Hadith 6943

Whoever preferred to be beaten, killed and humiliated rather than to revert to Kufr (i.e., disbelief).

English source

Darussalam · Volume 9

89 - THE BOOK OF AL-IKRĀH(COERCION) (i.e. SAYING SOME-THING UNDER COMPULSION]

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6943 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 20

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English translation

6943. Narrated Khabbāb bin Al-Arat: We complained to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ (about our state) while he was leaning against his Burda (cloak) in the shade of the Ka'bah. We said, "Will you ask Allāh to help us? Will you invoke Allāh for us?" He said, "Among those who were before you, a (believer) used to be seized and a pit used to be dug for him and then he used to be placed in it. Then a saw used to be brought and put on his head which would be split into two halves. His flesh might be combed with iron combs and removed from his bones, yet, all that did not cause him to revert from his religion. By Allāh! This religion (Islām) will be completed (and triumph) till a rider (traveller) goes from Ṣan'ā' (the capital of Yemen) to Ḥaḍramout, fearing nobody except Allāh and the wolf, lest it should trouble his sheep, but you are impatient." (See Vol. 5, Hadīth No.3852)

Arabic text

6943 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ، عَنْ خَبَّابِ بْنِ الأَرَتِّ، قَالَ: شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُتَوَسِّدٌ بُرْدَةً لَهُ فِي ظِلِّ الكَعْبَةِ فَقُلْنَا: أَلاَ تَسْتَنْصِرُ لَنَا أَلاَ تَدْعُو لَنَا؟ فَقَالَ: «قَدْ كَانَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ، يُؤْخَذُ الرَّجُلُ فَيُحْفَرُ لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَيُجْعَلُ فِيهَا، فَيُجَاءُ بِالْمِنْشَارِ فَيُوضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَيُجْعَلُ نِصْفَيْنِ، وَيُمْشَطُ بِأَمْشَاطِ الحَدِيدِ، مَا دُونَ لَحْمِهِ وَعَظْمِهِ، فَمَا يَصُدُّهُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ دِينِهِ، وَاللَّهِ لَيَتِمَّنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرُ، حَتَّى يَسِيرَ الرَّاكِبُ مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ، لاَ يَخَافُ إِلَّا اللَّهَ، وَالذِّئْبَ عَلَى غَنَمِهِ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ»

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