Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Ibn `Umar: By Allaah! I will not give my pledge…

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

On the authority of Abu al-`Aaliyah al-Baraa’ that `Abdullaah Ibn al-Zubair and `Abdullaah bin Safwaan were sitting in al-Hijr (al-Hijr Isma`eel as it is more commonly known – the semicircle next to the Ka`bah) and Ibn `Umar رضي الله عنهما, who was making Tawaaf around the Ka`bah, passed by them. One of them said to the other: Of those who are alive, do you see anyone better than him? A man was instructed to call Ibn `Umar to them once he finishes his Tawaaf. So when Ibn `Umar finished his Tawaaf and prayed two Rak`aat, the man approached him and said: `Abdullaah Ibn al-Zubair and `Abdullaah bin Safwaan are calling you, so Ibn `Umar went to them.

`Abdullaah bin Safwaan said: O Abu `Abdul Rahmaan! What prevents you from giving your Bai`a (pledge) to Ameer al-Mu’mineen, meaning `Abdullaah Ibn al-Zubair, whereas the Ahl al-`Uroodh (people of Makkah), and people of al-`Iraaq and the common people of al-Shaam have given Bai`a to him?

Ibn `Umar said: “BY ALLAAH! I WILL NOT GIVE MY PLEDGE TO YOU WHILE THE SWORDS ARE STILL HANGING ON YOUR SHOULDERS, AND YOUR HANDS HAVE CAUSED THE BLOODSHED OF THE MUSLIMS.”

[Sunan al-Kubraa of al-Baihaqee (16808) and its chain is Jayyid]


Note: This is clear evidence that Bai`a is not to be given to anyone while the Fitnah still looms among them – till the matters are decided in the favor of one of them and the Ummah agrees upon it (unlike some people agree and others disagree) and that there is no more Fitnah.

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