الْحَارِثُ بْنُ ضِرَارٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ
[Machine] He heard Al-Harith bin Dirar Al-Khuzai say: "I visited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he invited me to Islam, so I embraced it and affirmed it. He then invited me to pay Zakat, so I affirmed it too. I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : 'Shall I return to my people and invite them to Islam and paying Zakat? Whoever responds to me, I will collect his Zakat, and you can send a messenger to me to collect what I have gathered. So, when Al-Harith collected Zakat from those who responded to him, and the messenger to whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had intended to send to him was delayed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ detained him. When he did not come, Al-Harith assumed that Allah and His Messenger ﷺ were angry with him, so he called the people of his tribe and said to them: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had set a time for me; he would send his messenger to me to collect the Zakat I had. But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never keeps the things of this world, and I do not see him detaining his messenger without a justified reason. So, go, and we will meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then sent Al-Walid bin 'Uqbah to Al-Harith to collect the Zakat he had gathered. So, when Al-Walid had ridden for some distance, he returned. When he met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Al-Harith prevented me from collecting the Zakat, and he wanted to kill me.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then sent a group of Sahaba to Al-Harith. When they approached him, they said: 'This is Al-Harith.' But when they came closer, he said: 'Whom have you been sent to?' They replied: 'To you.' He asked them: 'Why?' They said: 'Because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sent Al-Walid bin 'Uqbah but he returned, claiming that you prevented him from collecting the Zakat and wanted to kill him.' Al-Harith said: 'By the One who sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth, I have not done what he claims, nor has he come to me. I did not come until I received a message from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ due to my detention of his messenger, fearing that there may be anger from Allah and His Messenger ﷺ against me.' Then Allah revealed the verses from Surah Al-Hujurat (49:6-7) to this point: 'O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.' 'And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah.'
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ ضِرَارٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَانِي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَدَخَلْتُ فِيهِ وَأَقْرَرْتُ بِهِ وَدَعَانِي إِلَى الزَّكَاةِ فَأَقْرَرْتُ بِهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَوْمِي فَأَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَدَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ فَمَنِ اسْتَجَابَ لِي مِنْهُمْ جَمَعْتُ زَكَاتَهُ فَتُرْسِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَسُولًا لِإِبَّانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا يَأْتِيكَ مَا جَمَعْتُ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فَلَمَّا جَمَعَ الْحَارِثُ الزَّكَاةَ مِمَّنِ اسْتَجَابَ لَهُ وَبَلَغَ الْإِبَّانَ الَّذِي أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ احْتَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّسُولُ فَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ فَظَنَّ الْحَارِثُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ فِيهِ سَخَطٌ مِنَ اللهِ وَمِنْ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا سَرَوَاتِ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ وَقَّتَ لِي وَقْتًا يُرْسِلُ إِلَيَّ رَسُولَهُ لِيَقْبِضَ مَا كَانَ عِنْدِي مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْخُلْفُ لَا أَرَى حَبْسَ رَسُولِهِ إِلَّا مِنْ سَخْطَةٍ كَانَتْ فَانْطَلِقُوا فَنَأْتِيَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ إِلَى الْحَارِثِ لِيَقْبِضَ مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مِمَّا جَمَعَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ سَارَ الْوَلِيدُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ بَعْضَ الطَّرِيقِ فَرِقَ فَرَجَعَ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْحَارِثَ مَنَعَنِي الزَّكَاةَ وَأَرَادَ قَتْلِي فَضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَعْثَ إِلَى الْحَارِثِ وأَقْبَلَ الْحَارِثُ بِأَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَقْبَلَ الْبَعْثُ وَفَصَلَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لَقِيَهُمُ الْحَارِثُ قَالُوا هَذَا الْحَارِثُ فَلَمَّا غَشِيَهُمْ قَالَ لَهُمْ إِلَى مَنْ بُعِثْتُمْ؟ قَالُوا إِلَيْكَ قَالَ وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ بَعَثَ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ فَرَجَعَ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّكَ مَنَعْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَرَدَتْ قَتْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ وَلَا أَتَانِي وَمَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَّا حِينَ احْتَبَسَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولًا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ سَخْطَةً مِنَ اللهِ وَمِنْ رَسُولِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَنَزَلَتِ الْحُجُرَاتُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَأٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنْ تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ} إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ {فَضْلًا مِنَ اللهِ وَنِعْمَةً وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ}