Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1261
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَعْنٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْهُدَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اقْتَمَرَا عَلَى دِيكَيْنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُمَرَ فَأَمَرَ عُمَرُ بِقَتْلِ الدِّيَكَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: أَتَقْتُلُ أُمَّةً تُسَبِّحُ؟ فَتَرَكَهَا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir related to us: Ma‘n related to me: Ibn al-Munkadir related to me, from his father, from Rabi‘ah ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hudayr ibn ‘Abd Allah: Two men wagered two roosters against each other in the time of ‘Umar. ‘Umar ordered that the roosters be killed. A man from the Ansar said to him: ‘Would you kill a community that glorifies Allah?’ So he left them alive.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses the plural “roosters” in the order and describes them as a community that glorifies Allah.
أَتَقْتُلُ أُمَّةً تُسَبِّحُ
The Arabic has a feminine noun meaning community or nation and a verb agreeing with that collective noun.
None; the translation follows the Arabic grammar and sense.