Sahih al-Bukhari 755

Hadith text

Narrated Jabir bin Samura:The People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed `Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did not pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not pray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of `Isha prayer and shorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to the mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba Sa`da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way

Jabir bin Samura (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain ke Kufa walon ne Umar se Sa'd ki shikayat ki, Umar ne unhe hataakar Ammar ko unka sardar banaya. Unhone Sa'd ke khilaf bahut shikayatein daakhil kin, yahan tak ke ilzaam lagaya ke woh sahih tareeke se namaz nahi padhte. Umar ne unhe bulwaya aur kaha: "Aye Aba Ishaq! Yeh log kehte hain aap sahih namaz nahi padhte." Abu Ishaq (Sa'd) ne kaha: "Allah ki qasam, main unke saath waisi namaz padhta tha jaisi Allah ke Rasool padhte the, kabhi kami nahi ki. Main Isha ki pehli do rakat lambi aur aakhri do chhoti karta tha." Umar ne kaha: "Aye Aba Ishaq, mera bhi tumhare baare mein yehi khayaal tha." Phir Umar ne ek ya usse zyada aadmi unke saath Kufa bheje taake log unke baare mein pucha jaaye. Woh gaye aur har masjid mein unke baare mein poocha. Sab logon ne unki tareef ki yahan tak ke Bani Abs ki masjid mein pahunche; Usama bin Qatada naam ke ek shaks, jinki kunniyat Abu Sa'da thi, khade hue aur kaha: "Jab aapne humein qasam de di hai, to main aapko batana zaroori samajhta hoon ke Sa'd khud fauj ke saath nahi jaate the, maal-e-ghanimat barabar taqseem nahi karte the, aur faisle mein insaaf nahi karte the." Yeh sunkar Sa'd ne kaha: "Main Allah se teen cheezon ki dua karta hoon: Aye Allah! Agar tera yeh banda jhoota hai aur dikhawe ke liye khada hua hai, to use lambi umr de, uska ghurbat badha, aur usse aazmaish mein daal." (Aisa hi hua.) Baad mein jab us shaks se poocha jaata woh kaisa hai, kehta: "Main budha aadmi hoon aazmaish mein, Sa'd ki badua ki wajah se." Rawi Abdul Malik ne kaha unhone use baad mein dekha, umr ki wajah se uski bhaunhein aankhon par lataki hui thin, aur woh raste mein chhoti bachiyon ko chhedata aur pareshaan karta.

Sahih al-Bukhari 755 · Book 10, Hadith 149