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ahmad:14086Bahz > ʿAffān > Hammām

[Machine] A group of people from the tribe of Urainah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "We have become sick in the city, so our stomachs have become swollen and our bodies have become weak." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered them to join the camel shepherd and drink from the milk and urine of the camels. They followed the camel shepherd and drank from the milk and urine of the camels until their stomachs and complexions improved. Then they killed the shepherd and stole the camels. The news reached the Prophet ﷺ, so he sent someone to search for them and they were brought back. He then cut off their hands and feet and gouged out their eyes. Qatadah narrated from Muhammad bin Sirin that this incident occurred before the laws of punishment were revealed.  

أحمد:١٤٠٨٦حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَهْطًا مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا قَدِ اجْتَوَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَعَظُمَتْ بُطُونُنَا وَانْتَهَشَتْ أَعْضَادُنَا فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُاللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَلْحَقُوا بِرَاعِي الْإِبِلِ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا قَالَ فَلَحِقُوا بِرَاعِي الْإِبِلِ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا حَتَّى صَلُحَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ وَأَلْوَانُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَتَلُوا الرَّاعِي وَاسْتَاقُوا الْإِبِلَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ فَجِيءَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ الْحُدُودُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:5686Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered them to follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk and urine till their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet ﷺ he sent some people in their pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron.  

البخاري:٥٦٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ نَاسًا اجْتَوَوْا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَلْحَقُوا بِرَاعِيهِ يَعْنِي الإِبِلَ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا فَلَحِقُوا بِرَاعِيهِ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا حَتَّى صَلَحَتْ أَبْدَانُهُمْ فَقَتَلُوا الرَّاعِيَ وَسَاقُوا الإِبِلَ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ فَجِيءَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ الْحُدُودُ  

nasai:4035Muḥammad b. Wahb > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Anas b. Mālik

"Some Bedouin from 'Uraynah came to the Prophet of Allah [SAW] and accepted Islam, but the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them; their skin turned yellow and their bellies became swollen. The Prophet of Allah sent them to some milk camels of his and told them to drink their milk and urine until they recovered. Then they killed their herdsmen and drove off the camels. The Prophet of Allah sent (men) after them and they were brought back, then he had their hands and feet cut off, and their eyes were branded." The Commander of the Believers, 'Abdul-Malik, said to Anas, when he was narrating this Hadith: "Was that (punishment) for Kufr or for sin?" He said: "For Kufr."  

النسائي:٤٠٣٥أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ أَعْرَابٌ مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمُوا فَاجْتَوَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى اصْفَرَّتْ أَلْوَانُهُمْ وَعَظُمَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ فَبَعَثَ بِهِمْ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى لِقَاحٍ لَهُ فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا حَتَّى صَحُّوا فَقَتَلُوا رُعَاتِهَا وَاسْتَاقُوا الإِبِلَ فَبَعَثَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ فَأُتِيَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَّرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ لأَنَسٍ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِكُفْرٍ أَوْ بِذَنْبٍ قَالَ بِكُفْرٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِ الْعُرَنِيِّينَ قَافَةً يَقْفُو آثَارَهُمْ

ibnhibban:4467Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Qilābah > Anas

Some people from 'Ukl came to the Prophet [SAW] but the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them. The Prophet [SAW] told them to go to the camels that had been given in Sadaqah and drink some of their milk and urine. They did that, then they killed their herdsman and drove off the camels. The Prophet [SAW] sent (men) after them, and they were brought to him. He had their hands and feet cut off, and their eyes gouged out, and he did not have (their wounds) cauterized, and he left them to die. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4025)   

ابن حبّان:٤٤٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ ثَمَانِيَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنْ عُكْلٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاجْتَوَوَا الْمَدِينَةَ «فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِبِلَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا» فَفَعَلُوا فَقَتَلُوا الرَّاعِيَ وَاسْتَاقُوا الْإِبِلَ «فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ قَافَةً فَأُتِيَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَّرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَحْسِمْهُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي جِيءَ فِيهَا بِالْعُرَنِيِّينَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:4469al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī And Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas b. Mālik > Rahṭ from Banī ʿUkl Aw

