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hakim:2504 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ḥātim > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq

[Machine] From the saying of Allah Almighty: "Unless you march forth, He will punish you with a painful torment." [Surah At-Tawbah 9:39], he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to dispatch an army from the living Arabs to fight, but they hesitated. As a result, Allah prevented the rain from falling on them, and that became a punishment for them."  

الحاكم:٢٥٠٤ – أَخْبرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ السَّيَّارِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثنِي نَجْدَةُ بْنُ نُفَيْعٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ {إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا} [التوبة 39] يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا قَالَ «اسْتَنْفَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَيًّا مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ فَتَثَاقَلُوا فَأُمْسِكَ عَنْهُمُ الْمَطَرُ وَكَانَ عَذَابُهُمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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abudawud:2506 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb

Najdah bin Nufai’ said “I asked Ibn ‘Abbas about the verse. “Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty.” He replied “The rain stopped from them. This was their punishment.”  

أبو داود:٢٥٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي نَجْدَةُ بْنُ نُفَيْعٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ { إِلاَّ تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا } قَالَ فَأُمْسِكَ عَنْهُمُ الْمَطَرُ وَكَانَ عَذَابَهُمْ  

hakim:2552 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān al-ʿĀmirī > Yazīd b. al-Ḥubāb

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became upset with the Arabs and they became slow, so (the verse) 'Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment' [Surah At-Tawbah: 39] was revealed. He said their punishment was the withholding of rain from them."  

الحاكم:٢٥٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا نَجْدَةُ بْنُ نُفَيْعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَنْفَرَ حَيًّا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَتَثَاقَلُوا فَنَزَلَتْ {إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا} [التوبة 39] قَالَ كَانَ عَذَابُهُمْ حَبْسَ الْمَطَرِ عَنْهُمْ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» وَعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ مِنْ ثِقَاتِ الْمَرَاوِزَةِ صحيح
bayhaqi:17943 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān al-ʿĀmirī > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > ʿAbd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called out for an expedition against the Arabs, but they hesitated. Then, the verse was revealed: "If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment" [Surah At-Tawbah 9:39]. The punishment mentioned here was the deprivation of rain.  

البيهقي:١٧٩٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا نَجْدَةُ بْنُ نُفَيْعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَنْفَرَ حَيًّا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَتَثَاقَلُوا فَنَزَلَتْ {إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا} [التوبة 39] قَالَ كَانَ عَذَابُهُمْ حَبْسَ الْمَطَرِ عَنْهُمْ