حَدَّثَنِا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ قُلْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي الْبَقَرَةِ وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْکُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا إِلَی قَوْلِهِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ قَدْ نَسَخَتْهَا الْأُخْرَی فَلِمَ تَکْتُبُهَا قَالَ تَدَعُهَا يَا ابْنَ أَخِي لَا أُغَيِّرُ شَيْئًا مِنْهُ مِنْ مَکَانِهِ قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ أَوْ نَحْو هَذَا
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 4538
Narrated Ubaid bin Umair: Once `Umar (bin Al-Khattab) said to the companions of the Prophet "What do you think about this Verse:--"Does any of you wish that he should have a garden?" They replied, "Allah knows best." `Umar became angry and said, "Either say that you know or say that you do not know!" On that Ibn `Abbas said, "O chief of the believers! I have something in my mind to say about it." `Umar said, "O son of my brother! Say, and do not under estimate yourself." Ibn `Abbas said, "This Verse has been set up as an example for deeds." `Umar said, "What kind of deeds?" Ibn `Abbas said, "For deeds." `Umar said, "This is an example for a rich man who does goods out of obedience of Allah and then Allah sends him Satan whereupon he commits sins till all his good deeds are lost."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020