Hadith No: 2
Ibn al-Athir - Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah - Letter Qaf
Chapter on the letters Qaf, Tha, and Dal - 4283: Qudamah ibn Muz'und
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (375)
- Qudamah ibn Muz'und ibn Habib ibn Wahb ibn Hudhafah ibn Jumah al-Qurashi al-Jumahi, also known as Abu Amr, though some say Abu Umar. He was the brother of Uthman ibn Muz'und and the maternal uncle of Hafsah and Abdullah, the sons of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). He was married to Safiyyah bint al-Khattab and was among the early converts to Islam. He migrated to Abyssinia with his brothers Uthman and Abdullah, the sons of Muz'und, and he witnessed the battles of Badr, Uhud, and all subsequent battles with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). This was stated by Urwah, Ibn Shihab, Musa, and Ibn Ishaq. Ibn Umar said: My maternal uncle Uthman ibn Muz'und passed away, and he entrusted his affairs to his brother Qudamah, who married me to his niece, the daughter of his brother Uthman. Al-Mughira ibn Shu'bah came to her mother and urged her regarding wealth, and he saw the girl alongside her mother. This reached the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), and he asked Qudamah, who replied: O Messenger of Allah, she is my late uncle's daughter, and I have not failed to choose what is best for her. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "Let her be with her choice, for she knows what is best for herself." He took her away from me and married her to Al-Mughira ibn Shu'bah. Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed Qudamah ibn Muz'und as the governor of Bahrain. Al-Jarud al-Abdi came from Bahrain to Umar ibn al-Khattab and said: O Commander of the Faithful, Qudamah has drunk and is drunk, and I saw a limit of Allah that is right upon me to raise to you. Umar asked: Who witnessed with you? Abu Hurairah said: So he called Abu Hurairah and said: What do you testify? He replied: I did not see him drink, but I saw him drunk and vomiting. Umar said: You are being overly exacting in your testimony. Then he wrote to Qudamah to come to him from Bahrain. When he arrived, Al-Jarud said to Umar: Enforce this as the decree of Allah. Umar asked: Are you a challenger or a witness? He replied: A witness. Umar said: You have fulfilled your testimony. So Al-Jarud remained silent, but the next day he went to Umar and said: Enforce this limit of Allah, the Almighty. Umar replied: Either control your tongue, or I will rebuke you. Al-Jarud said: O Umar, by Allah, that is not right! Your cousin drinks alcohol, and it does not please me. Abu Hurairah said: If you doubt our testimony, send for the daughter of Al-Walid, Qudamah's wife, and ask her. So Umar sent for Hind bint Al-Walid to testify, and she upheld the testimony against her husband. Umar said to Qudamah: I am going to impose a punishment on you. Qudamah replied: If I had drunk as they say, you would not have the right to punish me. Umar asked: Why not? Qudamah answered: Allah, the Exalted, said: {There is no blame upon those who believe and do righteous deeds for what they have eaten} (Surah al-Ma'idah 5:93). Umar replied: You have misunderstood the interpretation. If you had feared Allah, you would have avoided what Allah has made forbidden. Then Umar turned to the people and said: What do you think about Qudamah's punishment? The people said: We do not think you should whip him as long as he is ill. So he remained silent about this for several days but then one day he resolved to whip him. He said to his companions: What do you think about whipping Qudamah? They replied: We do not think you should whip him as long as he is ill.
Umar said: It is more pleasing to me to meet Allah under scourges than to meet Him with this on my conscience. Bring me a complete whip. So Umar ordered that Qudamah be whipped. Qudamah became angry with Umar and boycotted him. They both performed Hajj, with Qudamah still upset with Umar. When they both returned from their Hajj, and Umar was resting at al-Suqiya, he fell asleep. When he woke up from his sleep, he said: Hurry to me with Qudamah, for by Allah, an interlocutor came to me in my dream and said: "Salem Qudamah, for he is your brother," so bring him to me quickly. When they brought him, Qudamah refused to come. Umar then commanded that Qudamah be brought to him, and if he refused, to draw him to him. Umar spoke to him and sought forgiveness for him, and this was the beginning of their reconciliation. Ibn Jurayj narrated from Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani
that no one from the people of Badr was punished for drinking alcohol except Qudamah ibn Muz'und. Qudamah died in the year thirty-six at the age of sixty-eight. All three historians mentioned him. I say: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) punished Naiman for drinking alcohol, and he was from Badr, and he is mentioned in his chapter, so there is no evidence in Ayyub's statement. And Allah, the Exalted, knows best.