88 - THE BOOK OF OBLIGINGTHE APOSTATES [REVERTERS FROM ISLĀM] AND THE REPENTANCE OF THOSE WHO REFUSE THE TRUTH OBSTINATELY, AND TO FIGHT AGAINST SUCH PEOPLE

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6918. Narrated 'Abdullāh عنه رضي الله عنه: When the Verse: "It is those who believe (in the Oneness of Allāh and worship none but Him Alone) and confuse not their belief with Zulm i.e., worshipping others besides Allāh)" (V.6:82) was revealed, it became very hard on the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and they said, "Who among us has not confused his belief with Zulm (wrong)?" On that, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "This is not meant (by the Verse). Don't you listen to Luqmān's statement: "Verily! Joining others in worship with Allāh is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed." (V.31:13)

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6918 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ: {الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ} [الأنعام: 82] شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَالُوا: أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَلْبِسْ إِيمَانَهُ بِظُلْمٍ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ، أَلاَ تَسْمَعُونَ إِلَى قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ: {إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ} [لقمان: 13] لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ "

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6919. Narrated Abū Bakra عنه رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The biggest of the great sins are: (1) To join partners in worship with Allāh, (2) to be undutiful to one's parents, (3) and to give a false witness." He (ﷺ) repeated it thrice, or said, "... a lying speech (a false statement),” and kept on repeating that warning till we wished he would stop saying it. (See Hadith No.5976, Vol.8).

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6919 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ المُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا الجُرَيْرِيُّ، ح وحَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ الجُرَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَكْبَرُ الكَبَائِرِ: الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ، وَعُقُوقُ الوَالِدَيْنِ، وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ، وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ - ثَلاَثًا - أَوْ: قَوْلُ الزُّورِ " فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا: لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ

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6920. Narrated ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! What are Al-Kabā’ir (the biggest sins)?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “To join partners in worship with Allāh.” The bedouin said, “What is next (biggest sin)?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “To be undutiful to one’s parents.” The bedouin said, “What is next (biggest sin)?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “To take an oath Al-Ghamūs.” The bedouin asked, “What is an oath Al-Ghamūs?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “The false oath through which one deprives a Muslim of his property (unjustly).” [See Vol.8, Hadith No.6675]

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6920 - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا الكَبَائِرُ؟ قَالَ: «الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ» قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ: «ثُمَّ عُقُوقُ الوَالِدَيْنِ» قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ: «اليَمِينُ الغَمُوسُ» قُلْتُ: وَمَا اليَمِينُ الغَمُوسُ؟ قَالَ: «الَّذِي يَقْتَطِعُ مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، هُوَ فِيهَا كَاذِبٌ»

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6921. Narrated Ibn Mas’ūd رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: A man said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! Shall we be punished for what we did in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever does good in Islām will not be punished for what he did in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance; and whoever does evil in Islām will be punished for his former and later (bad deeds).”

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6921 - حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، وَالأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ أُخِذَ بِالأَوَّلِ وَالآخِرِ»

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6922. Narrated 'Ikrima رضي الله عنه: Some Zanādiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali; and he burnt them. The news of this event reached Ibn 'Abbās who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allāh's Messenger ﷺ forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allāh's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, 'Whoever changed his Islāmic religion, then kill him.'"

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6922 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ: أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، بِزَنَادِقَةٍ فَأَحْرَقَهُمْ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ، لِنَهْيِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ» وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ، لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ»

