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ahmad:17007ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah al-Qaysī > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Bashr b. ʿĀṣim al-Laythī

The Prophet ﷺ sent a detachment. I gave a sword to a man from among them. When he came back, he said: Would that you saw us how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rebuked us, saying: When I sent out a man who does not fulfil my command, are you unable to appoint in his place one who will fulfil my command. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2627)   

أحمد:١٧٠٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْقَيْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَشْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ رَهْطِهِ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَسَلَّحْتُ رَجُلًا سَيْفًا قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ مَا لَامَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَعَجَزْتُمْ إِذْ بَعَثْتُ رَجُلًا فَلَمْ يَمْضِ لِأَمْرِي أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا مَكَانَهُ مَنْ يَمْضِي لِأَمْرِي؟  


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abudawud:2627Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Bishr b. ʿĀṣim > ʿUqbah b. Mālik from Rahṭih

The Prophet ﷺ sent a detachment. I gave a sword to a man from among them. When he came back, he said: Would that you saw us how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rebuked us, saying: When I sent out a man who does not fulfil my command, are you unable to appoint in his place one who will fulfil my command.  

أبو داود:٢٦٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ مِنْ رَهْطِهِ قَالَ

بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَسَلَحْتُ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ سَيْفًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ لَوْ رَأَيْتَ مَا لاَمَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَعَجَزْتُمْ إِذْ بَعَثْتُ رَجُلاً مِنْكُمْ فَلَمْ يَمْضِ لأَمْرِي أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا مَكَانَهُ مَنْ يَمْضِي لأَمْرِي  

hakim:2539Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná al-ʿAnbarī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Bishr b. ʿĀṣim > ʿUqbah b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ sent a detachment. I gave a sword to a man from among them. When he came back, he said: Would that you saw us how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rebuked us, saying: When I sent out a man who does not fulfil my command, are you unable to appoint in his place one who will fulfil my command. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2627)   

الحاكم:٢٥٣٩حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ ثنا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَسَلَّحْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ سَيْفًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَامَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَعَجَزْتُمْ إِذَا بَعَثْتُ رَجُلًا فَلَمْ يَمْضِ لِأَمْرِي أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا مَكَانَهُ مَنْ يَمْضِي لِأَمْرِي»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ صَاحِبَ السَّرِيَّةِ إِذَا خَالَفَ الْإِمَامَ فِيمَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ كَانَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ أَنْ يَعْزِلُوهُ وَيُوَلُّوا غَيْرَهُ

ibnhibban:4740al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl al-ʿAdawī > Bishr b. ʿĀṣim al-Laythī > ʿUqbah b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a military expedition and armed a man with a sword. When we returned, I did not see anything like what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had given to that man. He said, "Have you failed when I commanded you to appoint a man and he did not act upon my command or follow my prohibition?  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ الْعَدَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ مِنْ رَهْطِهِ قَالَ

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَسَلَّحَ رَجُلًا سَيْفًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْنَا مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ مَا لَامَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَعَجَزْتُمْ إِذَا أَمَّرْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ رَجُلًا فَلَمْ يَمْضِ لِأَمْرِي الَّذِي أَمَرْتُ أَوْ نَهَيْتُ أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا مَكَانَهُ آخَرَ يُمْضِي أَمْرِي الَّذِي أَمَرْتُ؟ »