Hadith 124

The Command To Fight The People Until They Say Lâ ilâha illallâh Muhammad Rasûl-Allâh, And Establish Salât, And Pay The Zakât, And Believe In Everything That The Prophet ﷺ Brought. Whoever Does That, His Life And His Wealth Are Protected Except By Its Right, And His Secrets Are Entrusted To Allâh, the Most High. Fighting Those Who Withhold Zakât Or Other Than That Is One Of The Duties Of Islam And The Imâm Should Be Concerned With The Laws Of Islam

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Book Of Faith

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الحديث: 20 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 51

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[124] 32 - (20) It was narrated that Abû Hurairah said: "When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ died and Abû Bakr succeeded (as Khalifah) after him, and some of the Arabs reverted to Kufr, 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said to Abū Bakr: 'How can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they say Lā ilāha illallāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh), and whoever says Lā ilāha illallāh, his wealth and his life are protected from me except for a right that is due, and his reckoning will be with Allāh'?' Abū Bakr said: 'By Allāh! I will most certainly fight those who separate Ṣalāt and Zakāt, for Zakāt is what is due on wealth. By Allāh, if they withhold from me a rope that they used to give to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, I will fight them for withholding it.' 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said: 'By Allāh, as soon as I saw that Allāh had opened Abū Bakr's heart to the idea of fighting, I knew that he was right.'"

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32 - (20) حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ، وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَمَنْ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَقَدْ عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ، وَنَفْسَهُ، إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللهِ "، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَاللهِ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَالزَّكَاةِ، فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ، وَاللهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عِقَالًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: فَوَاللهِ، مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ

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