Sahih al-Bukhari 3983

Translation

Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, Abu Marthad and Az-Zubair, and all of us were riding horses, and said, "Go till you reach Raudat-Khakh where there is a pagan woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta' a to the pagans of Mecca." So we found her riding her camel at the place which Messenger of Allah ﷺ had mentioned. We said (to her),"(Give us) the letter." She said, "I have no letter." Then we made her camel kneel down and we searched her, but we found no letter. Then we said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not told us a lie, certainly. Take out the letter, otherwise we will strip you naked." When she saw that we were determined, she put her hand below her waist belt, for she had tied her cloak round her waist, and she took out the letter, and we brought her to Messenger of Allah ﷺ Then ʿUmar said, "O Allah's Apostle! (This Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers! Let me cut off his neck!" The Prophet asked Hatib, "What made you do this?" Hatib said, "By Allah, I did not intend to give up my belief in Allah and His Apostle but I wanted to have some influence among the (Mecca) people so that through it, Allah might protect my family and property. There is none of your companions but has some of his relatives there through whom Allah protects his family and property." The Prophet ﷺ said, "He has spoken the truth; do no say to him but good." ʿUmar said, "He as betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the faithful believers. Let me cut off his neck!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Is he not one of the Badr warriors? May be Allah looked at the Badr warriors and said, 'Do whatever you like, as I have granted Paradise to you, or said, 'I have forgiven you."' On this, tears came out of ʿUmar's eyes, and he said, "Allah and His Apostle know better."

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 2494bMusnad Ahmad 1083Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33014Musnad Abi Ya'la 395al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 6968

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

   One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AH
   عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرة
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥabīb al-Sulamī

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 74 AH, Ibn Ḥajar reported his death from Ibn Qāniʿ in the year 85 AH, also said: 70 AH, also said: 72 AH, also said: 73 AH, also said 92 AH, ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Qāniʿ said, as al-Dhahabī reported from him: 105 AH, and he said: it is an error, not to be followed
   أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّثقة ثبت
   عن
3. 3
   Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. during the governorship of ʿUmar b. Hubayrah over Iraq, between 101 AH and 110 AH
   سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Ḥuṣayn

   trustworthy (thiqah), his memory changed at the endd. 136 AH, or 139 AH
   حُصَيْنَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِثقة ، تغير حفظه في الآخر
   سمعت
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid)d. 191 AH, or 192 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَثقة . فقيه عابد
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm

   trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AH
   إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة حافظ مجتهد
   حدثني
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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