Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4764

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ ‏:‏ بَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِذُهَيْبَةٍ فِي تُرْبَتِهَا، فَقَسَّمَهَا بَيْنَ أَرْبَعَةٍ بَيْنَ ‏:‏ الأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ ثُمَّ الْمُجَاشِعِيِّ، وَبَيْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ وَبَيْنَ زَيْدِ الْخَيْلِ الطَّائِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي نَبْهَانَ وَبَيْنَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عُلاَثَةَ الْعَامِرِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي كِلاَبٍ قَالَ فَغَضِبَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَالأَنْصَارُ وَقَالَتْ ‏:‏ يُعْطِي صَنَادِيدَ أَهْلِ نَجْدٍ وَيَدَعُنَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا أَتَأَلَّفُهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ غَائِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ نَاتِئُ الْجَبِينِ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ مَحْلُوقٌ قَالَ ‏:‏ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏: ‏ ‏"‏ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ إِذَا عَصَيْتُهُ أَيَأْمَنُنِي اللَّهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ تَأْمَنُونِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ فَسَأَلَ رَجُلٌ قَتْلَهُ أَحْسِبُهُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ - قَالَ - فَمَنَعَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ إِنَّ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا أَوْ فِي عَقِبِ هَذَا قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ وَيَدَعُونَ أَهْلَ الأَوْثَانِ لَئِنْ أَنَا أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ قَتَلْتُهُمْ قَتْلَ عَادٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Kathir informed us: Sufyan informed us, from his father, from Ibn Abi Nu‘m, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: ‘Ali, peace be upon him, sent the Prophet (ﷺ) a small quantity of gold mixed with its earth. He divided it among four men: al-Aqra‘ ibn Habis al-Hanzali, then al-Mujashi‘i; ‘Uyaynah ibn Badr al-Fazari; Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta’i, one of Banu Nabhan; and ‘Alqamah ibn ‘Ulathah al-‘Amiri, one of Banu Kilab. Quraysh and the Ansar became angry and said that he was giving to the leaders of Najd and leaving them. He replied that he was seeking to win them over. A man came forward, deep-set in the eyes, with prominent cheekbones, a protruding forehead, a thick beard, and a shaved head. He said, ‘Fear Allah, Muhammad!’ He replied, ‘Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? Has Allah entrusted me over the people of the earth, while you do not trust me?’ A man asked permission to kill him—I think it was Khalid ibn al-Walid—but he restrained him. When the man turned away, he said, ‘From this man’s stock—or descendants—will come people who recite the Qur’an, but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will leave Islam as an arrow passes through its prey; they will kill the people of Islam and leave the idol-worshippers alone. If I live to see them, I will kill them as ‘Ad were killed.’