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مستدرکِ حاکم
Mustadrak al-Hakim
كتاب معرفة الصحابة رضي الله تعالى عنهم
Book of Knowing the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)
ذِكْرُ مَقْتَلِ مَرْحَبٍ بِيَدِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ
The killing of Marhab at the hands of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 5955
اُردوEn
حدثنا أبو العباس محمد بن يعقوب، حدثنا أحمد بن عبد الجبّار، حدثنا يونس بن بُكَير، عن ابن إسحاق، حدثني أبو ليلى عبد الله بن سهل أحدُ بني حارثة، عن جابر بن عبد الله بن عمرو، قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: "مَن لِهذا الخَبِيثِ مَرحَبٍ؟ " فقال محمد بن مَسلَمة: أنا يا رسول الله، فقال: "قُمْ إليه، اللهم أعِنْهُ" فقام محمد بن مَسلَمة. قال: جابرٌ: فواللهِ ما رأيت حَرْبًا بين رجُلَين شهدتُه مثلَها؛ لما دَنَا أحدُهما من صاحِبِهِ وَقَعَت بينهما شَجَرةٌ، فجعَل أحدُهما يَلُوذُ بها من صاحبِه، فإذا استَتَر منها بشيءٍ، وجَدَّ صاحِبُه ما يَلِيه منها حتى يَخلُصَ إليه، فما زالا يَتحَرّفانِه بأسيافِهما، فضربَ محمدُ بن مَسْلَمة سيفَه بالدَّرَقة، فوقع فيها سيفُه ولم يَقدِر مَرحَبٌ أَن يَنزِعَ سيفَه، فضربَه محمدٌ فقتَلَه (1).
هذا حديث صحيح على شرط مسلم، ولم يُخرجاه، على أنَّ الأخبارَ مُتواترةٌ بأسانيدَ كثيرةٍ أنَّ قاتلَ مَرحَبٍ أميرُ المؤمنين عليُّ بن أبي طالب ﵁، فمنها:
هذا حديث صحيح على شرط مسلم، ولم يُخرجاه، على أنَّ الأخبارَ مُتواترةٌ بأسانيدَ كثيرةٍ أنَّ قاتلَ مَرحَبٍ أميرُ المؤمنين عليُّ بن أبي طالب ﵁، فمنها:
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will take responsibility for putting an end to the evil of this wicked Marhab?" Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! I am here. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go to him. O Allah, help him." So Muhammad bin Maslamah stood up. Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! I have never seen a fight between two men like the one that took place there. When the two came near each other, a tree came between them, and one of them began to take cover behind the tree to protect himself from the other. Whenever one of them was hidden, the other would reach him from behind. The two kept striking at each other again and again with their swords. Then Muhammad bin Maslamah blocked his sword's blow with his shield, and his sword got stuck in the shield, and Marhab was unable to pull it out. Then Muhammad bin Maslamah struck him and killed him.
This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it, although there are mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports with many chains of narration stating that the killer of Marhab was the Commander of the Believers, Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), one of which is the following:
This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it, although there are mutawatir (mass-transmitted) reports with many chains of narration stating that the killer of Marhab was the Commander of the Believers, Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), one of which is the following:
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Adil Murshid et al.
(1) إسناده حسن من أجل محمد بن إسحاق، لكن الأصحَّ أنَّ قاتل مرحب اليهودي يوم خيبر هو علي بن أبي طالب كما سيشير إليه المصنف بإثر هذا الخبر. وانظر التعليق عليه في "مسند أحمد" 23/ (15134) حيث خرَّجه من طريق إبراهيم بن سعد الزهري، عن ابن إسحاق، به.
Grading: Its chain is hasan because of Muhammad bin Ishaq.
Important point: But the more correct view is that the one who killed Marhab the Jew on the day of Khaybar was 'Ali bin Abi Talib, as the author (al-Hakim) will indicate right after this report. See the commentary on it in "Musnad Ahmad" (23/ 15134), where he recorded it by way of Ibrahim bin Sa'd al-Zuhri, from Ibn Ishaq, with it.
وانظر "فتح الباري" لابن حجر 12/ 407.
Reference / Source: See Ibn Hajar's "Fath al-Bari" (12/ 407).
والدَّرَقة: التُّرسُ الذي ليس فيه خَشَب ولا عَصَب، والعصب ما تُعمَل منه الأوتار.
Note / Clarification: "al-daraqah": a shield that has neither wood nor sinew in it; "sinew" ('asab) is what bowstrings are made from.
وقوله: يتحرّفانه، هكذا جاء في نسخنا الخطية، والظاهر أنها بمعنى يقف كل واحدٍ منهما على حَرْفٍ - أي جهة - مما بقي من الشجرة بعد قطعهما أغصانَها، والله أعلم.
Note / Clarification: "yatatharrafanihi": this is how it came in our manuscripts. Apparently it means that each of the two stood on a side (harf, i.e. a direction) of what remained of the tree after they had cut off its branches. Allah knows best.
Grading: Its chain is hasan because of Muhammad bin Ishaq.
Important point: But the more correct view is that the one who killed Marhab the Jew on the day of Khaybar was 'Ali bin Abi Talib, as the author (al-Hakim) will indicate right after this report. See the commentary on it in "Musnad Ahmad" (23/ 15134), where he recorded it by way of Ibrahim bin Sa'd al-Zuhri, from Ibn Ishaq, with it.
وانظر "فتح الباري" لابن حجر 12/ 407.
Reference / Source: See Ibn Hajar's "Fath al-Bari" (12/ 407).
والدَّرَقة: التُّرسُ الذي ليس فيه خَشَب ولا عَصَب، والعصب ما تُعمَل منه الأوتار.
Note / Clarification: "al-daraqah": a shield that has neither wood nor sinew in it; "sinew" ('asab) is what bowstrings are made from.
وقوله: يتحرّفانه، هكذا جاء في نسخنا الخطية، والظاهر أنها بمعنى يقف كل واحدٍ منهما على حَرْفٍ - أي جهة - مما بقي من الشجرة بعد قطعهما أغصانَها، والله أعلم.
Note / Clarification: "yatatharrafanihi": this is how it came in our manuscripts. Apparently it means that each of the two stood on a side (harf, i.e. a direction) of what remained of the tree after they had cut off its branches. Allah knows best.
Source: Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn (Takhrij & Tahqiq: Shaykh Adil Murshid et al.), Page: 5955
