Hadith #502
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ الَّذِي أَسَرَ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَبُو الْيَسَرِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَهُوَ كَعْبُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَحَدُ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَيْفَ أَسَرْتَهُ يَا أَبَا الْيَسَرِ قَالَ لَقَدْ أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ وَلَا قَبْلُ هَيْئَتُهُ كَذَا هَيْئَتُهُ كَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَدْ أَعَانَكَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ وَقَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ يَا عَبَّاسُ افْدِ نَفْسَكَ وَابْنَ أَخِيكَ عَقِيلَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَنَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ وَحَلِيفَكَ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ جَحْدَمٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ قَالَ فَأَبَى وَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مُسْلِمًا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ وَإِنَّمَا اسْتَكْرَهُونِي قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِشَأْنِكَ
إِنْ يَكُ مَا تَدَّعِي حَقًّا فَاللَّهُ يَجْزِيكَ بِذَلِكَ وَأَمَّا ظَاهِرُ أَمْرِكَ فَقَدْ كَانَ عَلَيْنَا فَافْدِ نَفْسَكَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَخَذَ مِنْهُ عِشْرِينَ أُوقِيَّةَ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْسُبْهَا لِي مِنْ فِدَايَ قَالَ لَا ذَاكَ شَيْءٌ أَعْطَانَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي مَالٌ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ الْمَالُ الَّذِي وَضَعْتَهُ بِمَكَّةَ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ عِنْدَ أُمِّ الْفَضْلِ وَلَيْسَ مَعَكُمَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرَكُمَا فَقُلْتَ إِنْ أُصِبْتُ فِي سَفَرِي هَذَا فَلِلْفَضْلِ كَذَا وَلِقُثَمَ كَذَا وَلِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَذَا قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا عَلِمَ بِهَذَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُهَا وَإِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
Isnad Chain
يزيد
ابن إسحاق
عكرمة
ابن عباس
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via 'Ikrimah — that the one who captured al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib was Abu al-Yasar ibn 'Amr — [also known as] Ka'b ibn 'Amr, one of Banu Salimah. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'How did you capture him, O Abu al-Yasar?' He said: 'A man helped me against him whose like I had never seen before or since — of such-and-such appearance.' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'A noble angel helped you against him.' Then he said to al-'Abbas: 'O 'Abbas, ransom yourself, and [ransom] your nephew 'Aqil ibn Abi Talib, and Nawfal ibn al-Harith, and your ally 'Utbah ibn Jahdam, one of Banu al-Harith ibn Fihr.' Al-'Abbas refused and said: 'I had already embraced Islam before [the battle] — they compelled me [to fight].' He said: 'Allah knows best about your state. If what you claim is true, Allah will recompense you for it. But as for your outward situation — it was against us. So ransom yourself.' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taken from him twenty ounces of gold. [Al-'Abbas] said: 'O Messenger of Allah, count it toward my ransom.' He said: 'No — that is something Allah gave us from you.' He said: 'But I have no wealth.' He said: 'Where is the wealth you deposited in Makkah when you departed, with Umm al-Fadl — with none present but you two — when you said: if I am killed on this journey, then for al-Fadl so much, for Qutham so much, and for 'Abdullah so much?' He said: 'By the One who sent you in truth, no one knew this except me and her — and I know now that you are truly the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 502
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3140
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39530