Hadith 3264

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، " أَنَّ ثَمَانِينَ هَبَطُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ مِنْ جَبَلِ التَّنْعِيمِ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَهُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ ، فَأُخِذُوا أَخْذًا ، فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ : وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ سورة الفتح آية 24 الْآيَةَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Narrated Anas:` that eighty people swooped down from the mountain of At-Tan'im to kill the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during Salat As-Subh, but he captured them and (later) let them go. So Allah revealed the Ayah: And it is He Who has withheld their hands from you and your hands from them (48:24).
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3264
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (2408)
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح مسلم/الجھاد 46 (1808) ، سنن ابی داود/ الجھاد 130 (2688) ( تحفة الأشراف : 309) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
He is the One Who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them.
( , al-Fath: 24)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3264
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Mutasallihin:
Armed,
Equipped with weapons,
Ghurrat,
Heedlessness and unawareness.
(2)
Salma:
According to Qadi Iyad,
Its meaning is: they were taken captive, and according to Khattabi,
They laid down their weapons,
As is mentioned in the Noble Qur’an.
(3)
﴿وَاَلقَوْاإِلَيْكَمُ السَّلم﴾ “They laid down their weapons before you,”
They became obedient to you,
Because they could not withstand confrontation.
(4)
Fa-istahyaahum:
You kept them alive,
Meaning you pardoned them,
So that reconciliation could take place and it would not end at the very beginning.

Benefits and Issues:
During the stay at Hudaybiyyah, a group of eighty (80) armed young men from Makkah descended from Mount Tan‘eem to provoke you and the Muslims,
The Muslims captured all of them alive,
(The Muslims’ act of capturing is attributed to you, and the same is the case with (kataba) “he wrote,” that it was written by your command, so in various hadiths the act of writing is attributed to you.)
Since you, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, desired reconciliation,
You ordered all of them to be released,
Then this verse was revealed.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4679
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Allah Ta'ala says:
(فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنًّا بَعْدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَاءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا) (Muhammad: 4)
When you meet those who disbelieve in battle,
then strike their necks.
When you have thoroughly subdued them, then bind them firmly as captives.
Afterwards, you have the option: either show favor and release them, or take ransom (compensation and exchange) for them,
until the war lays down its burdens.

Benefit: These people were enthusiastic and warlike youths of the Quraysh,
who, contrary to the opinion of their elders, were not in favor of making peace with the Muslims.
They devised this dangerous plan on their own, which Allah Ta'ala rendered void.
Then the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) released them as a favor, without taking any ransom.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2688