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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1697 — the Prophet ﷺ sent out a raiding party
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَرْبٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ . عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً ، فَغَنِمُوا ، وَفِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ ، عَشِقْتُ امْرَأَةً ، فَلَحِقْتُهَا ، فَدَعُونِي أَنْظُرْ إِلَيْهَا نَظْرَةً ، ثُمَّ اصْنَعُوا بِي مَا بَدَا لَكُمْ ، فَنَظَرُوا ، فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ أَدْمَاءُ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا : أَسْلِمِي حُبَيْشُ قَبْلَ نَفَادِ الْعَيْشِ . أَرَأَيْتِ لَوِ اتَّبَعْتُكُمْ فَلَحِقْتُكُمْ بِحَلْبَةٍ أَوْ أَلْفَيْتُكُمْ بِالْخَوَانِقِ أَمَا كَانَ حَقًّا أَنْ يُنَوَّلَ عَاشِقٌ تَكَلَّفَ إِدْلَاجَ السُّرَى وَالْوَدَائِقِ قَالَتْ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَيْتُكَ ، فَقَدَّمُوهُ ، فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ ، فَجَاءَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ، فَوَقَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ ، فَشَهِقَتْ شَهْقَةً أَوْ شَهْقَتَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- أَخْبَرُوهُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- : أَمَا كَانَ فِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَحِيمٌ ؟ . I " لَا يُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَرْبٍ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out a raiding party (sariyyah). They took spoils, and among them (the captives) was a man who said: "I am not one of them (the enemy); rather, I fell in love with a woman and followed her all the way here. So give me respite to look at her once, then do with me whatever you wish." So they looked, and she was a tall woman of tawny complexion. The man addressed her, saying: "O Hubaysh, be at peace before life comes to an end. Do you see, if I had followed you and caught up with you at Halbah, or met you at al-Khawaniq, would that lover not have had some right, who bore the hardships of travelling through the darkness of night and the scorching midday?" The woman replied: "Yes, may I be ransomed for you!" Then they brought him forward and struck off his head. The woman came and stood over (his body), gave one or two deep gasps, and then she too died.
When they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him of this incident, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Was there not a single merciful man among you?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) only with this chain, and Muhammad bin Ali bin Harb (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
When they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him of this incident, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Was there not a single merciful man among you?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) only with this chain, and Muhammad bin Ali bin Harb (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
