Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3969
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ الْعَرَبَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ " . وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا مِمَّا كَانُوا يُعْطُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَأْىَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَدْ شُرِحَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar reported to us; he said: ʿAmr ibn ʿAsim narrated to us; he said: ʿImran Abu al-ʿAwwam narrated to us; he said: Maʿmar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, died, the Arabs apostatized. ʿUmar said: ‘Abu Bakr, how can you fight the Arabs?’ Abu Bakr replied: ‘The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and establish prayer and give zakah.” By Allah, if they withhold from me even a young goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah, I will fight them over it.’ ʿUmar said: ‘When I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr’s heart to this, I knew it was the truth.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source uses ʿanaq, a young female goat, as the example of a small amount of zakah they had previously paid.