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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Military Expeditions

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1589

Chapter: What Has Been Related About What Is Lawful From The Wealth Of Ahl Adh-Dhimmah

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1589

Narrator:Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَمُرُّ بِقَوْمٍ فَلاَ هُمْ يُضَيِّفُونَا وَلاَ هُمْ يُؤَدُّونَ مَا لَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلاَ نَحْنُ نَأْخُذُ مِنْهُمْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنْ

أَبَوْا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا كَرْهًا فَخُذُوا ‏"

Narrated 'Uqbah bin 'Amir:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We come across a people and they do not host us, and they do not give us our rights, and we do not take anything from them. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'If they refuse such that you can only take by force, then take.'"

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan. It has been reported by Al-Laith bin Sa'd from Yazid bin Abi Habib as well.

This Hadith only means that they would go out for battles and they would pass a people among whom they would not find any food to buy for a price. So the Prophet (ﷺ) told them: If they refuse to sell you, such that you have to take it forcefully, then take it. This is how the explanation has been related in some of the Ahadith. And it has been related that 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be please with him, would order similarly.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1589).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ ) اِسْمُهُ مَرْثَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْيَزْنِيُّ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثِقَةٌ فَقِيهٌ مِنْ الثَّالِثَةِ ( إِنَّمَا نَمُرُّ بِقَوْمٍ ) أَيْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ أَوْ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ( فَلَا هُمْ يُضَيِّفُونَّا ) بِتَشْدِيدِ النُّونِ وَكَانَ أَصْلُهُ يُضَيِّفُونَنَا مِنْ الْإِضَافَةِ ( إِنْ أَبَوْا ) أَيْ إِنْ اِمْتَنَعُوا مِنْ الْإِضَافَةِ وَأَدَاءِ مَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ الْحَقِّ ( إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا كَرْهًا ) بِفَتْحِ الْكَافِ أَيْ جَبْرًا ( فَخُذُوا ) أَيْ كَرْهًا , قَالَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ : إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَلْزَمُ ذَلِكَ فِي زَمَنِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْتُ مَالٍ. وَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَأَرْزَاقُهُمْ فِي بَيْتِ الْم…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1589
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1589
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1589

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 4040

‘Uqba b. 'Amir told that he said, “Messenger of God, we come to people who do not give us hospitality, or pay what is due to us from them, and we take nothing from them.’’ He replied, “If they make it necessary for you to take it by force, do so.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.

وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَمَرُّ بِقَوْمٍ فَلَا هُمْ يُضَيِّفُونَا وَلَا هُمْ يُؤَدُّونَ مَا لنا عَلَيْهِم منَ الحقِّ وَلَا نَحْنُ نَأْخُذُ مِنْهُمْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ…

Narrated by Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir

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