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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ الِاسْتِعَانَةِ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ، عَلَى قِتَالِ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ الْكَفَرَةِ

ibnhibban:4726Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Ṣūfī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Ibn Mahdī > Mālik > al-Fuḍayl b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Niyār > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

A’ishah said (this is the version of narrator Yahya). A man from the polytheists accompanied the Prophet ﷺ to fight along with him. He said “Go back. Both the narrators (Musaddad and Yahya) then agreed. The Prophet said “We do not want any help from a polytheist.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2732)   

ابن حبّان:٤٧٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الصُّوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نِيَارٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لَحِقَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِيُقَاتِلَ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «ارْجِعْ فَإِنَّا لَا نَسْتَعِينُ بِمُشْرِكٍ»  


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abudawud:2732Musaddad And Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Yaḥyá > Mālik > al-Fuḍayl > ʿAbdullāh b. Niyār > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Yaḥyá

A’ishah said (this is the version of narrator Yahya). A man from the polytheists accompanied the Prophet ﷺ to fight along with him. He said “Go back. Both the narrators (Musaddad and Yahya) then agreed. The Prophet said “We do not want any help from a polytheist.”  

أبو داود:٢٧٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نِيَارٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ يَحْيَى

أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لَحِقَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِيُقَاتِلَ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا فَقَالَ إِنَّا لاَ نَسْتَعِينُ بِمُشْرِكٍ