54. Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah: “He [`Abdullah ibn `Umar] refused to swear allegiance to Ali (a.s.), but knocked the door of Hajjāj’s house at night to swear allegiance to `Abd al-Malik in order that he would not sleep that night without having a leader, as he heard that it had been narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) had said: “He who dies not having a leader dies the death of the age of ignorance.”, and the humiliation of Hajjāj to him was so extreme that he stretched his foot out of his bed and said: “Lay your hand on this [for allegiance].”¹

55. al-Tabaqāt al-Kubrā –narrating from Nāfi`: “During the time of Ibn Zubair, the Khawārij and the Khashabiya,<sup>2</sup> Ibn `Umar was told: “You perform your prayers with these people and those people and they are killing each other?” Ibn `Umar answered: “Whoever says ‘make haste to the prayer’ (hayya `ala’ al-salāh) and whoever says ‘make haste to righteousness (hayya `ala’ al-fal āh), I will answer to him, and whoever says ‘make haste to the killing of your Muslim brother and seizing of his wealth’, I will say ‘no’.”³

56. al-Tabaqāt al-Kubrā –narrating from Sayf al-Māzini-: “Ibn `Umar used to say: “I will not fight during the time of sedition (fitnah), but I will pray behind whoever is victorious.”⁴

57. al-Mustadrak `alā al-Sahihain –narrating from `Abdullah ibn `Umar-: “I do not regret anything except that I did not fight along with Ali (a.s.) against the rebel group.”⁵

54. شرح نهج البلاغة لابن أبي الحدید: إنَّهُ ]ابنَ عُمَرَ[ امتَنَعَ عَن بَيَعَةِ عَلِيٍّ علیه السلام، وطَرَقَ عَلَى الحَجّاجِ بابَهُ لَيلاً لِيُبايِعَ لِعَبدِ المَلِكِ؛ كَي لا يَبيتَ تِلكَ اللَّيلَةَ بِلا إمامٍ، زَعَمَ، لاَِنَّهُ رَوى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلی الله علیه وآله أنَّهُ قالَ: «مَن ماتَ ولا إمامَ لَهُ ماتَ ميتَةً جاهِلِيَّةً»، وحَتّى بَلَغَ مِنِ احتِقارِ الحَجّاجِ لَهُ وَاستِرذالِهِ حالَهُ أن أخرَجَ رِجلَهُ مِنَ الفِراشِ، فَقالَ: اِصفِق بِيَدِكَ عَلَيها.¹

55. الطبقات الكبرى عن نافع: قيلَ لاِبنِ عُمَرَ ـ زَمَنَ ابنِ الزُّبَيرِ وَالخَوارِجِ وَالخَشَبِيَّةِ ـ: أ تُصَلّي مَعَ هؤُلاءِ ومَعَ هؤُلاءِ وبَعضُهُم يَقتُلُ بَعضاً؟! قالَ: فَقالَ: مَن قالَ: «حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ» أجَبتُهُ، ومَن قالَ: «حَيَّ عَلَى الفَلاحِ» أجَبتُهُ، ومَن قالَ: «حَيَّ عَلى قَتلِ أخيكَ المُسلِمِ وأخذِ مالِهِ»، قُلتُ: لا.²

56. الطبقات الكبرى عن سيف المازِنِيّ: كانَ ابنُ عُمَرَ يَقولُ: لا اُقاتِلُ فِي الفِتنَةِ، واُصَلّيورَاءَ مَن غَلَبَ.³

57. المستدرك على الصحيحين عن عبد الله بن عمر: ما آسى عَلى شَيء، إلّا أنّي لَم اُقاتِل مَعَ عَلِيٍّ(رضي الله عنه)الفِئَةَ الباغِيَةَ.⁴