Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4508

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، يَهُودِيَّةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِشَاةٍ مَسْمُومَةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ أَرَدْتُ لأَقْتُلَكَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُسَلِّطَكِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ عَلَىَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالُوا أَلاَ نَقْتُلُهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَمَا زِلْتُ أَعْرِفُهَا فِي لَهَوَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Habib ibn Arabi narrated to us: Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated to us: Shu bah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Zayd, from Anas ibn Malik: A Jewish woman brought the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a poisoned sheep, and he ate some of it. She was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he questioned her about it. She said: I intended to kill you. He replied: Allah would not have given you power to do that—or, he said, over me. They asked: Shall we kill her? He said no. Anas said: I continued to see the effect of it at the back of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ mouth.