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hakim:2551Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Ibn al-Yamān > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > Abū Rāshid al-Ḥubrānī

[Machine] I went to Al-Miqdad ibn Al-Aswad, the horseman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , while he was sitting on a tomb made of "Sayyara" (a type of stone), and he was separating bones from it while intending to go for battle. I said, "May Allah forgive you." He replied, "Come to the Surah of Al-Buhuth." Allah Almighty said, "March forth lightly or heavily" [Surah At-Tawbah 9:41], meaning the Surah of At-Tawbah. "This is a correct narration, and they did not deny it."  

الحاكم:٢٥٥١أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ الْيَمَانِ أَنَّ حَرِيزَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَاشِدٍ الْحُبْرَانِيُّ قَالَ

وَافَيْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَارِسَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا عَلَى تَابُوتٍ مِنْ تَوَابِيتِ الصَّيَارِفَةِ وَفَصَلَ عَنْهَا عَظْمًا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْغَزْوَ فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَ ائْتِ عَلَى سُورَةِ الْبُحُوثِ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} [التوبة 41] يَعْنِي سُورَةَ التَّوْبَةِ «هَذَا صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح  


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hakim:5487al-Shaykh Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > ʿUbayd b. Sharīk > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Rāshid al-Ḥuburānī

[Machine] I saw Al-Miqdad ibn Al-Aswad, the Guardian of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , sitting on a coffin from the coffins of Sufah in Hims. The coffin was superior to him in size, and he wanted to join in the battle. So, I said to him, "May Allah forgive you." He replied, "Allah has excused us with the verse of Enlistment: 'March forth, whether light or heavy' (Qur'an 9:41)." Then he said, "The rest of the verse is from Surah At-Tawbah."  

الحاكم:٥٤٨٧أَخْبَرَنِي الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَاشِدٍ الْحُبُرَانِيُّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ حَارِسَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا عَلَى تَابُوتٍ مِنْ تَوَابِيتِ الصَّيَارِفَةِ بِحِمْصَ قَدْ أَفْضَلَ عَلَى التَّابُوتِ مِنْ عِظَمِهِ يُرِيدُ الْغَزْوَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَ أَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا سُورَةُ الْبُعُوثِ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} [التوبة 41] قَالَ بَقِيَّةُ «سُورَةُ الْبُعُوثِ سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُ فِي أَوَّلِ مَنَاقِبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ حَدِيثَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ سَبْعَةٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَمَّارٌ وَأُمُّهُ سُمَيَّةُ وَصُهَيْبٌ وَالْمِقْدَادُ وَبِلَالٌ
tabarani:17754Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī from my father > Baqiyyah > Ḥarīz b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maysarah > Abū Rāshid al-Ḥubrānī

[Machine] I saw Al-Miqdad, the warrior of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sitting on a coffin made of sailboat wood in Hims, which was superior to it in quality. He intended to go on a military expedition, so I said, "May Allah excuse you." He said, "The verse of Al-Ba'athah has not been revealed to us yet: 'And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allah knows.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٧٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَاشِدٍ الْحُبْرَانِيُّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَارِسَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا عَلَى تَابُوتٍ مِنْ تَوَابِيتِ الصَّيَارِفَةِ بِحِمْصَ قَدْ أَفْضَلَ عَنْهَا مِنْ عَظْمِهِ يُرِيدُ الْغَزْوَ فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللهُ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ أَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا سُورَةُ الْبَعُوثِ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا}