Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3094
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ الْقَطَّانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ الْعَرَبَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ 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 رضى الله عنه فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَأْىَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَدْ شُرِحَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ خَطَأٌ وَالَّذِي قَبْلَهُ الصَّوَابُ حَدِيثُ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ .
Muhammad ibn Bashshar informed us; he said: Amr ibn Asim narrated to us; he said: Imran, Abu al-Awwam al-Qattan, narrated to us; he said: Mamar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) died, the Arabs apostatized. Umar said: Abu Bakr, how can you fight the Arabs? Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) only 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, establish the prayer, and give the zakah. By Allah, if they withhold even a young she-goat from what they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I will fight them over it. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When I saw Abu Bakr’s view made clear, I knew that it was the truth. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Imran al-Qattan is not strong in hadith, and this hadith is mistaken. The preceding report is the correct one: the hadith of al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abd Allah ibn Utbah, from Abu Hurayrah.
Translation notes
The narrator’s critical note at the end rejects this report’s chain and identifies the preceding report as correct; it is part of the Arabic text and has been translated.