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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 10403

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ :
مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالُوا فِيهِ وَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : " مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ ؟ " . فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : أَنَا ، فَذَهَبَ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ خَطَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ خُطَّةً وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِيهَا ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْحَالِ رَجَعَ وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ .
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ ؟ " . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : أَنَا ، فَذَهَبَ فَرَآهُ فِي خَطِّهِ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي ، فَرَجَعَ وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ .
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مَنْ لَهُ - أَوْ : مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ - ؟ " فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : أَنَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَنْتَ ، وَلَا أَرَاكَ تُدْرِكُهُ " . فَانْطَلَقَ فَرَآهُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ .
رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The people said something about him and praised him, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will kill him?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I will." He went and found that the man had drawn a line around himself and was praying there. When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) saw him in that state, he came back and did not kill him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who will kill him?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I will." He went and saw that, within that line, the man was praying, so he came back and did not kill him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who will take care of him" (the narrator is unsure; perhaps the words are:) "Who will kill him?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I will." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You would do it, but I do not think that you will reach him." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went and saw that the man had already gone.
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب قتال أهل البغي / 10403
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