Hadith #232
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ بَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ بِالْيَمَنِ بِذُهَيْبَةٍ فِي تُرْبَتِهَا فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ الْأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي مُجَاشِعٍ وَبَيْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ وَبَيْنَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عُلَاثَةَ الْعَامِرِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي كِلَابٍ وَبَيْنَ زَيْدِ الْخَيْرِ الطَّائِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي نَبْهَانَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَالْأَنْصَارُ قَالُوا يُعْطِي صَنَادِيدَ أَهْلِ نَجْدٍ وَيَدَعُنَا قَالَ
إِنَّمَا أَتَأَلَّفُهُمْ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ غَائِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ نَاتِئُ الْجَبِينِ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ مَحْلُوقٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ قَالَ فَمَنْ يُطِيعُ اللَّهَ إِذَا عَصَيْتُهُ يَأْمَنُنِي عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَأْمَنُونِي قَالَ فَسَأَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ قَتْلَهُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُرَاهُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فَمَنَعَهُ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنْ الْإِسْلَامِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنْ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَقْتُلُونَ أَهْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَيَدَعُونَ أَهْلَ الْأَوْثَانِ لَئِنْ أَنَا أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ لَأَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ قَتْلَ عَادٍ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق
سفيان
أبيه
ابن أبي نعم
أبو سعيد الخدري
English Translation
'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Sufyan informed us, from his father, from Ibn Abi Nu'm, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) who said: 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) sent to the Prophet ﷺ — while he was in Yemen — a piece of gold in its ore, and the Prophet ﷺ divided it among four people. A man said: We were more deserving of this than them. This reached the Prophet ﷺ and he said: Will you not trust me when I am the trustee of the One Who is above the heavens? Revelation comes to me from the heavens morning and evening. Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent cheekbones, and shaved head stood up and said: Fear Allah, O Messenger of Allah! He said: Woe to you! Am I not the most deserving person on earth to fear Allah? Then the man turned away. Khalid ibn al-Walid said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I strike his neck? He said: Perhaps he prays. Khalid said: How many people pray and say with their tongues what is not in their hearts! the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I was not commanded to probe people's hearts nor to split open their chests.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 24, Hadith 232
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 11270
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47660