Ibn Battah al-Hanbalī رحمه الله stated:
And after that we refrain from that which occurred of disputes between the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Because they verily testified the battles with him and they preceded the people in virtues.
And after that we refrain from that which occurred of disputes between the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Because they verily testified the battles with him and they preceded the people in virtues.
So Allāh has verily forgiven them and ordered you to ask for forgiveness for them, and seeking nearness to Him by loving them. He made this obligatory upon the tongue of His Prophet while He knew what would occur among them and that they would fight against each other.
They were given precedence over all of the creation because (the burden of) the mistake and (what was done with) intent was removed from them, and every dispute which they had was forgiven for them.
And do not look in the book ‘Siffīn’ and ‘Al-Jamal’ and ‘Waq’ah Ad- Dār’ and all other disagreements which occurred among them. And do not write it down for your self or for anyone else.
And do not narrate it from anyone, do not read it for others, and do not listen to it from the one who narrates it. The leaders of the scholars of this Ummah agreed upon this, of prohibition of that which we have described.
Among them are: Hammād ibn Zayd, Yūnus ibn ‘Ubayd, Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah, ‘Abdullāh ibn Idrīs, Mālik ibn Anas, Ibn Abū Dhib, Ibn Al-Munkadir, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Shu’ayb ibn Harb, Abu Ishaq Al-Fazari, Yusuf ibn Asbat, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Bishr ibn Al-Hārith and
Abdul-Wahhāb Al-Warrāq. All of these believed in: the prohibition of (narrating) it, and looking into it, and listening to it. And they warned against seeking it and dedicating (ones self) to gathering it.
ومن بعد ذالك نكف عما شجر بين أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقد شهدوا المشاهد معه، وسبقوا الناس بالفضل فقد غفر الله لهم وأمرك بالاستغفار لهم والتقرب إليه بمحبتهم وفرض ذالك على لسان نبيه وهو يعلم ما سيكون منهم وأنهم سيقتتلون وإنما فضلوا على سائر الخلق لأن الخطأ والعمد قد وضع
عنهم وكل كلّ شجر بينهم مغفور لهم ولا تنظر في كتاب صفين والجمل ووقعة الدار وسائر المنازعات التي جرت بينهم ولا تكتبه لنفسك ولا لغيرك ولا تروه عن أحد ولا تقرأه على غيرك تسمعه ممن يرويه فعلى ذلك اتفق سادات علماء هذه الأمة من النهي عما وصفناه منهم، حماد بن زيد ويونس بن عبيد وسفيان
الثوري وسفيان بن عيينة وعبد الله بن إدريس ومالك بن أنس وابن أبي ذئب وابن المنكدر وابن المبارك وشعيب بن حرب وأبو اسحاق الفزاري ويوسف بن أسباط وأحمد بن حنبل وبشر بن الحارث وعبدالوهاب الوارق. كل هؤلاء قد رأوا: النهي عنها والنظر فيها والاستماع إليها وحذروا من طلبها والاهتمام يجمعها.
الإبانة الصغرى — أبو عبد الله عبيد الله بن محمد بن بطة العكبري الحنبلي
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