Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3091

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3091
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ 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 عَصَمَ مِنِّي نَفْسَهُ وَمَالَهُ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه وَاللَّهِ لأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ‏.‏

Translation

Kathir ibn Ubayd informed us, from Muhammad ibn Harb, from al-Zubaydi, from al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abd Allah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) died, Abu Bakr was appointed as caliph, and some of the Arabs became disbelievers, Umar said: Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 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 protected his life and property from me, except when a rightful claim applies; and his reckoning is with Allah? Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: By Allah, I will surely fight whoever distinguishes between the prayer and the zakah, for zakah is a due right on wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me even a young she-goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I will fight them for withholding it. By Allah, it was only when I saw that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, had opened Abu Bakr’s heart to fighting that I recognized it as the truth.

Translation notes

  • The Arabic names an anaq, a young female goat, as the small animal they had been giving.