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Bayhaqi 18094 — The killing of Abu Rafi Abdullah bin Abi al-Huqayq

وَأَمَّا تَارِيخُ قَتْلِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ، وَتَارِيخُ عُمْرَتِهِ، فَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ هُوَ ابْنُ يَسَارٍ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا انْقَضَى أَمْرُ الْخَنْدَقِ وَأَمْرُ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، وَكَانَ أَبُو رَافِعٍ سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ مِمَّنْ كَانَ حَزَّبَ الْأَحْزَابَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، اسْتَأْذَنَتِ الْخَزْرَجُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي قَتْلِ سَلَّامِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ، وَكَانَ بِخَيْبَرَ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فِيهِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ غَزَا بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ فِي شَعْبَانَ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ مُعْتَمِرًا عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ ". قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: " ثُمَّ كَانَتْ عُمْرَتُهُ الَّتِي تُسَمَّى عُمْرَةَ الْقَضَاءِ، ثُمَّ عُمْرَةُ الْجِعْرَانَةِ، ثُمَّ عُمْرَتُهُ فِي سَنَةِ حَجَّتِهِ، كُلُّهُنَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَتْلُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ كَانَ قَبْلَهُنَّ، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ نَهْيُهُ فِي قِصَّةِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ نَاسِخًا لِحَدِيثِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ الَّذِي كَانَ بَعْدَهُ؟ وَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ هَاجَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَاتَ فِي خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ سَمَاعُهُ الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ مَا هَاجَرَ فَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا بَعْدَ قِصَّةِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ، فَإِنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ الْهَدِيَّةِ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَا الْتَقَى بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَيَكُونُ وَجْهُ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ مَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ مِنَ اخْتِلَافِ الْحَالَيْنِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ ".
Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar said: When the affair of the Trench and of Banu Qurayzah was over, Abu Rafi' Sallam bin Abi al-Huqayq, who had assembled the confederate armies against the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): the people of al-Khazraj sought permission to kill Sallam bin Abi al-Huqayq. He was in Khaybar at that time, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave them permission. Then the campaign of Banu al-Mustaliq took place in Sha'ban, 6 AH. Then, in Dhu al-Qa'dah of the year of Hudaybiyah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out to perform Umrah.
Al-Shaykh said: After that came his (peace and blessings be upon him) Umrat al-Qada', then the one from al-Ji'ranah, then the Umrah he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed with his Hajj, and Ibn Abi al-Huqayq had been killed before them.
So how can his prohibition of killing women and children in the story of Ibn Abi al-Huqayq abrogate the hadith of al-Sa'b bin Jaththamah (may Allah be pleased with him), which came after it? They claim that he emigrated to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and died during the caliphate of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). If he heard it from him (peace and blessings be upon him) after emigrating, that too is after the story of Ibn Abi al-Huqayq, for the hadith of the gift shows that this was his first meeting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So the way to reconcile the two hadiths is what Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) pointed to: the two situations are different. And Allah knows best.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18094
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