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سنن سعید بن منصور
Sunan Sa'id
كتاب الجهادBook of Jihad
حَدِيثُ السَّفَطَيْنِThe Hadith of the Two Containers
Hadith 3654
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ قَالَ: نا أَبُو الْحَتْرُوشِ شَمْلَةُ بْنُ هَزَّالٍ قَالَ: نا قَتَادَةُ، أَسْنَدَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ بَرِيدٌ يَخْتَلِفُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مَلَكِ الرُّومِ، وَأَنَّ امْرَأَةَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ اسْتَقْرَضَتْ دِينَارًا، فَاشْتَرَتْ بِهِ عِطْرًا، فَجَعَلَتْ فِي قَوَارِيرَ، فَبَعَثَتْ بِهِ مَعَ الْبَرِيدِ إِلَى امْرَأَةِ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ، فَمَا أَتَاهَا بِهِ فَرَّغَتْهُنَّ، وَمَلَأَتْهُنَّ جَوْهَرًا، وَقَالَتْ: اذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى امْرَأَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا بِهِ فَرَّغَتْهُنَّ عَلَى بِسَاطٍ لَهَا، فَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ عَلَى تَفِيئَةِ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا هَذَا يَا هَذِهِ؟» قَالَتْ: إِنِّي اسْتَقْرَضْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ دِينَارًا، فَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ عِطْرًا، فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي قَوَارِيرَ، وَبَعَثْتُ بِهِ - تَعْنِي مَعَ بَرِيدِكَ - إِلَى امْرَأَةِ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهِ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: «يَا فُلَانُ خُذْ هَذَا فَاذْهَبْ بِهِ، فَبِعْهُ، فَاقْضِ بِهِ فُلَانًا دِينَارًا، وَاجْعَلْ بَقِيَّتَهُ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، لَيْسَ آلُ عُمَرَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ»
It is narrated from Hazrat Qatadah, may Allah have mercy on him, that he transmitted a hadith with a chain of narration to Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, that he had a messenger who used to deliver messages between him and the king of Rome. The wife of Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, borrowed a dinar from someone and bought perfume with it, filled it in bottles, and sent it through the messenger to the wife of the king of Rome. When the messenger arrived there, the king’s wife took out the perfume and filled the bottles with precious jewels and sent them back, saying: “Give these to the wife of the Commander of the Faithful, Umar.” When these bottles returned, Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, entered the house and saw the bottles and said: “O woman! What is this?” She replied: “I borrowed a dinar from such-and-such person, bought perfume, filled it in bottles, and sent it through the messenger to the wife of the king of Rome, so she sent these jewels.” Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “O so-and-so! Take these, sell them, pay off the debt, and deposit the remaining wealth in the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal); the family of Umar is not more entitled to it than the Muslims.”
Brief Explanation
Investigation of the Cause: Abu al-Hatresh Shamlah bin Hazzal is majhool (unknown). Yahya ibn Ma'in said: "He is nothing." Lisan al-Mizan: (4 / 261). Qatadah is a mudallis (one who practices tadlis), and here he is narrating with 'an' (the word "from" without explicit mention of hearing), and there is no explicit statement of hearing (tasreeh al-sama'). The narration of a mudallis with 'an'anah is not accepted unless he explicitly states hearing. Therefore, there is weakness present in this chain.
