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Sahih al-Bukhari 3518

Chapter: What is forbidden of the Da'wah of the Period of Ignorance

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 3518

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ غَزَوْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ ثَابَ مَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ حَتَّى كَثُرُوا، وَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ رَجُلٌ لَعَّابٌ فَكَسَعَ أَنْصَارِيًّا، فَغَضِبَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا، حَتَّى تَدَاعَوْا، وَقَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا لَلأَنْصَارِ‏.‏ وَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ يَا لَلْمُهَاجِرِينَ‏.‏ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏

مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا شَأْنُهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأُخْبِرَ بِكَسْعَةِ الْمُهَاجِرِيِّ الأَنْصَارِيَّ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا خَبِيثَةٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَىٍّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ أَقَدْ تَدَاعَوْا عَلَيْنَا، لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَلاَ نَقْتُلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الْخَبِيثَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لاَ يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْتُلُ أَصْحَابَهُ ‏"

Narrated Jabir:

We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) in a Ghazwa. A large number of emigrants joined him and among the emigrants there was a person who used to play jokes (or play with spears); so he (jokingly) stroked an Ansari man on the hip. The Ans-ari got so angry that both of them called their people. The Ansari said, "Help, O Ansar!" And the emigrant said "Help, O emigrants!" The Prophet (ﷺ) came out and said, "What is wrong with the people (as they are calling) this call of the period of Ignorance? "Then he said, "What is the matter with them?" So he was told about the stroke of the emigrant to the Ansari. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Stop this (i.e. appeal for help) for it is an evil call. "Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul (a hypocrite) said, "The emigrants have called and (gathered against us); so when we return to Medina, surely, the more honorable people will expel therefrom the meaner," Upon that `Umar said, "O Allah's Prophet! Shall we not kill this evil person (i.e. `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul) ?" The Prophet) said, "(No), lest the people should say that Muhammad used to kill his companions."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3518) and Ahmad (No. 14105).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّد ) كَذَا لِلْجَمِيعِ غَيْر مَنْسُوب , وَهُوَ اِبْن سَلَّام كَمَا جَزَمَ بِهِ أَبُو نُعَيْم فِي " الْمُسْتَخْرَج " , وَأَبُو عَلِيّ الْجُبَّائِيّ , وَيُؤَيِّد ذَلِكَ مَا وَقَعَ فِي " الْوَصَايَا " بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الطَّرِيق , فَعِنْد الْأَكْثَر حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّد غَيْر مَنْسُوب , وَعِنْد أَبِي ذَرّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّد بْن سَلَّام. قَوْله : ( غَزَوْنَا ) هَذِهِ الْغَزْوَة هِيَ غَزْوَة الْمُرَيْسِيعِ. قَوْله : ( ثَابَ مَعَهُ ) بِمُثَلَّثَةٍ وَمُوَحَّدَة أَيْ اِجْتَمَعَ. قَوْله : ( رَجُل لَعَّاب ) أَيْ بَطَّال , وَقِيلَ : كَانَ يَلْعَب بِالْحِرَابِ كَمَا تَصْنَع الْحَبَشَة , وَهَذَا الرَّجُل هُوَ جهجاه بْن قَيْس الْغِفَارِيُّ وَكَانَ أَجِير عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّاب , وَ…

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  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (1940)دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُنْتِنَةٌ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَلا مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ أَلا مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (1965)دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُنْتِنَةٌ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَلا مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ أَلا مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟

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