Hadith #209
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنٌ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ حَاطِبَ بْنَ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرَادَ غَزْوَهُمْ فَدُلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي مَعَهَا الْكِتَابُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَأُخِذَ كِتَابُهَا مِنْ رَأْسِهَا وَقَالَ يَا حَاطِبُ أَفَعَلْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُ غِشًّا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ يُونُسُ
غِشًّا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَا نِفَاقًا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ مُظْهِرٌ رَسُولَهُ وَمُتِمٌّ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ عَزِيزًا بَيْنَ ظَهْرِيهِمْ وَكَانَتْ وَالِدَتِي مِنْهُمْ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ هَذَا عِنْدَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَلَا أَضْرِبُ رَأْسَ هَذَا قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ مَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ
Isnad Chain
حجين ويونس
الليث بن سعد
أبي الزبير
جابر بن عبد الله
English Translation
Hujayn and Yunus narrated to us, they said: al-Layth ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn Abdullah (رضي الله عنهما) — that Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah wrote to the people of Makkah informing them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was marching toward them. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of this, so he sent Ali and al-Zubayr and said: 'You will find a woman at Rawdat Khakh who has a letter — take it from her.' They found her and said: 'Bring out the letter.' She said: 'I have no letter.' They said: 'Bring out the letter, or we will strip you.' So she brought it out from her braid. the Prophet ﷺ summoned Hatib and said: 'What is this, O Hatib?' He said: 'Do not be hasty with me, O Messenger of Allah. I was a man attached to Quraysh but not of them, and the Muhajirun with you have kinship ties by which they protect their families. I wanted, since I lacked that connection, to take a means among them by which I could protect my family.' Umar said: 'Let me strike his neck.' the Prophet ﷺ said: 'He was present at Badr, and what do you know — perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do what you wish, for I have forgiven you.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 29, Hadith 209
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 14247
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-50637