Sahih al-Bukhari 6259

Translation

Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, Az-Zubair bin Al-Awwam and Abu Marthad Al-Ghanawi, and all of us were horsemen, and he said, "Proceed till you reach Rawdat Khakh, where there is a woman from the pagans carrying a letter sent by Hatib bin Abi Balta'a to the pagans (of Mecca)." So we overtook her while she was proceeding on her camel at the same place as Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us. We said (to her) "Where is the letter which is with you?" She said, "I have no letter with me." So we made her camel kneel down and searched her mount (baggage etc) but could not find anything. My two companions said, "We do not see any letter." I said, "I know that Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not tell a lie. By Allah, if you (the lady) do not bring out the letter, I will strip you of your clothes' When she noticed that I was serious, she put her hand into the knot of her waist sheet, for she was tying a sheet round herself, and brought out the letter. So we proceeded to Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the letter. The Prophet ﷺ said (to Habib), "What made you o what you have done, O Hatib?" Hatib replied, "I have done nothing except that I believe in Allah and His Apostle, and I have not changed or altered (my religion). But I wanted to do the favor to the people (pagans of Mecca) through which Allah might protect my family and my property, as there is none among your companions but has someone in Mecca through whom Allah protects his property (against harm). The Prophet ﷺ said, "Habib has told you the truth, so do not say to him (anything) but good." ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab said, "Verily he has betrayed Allah, His Apostle, and the believers! Allow me to chop his neck off!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "O ʿUmar! What do you know; perhaps Allah looked upon the Badr warriors and said, 'Do whatever you like, for I have ordained that you will be in Paradise.'" On that ʿUmar wept and said, "Allah and His Apostle know best."

Notes

• قَالَ فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَا عُمَرَ وَقَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ

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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 ج٨ / ص٥٨السُّلَمِيِّثقة 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
   حُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِثقة ، تغير حفظه في الآخر
   حدثني
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid)d. 191 AH, or 192 AH
   ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَثقة . فقيه عابد
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Yūsuf b. Buhlūl

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 218 AH
   يُوسُفُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍثقة
   حدثنا
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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