Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 2712

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The conditions permissible on embracing Islām,(1) and in contracts and transactions.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

54 - THE BOOK OF CONDITIONS

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 188

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2711, 2712. Narrated Marwān and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama رضي الله عنهما from the Companions of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ: When Suhail bin 'Amr agreed to the Treaty (of Ḥudaibiya), one of the things he stipulated then, was that the Prophet ﷺ should return to them (i.e., the Al-Mushrikūn) anyone coming to him from their side, even if he was a Muslim; and would not interfere between them and that person. The Muslims did not like this condition and got disgusted with it. Suhail did not agree except with that condition. So, the Prophet ﷺ agreed to that condition and returned Abū Jandal to his father Suhail bin 'Amr. Thenceforth the Prophet ﷺ returned everyone in that period (of truce) even if he was a Muslim. During that period some believing women emigrants including Umm Kulthūm bint 'Uqba bin Abū Mu'ait who came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and she was a young lady then. Her relative came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him to return her, but the Prophet ﷺ did not return her to them for Allāh had revealed the following Verse regarding women: “...When believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them, Allāh knows best as to their Faith.. (up to).. nor are the disbelievers lawful (husbands) for them...” (V.60:10) (1) (Ch. 1) Some conditions are permissible, others are not; for example, a non-Muslim on embracing Islām has the right to stipulate that he shall not be ordered to move from one country to another, but he cannot stipulate that he may not perform the Ṣalāt (prayers). (Faṭh Al-Bārī) from Ibn Abū Hadrad in the mosque. Their voices grew louder till Allāh's Messenger ﷺ heard them while he was in his house. So, he lifted the curtain of his room and called Ka'b bin Mālik saying, "O Ka'b!" He replied, "Labbaik! O Allāh's Messenger!" He beckoned to him with his hand suggesting that he deduct half the debt. Ka'b said, "I agree, O Allāh's Messenger!" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ then said (to Ibn Abū Hadrad), "Get up and pay him the rest." (i.e., dates) of my garden in lieu of the debt of my father, but they refused the offer, as they thought that it would not cover the full debt. So, I went to the Prophet ﷺ and told him about it. He (ﷺ) said (to me), "When you pluck the dates and collect them in the Mirbad (i.e., a place where dates are dried), call me." Finally, he came accompanied by Abū Bakr and 'Umar and sat on the dates and invoked Allāh to bless them. Then he said, "Call your creditors and give them their full rights." So, I paid all my father's creditors in full and yet thirteen extra Wasq of dates remained, seven of which were Ajwa and six were Laun, or six of which were Ajwa and seven were Laun. I met Allāh's Messenger ﷺ at sunset and informed him about it. On that he smiled and said, "Go to Abū Bakr and 'Umar and tell them about it." They said, "We perceived that that was going to happen, as Allāh's Messenger ﷺ did what he did."

Arabic text

٢٧١١ - ٢٧١٢ - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مَرْوَانَ وَالْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ ﵄: يُخْبِرَانِ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: «لَمَّا كَاتَبَ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو يَوْمَئِذٍ، كَانَ فِيمَا اشْتَرَطَ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: أَنَّهُ لَا يَأْتِيكَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى دِينِكَ، إِلَّا رَدَدْتَهُ إِلَيْنَا وَخَلَّيْتَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ، فَكَرِهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ذَلِكَ وَامْتَعَضُوا مِنْهُ، وَأَبَى سُهَيْلٌ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ، فَكَاتَبَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَرَدَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَبَا جَنْدَلٍ إِلَى أَبِيهِ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ إِلَّا رَدَّهُ فِي تِلْكَ الْمُدَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا، وَجَاءَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ، وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ مِمَّنْ خَرَجَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَهِيَ عَاتِقٌ، فَجَاءَ أَهْلُهَا يَسْأَلُونَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنْ يَرْجِعَهَا إِلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْهَا إِلَيْهِمْ، لِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِيهِنَّ: ﴿إِذَا جَاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ﴾ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ﴿وَلا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ﴾».

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