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6923. Narrated Abū Burda: Abū Mūsā said, "I came to the Prophet ﷺ along with two men (from the tribe) of Ash'ariyūn, one on my right and the other on my left, while Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was brushing his teeth (with a Siwāk), and both men asked him for some employment. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Abū Mūsā, O 'Abdullāh bin Qais', I said, 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men did not tell me what was in their hearts and I did not feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.' As if I were looking now at his Siwāk being drawn to a corner under his lips, and he said, 'We never (or said, 'we do not') appoint for our affairs anyone who seeks to be employed. But O Abū Mūsā!' or said, 'Abdullāh bin Qais! Go to Yemen.' " The Prophet ﷺ then sent Mu'ādh bin Jabal after him and when Mu'ādh reached him, he spread out a cushion for him and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion). Behold! There was a fettered man beside Abū Mūsā. Mu'ādh asked, 'Who is this (man)?' Abū Mūsā said, 'He was a Jew and became a Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism.' Then Abū Mūsā requested Mu'ādh to sit down but Mu'ādh said, 'I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgement of Allāh and His Messenger (for such cases), and repeated it thrice. Then Abū Mūsā ordered that the man be killed, and he was killed.” Abū Mūsā added, “Then we discussed the night (Tahajjud) prayers and one of us said, ‘I offer (prayer) and sleep, and I hope that Allāh will reward me for my sleep as well as for my waking up (for prayers).’”

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6923 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمَعِي رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ، أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَالآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِي، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَاكُ، فَكِلاَهُمَا سَأَلَ، فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا مُوسَى، أَوْ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالحَقِّ مَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا، وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ العَمَلَ، فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سِوَاكِهِ تَحْتَ شَفَتِهِ قَلَصَتْ، فَقَالَ: " لَنْ، أَوْ: لاَ نَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ، وَلَكِنِ اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى، أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، إِلَى اليَمَنِ " ثُمَّ اتَّبَعَهُ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ أَلْقَى لَهُ وِسَادَةً، قَالَ: انْزِلْ، وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ مُوثَقٌ، قَالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ: كَانَ يَهُودِيًّا فَأَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ تَهَوَّدَ، قَالَ: اجْلِسْ، قَالَ: لاَ أَجْلِسُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ، قَضَاءُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ. فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَقُتِلَ، ثُمَّ تَذَاكَرَا قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَقُومُ وَأَنَامُ، وَأَرْجُو فِي نَوْمَتِي مَا أَرْجُو فِي قَوْمَتِي

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6924. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: When the Prophet ﷺ died and Abū Bakr became his successor and some of the Arabs reverted to disbelief, ‘Umar said, “O Abū Bakr! How can you fight these people although Allāh’s Messenger said, ‘I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh), and whoever said Lā ilāha illallāh, Allāh will save his property and his life from me, unless (he does something for which he receives legal punishment) justly, and his account will be with Allāh?”

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6924 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ العَرَبِ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، فَمَنْ قَالَ: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، فَقَدْ عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ "

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6925. [H. 6924 contd.] Abū Bakr said, “By Allāh! I will fight whoever differentiates between Ṣalāt (prayers) and Zakāt; as Zakāt is the right to be taken from property (according to Allāh’s Orders). By Allāh! If they refused to pay me even a kid they used to pay to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ, I would fight with them for withholding it.” ‘Umar said, “By Allāh! It was nothing, but I noticed that Allāh opened Abū Bakr’s chest towards the decision to fight, therefore, I realized that his decision was right."

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6925 - قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَاللَّهِ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ، فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ المَالِ، وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا قَالَ عُمَرُ: «فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ أَنْ قَدْ شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ»

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6926. Narrated Anas bin Mālik رضي الله عنه: A Jew passed by Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "As-Sāmu 'Alaika." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said in reply, "Wa 'Alaika." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ then said to his Companions, "Do you know what he (the Jew) has said? He said, 'As-Sāmu 'Alaika.'" They said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Shall we kill him?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "No. When the people of the Book greet you, say: 'Wa 'Alaikum.'"(1)

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6926 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الحَسَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ: مَرَّ يَهُودِيٌّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَعَلَيْكَ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَتَدْرُونَ مَا يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ " قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَلاَ نَقْتُلُهُ؟ قَالَ: " لاَ، إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الكِتَابِ، فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ "

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6927. Narrated 'Āishah رضي الله عنها عنها: A group of Jews asked permission to visit the Prophet ﷺ (and when they were admitted) they said, "As-Sāmu 'Alaika (death be upon you)." I said (to them), "Nay! Death and the curse of Allāh be upon you!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "O 'Āishah! Allāh is Kind and Lenient and likes that one should be kind and lenient in all matters." I said, "Haven't you heard what they said?" He said, "I said (to them), 'Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you).'"

