Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3957

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ تَقَدَّمَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ وَتَبِعَهُ ابْنُهُ وَأَخُوهُ فَنَادَى: مَنْ يُبَارِزُ؟ فَانْتُدِبَ لَهُ شبابٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ: لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيكُمْ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا بَنِي عَمِّنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «قُمْ يَا حَمْزَةُ قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ قُمْ يَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ» . فَأَقْبَلَ حَمْزَةُ إِلى عتبةَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى شَيْبَةَ وَاخْتَلَفَ بَيْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ وَالْوَلِيدِ ضَرْبَتَانِ فَأَثْخَنَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ ثُمَّ مِلْنَا عَلَى الْوَلِيدِ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ وَاحْتَمَلْنَا عُبَيْدَةَ. رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَأَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

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ʿAli (may God be pleased with him) reported: On the day of Badr, ʿUtba ibn Rabiʿa came forward, followed by his son and brother, and called out, ‘Who will duel with us?’ Some young men of the Ansar volunteered. He asked, ‘Who are you?’ They told him, and he said, ‘We have no need of you; we want our cousins.’ The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Stand up, Hamza. Stand up, ʿAli. Stand up, ʿUbayda ibn al-Harith.’ Hamza went toward ʿUtba, I went toward Shayba, and ʿUbayda and al-Walid exchanged blows, each wounding the other severely. Then we turned on al-Walid and killed him, and carried ʿUbayda away. Narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawud.