Hadith #214
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى وَزَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَا أَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَى عَلَى حَمْزَةَ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَآهُ قَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَجِدَ صَفِيَّةُ فِي نَفْسِهَا لَتَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى تَأْكُلَهُ الْعَافِيَةُ وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ تَأْكُلَهُ الْعَاهَةُ حَتَّى يُحْشَرَ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ دَعَا بِنَمِرَةٍ فَكَفَّنَهُ فِيهَا قَالَ وَكَانَتْ إِذَا مُدَّتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بَدَتْ قَدَمَاهُ وَإِذَا مُدَّتْ عَلَى قَدَمَ
يْهِ بَدَا رَأْسُهُ قَالَ وَكَثُرَ الْقَتْلَى وَقَلَّتْ الثِّيَابُ قَالَ وَكَانَ يُكَفَّنُ أَوْ يُكَفِّنُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ شَكَّ صَفْوَانُ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ أَكْثَرِهِمْ قُرْآنًا فَيُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ قَالَ فَدَفَنَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ وَالرَّجُلَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ يُكَفَّنُونَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ
Isnad Chain
صفوان بن عيسى وزيد بن الحباب
الزهري
أنس بن مالك
English Translation
Safwan ibn 'Isa and Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us, both saying: Usamah ibn Zayd informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon Hamzah (رضي الله عنه) and stood over him. He saw that he had been mutilated, so he said: 'Were it not that Safiyyah would grieve, I would have left him so that the beasts and birds would eat of him until he would be raised from their bellies on the Day of Resurrection.' Then he did not pray the funeral prayer over him. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ vowed to mutilate thirty of the Quraysh if he prevailed over them, and when the Muslims saw the grief of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his anger, they said: 'By Allah, if we prevail over them one day, we shall mutilate them in a manner that none of the Arabs has ever done.' Then Allah revealed: 'And if you punish, then punish with the like of that with which you were punished. But if you are patient, it is better for the patient ones' [16:126].
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 25, Hadith 214
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 11852
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-48242