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ذِكْرُ تَخْيِيرِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ بَيْنَ الْفِدَاءِ وَالْقَتْلِ

ibnhibban:4795Ḥājib b. Arrakīn al-Ḥāfiẓ Bidimashq > Rizq Allāh b. Mūsá > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿUbaydah > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Riḍwān Allāh ʿAlayh > Jibrīl ʿAlayh al-Salām Habaṭ ʿAlayh ﷺ

[Machine] "Gabrielﷺ descended upon him ﷺ and said to him: 'Inform his companions ﷺ about the captives and give them the choice of either killing them or accepting ransom for their release. However, they will have to wait until the following year to decide their fate.'" They replied, 'We prefer accepting the ransom and allowing some of us to be killed.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَرَّكِينَ الْحَافِظُ بِدِمَشْقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رِزْقُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ

أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ «خَيِّرْهُمْ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَهُ ﷺ فِي الْأُسَارَى إِنْ شَاءُوا الْقَتْلَ وَإِنْ شَاءُوا الْفِدَاءَ عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ الْعَامَ الْمُقْبِلَ مِنْهُمْ عِدَّتُهُمْ» قَالُوا «الْفِدَاءُ وَيُقْتَلُ مِنَّا عِدَّتُهُمْ»  


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tirmidhi:1567Abū ʿUbaydah b. Abū al-Safar Wāsmuh Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hamdānī And Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿAbīdah > ʿAlī

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that Jibra'il had indeed descended upon him to say to him: "Tell them - meaning your Companions - to choose regarding the captives of Badr, between either killing them or ransoming the, so that the amount killed by them will correspond similarly to them." So they said: "Ranson, even though some of us may be killed." There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ud, Anas, Abu Barzah, and Jubair bin Mut'im.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib as a narration of Ath-Thawri. We do not know of it except through the report of Za'idah. Abu Usamah reported similar to this from Hisham, from Ibn Sirin, from 'Abidah, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ Ibn 'Awn reported it from Ibn Sirin, from 'Abidah, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form. Abu Dawud Al-Hafiri's ( a narrator in this chain) name is 'Umar bin Sa'd.
الترمذي:١٥٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ وَاسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَمَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ جِبْرَائِيلَ هَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَيِّرْهُمْ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَكَ فِي أُسَارَى بَدْرٍ الْقَتْلَ أَوِ الْفِدَاءَ عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنْهُمْ قَابِلاً مِثْلُهُمْ قَالُوا الْفِدَاءَ وَيُقْتَلَ مِنَّا قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَأَبِي بَرْزَةَ وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ وَرَوَى أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ وَرَوَى ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُرْسَلاً وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ اسْمُهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