Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3975

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3975
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَذَكَرَ، آخَرَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ فَأَجْمَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِقِتَالِهِمْ فَقَالَ 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 فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِقِتَالِهِمْ 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 Sulayman reported to us; he said: Muʾammal ibn al-Fadl narrated to us; he said: al-Walid narrated to us; he said: Shuʿayb ibn Abi Hamzah and Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to me—and he mentioned another—from al-Zuhri, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Abu Bakr resolved to fight them. ʿUmar said: ‘Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say, ‘There is no god but Allah.’ When they say it, their lives and property are inviolable to me, except by a right that is due”?’ Abu Bakr said: ‘I will fight whoever separates prayer from 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 for withholding it.’ ʿUmar said: ‘By Allah, when I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr’s heart to fighting them, I knew it was the truth.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The chain as transmitted says ‘and he mentioned another’ without naming the additional transmitter.

  • The ʿanaq is a young female goat, representing even a small amount due in zakah.