Musnad Ahmad 948
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حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ
لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ أَصَبْنَا مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا فَاجْتَوَيْنَاهَا، وَأَصَابَنَا بِهَا وَعْكٌ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَخَبَّرُ عَنْ بَدْرٍ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَدْرٍ، وَبَدْرٌ بِئْرٌ، فَسَبَقْنَا الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَيْهَا، فَوَجَدْنَا فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَمَوْلًى لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، فَأَمَّا الْقُرَشِيُّ، فَانْفَلَتَ، وَأَمَّا مَوْلَى عُقْبَةَ، فَأَخَذْنَاهُ، فَجَعَلْنَا نَقُولُ لَهُ: كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: هُمْ وَاللهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ، فَجَعَلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ قَالَ: هُمْ وَاللهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ، فَجَهَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ كَمْ هُمْ، فَأَبَى، ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَأَلَهُ: كَمْ يَنْحَرُونَ مِنَ الْجُزُرِ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَشْرًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْقَوْمُ أَلْفٌ، كُلُّ جَزُورٍ لِمِائَةٍ، وَتَبِعَهَا، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَصَابَنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ طَشٌّ مِنْ مَطَرٍ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرِ وَالْحَجَفِ، نَسْتَظِلُّ تَحْتَهَا مِنَ الْمَطَرِ، وَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ إِنْ تُهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْفِئَةَ لَا تُعْبَدْ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا [أَنْ] طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ نَادَى: الصَّلَاةَ عِبَادَ اللهِ، فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الشَّجَرِ، وَالْحَجَفِ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَحَرَّضَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ جَمْعَ قُرَيْشٍ تَحْتَ هَذِهِ الضِّلَعِ الْحَمْرَاءِ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْقَوْمُ مِنَّا، وَصَافَفْنَاهُمْ، إِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ أَحْمَرَ، يَسِيرُ فِي الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، نَادِ لِي حَمْزَةَ، وَكَانَ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ، وَمَاذَا يَقُولُ لَهُمْ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنْ يَكُنْ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ يَأْمُرُ بِخَيْرٍ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبَ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ، فَجَاءَ حَمْزَةُ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَهُوَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْقِتَالِ، وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: يَا قَوْمُ، إِنِّي أَرَى قَوْمًا مُسْتَمِيتِينَ لَا تَصِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَفِيكُمْ خَيْرٌ، يَا قَوْمُ، اعْصِبُوهَا الْيَوْمَ بِرَأْسِي، وَقُولُوا: جَبُنَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِأَجْبَنِكُمْ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَاللهِ لَوْ غَيْرُكَ يَقُولُ هَذَا لَأَعْضَضْتُهُ، قَدْ مَلَأَتْ رِئَتُكَ جَوْفَكَ رُعْبًا، فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ: إِيَّايَ تُعَيِّرُ يَا مُصَفِّرَ اسْتِهِ ؟ سَتَعْلَمُ الْيَوْمَ أَيُّنَا الْجَبَانُ قَالَ: فَبَرَزَ عُتْبَةُ، وَأَخُوهُ شَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُهُ الْوَلِيدُ حَمِيَّةً، فَقَالُوا: مَنْ يُبَارِزُ، فَخَرَجَ فِتْيَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سِتَّةٌ، فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ: لَا نُرِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَلَكِنْ يُبَارِزُنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَمِّنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ، وَقُمْ يَا حَمْزَةُ، وَقُمْ يَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَتَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عُتْبَةَ، وَشَيْبَةَ ابْنَيْ رَبِيعَةَ، وَالْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ، وَجُرِحَ عُبَيْدَةُ، فَقَتَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ سَبْعِينَ، وَأَسَرْنَا سَبْعِينَ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَصِيرٌ بِالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَسِيرًا، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ هَذَا وَاللهِ مَا أَسَرَنِي، لَقَدْ أَسَرَنِي رَجُلٌ أَجْلَحُ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ أَبْلَقَ، مَا أُرَاهُ فِي الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ: أَنَا أَسَرْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: اسْكُتْ، فَقَدْ أَيَّدَكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِمَلَكٍ كَرِيمٍ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَأَسَرْنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الْعَبَّاسَ، وَعَقِيلًا، وَنَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ḥajjāj
- Isrāʾīl
- Abū Isḥāq
- Ḥārithah b. Muḍarrib
- ʿAlī
