The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad by Ibn Rashid Mamar Anthony Sean W

Author:Ibn Rashid, Mamar,Anthony, Sean W.
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780814738290
Publisher: Library of Arabic Literature
Published: 2014-04-18T13:59:55+00:00

21.1.3 Maʿmar said: Qatādah said:

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb replied, “Two swords cannot fit in a single scabbard; rather, the commanders are to come from our ranks and the aides236 from yours.”

21.1.4 Maʿmar said: al-Zuhrī continued with his story according to his authorities:

As the people began lifting their voices from both directions and the clamor heightened until the dispute turned dangerous, I said, “Abū Bakr! Stretch out your hand so that I may pledge my fealty to you!” Abū Bakr stretched out his hand, and once I had pledged my fealty to him, the Emigrants and Allies did likewise. We pounced on Saʿd until someone cried out, “You’ve killed Saʿd!” “May God kill Saʿd!” I said.

Indeed, by God, of all the things that transpired during these events, we saw nothing more grave than the oath of fealty pledged to Abū Bakr. We feared that, had we left the Allies to their own devices, they would have pledged their own oath of fealty immediately after our departure. In that case, we would have had to pledge fealty to someone we could not abide, or we would have had to oppose them. In either case, chaos would have ensued. So let not a man be deceived into saying, “The oath of fealty to Abū Bakr was a hasty decision.” Though it was indeed so, God dispelled its evil, and there is no one among you for whom men have risked their necks as they have for Abū Bakr.

If someone were to pledge fealty to a man from the Muslims without consultation,237 his pledge of fealty would be invalid and both would be subject to death.

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