58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] When Talha ibn al-Bara'ah met the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, he said, "O Prophet of Allah, command me to do something that I love and that I will not disobey." The Prophet ﷺ was amazed by this request, as Talha was still a young boy at the time. The Prophet ﷺ then told him, "In that case, kill your father." Talha went out, prepared to carry out this command, but the Prophet ﷺ called him back and said, "I have not been sent to sever family ties."
أَنَّ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ لَمَّا لَقِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مُرْنِي بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْرًا قَالَ فَعَجِبَ لِذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ غُلَامٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلْ أَبَاكَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ مُوَلِّيًا لِيَفْعَلَ فَدَعَاهُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ لِقَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ
[Machine] Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah appointed Abu Ubaydah as the idol for Abu Ubaydah, but Abu Ubaydah refused. When al-Jarrah persisted, Abu Ubaydah sought him out and killed him. Allah revealed this verse about him when he killed his father: "You will not find anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons." [Al-Mujadalah 22] until the end. This is the end of the excerpt.
جَعَلَ أَبُو أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ يَنْصِبُ الْآلِهَةَ لِأَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ يَحِيدُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرَ الْجَرَّاحُ قَصَدَهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِيهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ حِينَ قَتَلَ أَبَاهُ {لَا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ} [المجادلة 22] إِلَى آخِرِهَا هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ
[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I encountered the enemy and found my father among them. I heard from him a terrible statement, and I could not bear it, so I stabbed him with a spear or killed him." The Prophet ﷺ remained silent about it. Then another person came and said, "I encountered my father, but I left him and preferred someone else to take care of him." The Prophet ﷺ remained silent about him as well. This is a good message.
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَقِيتُ الْعَدُوَّ وَلَقِيتُ أَبِي فِيهِمْ فَسَمِعْتُ لَكَ مِنْهُ مَقَالَةً قَبِيحَةً فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ حَتَّى طَعَنْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ أَوْ حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهُ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَقِيتُ أَبِي فَتَرَكْتُهُ وَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَلِيَهُ غَيْرِي فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ وَهَذَا مُرْسَلٌ جَيِّدٌ