Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amr ibn Kathir ibn Aflah
from Abu Muhammad, the mawla of Abu Qatada that Abu Qatada ibn Ribi said, "We
went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
in the year of Hunayn. When the armies met, the Muslims were put in disarray. I
saw a man from the idol worshippers who had got the better of one of the
Muslims, so I circled round and came up behind him, and struck him with a sword
on his shoulder-blade. He turned to me and grabbed me so hard that I felt the
smell of death in it. Then death overcame him, and he let go of me."
He continued, "I met Umar ibn al-Khattab and said to him, 'What's going on with
the people?' He replied, 'The Command of Allah.' Then the people took hold of
the battle and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, 'Whoever has killed one of the dead and can prove it, can strip him of his
personal effects.' I stood up and said, 'Who will testify for me?' and then I
sat down. The Messenger of Allah repeated, 'Whoever has killed one of the dead
and can prove it, can strip him of his personal effects.' I stood up and said,
'Who will testify for me?' then I sat down. Then he repeated his statement a
third time, so I stood up, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, 'What's the matter with you, Abu Qatada?' So I related my
story to him. A man said, 'He has spoken the truth, Messenger of Allah. I have
the effects of that slain person with me, so give him compensation for it,
Messenger of Allah.'
Abu Bakr said, 'No, by Allah! He did not intend that one of the lions of Allah
should fight for Allah and His Messenger and then give you his spoils.' The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'He has
spoken the truth, hand it over to him.' He gave it to me, and I sold the
breast-plate and I bought a garden in the area of the Banu Salima with the
money. It was my first property, and I acquired it in Islam."
Original Version of The Hadith reported
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ
كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ، مَوْلَى أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي
قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم عَامَ حُنَيْنٍ فَلَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا كَانَتْ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ جَوْلَةٌ
- قَالَ - فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ عَلاَ رَجُلاً مِنَ
الْمُسْلِمِينَ - قَالَ - فَاسْتَدَرْتُ لَهُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ
فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ عَلَى حَبْلِ عَاتِقِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَىَّ فَضَمَّنِي
ضَمَّةً وَجَدْتُ مِنْهَا رِيحَ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ
فَأَرْسَلَنِي - قَالَ - فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقُلْتُ مَا بَالُ
النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ . ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ رَجَعُوا فَقَالَ
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلاً لَهُ عَلَيْهِ
بَيِّنَةٌ فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ " . قَالَ فَقُمْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لِي
ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ . ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَنْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلاً لَهُ عَلَيْهِ بَيِّنَةٌ
فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ " . قَالَ فَقُمْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لِي ثُمَّ
جَلَسْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقُمْتُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا قَتَادَةَ " . قَالَ فَاقْتَصَصْتُ
عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ صَدَقَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
وَسَلَبُ ذَلِكَ الْقَتِيلِ عِنْدِي فَأَرْضِهِ عَنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ .
فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لاَ هَاءَ اللَّهِ إِذًا لاَ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى أَسَدٍ مِنْ
أُسْدِ اللَّهِ يُقَاتِلُ عَنِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَيُعْطِيكَ سَلَبَهُ .
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " صَدَقَ فَأَعْطِهِ إِيَّاهُ "
. فَأَعْطَانِيهِ فَبِعْتُ الدِّرْعَ فَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ مَخْرَفًا فِي بَنِي
سَلِمَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لأَوَّلُ مَالٍ تَأَثَّلْتُهُ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ . الحديث Reference : Muwatta' Malik مرجع : موطأ مالك
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مرجع الترجمة على الإنترنت : Book 21 الكتاب, Hadith 18 الحديث | In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : 21 الكتاب, Hadith 979 الحديث