Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 10

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الأولى: قَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ ضَعِيفٌ»، وَهَذَا القَوْلُ مُصَارَحَةٌ أَمَامَ الإِنْسَانِ لَا شَكَّ أَنَّهُ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى النَّفْسِ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ يُؤَثِّرُ فِيكَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَكَ مِثْلُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ ضَعِيفٌ، لَكِنَّ الأَمَانَةَ تَقْتَضِي هَكَذَا، أَنْ يُصَرِّحَ لِلإِنْسَانِ بِوَصْفِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ عَلَيْهِ؛ إِنْ قَوِيًّا فَقَوِيٌّ، وَإِنْ ضَعِيفًا فَضَعِيفٌ.

(from previous page) ⟵ Al-Bukhari extracted it in the Book of Rulings, Chapter: What is disliked about eagerness for leadership, number one: He said to him: "Indeed, you are a weak man," and this statement is a frankness in front of a person, no doubt it is heavy on the soul, and it may affect you for someone like the Prophet (peace be upon him) to say to you: Indeed, you are a weak man, but honesty dictates this, to be frank with a person about his true description; if strong, then strong, and if weak, then weak.

هَذَا هُوَ النُّصْحُ: «إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ ضَعِيفٌ»، وَلَا حَرَجَ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ إِذَا قَالَ لِشَخْصٍ مَثَلًا: إِنَّ فِيكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، مِنْ بَابِ النَّصِيحَةِ، لَا مِنْ بَابِ السَّبِّ وَالتَّعْيِيرِ، فَالنَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ قَالَ: «إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ ضَعِيفٌ».

This is advice: 'You are a weak man,' and there is no harm for a person if he says to someone, for example: 'You have such and such qualities,' by way of advice, not by way of insult and reproach, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'You are a weak man.'

الثَّانِيَةُ: قَالَ: وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي، وَهَذَا مِنْ حُسْنِ خُلُقِ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، لَمَّا كَانَتِ الجُمْلَةُ الأُولَى فِيهَا شَيْءٌ مِنَ الجُرْحِ قَالَ: «وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي»، يَعْنِي: لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي.

The second: He said: 'And I love for you what I love for myself,' and this is from the good character of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); when the first sentence contained something of a wound, he said: 'And I love for you what I love for myself,' meaning: I did not say that to you except that I love for you what I love for myself.

الثَّالِثَةُ: قَالَ: «فَلَا تَأْمَرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ»، يَعْنِي: لَا تَكُنْ أَمِيرًا عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ، وَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ مِنْ بَابٍ أَوْلَى.

The third: He said: 'So do not be a commander over two,' meaning: do not be a leader over two, and anything more than that is even more so.

وَالمَعْنَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَاهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَمِيرًا؛ لِأَنَّهُ ضَعِيفٌ، وَالإِمَارَةُ تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ قَوِيٍّ أَمِينٍ، قَوِيٍّ تَكُونُ لَهُ سُلْطَةٌ وَكَلِمَةٌ حَادَّةٌ؛ إِذَا قَالَ فَعَلَ، لَا يَكُونُ ضَعِيفًا أَمَامَ النَّاسِ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا اسْتَضْعَفُوا الشَّخْصَ لَمْ يَبْقَ لَهُ حُرْمَةٌ عِنْدَهُمْ، وَتَجَرَّأَ عَلَيْهِ لُكَعُ بْنُ لُكَعَ، وَصَارَ الإِنْسَانُ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، لَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ قَوِيًّا حَادًّا فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ لَا يَتَجَاوَزُ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَلَا يُقَصِّرُ عَنِ السُّلْطَةِ الَّتِي جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ لَهُ؛ فَهَذَا هُوَ الأَمِيرُ حَقِيقَةً.

The meaning is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade him from being a commander because he is weak, and leadership requires a strong, trustworthy person, a strong person who has authority and a sharp word; when he speaks, he acts, and he is not weak before people, because if people deem a person weak, he retains no respect among them, and the lowly person (luka' ibn luka') becomes bold against him, and the person becomes nothing; but if he is strong and firm in the cause of Allah, not overstepping the limits of Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He), and not falling short of the authority that Allah has granted him, then this is the true commander.

الرَّابِعَةُ: قَالَ: «وَلَا تَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ»، وَاليَتِيمُ هُوَ الَّذِي مَاتَ أَبُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ، نَهَاهُ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى عَلَى مَالِ اليَتِيمِ؛ لِأَنَّ مَالَ اليَتِيمِ يَحْتَاجُ.

The fourth: He said: 'And do not be in charge of the wealth of an orphan,' and the orphan is the one whose father died before he reached puberty; the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from being in charge of the orphan's wealth, because the orphan's wealth requires [care].

Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 52 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• أَثَّرَ — to influence
• اِقْتَضَى — to require
• صَرَّحَ — to declare
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• عَنَى — to mean
• أَمَرَ — to command
• زَادَ — to increase
• نَهَى — to forbid
• كَانَ — to be
• اِحْتَاجَ — to need
• فَعَلَ — to do
• اِسْتَضْعَفَ — to deem weak
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• تَجَرَّأَ — to dare
• صَارَ — to become
• تَجَاوَزَ — to exceed
• قَصَّرَ — to fall short
• جَعَلَ — to make
• تَوَلَّى — to take charge
• مَاتَ — to die
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• أَوَّل — first
• امْرُؤ — man
• ضَعِيف — the weak
• قَوْل — saying
• مُصَارَحَة — frankness
• إِنْسَان — human
• شَكّ — doubt
• ثَقِيل — heavy
• نَفْس — soul
• مِثْل — like
• نَبِيّ — prophet
• أَمَانَة — trustworthiness
• وَصْف — description
• قَوِيّ — strong person
• نُصْح — advice
• حَرَج — difficulty
• شَخْص — person
• بَاب — chapter
• نَصِيحَة — advice
• سَبّ — insult
• تَعْيِير — reproach
• صَلَاة — prayer
• سَلَام — peace
• ثَانِي — second
• حُسْن — goodness
• خُلُق — character
• جُمْلَة — sentence
• شَيْء — thing
• جُرْح — wound
• ثَالِث — third
• اِثْنَان — two
• أَمِير — leader
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• إِمَارَة — leadership
• أَمِين — trustworthy person
• سُلْطَة — authority
• كَلِمَة — word
• حَادّ — strict
• نَاس — people
• حُرْمَة — sanctity
• لُكَع — fool
• اِبْن — son
• ذَات — essence
• حَدّ — limit
• عَزّ — mighty
• جَلّ — majestic
• حَقِيقَة — truly
• رَابِع — fourth
• مَال — wealth
• يَتِيم — orphan
• أَب — father
• رَسُول — messenger