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tabarani:863ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And ʾAbū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿUthmān b. al-Haytham al-Muʾadhhin > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] "Do you not go out and help me with these people?" He said, "Yes, if you wish, O my daughter, hand me the sword." So she handed him the sword and he placed it in its sheath. Then he took it and said, "Indeed, my beloved and your cousin Muhammad ﷺ commanded me that when there is a battle between two tribes of Muslims, I should take a wooden sword." So he took some of it while it was in its sheath and said, "If you wish, I will go out with you with this." He said, "I have no need of you."  

الطبراني:٨٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْمُؤَذِّنُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عُدَيْسَةَ بِنْتِ أُهْبَانَ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ قَالَتْ حَيْثُ قَدِمَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْبَصْرَةَ جَاءَ إِلَى أَبِي فَقَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ قَالَ

أَلَا تَخْرُجُ فَتُعِينَنِي عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ؟ قَالَ بَلَى إِنْ شِئْتَ يَا جَارِيَةُ نَاوِلِينِي السَّيْفَ فَنَاوَلَتْهُ السَّيْفَ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَلَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّ خَلِيلِي وَابْنَ عَمِّكَ ﷺ أَمَرَنِي إِذَا كَانَ قِتَالٌ بَيْنَ قَبِيلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنِ اتَّخِذَ سَيْفًا مِنْ خَشَبٍ» فَاسْتَلَّ بَعْضَهُ وَهُوَ فِي حِجْرِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَكَ بِهَذَا قَالَ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيكَ  


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ibnmajah:3960Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ṣafwān b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd Muʾadhhin Masjid Jurdān > ʿUdaysah b. Uhbān

“When ‘Ali bin Abu Talib came to Basrah, he entered upon my father and said: ‘O Abu Muslim, will you not help me against these people?’ He said: ‘Of course.’ So he called a slave woman of his and said: ‘O slave woman, bring me my sword.’ So she brought it, and he unsheathed it a span, and (I saw that) it was made of wood. He said: ‘My close friend and your cousin ﷺ advised me, if tribulation (Fitnah) arose among the Muslims, that I should take a sword of wood. If you wish I will go out with you.’ He said: ‘I have no need of you or of your sword.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ مُؤَذِّنُ مَسْجِدِ جُرْدَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي عُدَيْسَةُ بِنْتُ أُهْبَانَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا جَاءَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ هَاهُنَا الْبَصْرَةَ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ أَلاَ تُعِينُنِي عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَدَعَا جَارِيَةً لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا جَارِيَةُ أَخْرِجِي سَيْفِي قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ فَسَلَّ مِنْهُ قَدْرَ شِبْرٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَشَبٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ خَلِيلِي وَابْنَ عَمِّكَ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَىَّ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَتَّخِذُ سَيْفًا مِنْ خَشَبٍ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَكَ قَالَ لاَ حَاجَةَ لِي فِيكَ وَلاَ فِي سَيْفِكَ