[Machine] By Allah, it was not like this, but it was a deception that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made when he told the Ansar to swear about something they had no knowledge of. But he wrote to the Jews of Khaybar when the Ansar said that there was a murderer among them, so give him up. They wrote to him swearing by Allah that they did not kill him and they did not know who killed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted their oath. Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, Abu al-Abbas narrated to us, al-Rabi narrated to us, al-Shafi'i said: "And from the book of Umar ibn Habib, narrated by Muhammad ibn Ishaq, he mentioned this hadith. Al-Shafi'i said: A person asked me, 'What prevents you from accepting the hadith of Ibn Bujayd?' I replied, 'I do not know Ibn Bujayd, whether he heard from the Prophet ﷺ or not. If he heard from the Prophet ﷺ , then he is a mursal narrator, and neither I nor you can establish the mursal narrator as authentic. And I know that Sahl, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ , heard from him and transmitted the hadith in a manner that is only similar to definite proof. Therefore, I accept his hadith because of the description I have given.' He said, 'What prevents you from accepting the hadith of Ibn Shihab?' I said, 'It is mursal and the murdered person was from the Ansar, and the Ansar are more knowledgeable about it than others, for they are all trustworthy, and everyone among us is trustworthy by the blessing of Allah.' The sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 'It is as if he was referring to the hadith of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri.'"  

لَهُ وَاللهِ مَا هَكَذَا كَانَ الشَّانُ وَلَكِنْ سَهْلٌ أَوْهَمَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ احْلِفُوا عَلَى مَا لَا عِلْمَ لَكُمْ بِهِ وَلَكِنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى يَهُودَ خَيْبَرَ حِينَ كَلَّمَتْهُ الْأَنْصَارُ أَنَّهُ وُجِدَ فِيكُمْ قَتِيلٌ بَيْنَ أَبْيَاتِكُمْ فَدُوهُ فَكَتَبُوا إِلَيْهِ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللهِ مَا قَتَلُوهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ لَهُ قَاتِلًا فَوَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ 16440 فَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ قَالَ وَمِنْ كِتَابِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ فَذَكَرَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَقَالَ لِي قَائِلٌ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ بِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ بُجَيْدٍ؟ قَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُ ابْنَ بُجَيْدٍ سَمِعَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ سَمِعَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَهُوَ مُرْسَلٌ وَلَسْنَا وَلَا إِيَّاكَ نُثْبِتُ الْمُرْسَلَ وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ سَهْلًا صَحِبَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَسَمِعَ مِنْهُ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ سِيَاقًا لَا يُشْبِهُ إِلَّا الْأَثْبَاتَ فَأَخَذْتُ بِهِ لِمَا وَصَفْتُ قَالَ فَمَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ بِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ؟ قُلْتُ مُرْسَلٌ وَالْقَتِيلُ أَنْصَارِيٌّ وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّونَ بِالْعِنَايَةِ أَوْلَى بِالْعِلْمِ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ إِذَا كَانَ كُلٌّ ثِقَةً وَكُلٌّ عِنْدَنَا بِنِعْمَةِ اللهِ ثِقَةٌ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ عَنَى بِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي