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4369. It was narrated from Sa'eed bin Abi Hilāl, from Abū Az-Zinād, from 'Abdullāh bin 'Ubaidullāh - Aḥmad (one of the narrators) said: - meaning 'Abdullāh bin 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb - may Allāh be pleased with him - from Ibn 'Umar: "Some people raided the camels of the Prophet ﷺ and drove them off, and they apostatized from Islam and killed the herdsman of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, who was a believer. He ﷺ sent people after them and they were brought. He cut off their hands and feet and gouged out their eyes. The Verse of Muhārībah was revealed concerning them, and they are the ones of whom Anas bin Mālik told Al-Hajjāj about, when he questioned him." (Da'if)
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Al-Hajjāj bin Yūsuf asked Anas about the severest punishment the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ applied, and Anas narrated this story. When this reached Al-Ḥasan Al-Ḍaṣārī he commented that he wished Anas would not have told him about that. This is because, according to some narrations, Al-Hajjāj stated on the Minbar: "Anas narrated to me..." and he decided that it would be good to do the same with whoever opposed him. See Al-Bukhārī no. 5685 (The part of the narration in question is not translated in the published edition of the English translation of Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī.)
