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Sahih MuslimThe Book on Government

Sahih Muslim 1859a

Chapter: It is recommended for the army to swear allegiance to the ruler when intending to fight, and an account of Bay'at Ar-Ridwan beneath the tree

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1859a

Narrator:المسيب بن حزن القرشي

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ حَامِدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ طَارِقٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ كَانَ أَبِي مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عِنْدَ الشَّجَرَةِ ‏.‏ قَالَ

فَانْطَلَقْنَا فِي قَابِلٍ حَاجِّينَ فَخَفِيَ عَلَيْنَا مَكَانُهَا فَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَبَيَّنَتْ لَكُمْ فَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏

It has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id b. Musayyab who said:

My father was one of those who swore fealty to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) near the tree. When we passed that way next year intending to perform the Hajj, the place of the tree was hidden to us. If you could point out clearly, you would (certainly) be knowing better. It has also been narrated on the authority of Sa'id b. Musayyib who learnt from his father that they were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the year of the Tree (i. e. in the year of the fealty of God's pleasure sworn under the tree at Hudaibiya), but next year they forgot the spot of the tree.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1859a) and Ahmad (No. 22563).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله فِي الشَّجَرَة : ( إِنَّهَا خَفِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَكَانهَا فِي الْعَام الْمُقْبِل ) قَالَ الْعُلَمَاء : سَبَب خَفَائِهَا أَلَّا يُفْتَتَن النَّاس بِهَا لِمَا جَرَى تَحْتهَا مِنْ الْخَيْر وَنُزُول الرِّضْوَان وَالسَّكِينَة , وَغَيْر ذَلِكَ , فَلَوْ بَقِيَتْ ظَاهِرَة مَعْلُومَة لَخِيفَ تَعْظِيم الْأَعْرَاب وَالْجُهَّال إِيَّاهَا وَعِبَادَتهمْ لَهَا , فَكَانَ خَفَاؤُهَا رَحْمَة مِنْ اللَّه تَعَالَى.…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4162

That his father said, "I saw the Tree (of the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance and when I returned to it later, I was not able to recognize it. (The sub--narrator MahmiJd said, Al-Musaiyab said, 'Then; forgot it (i.e., the Tree).)"

لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الشَّجَرَةَ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهَا بَعْدُ فَلَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا

Narrator: المسيب بن حزن القرشي + 1 other version

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4163

When I set out for Hajj, I passed by some people offering a prayer, I asked, "What is this mosque?" They said, "This is the Tree where Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance. Then I went to Sa`id bin Musaiyab and informed him about it. Sa`id said, "My father said that he was…

إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَعْلَمُوهَا وَعَلِمْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ، فَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ‏.‏

Narrator: المسيب بن حزن القرشي

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