Some people of ‘Ukl or ‘Urainah’ came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found Madinah unhealthy. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered them to go to the camels (of the sadaqah) and ordered them to drink some of their urine and milk. They went there when they became well, they killed the herdsman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and drove off the camels. The news about them reached the prophet ﷺ early in the morning. So he sent people in pursuit of them, and they were brought when they day had risen high. He ordered and their hands and feet were cut off and nails were drawn into their eyes, and they were thrown out of Harrah. They begged for water but were not supplied water. Abu Qilabah said: They were people who had stolen, killed, apostatized after their faith and fought against Allah and his Apostle ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4364)   

ابن حبّان:٤٤٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَهْطًا مِنْ بَنِي عُكْلٍ أَوْ قَالَ

مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ فَاجْتَوَوْهَا «فَأَمَرَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِلِقَاحٍ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا فَشَرِبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا حَتَّى بَرِئُوا» وَذَهَبَ سَقَمُهُمْ فَقَتَلُوا رَاعِيَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَطَرَدُوا النَّعَمَ «فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ غُدْوَةً فَمَا ارْتَفَعَ النَّهَارُ حَتَّى جِيءَ بِهِمْ فَقُطِعَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَلَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَأُلْقُوا بِالْحَرَّةِ يَسْتَسْقُونَ فَلَا يُسْقَوْنَ» قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ «هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ قَتَلُوا وَسَرَقُوا وَكَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَحَارَبُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ﷺ»  

bayhaqi:16085Abū Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] A group of the Banu Uraina came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "We have been afflicted with internal pain, and our bodies have become weak." So the Prophet ﷺ commanded them to go and join the camel herders and drink from the urine and milk of the camels. They followed the camel herders and drank from their urine and milk until their stomachs and colors became better. Then they killed the camel herder and stole the camels. When the Prophet ﷺ found out, he sent people after them, who cut off their hands and feet and blinded their eyes. This incident is mentioned in the authentic narration of Hammam with an addition by Ibn Abi Aruba from Qatadah, and they were left in the wilderness until they died.  

البيهقي:١٦٠٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا هَمَّامٌ أنبأ قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَهْطًا مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا قَدِ اجْتَوَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَعَظُمَتْ بُطُونُنَا وَتَهَشَّمَتْ أَعْضَاؤُنَا فَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَلْحَقُوا بِرَاعِي الْإِبِلِ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَبْوَالِهَا وَأَلْبَانِهَا قَالَ فَلَحِقُوا بِرَاعِي الْإِبِلِ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْ أَبْوَالِهَا وَأَلْبَانِهَا حَتَّى صَلَحَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ وَأَلْوَانُهُمْ فَقَتَلُوا الرَّاعِيَ وَاسْتَاقُوا الْإِبِلَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَمَّامٍ زَادَ فِيهِ ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي الْحَرَّةِ حَتَّى مَاتُوا  

bayhaqi:19674Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Sakhtawayh > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Abū Salamah > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered them to follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk and urine till their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet ﷺ he sent some people in their pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5686)   

البيهقي:١٩٦٧٤وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ثنا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَهْطًا مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ أَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا قَدِ اجْتَوَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَعَظُمَتْ بُطُونُنَا وَارْتَهَسَتْ أَعْضَادُنَا فَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَلْحَقُوا بِرَاعِي الْإِبِلِ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا فَلَحِقُوا بِرَاعِي الْإِبِلِ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْ أَبْوَالِهَا وَأَلْبَانِهَا حَتَّى صَلُحَتْ بُطُونُهُمْ وَأَبْدَانُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَتَلُوا الرَّاعِيَ وَسَاقُوا الْإِبِلَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ فَجِيءَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ الْحُدُودُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ هُدْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