✧ When we arrived in Madinah, we ate from its fruits and found them disagreeable, and a fever struck us there. The Prophet ﷺ was inquiring about Badr. When news reached us that the polytheists were advancing, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Badr, and Badr is a well. We reached it before the polytheists, and we found two men there, one of them from Quraysh and a freedman of 'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt. The Qurashi escaped, but we captured the freedman of 'Uqbah. We began asking him, 'How many are the people?' He would say, 'By Allah, they are many in number and fierce in strength.' Whenever he said that, the Muslims would beat him until they brought him to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet asked him, 'How many are the people?' He said, 'By Allah, they are many in number and fierce in strength.' The Prophet tried hard to make him tell how many they were, but he refused. Then the Prophet ﷺ asked him, 'How many camels do they slaughter?' He said, 'Ten every day.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The people are a thousand; each camel is for a hundred.' Then a light rain fell on us at night, and we went under the trees and shields to take shelter from the rain. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spent the night calling upon his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, saying: 'O Allah, if You destroy this group, You will not be worshipped.' When dawn broke, he called out, 'Prayer, O servants of Allah!' The people came from under the trees and shields, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer and exhorted us to fight. Then he said, 'The gathering of Quraysh is under this red hill of the mountain.' When the people approached us and we lined up against them, a man among them on a red camel was moving among the people. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O 'Ali, call Hamzah for me'—and he was the closest of them to the polytheists—'Who is the rider of the red camel, and what is he saying to them?' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If there is anyone among the people commanding good, perhaps it is the rider of the red camel.' Hamzah came and said, 'He is 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah, and he is forbidding fighting and saying to them: O people, I see a people who are eager to die, and you will not reach them while there is good among you. O people, tie it to my head today and say: 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah has become a coward, and you know that I am not the most cowardly of you.' Abu Jahl heard that and said, 'You say this? By Allah, if anyone other than you said this, I would bite him. Your lungs have filled your belly with fear.' 'Utbah said, 'Do you reproach me, O you with the yellowed backside? Today you will learn which of us is the coward.' Then 'Utbah came out, along with his brother Shaybah and his son al-Walid, out of zeal, and they said, 'Who will duel?' A group of six young men from the Ansar came out, and 'Utbah said, 'We do not want these; let some of our cousins from Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib duel us.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Rise, O 'Ali, and rise, O Hamzah, and rise, O 'Ubaydah b. al-Harith b. al-Muttalib.' Allah Almighty killed 'Utbah and Shaybah, the two sons of Rabi'ah, and al-Walid b. 'Utbah, and 'Ubaydah was wounded. We killed seventy of them and captured seventy. A short man from the Ansar brought al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib as a captive. Al-'Abbas said, 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, this man did not capture me. A bald man with the most beautiful face, riding a piebald horse, captured me; I do not see him among the people.' The Ansari said, 'I captured him, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Be quiet, for Allah Almighty has supported you with a noble angel.' 'Ali said: We captured from Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib al-'Abbas, 'Aqil, and Nawfal b. al-Harith.
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What scholars said about it
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- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
رجال أحمد رجال الصحيح غير حارثة بن مضرب وهو ثقة
in مسند أحمد, p. 955
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 71 AH and 80 AHحَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah); he was criticized without any valid proofd. Abū Nuʿaym said, and Qaʿnab b. al-Muḥarrar: 160 AH. Hārūn b. Ḥātim said, from Dubays: 161 AH. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said, and Muḥammad b. Saʿd: 162 AH, Mughulṭāy said: 164 AHإِسْرَائِيلُثقة ، تُكلم فيه بلا حجةحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), but his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his life, when he came to Baghdad before his death.d. 205 AH, or 206 AHحَجَّاجٌثقة ثبت لكنه اختلط في آخر عمره لما قدم بغداد قبل موتهحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.