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6927 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: اسْتَأْذَنَ رَهْطٌ مِنَ اليَهُودِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالُوا: السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ، فَقُلْتُ: بَلْ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّامُ وَاللَّعْنَةُ، فَقَالَ: «يَا عَائِشَةُ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ فِي الأَمْرِ كُلِّهِ» قُلْتُ: أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قَالُوا؟ قَالَ: " قُلْتُ: وَعَلَيْكُمْ "

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6928. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهم: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "When the Jews greet anyone of you they say: 'Sāmu 'Alaika (death be upon you)'; so you should say: 'Wa 'Alaika (and upon you).'"

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6928 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، وَمَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ اليَهُودَ إِذَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ إِنَّمَا يَقُولُونَ: سَامٌ عَلَيْكَ، فَقُلْ: عَلَيْكَ " بَابٌ

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6929. Narrated 'Abdullāh: As if I am looking at the Prophet ﷺ while he was speaking about one of the Prophets whose people have beaten and wounded him, and he was wiping the blood off his face and saying, "O Lord! Forgive my people as they do not know."

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: 6929 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْكِي نَبِيًّا مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، ضَرَبَهُ قَوْمُهُ فَأَدْمَوْهُ، فَهُوَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ»

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6930. Narrated 'Ali رضي الله عنه: Whenever I tell you a narration from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, by Allāh, I would rather fall down from the sky than ascribe a false statement to him, but if I tell you something between me and you (not a Hadīth) then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say things just to cheat my enemy). No doubt I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying, "During the last days there will appear some young foolish people who will say the best words but their Faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e., they will have no Faith) and will go out from (leave) their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So, wherever you find them, kill them, for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection."

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6930 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا خَيْثَمَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ غَفَلَةَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا، فَوَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ الحَرْبَ خِدْعَةٌ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ، أَحْدَاثُ الأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الأَحْلاَمِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ البَرِيَّةِ، لاَ يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ، كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ فِي قَتْلِهِمْ أَجْرًا لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ»

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6931. Narrated 'Atā' bin Yasār that they visited Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī and asked him about Al-Ḥaruriya, a certain unorthodox religious sect, "Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ saying anything about them?" Abū Sa'īd said, "I do not know what Al-Ḥaruriya is, but I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, 'There will appear in this nation — he did not say: From this nation — a group of people so pious apparently that you will consider your Ṣalāt (prayers) inferior to their Ṣalāt (prayer), but they will recite the Qur'ān, but it will not go beyond their throats(1), and they will go out of their religion as an arrow darts through the game, whereupon the archer may look at his arrow, its Nasl, its Rišāf and its Fūqa(1) to see whether it is blood-stained or not (i.e., they will have not even a trace of Islām in them).”

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6931 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ المُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الوَهَّابِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَعَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ: أَنَّهُمَا أَتَيَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيَّ، فَسَأَلاَهُ عَنْ الحَرُورِيَّةِ: أَسَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: لاَ أَدْرِي مَا الحَرُورِيَّةُ؟ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «يَخْرُجُ فِي هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ - وَلَمْ يَقُلْ مِنْهَا - قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ، يَقْرَءُونَ القُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حُلُوقَهُمْ، - أَوْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ - يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فَيَنْظُرُ الرَّامِي إِلَى سَهْمِهِ، إِلَى نَصْلِهِ، إِلَى رِصَافِهِ، فَيَتَمَارَى فِي الفُوقَةِ، هَلْ عَلِقَ بِهَا مِنَ الدَّمِ شَيْءٌ»

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6932. Narrated ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar regarding Al-Ḥaruriya: The Prophet ﷺ said, “They will go out of Islām as an arrow darts out of the game’s body.”

