Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 3007

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

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الحديث: 3007 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 59

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3007. Narrated 'Ubaidullāh bin Abī Rāfi': I heard 'Alī رضي الله عنه' saying, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ sent me, Az-Zubair and Al-Miqdād somewhere saying, 'Proceed till you reach Rawḍat Khākh. There you will find a lady with a letter. Take the letter from her.'" So, we set out and our horses ran at full pace till we got at Ar-Rawḍa, where we found the lady and said (to her), 'Take out the letter.' She replied, 'I have no letter with me.' We said, 'Either you take out the letter or else we will take off your clothes (to search the letter).' So, she took it out of her braid. We brought the letter to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and it contained a statement from Hāṭib bin Abī Balta'a to some of the Makkān Mushrikūn informing them of some of the intentions of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'O Hāṭib! What is this?' Hāṭib replied, 'O Allāh's Messenger! Don't hasten to give your judgement about me. I was a man closely connected with the Quraish, but I did not belong to this tribe, while the other emigrants with you had their relatives in Makkah who would protect their dependents and property. So, I wanted to recompense for my lacking blood relation to them by doing them a favour so that they might protect my dependents. I did this neither because of disbelief nor apostasy nor out of preferring Kufr (disbelief) to Islām.' Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'Hāṭib has told you the truth.' Umar said, 'O Allāh's Messenger! Allow me to chop off the head of this hypocrite.' Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'Hāṭib participated in the battle of Badr, and who knows, perhaps Allāh has already looked at the Badr warriors and said: 'Do whatever you like, for I have forgiven you.'

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3007 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، يَقُولُ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَا وَالزُّبَيْرَ، وَالمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: «انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا ظَعِينَةً، وَمَعَهَا كِتَابٌ فَخُذُوهُ مِنْهَا»، فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَعَادَى بِنَا خَيْلُنَا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الرَّوْضَةِ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالظَّعِينَةِ، فَقُلْنَا أَخْرِجِي الكِتَابَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي مِنْ كِتَابٍ، فَقُلْنَا: لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الكِتَابَ أَوْ لَنُلْقِيَنَّ الثِّيَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ عِقَاصِهَا، فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنَ المُشْرِكِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا حَاطِبُ مَا هَذَا؟»، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لاَ تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ امْرَأً مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهَا، وَكَانَ مَنْ مَعَكَ مِنَ المُهَاجِرِينَ لَهُمْ قَرَابَاتٌ بِمَكَّةَ يَحْمُونَ بِهَا أَهْلِيهِمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ إِذْ فَاتَنِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ فِيهِمْ، أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ عِنْدَهُمْ يَدًا يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَتِي، وَمَا فَعَلْتُ كُفْرًا وَلاَ ارْتِدَادًا، وَلاَ رِضًا بِالكُفْرِ بَعْدَ الإِسْلاَمِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمْ»، قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا المُنَافِقِ، قَالَ: " إِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ "، - قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: وَأَيُّ إِسْنَادٍ هَذَا -

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