Hadith #229
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَل
َيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْثٍ وَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا
Isnad Chain
حجاج
بكير بن عبد الله
سليمان بن يسار
أبو هريرة
English Translation
Hajjaj narrated to us, from Layth, he said: Bukayr ibn 'Abdullah narrated to me, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on a military expedition and said: "If you find so-and-so and so-and-so" — referring to two men from Quraysh — "burn them with fire." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, when we were about to depart: "I had ordered you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so with fire, but none punishes with fire except Allah. So if you find them, kill them."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 21, Hadith 229
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9467
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45857