مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المدنيين رضي الله عنهم اجمعينMusnad of the Madinans
حَدِیث الاَسوَدِ بنِ سَرِیع رَضِیَ اللَّه تَعَالَى عَنهHadith of al-Aswad ibn Sari‘ (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 16303
اُردوEn
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَصَّ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي الْمَسْجِدَ الْجَامِعَ ، قَالَ : غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْبَعَ غَزَوَاتٍ ، قَالَ : فَتَنَاوَلَ قَوْمٌ الذُّرِّيَّةَ بَعْدَمَا قَتَلُوا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " أَلَا مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ قَتَلُوا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ حَتَّى تَنَاوَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ ؟ " قَالَ : فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَوَلَيْسَ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ؟ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ نَسَمَةٌ تُولَدُ إِلَّا وُلِدَتْ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَمَا تَزَالُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى يُبِينَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا فَأَبَوَاهَا يُهَوِّدَانِهَا أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهَا " قَالَ : وَأَخْفَاهَا الْحَسَنُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Aswad bin Sari’ that on the occasion of the Battle of Hunayn, the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent out a detachment: they fought against the polytheists, and as the fighting intensified, it reached the point where their children were also killed. When those people returned, the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked them, “What compelled you to kill the children?” They replied, “O Messenger of Allah! They were the children of the polytheists.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Are not the best among you the children of polytheists? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, every soul that is born in this world is born upon the natural disposition (fitrah) until its tongue expresses itself, and it is its parents who make it a Jew or a Christian.”
