Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3973

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3973
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَمَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَقَدْ عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mughirah reported to us; he said: ʿUthman narrated to us, from Shuʿayb, from al-Zuhri; he said: ʿUbaydullah ibn ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUtbah narrated to us that Abu Hurayrah said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, died and Abu Bakr succeeded him, some of the Arabs rejected the faith, ʿUmar said: ‘Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say, ‘There is no god but Allah.’ Whoever says, ‘There is no god but Allah,’ has made his life and property inviolable to me, except by a right that is due, and his reckoning is with Allah, Mighty and Sublime”?’ Abu Bakr said: ‘I will fight whoever separates prayer from zakah, for zakah is a due right on wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me even a young goat that they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah, I will fight them for withholding it.’ ʿUmar said: ‘By Allah, when I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr’s heart to fighting, I knew it was the truth.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The source uses ʿanaq, a young female goat, to stress that even a small zakah obligation would not be waived.