Al-Thamar al-Mustatab - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (1/280)

Al-Thamar al-MustatabNasir al-Din al-Albani

(Problematic report) — Yūnus narrated from al-Zuhrī who said: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn informed me that al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī—may Allah be pleased with him—told him that ʿAlī said:

“I owned a she-camel that had fallen to my lot from the spoils on the Day of Badr, and the Prophet ﷺ had given me another she-camel from the khums. When I resolved to marry Fāṭimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I made an arrangement with a gold-smith from the Banū Qaynuqāʿ to travel with me so that we could bring back idhkhar (sweet-smelling rush). I intended to sell it to the gold-smiths and use the proceeds for the wedding feast.

While I was gathering for my two she-camels the gear of saddles, saddle-bags, and ropes—and the animals were kneeling beside the lodging of a man from the Anṣār—I returned after finishing my preparations to find that their humps had been cut off, their flanks ripped open, and pieces of their livers removed. I could not hold back my tears at the sight.

I asked, ‘Who did this?’ They said, ‘Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib did it; he is in that house, drinking with some men of the Anṣār.’

I went straight in to the Prophet ﷺ—Zayd ibn Ḥārithah was with him—and the Prophet ﷺ perceived from my face what I had encountered. He said, ‘What is the matter with you?’ I replied, ‘Messenger of Allah, I have never seen anything like today: Ḥamzah set upon my two she-camels, cut off their humps, split their sides—and there he is, in a house with some drinking companions.’

The Prophet ﷺ called for his cloak, put it on, and set out on foot, while I and Zayd ibn Ḥārithah followed behind him until we came to the house where Ḥamzah was. He asked permission, and they let him in; they were engaged in drinking.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to reprimand Ḥamzah for what he had done. But Ḥamzah was intoxicated, his eyes blood-red. He looked at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then lifted his gaze and looked at His knees, then lifted it again and looked at His navel, then lifted it again and looked at His face. Then Ḥamzah said, ‘Are you anything but…’

(المشكل) يونس عن الزهري قال: أخبرني علي بن الحسين أن حسين بن علي ﵉: أخبره أن عليا قال: كانت لي شارف من نصيبي من المغنم يوم بدر وكان النبي ﷺ أعطاني شارفا من الخمس فلما أردت أن أبتني بفاطمة بنت رسول الله ﷺ واعدت رجلا صواغا من بني قينقاع أن يرتحل معي فنأتي بإذخر أردت أن أبيعه الصواغين وأستعين به في وليمة عرس فبينا أنا أجمع لشارفي متاعا من الأقتاب والغرائر والحبال وشارفاي مناختان إلى جنب حجرة رجل من الأنصار رجعت حين جمعت ما جمعت فإذا شارفاي قد أجبت أسنمتهما وبقرت خواصرهما وأخذ من أكبادهما فلم أملك عيني حين رأيت ذلك المنظر منهما فقلت: من فعل هذا؟ فقال: فعل حمزة بن عبد المطلب وهو في هذا البيت في شرب من الأنصار فانطلقت حتى أدخل على النبي ﷺ وعنده زيد بن حارثة فعرف النبي ﷺ في وجهي الذي لقيت فقال النبي ﷺ: مالك؟ فقلت: يا رسول الله ما رأيت كاليوم قط عدا حمزة على ناقتي فأجب أسنمتهما وبقر خواصرهما وها هو ذا في بيت معه شرب فدعا النبي ﷺ بردائه فارتدى ثم انطلق يمشي واتبعته أنا وزيد بن حارثة حتى جاء البيت الذي فيه حمزة فاستاذن فأذنوا لهم فإذا هم شرب فطفق رسول الله ﷺ يلوم حمزة فيما فعل فإذا حمزة قد ثمل محمرة عيناه فنظر حمزة إلى رسول الله ﷺ ثم صعد النظر فنظر إلى ركبتيه ثم صعد النظر فنظر إلى سرته ثم صعد النظر فنظر إلى وجهه ثم قال حمزة: هل أنتم إلا