Hadith 4596

“Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): In what (condition) were you?...” (V.4:97)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 4596 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 48

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4596. Narrated Muḥammad bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān Abūl-Aswad: The people of Al-Madīna were forced to prepare an army (to fight against the people of Sham during the caliphate of ‘Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair at Makkah), and I was enlisted in it. Then I met ‘Ikrima, the freed slave of Ibn ‘Abbās, and informed him (about it), and he forbade me strongly to do so (i.e., to enlist in that army), and then said, “Ibn ‘Abbās informed me that some Muslim people were with Al-Mushrikūn, increasing the number of Al-Mushrikūn against Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ. An arrow used to be shot which would hit one of them (the Muslims in the company of Al- [٩٧] Mushrikūn) and kill him, or he would be struck and killed (with a sword).” Then Allāh revealed: “Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): ‘In what (condition) were you? They reply: ‘We were weak and oppressed on earth’. They (angels) say: ‘Was not the earth of Allāh spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?’ Such men will find their abode in Hell — what an evil destination!” (V.4:97) (See H. 7085)

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4596 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ المُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ، وَغَيْرُهُ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبُو الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: قُطِعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ المَدِينَةِ بَعْثٌ، فَاكْتُتِبْتُ فِيهِ، فَلَقِيتُ عِكْرِمَةَ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَشَدَّ النَّهْيِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: «أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ المُسْلِمِينَ كَانُوا مَعَ المُشْرِكِينَ يُكَثِّرُونَ سَوَادَ المُشْرِكِينَ، عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَأْتِي السَّهْمُ فَيُرْمَى بِهِ فَيُصِيبُ أَحَدَهُمْ، فَيَقْتُلُهُ - أَوْ يُضْرَبُ فَيُقْتَلُ» - فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ المَلاَئِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ} [النساء: 97] الآيَةَ رَوَاهُ اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ

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