Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1704
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَحْوَصُ بْنُ الْجَوَّابِ أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَ جَيْشَيْنِ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَعَلَى الآخَرِ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَقَالَ " إِذَا كَانَ الْقِتَالُ فَعَلِيٌّ " . قَالَ فَافْتَتَحَ عَلِيٌّ حِصْنًا فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ جَارِيَةً فَكَتَبَ مَعِي خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَشِي بِهِ فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَرَأَ الْكِتَابَ فَتَغَيَّرَ لَوْنُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَا تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللَّهِ وَغَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولٌ . فَسَكَتَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الأَحْوَصِ بْنِ جَوَّابٍ . مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ يَشِي بِهِ يَعْنِي النَّمِيمَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abdullah ibn Abi Ziyad reported to us from al-Ahwas ibn al-Jawwab, Abu al-Jawwab, from Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara, that the Prophet sent two armies and appointed Ali ibn Abi Talib over one and Khalid ibn al-Walid over the other. He said: When fighting begins, then Ali.
Al-Bara said: Ali conquered a fortress and took a captive woman from it. Khalid ibn al-Walid sent a letter with me to the Prophet, making a tale-bearing report against Ali. I came to the Prophet, who read the letter, and his face changed color. Then he said: What do you think of a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love? I said: I seek refuge in Allah from angering Allah and His Messenger; I am only a messenger. Then he was silent.
Abu Isa said: A report on this subject also comes from Ibn Umar. This hadith is hasan gharib; we know it only through the report of al-Ahwas ibn al-Jawwab. The meaning of his words ‘he made a tale-bearing report against him’ is namimah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic’s phrase ‘When fighting begins, then Ali’ is elliptical; the supplied English witness interprets it as placing Ali in command, but the Arabic does not spell out that wording.
إِذَا كَانَ الْقِتَالُ فَعَلِيٌّ
The Arabic is elliptical and does not explicitly state ‘is in command,’ though this appears to be the intended sense in context.
Should the implied command be made explicit in the edited translation?