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of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, let him bear witness that his place is in the Fire.” (1)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept repeating those words while running his hand across the ground. Qutaybah heard this directly from him.

Shuʿbah narrated—through Abu Maslamah (2), through Abu Nadrah, through Abu Saʿid, who said: “Someone better than I—Abu Qatadah—told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿAmmar: ‘The rebellious faction will kill you.’ (3)”

Ibn Saʿd recorded: Abu al-Walid related to us; Ikrimah ibn ʿAmmar related to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr related to me that ʿUmar dispatched Abu Qatadah, and he slew the king of Persia with his own hand. The slain ruler was wearing a belt valued at fifteen thousand, and ʿUmar granted it to Abu Qatadah as a special award. (4)

Khalifah said: ʿAli appointed Abu Qatadah al-Ansari as governor of Mecca, then removed him and installed Qutham ibn al-ʿAbbas in his place. (5)

Maʿmar reported—from ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAqil—that when Muʿawiyah came to Medina, Abu Qatadah met him. Muʿawiyah said, “Everyone has come out to greet me except you, O assembly of the Ansar; what held you back?” They answered, “We had no mounts.” He replied, “Then where are the draft camels? (6)” Abu—

(1) Al-Suyuti cites it in al-Jamiʿ al-saghir and attributes it to Ibn ʿAdi; the report is mutawatir, transmitted by more than seventy Companions of the Prophet. For the documentation, see al-Jamiʿ al-saghir. (2) His name is Saʿid b. Yazid b. Salama al-Azdi, a reliable narrator whose hadiths are found in all six canonical collections; in the printed text it was mistakenly rendered “Abu Salama.” (3) Reported by Muslim, Fitan wa ashrat al-saʿa, no. 2915, and by Ahmad, 5/306. (4) All the transmitters in its chain are trustworthy. (5) Khalifa, Tarikh, p. 201. (6) nawadh (plural of nadih): camels used for drawing water; singular nadih.

اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ، فَلْيُشَهِّدْ لِجَنْبِهِ مَضْجِعاً مِنَ النَّارِ (١)) . وَجَعَلَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ ذَلِكَ، وَيَمْسَحُ الأَرْضَ بِيَدِهِ. سَمِعَهُ قُتَيْبَةُ مِنْهُ. شُعْبَةُ: عَنْ أَبِي مَسْلَمَةَ (٢) ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي أَبُو قَتَادَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ: (تَقْتُلُكَ الفِئَةُ البَاغِيَةُ (٣)) . ابْنُ سَعْدٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الوَلِيْدِ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ عُبَيْدِ بنِ عُمَيْرٍ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بَعَثَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ، فَقَتَلَ مَلِكَ فَارِسٍ بِيَدِهِ، وَعَلَيْهِ مِنْطَقَةٌ قِيْمَتُهَا خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً، فَنَفَلَهَا إِيَّاهُ عُمَرُ (٤) . قَالَ خَلِيْفَةُ: اسْتَعْمَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى مَكَّةَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ بِقُثَمَ بنِ العَبَّاسِ (٥) . مَعْمَرٌ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عَقِيْلٍ: أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَدِمَ المَدِيْنَةَ، فَلَقِيَهُ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ، فَقَالَ: تَلَقَّانِي النَّاسُ كُلُّهُم غَيْرَكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَمَا مَنَعَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا: لَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا دَوَابٌّ. قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ النَّوَاضِحُ (٦) ؟. قَالَ أَبُو

(١) ذكره السيوطي في " الجامع الصغير "، ونسبه لابن عدي، وهو حديث متواتر، رواه أكثر من سبعين صحابيا عن رسول الله ﷺ. انظر تخريجها في " الجامع الصغير ". (٢) اسمه: سعيد بن يزيد بن سلمة الأزدي، ثقة، أخرج حديثه الستة، وقد تحرف في " المطبوع " إلى " أبي سلمة ". (٣) أخرجه مسلم (٢٩١٥) في الفتن وأشراط الساعة، وأحمد ٥ / ٣٠٦. (٤) رجاله ثقات. (٥) " تاريخ خليفة ": ٢٠١. (٦) النواضح: الابل يستقى عليها. الواحد: ناضح.