Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3266
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمِّلُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ الْجُمَحِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ الأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ، قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَعْمِلْهُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لاَ تَسْتَعْمِلْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . فَتَكَلَّمَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعُمَرَ مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلاَّ خِلاَفِي . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَا أَرَدْتُ خِلاَفَكَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ : ( يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ ) فَكَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يُسْمِعْ كَلاَمَهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَفْهِمَهُ . قَالَ وَمَا ذَكَرَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ جَدَّهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ مُرْسَلٌ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr reported that al-Aqra‘ ibn Habis came to the Prophet. Abu Bakr said, ‘Messenger of Allah, appoint him over his people.’ ‘Umar said, ‘Do not appoint him, Messenger of Allah.’ They spoke in the Prophet’s presence until their voices rose. Abu Bakr said to ‘Umar, ‘You only wanted to oppose me.’ ‘Umar replied, ‘I did not want to oppose you.’ Then this verse was revealed: ‘O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet’ (Qur’an 49:2). After that, whenever ‘Umar spoke in the Prophet’s presence, he lowered his voice so much that the Prophet had to ask him to repeat himself. The narrator said: Ibn al-Zubayr did not mention his grandfather, meaning Abu Bakr. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith. Some transmitters reported it from Ibn Abi Mulaykah as mursal, without mentioning ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr in the chain.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Kept the disagreement over appointing al-Aqra‘, the revelation of Qur’an 49:2, and ‘Umar’s subsequent low voice. Included the omitted-grandfather note and the alternate mursal transmission.