صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب المغازيThe Book of Al- Maghazi
بَابُ غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ:Chapter. The Ghazwa of Al- Hudaibiya.
Hadith 4163
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودٌ , حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ , عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ , عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ , قَالَ : انْطَلَقْتُ حَاجًّا فَمَرَرْتُ بِقَوْمٍ يُصَلُّونَ قُلْتُ : مَا هَذَا الْمَسْجِدُ ؟ قَالُوا : هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ حَيْثُ بَايَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ , فَأَتَيْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ , فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ , فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِيمَنْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ , قَالَ : فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ نَسِينَاهَا فَلَمْ نَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا , فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ : " إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوهَا وَعَلِمْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ , فَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ " .
Narrated Tariq bin `Abdur-Rahman: When I set out for Hajj, I passed by some people offering a prayer, I asked, "What is this mosque?" They said, "This is the Tree where Allah's Apostle took the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance. Then I went to Sa`id bin Musaiyab and informed him about it. Sa`id said, "My father said that he was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle beneath the Tree. He (i.e. my father) said, "When we set out the following year, we forgot the Tree and were unable to recognize it. "Then Sa`id said (perhaps ironically) "The companions of the Prophet could not recognize it; nevertheless, you do recognize it; therefore you have a better knowledge."
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
The scholars have written that since the pledge of Ridwan (Bay‘at al-Ridwan) took place under this tree, and goodness, blessing, and tranquility descended there, if this tree had remained specified and known, there was a risk that people, gradually, in their reverence and veneration, would fall into excess and eventually begin to worship it. Then, considering it as beneficial or harmful, they would turn it into a place of festivity, as is confirmed by this narration in Sahih al-Bukhari.
Tariq bin ‘Abd al-Rahman rahimahullah narrates:
I went for Hajj and saw some people praying at a certain place. I asked, “Which mosque is this?” They replied, “This is the tree under which the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam took the pledge of Ridwan.” Upon this, Sa‘id bin al-Musayyib said, “My father was present at that pledge, but even he could not locate the tree the following year. So how did these people come to know of it?” It is as if people, considering a certain tree to be that tree, made it into a mosque. In this way, a danger arose. Therefore, ‘Umar radi Allahu anhu had that tree cut down, so that the door to shirk and innovation would not be opened through it.
Benefits and Issues:
The scholars have written that since the pledge of Ridwan (Bay‘at al-Ridwan) took place under this tree, and goodness, blessing, and tranquility descended there, if this tree had remained specified and known, there was a risk that people, gradually, in their reverence and veneration, would fall into excess and eventually begin to worship it. Then, considering it as beneficial or harmful, they would turn it into a place of festivity, as is confirmed by this narration in Sahih al-Bukhari.
Tariq bin ‘Abd al-Rahman rahimahullah narrates:
I went for Hajj and saw some people praying at a certain place. I asked, “Which mosque is this?” They replied, “This is the tree under which the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam took the pledge of Ridwan.” Upon this, Sa‘id bin al-Musayyib said, “My father was present at that pledge, but even he could not locate the tree the following year. So how did these people come to know of it?” It is as if people, considering a certain tree to be that tree, made it into a mosque. In this way, a danger arose. Therefore, ‘Umar radi Allahu anhu had that tree cut down, so that the door to shirk and innovation would not be opened through it.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4821
