Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2443
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ وَكَفَرَ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قَالَ عُمَرُ لأَبِي 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 مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ " . فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه لأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عِقَالاً كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهِ . قَالَ عُمَرُ رضى الله عنه فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ .
Qutaybah reported: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Uqayl, from al-Zuhri, who said: Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Masud informed me, from Abu Hurairah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died and Abu Bakr succeeded him, and some of the Arabs disbelieved, Umar said to Abu Bakr: How can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say, There is no deity but Allah. Whoever says, There is no deity but Allah, has protected his wealth and life from me, except by its due right, and his reckoning is with Allah. Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: By Allah, I will fight whoever separates prayer from zakah, for zakah is the due right of wealth. By Allah, if they withhold even a camel hobble that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will fight them for withholding it. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: By Allah, it was only when I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr heart to fighting that I knew it was the truth.
Translation notes
The Arabic refers to some of the Arabs disbelieving after the Prophet ﷺ death. It describes the camel hobble as an example of even a small due being withheld.