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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
أول مسند البصريينFirst Part of Musnad of the Basrans
وَمِنْ حَدِيثِ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَAnd from the hadith of Samurah ibn Jundub about the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ " , قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ : سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ : " اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ " قَالَ : يَقُولُ : الشَّيْخُ لَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ ، وَالشَّابُّ ، أَيْ يُسْلِمُ ، كَأَنَّهُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ ، قَالَ : الشَّرْخُ : الشَّبَابُ.
It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kill the elderly among the polytheists and keep their youth alive." The son of Imam Ahmad says that I asked my father for an explanation of this hadith, so he said: "An old man generally does not accept Islam, whereas a young man does; thus, the young are closer to Islam compared to the old."