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6932 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، وَذَكَرَ الحَرُورِيَّةَ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ»

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6933. Narrated Abū Sa‘īd: While the Prophet ﷺ was distributing something(2), ‘Abdullāh bin Dhil-Khuwaṣira At-Tamīmī came and said, “Be just, O Allāh’s Messenger!” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Woe to you! Who would be just if I were not?” ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said, “Allow me to cut off his neck!” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Leave him, for he has companions, and if you compare your Ṣalāt (prayers) with their Ṣalāt (prayer) and your Siyām (fasting) with theirs, you will look down upon your Ṣalāt (prayer) and fasting in comparison to theirs. Yet they will go out of the religion as an arrow darts through the game’s body in which case, if the Qudhahd(3) of the arrow is examined, nothing will be found on it, and when its Nasl(3) is examined, nothing will be found on it; and when its Nady is examined, nothing will be found on it. The arrow has been too fast to be smeared by dung and blood. The sign by which these people will be recognized will be a man whose one hand (or breast) will be like the breast of a woman (or like a moving piece of flesh). These people will appear when there will be differences among the people (Muslims)." Abū Sa'īd added: I testify that I heard this from the Prophet ﷺ and also testify that 'Ali killed those people while I was with him. The man with the description given by the Prophet ﷺ was brought to 'Ali. The following Verses were revealed in connection with that person (i.e., 'Abdullāh bin Dhil-Khuwaṣira At-Tamīmi): "And of them are some who accuse you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms..." (V.9:58)

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6933 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: بَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْسِمُ، جَاءَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ ذِي الخُوَيْصِرَةِ التَّمِيمِيُّ، فَقَالَ: اعْدِلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ: «وَيْلَكَ، وَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ» قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ: دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، قَالَ: " دَعْهُ، فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَصْحَابًا، يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلاَتَهُ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِ، وَصِيَامَهُ مَعَ صِيَامِهِ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ فِي قُذَذِهِ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ فِي نَصْلِهِ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ فِي رِصَافِهِ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ فِي نَضِيِّهِ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الفَرْثَ وَالدَّمَ، آيَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ، أَوْقَالَ: ثَدْيَيْهِ، مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ المَرْأَةِ، أَوْقَالَ: مِثْلُ البَضْعَةِ تَدَرْدَرُ، يَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى حِينِ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ " قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: أَشْهَدُ سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا، قَتَلَهُمْ، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، جِيءَ بِالرَّجُلِ عَلَى النَّعْتِ الَّذِي نَعَتَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ فِيهِ: {وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ} [التوبة: 58]

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6934. Narrated Yusair bin 'Amr: I asked Sahl bin Ḥunaif, "Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ saying anything about Al-Khawārij?" He said, "I heard him saying while pointing his hand towards Irāq, 'There will appear in it (i.e., Irāq) some people who will recite the Qur'ān but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out (leave) Islām as an arrow darts out through the game's body'."

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6934 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الوَاحِدِ، حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُسَيْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، هَلْ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: فِي الخَوَارِجِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ، وَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ قِبَلَ العِرَاقِ: «يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ القُرْآنَ، لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ»

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6935. Narrated Abū Hurairah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ said, “The Hour will not be established till two (huge) groups fight against each other, their claim being one and the same.”

