Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2805, 2806
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا. حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ غَابَ عَمِّي أَنَسُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ عَنْ قِتَالِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، غِبْتُ عَنْ أَوَّلِ قِتَالٍ قَاتَلْتَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، لَئِنِ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدَنِي قِتَالَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لَيَرَيَنَّ اللَّهُ مَا أَصْنَعُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ وَانْكَشَفَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ هَؤُلاَءِ ـ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَهُ ـ وَأَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ هَؤُلاَءِ " ـ يَعْنِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ ـ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، فَقَالَ يَا سَعْدُ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ، الْجَنَّةَ، وَرَبِّ النَّضْرِ إِنِّي أَجِدُ رِيحَهَا مِنْ دُونِ أُحُدٍ. قَالَ سَعْدٌ فَمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا صَنَعَ. قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَوَجَدْنَا بِهِ بِضْعًا وَثَمَانِينَ ضَرْبَةً بِالسَّيْفِ أَوْ طَعْنَةً بِرُمْحٍ أَوْ رَمْيَةً بِسَهْمٍ، وَوَجَدْنَاهُ قَدْ قُتِلَ وَقَدْ مَثَّلَ بِهِ الْمُشْرِكُونَ، فَمَا عَرَفَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ أُخْتُهُ بِبَنَانِهِ. قَالَ أَنَسٌ كُنَّا نَرَى أَوْ نَظُنُّ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِيهِ وَفِي أَشْبَاهِهِ {مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ} إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ. وَقَالَ إِنَّ أُخْتَهُ وَهْىَ تُسَمَّى الرُّبَيِّعَ كَسَرَتْ ثَنِيَّةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْقِصَاصِ، فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لاَ تُكْسَرُ ثَنِيَّتُهَا. فَرَضُوا بِالأَرْشِ وَتَرَكُوا الْقِصَاصَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ مَنْ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ ".
Muhammad ibn Saʿid al-Khuzaʿi narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Aʿla narrated to us, from Humayd, who said: I asked Anas. ʿAmr ibn Zurara narrated to us; Ziyad narrated to us, who said: Humayd al-Tawil told me, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: My uncle Anas ibn al-Nadr had been absent from the Battle of Badr. He said, “Messenger of Allah, I was absent from the first battle in which you fought the polytheists. If Allah lets me witness a battle against them, Allah will see what I do.”
On the day of Uhud, when the Muslims withdrew, he said, “O Allah, I apologize to You for what these”—meaning his companions—“have done, and I disassociate myself before You from what these”—meaning the polytheists—“have done.” Then he advanced. Saʿd ibn Muʿadh met him, and Anas said, “Saʿd ibn Muʿadh, Paradise! By the Lord of al-Nadr, I can smell its fragrance from beyond Uhud.” Saʿd said, “Messenger of Allah, I could not do what he did.” Anas said: We found more than eighty wounds on him, from sword blows, spear thrusts, or arrows. He had been killed and mutilated by the polytheists; no one recognized him except his sister, by his fingertips.
We thought that this verse was revealed about him and others like him: “Among the believers are men who were true to the covenant they made with Allah…” His sister, who was called al-Rubayyiʿ, broke a woman’s incisor. The Messenger of Allah ordered retaliation. Anas said, “Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, her incisor will not be broken.” They accepted compensation and abandoned retaliation. The Messenger of Allah said, “Among Allah’s servants are those who, if they swear an oath by Allah, He fulfills it.”
Translation notes
The report preserves Anas’s identification of his companions and polytheists in the prayer, the estimated wound count, and the later tooth injury episode.