SubhanAllah..
i was reading this in Shaih al Bukhari (Kitaab ul A'thaan) today.
and was genuinely upset & quite taken aback actually.. for many of us, in our ignorance & casual laid back styles, are quick to blame their fellow brethren & even Noble Companions..
May Allah save us from such blatant misguidance.
And forgive our mistakes.
حدثنا موسى قال حدثنا أبو عوانة قال حدثنا عبد الملك بن عمير عن جابر بن سمرة قال
شكا أهل الكوفة سعدا إلى عمر رضي الله عنه فعزله واستعمل عليهم عمارا فشكوا حتى ذكروا أنه لا يحسن يصلي فأرسل إليه فقال يا أبا إسحاق إن هؤلاء يزعمون أنك لا تحسن تصلي قال أبو إسحاق أما أنا والله فإني كنت أصلي بهم صلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما أخرم عنها أصلي صلاة العشاء فأركد في الأوليين وأخف في الأخريين قال ذاك الظن بك يا أبا إسحاق فأرسل معه رجلا أو رجالا إلى الكوفة فسأل عنه أهل الكوفة ولم يدع مسجدا إلا سأل عنه ويثنون معروفا حتى دخل مسجدا لبني عبس فقام رجل منهم يقال له أسامة بن قتادة يكنى أبا سعدة قال أما إذ نشدتنا فإن سعدا كان لا يسير بالسرية ولا يقسم بالسوية ولا يعدل في القضية قال سعد أما والله لأدعون بثلاث اللهم إن كان عبدك هذا كاذبا قام رياء وسمعة فأطل عمره وأطل فقره وعرضه بالفتن وكان بعد إذا سئل يقول شيخ كبير مفتون أصابتني دعوة سعد
قال عبد الملك فأنا رأيته بعد قد سقط حاجباه على عينيه من الكبر وإنه ليتعرض للجواري في الطرق يغمزهن
713 ,صحيح البخاري, الأذان, وجوب القراءة للإمام والمأموم في الصلوات كلها في الحضر
Narrated Companion Jabir bin Samura (May Allah be pleased with him):
The People of Kufa complained against [governor] Sa'd (radiAllah) to Caliph 'Umar (radiAllah) and the latter dismissed him and appointed 'Ammar as their chief. They lodged many complaints against Sa'd and they even alleged that he did not pray properly.
'Umar (radiAllah) sent for him and said, "O Aba Ishaq! (surname of Sa'd) These people claim that you do not pray properly."
Abu Ishaq (radiAllah) replied; "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 Rakat of 'Isha prayer and shorten the last two Rakat."
To which 'Umar said, "O Aba Ishaq, this was what I thought about you."
And then he sent one or more persons with him (back) to Kufa so as to ask the people (testimony) about him. So they went there and did not leave any Masjid 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) Noble comapnion Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) 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 dua. 'Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were over-hanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way.
[Sahih al Bukhari, Book of Call to Prayers, Hadith 713]
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