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6935 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَقْتَتِلَ فِئَتَانِ، دَعْوَاهُمَا وَاحِدَةٌ»

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6936. ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said: I heard Hishām bin Al-Hākīm reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān during the lifetime of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ. I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways which Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ had not taught me. So I was about to jump over him during his Ṣalāt (prayer) but I waited till he finished his Ṣalāt (prayer) whereupon I put, either his upper garment or my upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and asked him, “Who has taught you this Sūrah?” He replied, “Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ has taught it to me.” I said (to him), “You have told a lie! By Allāh, Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ has taught me this Sūrah which I have heard you reciting.” So I dragged him to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ. I said, “O Allāh’s Messenger I have heard this man reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a way in which you have not taught me, and you did teach me Sūrat Al-Furqān.” On that Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, “O ‘Umar, release him! Recite, O (1) (Ch.8) Either of the two groups will consider (themselves) on the right and their opponents is on the wrong. Hishām". So Hishām recited before him in the way as I had heard him reciting. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "It has been revealed like this." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Recite, O 'Umar". So I recited it. The Prophet ﷺ said, "It has been revealed like this." And then he added, "This Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite it whichever way is easier for you." [See Vol.6, Hadīth No.4992]

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6936 - قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ المِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ القَارِيَّ، أَخْبَرَاهُ: أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَؤُهَا عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَذَلِكَ، فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ، فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ لَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ أَوْ بِرِدَائِي، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ؟ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: كَذَبْتَ، فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْرَأَنِي هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَؤُهَا، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ بِسُورَةِ الفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، وَأَنْتَ أَقْرَأْتَنِي سُورَةَ الفُرْقَانِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَرْسِلْهُ يَا عُمَرُ، اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ» فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ القِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَؤُهَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ» فَقَرَأْتُ، فَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنَّ هَذَا القُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ»

English translation

6937. Narrated 'Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: When the Verse : "It is those believe (in the Oneness of Allāh and worship none but Him Alone) and confuse not their belief with Zulm (wrong i.e., by worshipping others besides Allāh)... " (V.6:82) was revealed, it was hard on the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and they said, "Who among us has not wronged himself?" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "The meaning of the Verse is not as you think, but it is as Luqmān said to his son, (as mentioned in the Qur'an): '...O my son! Join not in worship others with Allāh. Verily! Joining others in worship with Allāh is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed.' " (V.31:13)

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6937 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ: {الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا} [الأنعام: 82] إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَالُوا: أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَيْسَ كَمَا تَظُنُّونَ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَمَا قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ: {يَا بُنَيَّ لاَ تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ} [لقمان: 13] لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ "

English translation

6938. Narrated 'Itbān bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Once Allāh's Messenger ﷺ came to me in the morning, and a man among us said, "Where is Mālik bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man from us replied, "He is a hypocrite who does not love Allāh and His Messenger." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Don't say like that. Haven't you seen that he said: Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh), for Allāh's sake only?" They replied, "Yes". The Prophet ﷺ said, "Nobody will meet Allāh with that saying on the Day of Resurrection, but Allāh will save him from the (Hell) Fire."

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6938 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ: غَدَا عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَيْنَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُنِ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا: ذَلِكَ مُنَافِقٌ، لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَلاَ تَقُولُوهُ: يَقُولُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، يَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ " قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: «فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُوَافَى عَبْدٌ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ بِهِ، إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارَ»

