ wrote after be<strong>com</strong>ing the Khalifah was to Hadhrat Abu Ubaydah bin<br />
]arraah ~ to give him <strong>com</strong>mand over the army of Hadhrat Khaalid bin<br />
Waleed ~~. He wrote:<br />
I advise you to fear Allaah Who will remain forever and besides Whom all will<br />
<strong>com</strong>e to an end. It is He Who has guided us after being astray and Who has<br />
removed us from darkness and brought us into the light. I have appointed you as<br />
<strong>com</strong>mander of the army of Ibn Waleed, so fulfil the task that is binding on you.<br />
Never send the Muslims to their destruction with the hope of winning booty.<br />
Never let them camp at a place until you have had it examined for them and until<br />
you know its approaches. Whenever you dispatch any group, send them as a<br />
<strong>com</strong>plete unit and· guard against ever sending them to their destruction. Allaah<br />
has put you to test through me and put me to test through you, so lower your<br />
(1) Ibn Abi Shaybah, Abu Ubayd in his Amwaal. i\bu Ya'\a, Nasa'ee, Ibn Hibbaan and Bayhaqi, as<br />
quoted in Muntakhab Kanzui Ummaai(Vo1.4 Pg.439).<br />
(2) Ibn Sa'd (Vo\.3 Pg.197) and Ibn Asaakir, as quoted in KanzuJ Ummaai(Vo\.'3 Pg.147).
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