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Deception During War

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

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الحديث: 2637 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 43

DarussalamSahihAl-Albani(حديث كعب بن مالك) صحيح، (قول أبي داود: لم يجيء به إلا معمر) **Al-AlbaniSahih chain · qualified assessment
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English translation

2637. It was reported from Ma'mar, from Az-Zuhri, from 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Ka'b bin Mālik, from his father that whenever the Prophet ﷺ wanted to go on a military expedition, he made it appear as if he was headed somewhere else, and he used to say: 'War is deception.'" (Sahih) Abū Dāwūd said: No one came with this (narration) except for Ma'mar, meaning his saying: "War is deception" with this chain of narrators. It was only related from the Hadith of 'Amr bin Dīnār, from Jābir, and from the Hadith of Ma'mar, from Hammām bin Munabbih, from Abū Hurairah.

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2637 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ غَزْوَةً وَرَّى غَيْرَهَا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: " لَمْ يَجِئْ بِهِ إِلَّا مَعْمَرٌ يُرِيدُ قَوْلَهُ: «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ» بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ إِنَّمَا يُرْوَى مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، وَمِنْ حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ "

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