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abudawud:2993Maḥmūd b. Khālid al-Sulamī > ʿUmar / Ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Saʿīd / Ibn Bashīr > Qatādah

Qatadah said “When the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ participated in battle there was for him a special portion which he took from where he desired. Safiyyah was from that portion. But when he did not participate himself in his battle, a portion was taken out for him, but he had no choice.”  

أبو داود:٢٩٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا غَزَا كَانَ لَهُ سَهْمٌ صَافٍ يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ شَاءَهُ فَكَانَتْ صَفِيَّةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ السَّهْمِ وَكَانَ إِذَا لَمْ يَغْزُ بِنَفْسِهِ ضُرِبَ لَهُ بِسَهْمِهِ وَلَمْ يُخَيَّرْ  


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bayhaqi:12753Abū ʿAlī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Maḥmūd b. Khālid al-Sahmī > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah

Qatadah said “When the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ participated in battle there was for him a special portion which he took from where he desired. Safiyyah was from that portion. But when he did not participate himself in his battle, a portion was taken out for him, but he had no choice.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2993)   

البيهقي:١٢٧٥٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السَّهْمِيُّ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ بََشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا غَزَا كَانَ لَهُ سَهْمٌ صَافٍ يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ شَاءَ فَكَانَتْ صَفِيَّةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ السَّهْمِ وَكَانَ إِذَا لَمْ يَغْزُ بِنَفْسِهِ ضُرِبَ لَهُ بِسَهْمِهِ وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