Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 4844
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السُّلَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ سِيَاهٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ أَسْأَلُهُ فَقَالَ كُنَّا بِصِفِّينَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ اتَّهِمُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ ـ يَعْنِي الصُّلْحَ الَّذِي كَانَ بَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ ـ وَلَوْ نَرَى قِتَالاً لَقَاتَلْنَا، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ أَلَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَهُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ أَلَيْسَ قَتْلاَنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلاَهُمْ فِي النَّارِ قَالَ " بَلَى ". قَالَ فَفِيمَ أُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا، وَنَرْجِعُ وَلَمَّا يَحْكُمِ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا. فَقَالَ " يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَنِي اللَّهُ أَبَدًا " . فَرَجَعَ مُتَغَيِّظًا، فَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ حَتَّى جَاءَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَهُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَهُ اللَّهُ أَبَدًا. فَنَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْفَتْحِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-Sulami related to us: Ya'la related to us: Abd al-Aziz ibn Siyah related to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, who said: I went to Abu Wail to ask him. He said: We were at Siffin, and a man said: Do you not see those who are called to Allah’s Book? Ali said: Yes. Sahl ibn Hunayf said: Examine yourselves! I remember us on the day of al-Hudaybiya—that is, the truce between the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the polytheists—and if we had seen fighting, we would have fought. Umar came and said: Are we not upon the truth and they upon falsehood? Are not our slain in Paradise and theirs in the Fire? He said: Yes. Umar said: Then why should we accept a humiliating concession in our religion and return before Allah has judged between us? He said: Son of al-Khattab, I am the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never abandon me. Umar left in anger and could not wait; he went to Abu Bakr and said: Abu Bakr, are we not upon the truth and they upon falsehood? He said: Son of al-Khattab, he is the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never abandon him. Then Surat al-Fath was revealed.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says that the man asked about those called to Allah’s Book; the English witness expands his reference as a proposal to settle a dispute. The translation follows the Arabic wording.
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ نَعَمْ
The Arabic wording does not specify an explicit proposal to settle the dispute, unlike the English witness expansion.
Should the English translation retain only the Arabic’s concise wording?