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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند جابر
Musnad of Jabir
مُسْنَدُ جَابِرٍ
Musnad of Jabir
Musnad Abi Ya'la 2265 — Sayyiduna Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah wrote
حَدَّثَنَا كَامِلٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ ، أَنَّ حَاطِبَ بْنَ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَرَادَ غَزْوَهُمْ ، فَدُلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ مَعَهَا الْكِتَابُ ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا ، فَأُخِذَ كِتَابُهَا مِنْ رَأْسِهَا ، فَقَالَ : يَا حَاطِبُ أَفَعَلْتَ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُ غِشًّا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَا نِفَاقًا ، قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ مُظْهِرٌ رَسُولَهُ وَمُتَمِّمٌ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ ، وَكَانَتْ وَالِدَتِي مَعَهُمْ ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَهَا عِنْدَهُمْ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ : أَلَا أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ : تَقْتُلُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ ؟ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ : اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ ؟ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to the people of Makkah in which he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to attack them. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed about the woman who had the letter, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent (his messengers) to her, and the letter was taken out from the hair of her head. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Hatib, did you do this?" He said: "Yes, but I did not do it out of ill will towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or out of hypocrisy. Rather, I knew that Allah Almighty would certainly give His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) victory and complete his affair for him. But since I had lived among them, and my mother was with them in Makkah, I wanted to do them some favour by which my mother would have some protection there." At this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Shall I not strike off the neck of this man?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Would you kill a man who is one of the people of Badr? What do you know? Perhaps Allah Almighty has looked upon the people of Badr and Himself said: 'Do whatever you wish (I have forgiven you).'"