English translation

6939. Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān and Ḥibbān bin 'Aṭiyya had a dispute. Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān said to Ḥibbān, "You know what made your companion (i.e., 'Alī) dare to shed blood." Ḥibbān said, "Come on! What is that?" 'Abdur-Raḥmān said, "Something I heard him saying." The other said, "What was it?" 'Abdur-Raḥmān said: 'Alī said, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ sent for me, Az-Zubair and Abū Marṭaḥad, and all of us were cavalrymen, and said: 'Proceed to Rauḍat-Ḥājj (Abū Salama said that Abū 'Awāna called it like this, i.e., Ḥājj(1)) where there is a woman carrying a letter from Ḥāṭib bin Abī Balta'a to Al-Mushrikūn (of Makkah). So bring that letter to me.' So we proceeded riding on our horses till we overtook her at the same place of which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had told us. She was travelling on her camel. In that letter Ḥāṭib had written to the Makkans about the proposed attack of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ against them. We asked her: 'Where is the letter which is with you?' She replied: 'I haven't got any letter.' So we made her camel kneel down and searched her luggage, but we did not find anything. My two companions said: 'We do not think that she has got a letter.' I said: 'We know that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ has not told a lie.' " Then 'Ali took an oath saying, "By Him by Whom one should swear! You shall either bring out the letter or we shall strip off your clothes (to search for the letter)." She then stretched out her hand for her girdle (round her waist) and brought out the paper (letter). They took the letter to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. 'Umar said, "O Allāh's Messenger! (Hāṭib) has betrayed Allāh, His Messenger and the believers; let me chop off his neck!" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "O Hāṭib! What obliged you to do what you have done?" Hāṭib replied, "O Allāh's Messenger! Why (for what reason) should I not believe in Allāh and His Messenger? But I intended to do the (Makkan) people a favour by virtue of which my family and property may be protected as there is none of your companions but has some of his people (relatives) through whom Allāh protects his family and property." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He has said the truth, therefore, do not say anything to him except good." 'Umar again said, "O Allāh's Messenger! He has betrayed Allāh, His Messenger and the believers; let me chop his neck off!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Isn't he from those (who fought the battle) of Badr? And what do you know, Allāh might have looked at them (Badr warriors) and said (to them), 'Do what you like, for I have granted you Paradise?' " On that, 'Umar's eyes became flooded with tears and he said, "Allāh and His Messenger know better." خاخ.

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6939 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ فُلَانٍ، قَالَ: تَنَازَعَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَحِبَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، لِحِبَّانَ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا الَّذِي جَرَّأَ صَاحِبَكَ عَلَى الدِّمَاءِ، يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا، قَالَ: مَا هُوَ لَا أَبَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ: شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُهُ، قَالَ: مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ، وَكُلُّنَا فَارِسٌ، قَالَ: " انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ حَاجٍ - قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ: حَاجٍ - فَإِنَّ فِيهَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا صَحِيفَةٌ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى المُشْرِكِينَ، فَأْتُونِي بِهَا " فَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى أَفْرَاسِنَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَاهَا حَيْثُ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، تَسِيرُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا، وَقَدْ كَانَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِمَسِيرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقُلْنَا: أَيْنَ الكِتَابُ الَّذِي مَعَكِ؟ قَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَأَنَخْنَا بِهَا بَعِيرَهَا، فَابْتَغَيْنَا فِي رَحْلِهَا فَمَا وَجَدْنَا شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ صَاحِبَايَ: مَا نَرَى مَعَهَا كِتَابًا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا كَذَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ حَلَفَ عَلِيٌّ: وَالَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ، لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الكِتَابَ أَوْ لَأُجَرِّدَنَّكِ، فَأَهْوَتِ الى حُجْزَتِهَا، وَهِيَ مُحْتَجِزَةٌ بِكِسَاءٍ، فَأَخْرَجَتِ الصَّحِيفَةَ، فَأَتَوْا بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ خَانَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالمُؤْمِنِينَ، دَعْنِي فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا حَاطِبُ، مَا حَمَلكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا لِي أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ مُؤْمِنًا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ؟ وَلَكِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي عِنْدَ القَوْمِ يَدٌ يُدْفَعُ بِهَا عَنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي، وَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا لَهُ هُنَالِكَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَنْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ، قَالَ: «صَدَقَ، لَا تَقُولُوا لَهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا» قَالَ: فَعَادَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ خَانَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالمُؤْمِنِينَ، دَعْنِي فَلِأَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، قَالَ: " أَوَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ، لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ، فَقَدْ أَوْجَبْتُ لَكُمُ الجَنَّةَ " فَاغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: " خَاخٍ أَصَحُّ، وَلَكِنْ كَذَا قَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ: حَاجٍ، وَحَاجٍ تَصْحِيفٌ، وَهُوَ مَوْضِعٌ، وَهُشَيْمٌ يَقُولُ: خَاخٍ "