Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2578
أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ بَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ وَهُوَ بِالْيَمَنِ بِذُهَيْبَةٍ بِتُرْبَتِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَسَمَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ الأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ وَعُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عُلاَثَةَ الْعَامِرِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي كِلاَبٍ وَزَيْدٍ الطَّائِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي نَبْهَانَ فَغَضِبَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى صَنَادِيدُ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا تُعْطِي صَنَادِيدَ نَجْدٍ وَتَدَعُنَا . قَالَ " إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ لأَتَأَلَّفَهُمْ " . فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ غَائِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ نَاتِئُ الْجَبِينِ مَحْلُوقُ الرَّأْسِ فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ . قَالَ " فَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُ أَيَأْمَنُنِي عَلَى أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ تَأْمَنُونِي " . ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فِي قَتْلِهِ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ وَيَدَعُونَ أَهْلَ الأَوْثَانِ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ لَئِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ لأَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ قَتْلَ عَادٍ " .
Hannad ibn al-Sari reported from Abu al-Ahwas, from Saeed ibn Masruq, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Num, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, who said: While Ali was in Yemen, he sent a small piece of gold, along with its raw material, to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided it among four men: al-Aqra ibn Habis al-Hanzali; Uyaynah ibn Badr al-Fazari; Alqamah ibn Ulathah al-Amiri, then one man from Banu Kilab; and Zayd al-TaI, then one man from Banu Nabhan. Quraysh became angry—or, in another wording, the leading men of Quraysh—and said: You give to the leading men of Najd and leave us? He said: I did that only to win them over. Then a man with a thick beard, prominent cheekbones, sunken eyes, a protruding forehead, and a shaved head came and said: Fear Allah, O Muhammad. He said: Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? Would He entrust me with the people of the earth while you do not trust me? Then the man turned away. A man from the group asked permission to kill him; they thought he was Khalid ibn al-Walid. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: From the stock of this man there will be a people who recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their throats. They kill the people of Islam and leave the people of idols. They will pass out of Islam as an arrow passes through its quarry. If I live to meet them, I will kill them with a killing like that of Aad.
Translation notes
The report gives an alternative description of the angry Quraysh group and names the man seeking permission to kill the protester only as someone they thought was Khalid ibn al-Walid. The closing lineage and Aad expressions are translated cautiously and flagged for review.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فِي قَتْلِهِ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ وَيَدَعُونَ أَهْلَ الأَوْثَانِ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ لَئِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ لأَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ قَتْلَ عَادٍ " .
The lineage term diʾdiʾ and the final expression qatla Aad are idiomatic and their exact force is uncertain.
Should diʾdiʾ be rendered as descendants or stock, and should the final phrase mean killing them like the people of Aad?