Musnad al-Bazzar 5134
✧ The Meccans, from b. 'Abbas
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حَدَّثَنَا حَمْدَانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ قَالَ: نَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: نَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُقَدَّمٍ، قَالَ: نَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ:
بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فِيهَا الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، فَلَمَّا أَتَوُا الْقَوْمَ وَجَدُوهُمْ قَدْ تَفَرَّقُوا، وَبَقِيَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ لَمْ يَبْرَحْ فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ الْمِقْدَادُ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: أَقَتَلْتَ رَجُلًا يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ وَاللهِ لَأَذْكُرَنَّ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَقَتَلَهُ الْمِقْدَادُ، فَقَالَ: ادْعُوا لِي الْمِقْدَادَ، يَا مِقْدَادُ أَقَتَلْتَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَكَيْفَ بِكَ بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ غَدًا ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ أَلْقَى إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ أَوِ السَّلَامَ شَكَّ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، يَعْنِي جَعْفَرَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ: لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا تَبْتَغُونَ عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَعِنْدَ اللهِ مَغَانِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ كَذَلِكَ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْمِقْدَادِ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ مُؤْمِنٌ يُخْفِي إِيمَانَهُ مَعَ قَوْمٍ كُفَّارٍ فَأَظْهَرَ إِيمَانَهُ فَقَتَلْتَهُ وَكَذَلِكَ كُنْتَ تُخْفِي إِيمَانَكَ بِمَكَّةَ قَبْلُ
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Chain of narrators
- Ḥamdān b. ʿAlī al-Baghdādī
- Jaʿfar b. Salamah
- Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī b. Muqaddam
- Ḥabīb b. Abū ʿAmrah
- Saʿīd b. Jubayr
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition in which al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad was present. When they reached the people, they found that they had dispersed, and one man with abundant wealth remained and did not leave. He said, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.' Al-Miqdad lunged at him and killed him. One of his companions said to him, 'You killed a man who bears witness that there is no god but Allah? By Allah, I will mention that to the Prophet ﷺ.' When they came to the Prophet, they said, 'O Messenger of Allah, a man bore witness that there is no god but Allah, and al-Miqdad killed him.' He said, 'Summon al-Miqdad for me. O Miqdad, did you kill a man who says "there is no god but Allah"? What will you do about "there is no god but Allah" tomorrow?' Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent down: 'O you who believe, when you go forth in the way of Allah, be discerning, and do not say to one who offers you peace'—or 'submission'; Abu Sa'id, meaning Ja'far b. Salama, was uncertain—'you are not a believer, seeking the goods of the life of this world. With Allah are abundant spoils. Thus you were before.' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to al-Miqdad, 'He was a believing man who concealed his faith among a disbelieving people, and he disclosed his faith, and you killed him. Likewise, you used to conceal your faith in Makkah before.'
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- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
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machine translationIts chain of transmission is good (jayyid).
in مسند البزار, p. 5134
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- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh); his narration from ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā and the like is mursald. 95 AH, from al-Fallās: 94 AHسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍثقة ثبت فقيه ، وروايته عن عائشة وأبي موسى ونحوهما مرسلةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 142 AHحَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَثقةنا
- acceptable (maqbūl)d. 167 AHأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُقَدَّمٍمقبولنا
- جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَنا
- d. 272 AHحَمْدَانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّحدثنا
- d. 291 AH or 292 AH or 294 AHالبزار
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