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ahmad:5381Ḥasan > Zuhayr > Bayān > And Barah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] To narrate to us a hadith or a good saying, a man from among us by the name of Al-Hakam spoke up and said, "O Abu Abdullah, what do you say about fighting during times of turmoil?" He replied, "May your mother be bereaved, do you know what turmoil is? Indeed, Muhammadﷺ used to fight against the polytheists, and entering into their midst or their religion was considered turmoil. It is not like your fighting for power."  

أحمد:٥٣٨١حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ بَيَانٍ عَنْ وَبَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو

أَنْ يُحَدِّثَنَا حَدِيثًا أَوْ حَدِيثًا حَسَنًا فَبَدَرَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْحَكَمُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْقِتَالِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ؟ قَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الْفِتْنَةُ؟ إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ كَانَ يُقَاتِلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَكَانَ الدُّخُولُ فِيهِمْ أَوْ فِي دِينِهِمْ فِتْنَةً وَلَيْسَ كَقِتَالِكُمْ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ  


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bukhari:7095Isḥāq al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid > Bayān > And Barah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar came to us and we hoped that he would narrate to us a good Hadith. But before we asked him, a man got up and said to him, "O Abu ʿAbdur-Rahman! Narrate to us about the battles during the time of the afflictions, as Allah says:-- 'And fight them until there is no more afflictions (i.e. no more worshipping of others besides Allah).'" (2.193) Ibn ʿUmar said (to the man), "Do you know what is meant by afflictions? Let your mother bereave you! Muhammad used to fight against the pagans, for a Muslim was put to trial in his religion (The pagans will either kill him or chain him as a captive). His fighting was not like your fighting which is carried on for the sake of ruling."  

البخاري:٧٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ بَيَانٍ عَنْ وَبَرَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَجَوْنَا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَنَا حَدِيثًا حَسَنًا قَالَ فَبَادَرَنَا إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

حَدِّثْنَا عَنِ الْقِتَالِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ وَاللَّهُ يَقُولُ {وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لاَ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ} فَقَالَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الْفِتْنَةُ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ يُقَاتِلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَكَانَ الدُّخُولُ فِي دِينِهِمْ فِتْنَةً وَلَيْسَ كَقِتَالِكُمْ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ  

ahmad:5690Hishām b. Saʿīd > Khālid / al-Ṭaḥḥān > Bayān > And Barah > Ibn Jubayr / Saʿīd

[Machine] O Abu Abdurrahman, what do you say about fighting in times of fitnah? Surely, Allah Almighty said, "And fight them until there is no fitnah." [Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 193] He said, "Woe to you, do you know what fitnah is? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only fought against the polytheists, and entering into their religion was a fitnah, but it is not for you to fight for power."  

أحمد:٥٦٩٠حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي الطَّحَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا بَيَانٌ عَنْ وَبَرَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرٍ يَعْنِي سَعِيدًا قَالَ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ يُحَدِّثَنَا بِحَدِيثٍ يُعْجِبُنَا فَبَدَرَنَا إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْقِتَالِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ؟ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَالَ {وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ} [البقرة 193] قَالَ وَيْحَكَ ‍ أَتَدْرِي مَا الْفِتْنَةُ؟ إِنَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُاللهِ ﷺ يُقَاتِلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَكَانَ الدُّخُولُ فِي دِينِهِمْ فِتْنَةً وَلَيْسَ بِقِتَالِكُمْ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ  

قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: {وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ} [البقرة: 193]

nasai-kubra:10959ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Bayān > And Barah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar came to us and we hoped that he would narrate to us a good Hadith. But before we asked him, a man got up and said to him, "O Abu ʿAbdur-Rahman! Narrate to us about the battles during the time of the afflictions, as Allah says:-- 'And fight them until there is no more afflictions (i.e. no more worshipping of others besides Allah).'" (2.193) Ibn ʿUmar said (to the man), "Do you know what is meant by afflictions? Let your mother bereave you! Muhammad used to fight against the pagans, for a Muslim was put to trial in his religion (The pagans will either kill him or chain him as a captive). His fighting was not like your fighting which is carried on for the sake of ruling." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7095)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ بَيَانٍ عَنْ وَبَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ يُحَدِّثَنَا حَدِيثًا عَجِيبًا فَبَدَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْقِتَالِ وَاللهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ {وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ} [البقرة 193] قَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ أَتَدْرِي مَا الْفِتْنَةُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَاتِلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَكَانَ الدُّخُولُ فِي دِينِهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَيْسَ يُقَاتِلُهُمْ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ  

bayhaqi:16807Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Sarī b. Yaḥyá > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Bayān > Wabarah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] "O Abu Abdullah, how do you view fighting in times of turmoil?" He said, "Do you know that turmoil would harm you, O Mother of yours? Muhammad ﷺ used to fight the polytheists, and entering into them or into their religion was a test, but it was not for the purpose of you fighting for power."  

البيهقي:١٦٨٠٧وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ بَيَانٍ أَنَّ وَبَرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ إِلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ يُحَدِّثَنَا حَدِيثًا حَسَنًا فَمَرَرْنَا بِرَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ حَكِيمٌ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي الْقِتَالِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ؟ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرِي الْفِتْنَةَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ؟ كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ يُقَاتِلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَكَانَ الدُّخُولُ فِيهِمْ أَوْ قَالَ فِي دِينِهِمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَيْسَ بِقِتَالِكُمْ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