English translation
4082. It was narrated from Yūnus bin 'Ubaid, from Ḥumaid bin Hilāl, from 'Abdullāh bin Muṭarrif bin Ash-Shikhkhīr, from Abū Barzah Al-Aslāmī, that he said: "We were with Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq, and he got angry with a man from among the Muslims, and became very angry indeed. When I saw that, I said: 'O Khalīfah of the Messenger of Allāh, shall I strike his neck?' When I mentioned killing him, he stopped being angry with him and changed the subject. When we parted, he sent for me and said: 'O Abū Barzah, what did you say?' I said: 'I have forgotten what I said; remind me.' He said: 'Do you not remember what you said?' I said: 'No, by Allāh.' He said: 'Don't you remember, when you saw me angry with a man, and said, 'I will strike his neck O Khalīfah of the Messenger of Allāh?' Don't you remember that? Would you really have done that?' I said: 'Yes, by Allāh, and if you tell me to do it now, I will do it.' He said: 'By Allāh, that is not for anyone after Muḥammad ﷺ.'" (Hasan)
Abû 'Abdur-Rahmân (An-Nasâ'î) said: This Hadîth is the best and most distinguished of the narrations.
Arabic text
4077 - أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ فَغَضِبَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ عَلَيْهِ جِدًّا، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ، قُلْتُ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ؟ فَلَمَّا ذَكَرْتُ الْقَتْلَ، أَضْرَبَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ، أَجْمَعَ إِلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّحْوِ، فَلَمَّا تَفَرَّقْنَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: «يَا أَبَا بَرْزَةَ، مَا قُلْتَ؟» وَنَسِيتُ الَّذِي قُلْتُ: قُلْتُ: ذَكِّرْنِيهِ قَالَ: «أَمَا تَذْكُرُ مَا قُلْتَ؟» قُلْتُ: لَا وَاللَّهِ، قَالَ: " أَرَأَيْتَ حِينَ رَأَيْتَنِي غَضِبْتُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَقُلْتَ: أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، أَمَا تَذْكُرُ ذَلِكَ أَوَ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا ذَلِكَ " قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، وَاللَّهِ وَالْآنَ إِنْ أَمَرْتَنِي فَعَلْتُ، قَالَ: «وَاللَّهِ مَا هِيَ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: «هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ أَحْسَنُ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَأَجْوَدُهَا وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ»
