Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3952
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ مُخَارِقٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، يَقُولُ شَهِدْتُ مِنَ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ مَشْهَدًا، لأَنْ أَكُونَ صَاحِبَهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا عُدِلَ بِهِ، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يَدْعُو عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ لاَ نَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى {اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَاتِلاَ} وَلَكِنَّا نُقَاتِلُ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَعَنْ شِمَالِكَ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَخَلْفَكَ. فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَشْرَقَ وَجْهُهُ وَسَرَّهُ. يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Nuaym narrated to us: Israil narrated to us, from Mukharik, from Tariq ibn Shihab, who said: I heard Ibn Masʿud say: “I witnessed a scene involving al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad. I would rather have been his companion in it than possess anything of equal value. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was praying against the polytheists, and said, ‘We will not say to you what the people of Moses said: “Go, you and your Lord, and fight.” Rather, we will fight at your right and your left, before you and behind you.’ I saw the Prophet’s face shine, and I saw how pleased he was.” That is, he was pleased by what al-Miqdad said.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The opening expression is an idiom of valuing the witnessed scene above any equivalent possession. The quotation echoes the words of the people of Moses in Quran 5:24.