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fear it for him, except Muhammad ibn Maslama, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say to him, ‘Tribulation will not harm you.’” (1).

Tha‘laba ibn Dubay‘a (2) reported: “We visited Hudhayfa, who said, ‘I know a man whom tribulation will not harm in the least.’ We then went out and came upon a pitched tent. We entered it and found Muhammad ibn Maslama inside. We asked him about this, and he replied, ‘I do not wish to be within any of their cities until the tribulation clears and its outcome becomes evident.’” Both were narrated (3) by Abū Dāwūd (4).

[Chapter: Events Occurring within the Muslim Community, on the Basis of Interpretive Judgment, Affecting Lives, Property, and Honor]

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Among the matters that should be understood is that acts based on interpretive judgment (5) occur within the Muslim community and affect lives, property, and honor, such as fighting, cursing, and declaring others unbelievers. It is established in the two Sahih collections that Usāma ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

“The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched us on an expedition. We made a dawn raid upon al-Huraqāt of Juhayna, and I caught up with a man and bore down on him with my sword,

(1) The hadith of Hudhayfa ibn al-Yamān (may Allah be pleased with him) is found in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 4/300 (Book of the Sunnah, chapter “Evidence for Refraining from Speaking during Tribulation”). The following hadith immediately follows it in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd* (same location), where the name is likewise given as Thaʿlaba ibn Dubayʿa. (2) N reads: “ibn Sayʿa”; M and W read: “ibn Subʿa.” *Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb*, 4/443, states: “He is Dayʿa ibn Husayn al-Thaʿlabī, Abū Thaʿlaba; he is also said to be Thaʿlaba ibn Dubayʿa al-Kūfī. He narrated from Hudhayfa and Muhammad ibn Maslama, while Abū Burda ibn Abī Mūsā al-Ashʿarī narrated from him. Ibn Hibbān mentioned him in *al-Thiqāt*. Abū Dāwūd transmitted one hadith from him concerning tribulation through two routes, naming him Dubayʿa in one and Thaʿlaba in the other. Al-Bukhārī and others considered Dubayʿa the more likely name.” (3) A and B read: “He narrated it.” (4) See T [0–9]. (5) N and M read: “Matters occur within it on the basis of interpretive judgment.”

أَخَافُهَا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ ; فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ لَهُ: " لَا تَضُرُّكَ الْفِتْنَةُ» (١) . وَعَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ ضُبَيْعَةَ (٢) قَالَ: «دَخَلْنَا عَلَى حُذَيْفَةَ فَقَالَ: " إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ رَجُلًا لَا تَضُرُّهُ الْفِتْنَةُ شَيْئًا، فَخَرَجْنَا فَإِذَا فُسْطَاطٌ مَضْرُوبٌ فَدَخَلْنَا فَإِذَا فِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ يَشْتَمِلَ عَلَيَّ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَمْصَارِهِمْ حَتَّى تَنْجَلِيَ عَمَّا انْجَلَتْ» " رَوَاهُمَا (٣) أَبُو دَاوُدَ (٤) . [فصل وقوع أمور فِي الأمة بالتأويل في دِمَائِهَا وَأَمْوَالِهَا وَأَعْرَاضِهَا] (فَصْلٌ) . وَمِمَّا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعْلَمَ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ يَقَعُ فِيهَا أُمُورٌ بِالتَّأْوِيلِ (٥) فِي دِمَائِهَا وَأَمْوَالِهَا وَأَعْرَاضِهَا، كَالْقِتَالِ وَاللَّعْنِ وَالتَّكْفِيرِ. وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ «عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي سَرِيَّةٍ، فَصَبَّحْنَا الْحُرَقَاتِ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ، فَأَدْرَكْتُ رَجُلًا فَعَلَوْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ،

(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٣٠٠ (كِتَابُ السُّنَّةِ، بَابُ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى تَرْكِ الْكَلَامِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ) . وَالْحَدِيثُ التَّالِي هُوَ الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي يَتْلُوهُ فِي: سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ (نَفْسِ الْمَوْضِعِ) . وَفِيهِ أَيْضًا: ثَعْلَبَةُ بْنُ ضُبَيْعَةَ. (٢) ن: بْنِ صَيْعَةَ ; م، و: بْنِ صُبْعَةَ. وَفِي " تَهْذِيبِ التَّهْذِيبِ ": ٤/٤٤٣ هُوَ ضَيْعَةُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ أَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ، وَيُقَالُ: ثَعْلَبَةُ بْنُ ضُبَيْعَةَ الْكُوفِيُّ. رَوَى عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ، وَعَنْهُ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ. ذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ فِي الثِّقَاتِ رَوَى لَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدِيثًا وَاحِدًا فِي ذِكْرِ الْفِتْنَةِ مِنْ وَجْهَيْنِ سَمَّاهُ فِي أَحَدِهِمَا ضُبَيْعَةَ وَفِي الْآخَرِ ثَعْلَبَةَ وَقَدْ رَجَّحَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ أَنَّهُ ضُبَيْعَةُ. (٣) أ، ب: رَوَاهُ. (٤) انْظُرْ ت [٠ - ٩] (٥) ن، م: فِيهَا بِالتَّأْوِيلِ أَمُورٌ.