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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Military Expeditions

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1580

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Breaking Treaties

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1580

Narrator:Amr ibn ‘Abasah

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْفَيْضِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ، يَقُولُ كَانَ بَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِ الرُّومِ عَهْدٌ وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ فِي بِلاَدِهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَى الْعَهْدُ أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ أَوْ عَلَى فَرَسٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَفَاءٌ لاَ غَدْرٌ ‏.‏ وَإِذَا هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏

مَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمٍ عَهْدٌ فَلاَ يَحُلَّنَّ عَهْدًا وَلاَ يَشُدَّنَّهُ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ أَمَدُهُ أَوْ يَنْبِذَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ ‏"

Narrated Abu Al-Faid:

"I heard Sulaim bin 'Amir saying: 'There was a treaty between Mu'awiyah and the people of Rome. He was making an expedition into their lands so that when the period of the treaty was expires he would attack them. So when a man upon an animal' - or - 'upon a horse said: "Allahu Akbar! Fulfillment not betrayal!" - and it turned out to be 'Amr bin 'Abasah - Mu'awiyah asked him about that. He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever has a treaty between himself and a people, then let him not violate the treaty nor try to change it until its time has passed, or , in retribution for a similar offense.'" He said: "So Mu'awiyah returned with the people."

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1580).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْفَيْضِ ) اِسْمُهُ مُوسَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ , وَيُقَالُ اِبْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْمُهْرِيُّ الْحِمْصِيُّ مَشْهُورٌ بِكُنْيَتِهِ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الرَّابِعَةِ ( قَالَ سَمِعْت سُلَيْمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ) بِضَمِّ السِّينِ , وَفَتْحِ اللَّامِ مُصَغَّرًا الْكُلَاعِيُّ وَيُقَالُ الْخَبَائِرِيُّ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الثَّالِثَةِ غَلِطَ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. قَوْلُهُ : ( كَانَ بَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِ الرُّومِ عَهْدٌ ) أَيْ إِلَى وَقْتٍ مَعْهُودٍ ( وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ فِي بِلَادِهِمْ ) أَنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ مُعَاوِيَةُ قَبْلَ اِنْقِضَاءِ الْعَهْدِ لِيَقْرَبَ مِنْ بِلَادِهِمْ حِينَ اِنْقَضَى الْعَهْدُ ( حَتَّى إِذَا اِنْقَضَى…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1580
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 1580
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1580
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 1580

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3980

There was a covenant between Mu'awiya and the Byzantines, and he was going towards their country; then when the covenant came to an end he attacked them. A man came on a horse, or a packhorse, saying, “God is most great, God is most great; let there be faithfulness and not treachery.”* And when…

وَعَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ بَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبَيْنَ الرُّومِ عَهْدٌ وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ نَحْوَ بِلَادِهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَى الْعَهْدُ أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى فَرَسٍ أَوْ بِرْذَوْنٍ…

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 2759

Sulaym ibn Amir, a man of Himyar, said: There was a covenant between Mu'awiyah and the Byzantines, and he was going towards their country, and when the covenant came to an end, he attacked them. A man came on a horse, or a packhorse saying, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great; let there be…

مَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمٍ عَهْدٌ فَلاَ يَشُدُّ عُقْدَةً وَلاَ يَحُلُّهَا حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ أَمَدُهَا أَوْ يَنْبِذَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ ‏"

Narrated by Amr ibn ‘Abasah + 3 other versions

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