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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْقُرَّاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ

ibnhibban:7263Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "There were young men from the Ansar who were called the Qura'a. They used to stay in a certain area of the city, and their families thought they were in the mosque, while the people in the mosque thought they were with their families. They would pray at night until dawn approached, then they would gather firewood and draw water and place it at the doors of the houses of the Messenger of Allah. So he sent them all to the well of Ma'unah, where they were martyred. The Prophet ﷺ mourned their loss for several days."  

ابن حبّان:٧٢٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ شَبَابٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُسَمَّوْنَ الْقُرَّاءَ يَكُونُونَ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَحْسَبُ أَهْلُوهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَيُحْسَبُ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ أَنَّهُمْ فِي أَهْلِيهِمْ فَيُصَلُّونَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى إِذَا تَقَارَبَ الصُّبْحُ احْتَطَبُوا الْحَطَبَ وَاسْتَعْذَبُوا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَوَضَعُوهُ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ حُجَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَبَعَثَهُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَى بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ فَاسْتُشْهِدُوا فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى قَتَلَتِهِمْ أَيَّامًا»  


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ahmad:13462ʿAbīdah b. Ḥumayd > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] There were seventy young men from the Ansar called the Qurrā who used to stay in the mosque. When it was evening, they would go to a area of the city, where they would study and pray. Their families thought they were in the mosque, and the people of the mosque thought they were with their families. When it was almost dawn, they would fetch water and collect firewood, which they would bring to the Prophet's chamber. The Prophet sent them all on a mission, and they were ambushed at the well of Ma'ūnah. The Prophet then prayed against their killers for fifteen days during the morning prayer.  

أحمد:١٣٤٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ شَبَابٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا يُسَمَّوْنَ الْقُرَّاءَ قَالَ كَانُوا يَكُونُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا أَمْسَوْا انْتَحَوْا نَاحِيَةً مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَيَتَدَارَسُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ يَحْسِبُ أَهْلُوهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَيَحْسِبُ أَهْلُ الْمَسْجِدِ أَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَأَهْلِيهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا فِي وَجْهِ الصُّبْحِ اسْتَعْذَبُوا مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَاحْتَطَبُوا مِنَ الْحَطَبِ فَجَاءُوا بِهِ فَأَسْنَدُوهُ إِلَى حُجْرَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَعَثَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَمِيعًا فَأُصِيبُوا يَوْمَ بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى قَتَلَتِهِمْ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