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Abu Burdah ibn Abi Musa (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to me: “Do you know what 1 my father said to your father?” I said: “No.” He said: “My father said to your father: ‘O Abu Musa, would it please you that our Islam with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), our migration with him, our jihad with him, and all our deeds with him be secured for us, and that everything we did after him we are saved from, balanced evenly?’ Your father said to my father: ‘No, by Allah, we fought jihad after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), prayed, fasted, and did much good, and many people embraced Islam through us, and we hope for that.’ My father said: ‘But I, by the One in Whose Hand is Umar’s soul, wish 2 that it was secured for us, and that everything we did after was saved, balanced evenly.’ I said: ‘By Allah, your father was better than mine.’”
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Commentary and footnotes (4)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Do you know what my father said to your father” means regarding the dominance of fear, the chapter’s theme. His statement: “secured” means established, as in “a right was secured for us against so-and-so,” meaning established. (Extracted from Al-Mirqat)
Note 2
(2) His statement: “I wish that it was secured for us” – this pertains to the eminent Companions and great caliphs. As for those after them, their acts of obedience, often filled with conceit, pride, and showing off, are usually causes of sins and means of punishment for the disobedient, unless Allah favors them with His mercy and care, joining the wrongdoers with the righteous. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: ما قال أبي لأبيك: أي في أمر غلبة الخوف المعنون به الباب. وقوله: «برد» أي ثبت من قولهم: برد لنا على فلان حق أي ثبت. التقطته من «المرقاة».
Note 2
(۲) قوله: لوددت أن ذلك برد لنا إلخ : هذا بالنسبة إلى أجلاء الصحابة وعظماء الخلافة، وأما من بعدهم فطاعاتهم المشحونة بالغرور والعجب والرياء أسباب للمعاصي ووسائل لعقوبات العاصي غالبا إلا أن يتفضل الله برحمته وعين عنايته بأن يلحق المسيئين بالمحسنين. كذا في «المرقاة».