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English translation
(5). 3090. Anas bin Mālik narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ sent Abū Bakr with the (announcement of) Barā'ah."[1] Then he summoned him and said: 'It is not right for anyone to convey this except a man
among my family.” So he called for ‘Alī and gave it to him.” (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb as a narration of Anas [bin Mālik].
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[1] The declaration to publicize the disavowal of the idolaters.
Commentary
It was an Arab principle that when a chief would make a treaty with a nation, and if he later wanted to withdraw the treaty, he would announce it himself or he would ask a member of his family to do so. Therefore when the announcement of cancellation of these treaties was to be made, which the noble Prophet ﷺ had made with the various Arab disbeliever tribes for a fixed period, or for an unspecified period; first the Prophet ﷺ gave this authority to Abū Bakr ﷺ, who was then the leader of pilgrimage. Thereafter, he ﷺ sent Alī to make the matter clear regarding the treaties, because the Prophet ﷺ wanted a member of his family to perform this task, but the honor of being the leader of pilgrimage was granted to Abū Bakr. It took place in the 9th A.H.