Musnad al-Bazzar 557
✧ among what Ubaydullah b. Abi Rafi' narrated on the authority of Ali, ᴿᴬ
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ، قَالَ: نَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ وَكَانَ كَاتِبًا لِعَلِيٍّ - أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ:
بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَالْمِقْدَادُ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا ظَعِينَةً مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ فَخُذُوهُ مِنْهَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَعَادَى بِنَا خَيْلُنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالظَّعِينَةِ، فَقُلْنَا أَخْرِجِي الْكِتَابَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَقُلْتُ: لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ أَوْ لَتُلْقِيَنَّ الثِّيَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ عِقَاصِهَا، فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِمَكَّةَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " يَا حَاطِبُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ " قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهَا، وَكَانَ مَنْ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ لَهُمْ قَرَابَاتٌ بِمَكَّةَ يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَاتِهِمْ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ يَدًا يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَتِي، وَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ كُفْرًا وَلَا ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي وَلَا اخْتِيَارًا لِلْكُفْرِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَكُمْ "، فَقَالَ - أَحْسَبُهُ - عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ
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Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Abān al-Qurashī
- Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah
- ʿAmr b. Dīnār
- al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad
- ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Rāfiʿ and Kān Kātib Liʿalī
- ʿAlī
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me, al-Miqdad, and al-Zubayr, and said: Go until you come to the meadow of Khakh, for there is a woman in a litter with a letter; take it from her. So we set off, our horses racing, until we reached the meadow, and there was the woman. We said: Bring out the letter. She said: I have no letter. I said: You will bring out the letter or you will shed your clothes. So she brought it out from her braids. We brought it to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and in it was: From Hatib b. Abi Balta'ah to some people of the polytheists in Makkah, informing them of some of the affairs of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: "O Hatib, what is this?" He said: O Messenger of God, do not hasten against me. I was an ally attached to Quraysh and not one of their own. Those with you of the Emigrants had relatives in Makkah to protect their families, so I wanted to take a hand with them to protect my relatives. I did not do that out of disbelief or apostasy from my religion, nor preferring disbelief. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "He has told you the truth." Umar—I think—said: O Messenger of God, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "What do you know? Perhaps God looked upon this band of the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you."
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- Bazzār
وهذا الإسناد أحسن إسنادا يروى في ذلك عن علي وأصحه
in مسند البزار, p. 557
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- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةسمع
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 91 AH and 100 AHعُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), jurist, it is said: he was the first to speak about Irjāʾd. 100 AH, or 99 AH, also said: 95 AH, also said: 101 AHالْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍثقة فقيه ، يقال : إنه أول من تكلم في الإرجاءعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 125 AH, or 126 AH, or 129 AH, also said: 116 AHعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍثقة ثبتعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AHسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقاتنا
- d. around 250 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّحدثنا
- d. 291 AH or 292 AH or 294 AHالبزار
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