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the prescribed alms, but he acted treacherously toward him, disobeyed his command, and killed Muslims. ‘The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then stood to address his Companions (1), denouncing him, and raised his hands (2) toward heaven until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen, saying: “O Allah, I declare myself innocent before You of what Khālid has done.”’ He then dispatched the Commander of the Faithful to him to make amends for his misdeed (3), and ordered him (4) to secure the people’s satisfaction regarding what Khālid had done.”
K: “the people, and he did so.”
It may be said in response: As for calling Khālid the Sword of Allah, this designation was not exclusive to him. Rather, he was “one of Allah’s swords, which Allah unsheathed against the polytheists.” This is how it is reported in the hadith from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—(5). The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was the first to call him by this
(1) N reads: “addressing his Companions.”
(2) A and B read: “his hand.”
(3) A and B read: “his misdeed.”
(4) A, B, and S read: “that.”
(5) Al-Albānī graded the hadith authentic in *Sahīh al-Jāmi al-Saghīr*, 3/105. Al-Suyūtī stated that Ibn Asākir transmitted it from Umar. The hadith appears in *al-Musnad* (al-Maārif ed.), 1/173, no. 43, on the authority of Abū Bakr al-Siddīq—may Allah be pleased with him. Its wording is: “…Abū Bakr appointed Khālid ibn al-Walīd to lead the fight against the apostates and said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say: “What an excellent servant of Allah and kinsman Khālid ibn al-Walīd is! He is one of Allah’s swords, which Allah—Mighty and Majestic—has unsheathed against the disbelievers and hypocrites.”’” Shaykh Ahmad Shākir—may Allah have mercy on him—graded the hadith authentic, stating: “Its chain of transmission is authentic. See *Majma al-Zawāid*, 9/348.” In *Silsilat al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha*, 3/241, hadith no. 1237, al-Albānī stated that the hadith with this wording was related by al-Hākim in *al-Mustadrak*, 3/298. Al-Hākim said, “Its chain of transmission is authentic,” and al-Dhahabī made no comment on it. It was also related by Ibn Asākir (5/271, 2/17 \ 372). See al-Albānī’s discussion, 3/239–242. See also the three hadiths with the same meaning cited by al-Suyūtī in *Sahīh al-Jāmi al-Saghīr* and graded authentic by al-Albānī (nos. 3201, 3202, and 3203), on the authority of Abd Allāh ibn Jafar, Umar ibn al-Khattāb, and Abū Ubayda ibn al-Jarrāh—may Allah be pleased with them. See also al-Tabrīzī, *Mishkāt al-Masābīh*, 3/284–285, hadith nos. 6248 and 6253; and *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 5/352 (Book of Merits, chapter on the merits of Khālid…).
الصَّدَقَاتِ، فَخَانَهُ وَخَالَفَهُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَقَتَلَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، «فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي أَصْحَابِهِ خَطِيبًا
(١)
بِالْإِنْكَارِ عَلَيْهِ رَافِعًا يَدَيْهِ
(٢)
إِلَى السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى شُوهِدَ بَيَاضُ إِبِطَيْهِ،
وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:
" اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ خَالِدٌ» ، ثُمَّ أَنْفَذَ إِلَيْهِ بِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِتَلَافِي فَارِطَهُ
(٣)
، وَأَمَرَهُ بِأَنْ
(٤)
يَسْتَرْضِيَ الْقَوْمَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ "
ك: الْقَوْمَ فَفَعَلَ..
فَيُقَالُ:
أَمَّا تَسْمِيَةُ خَالِدٍ بِسَيْفِ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ هُوَ مُخْتَصًّا بِهِ، بَلْ هُوَ
" سَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللَّهِ سَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ "
هَكَذَا جَاءَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
(٥)
. - وَالنَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - هُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَمَّاهُ بِهَذَا
(١) ن: خَطِيبًا فِي أَصْحَابِهِ.
(٢) أ، ب: يَدَهُ.
(٣) أ، ب: فَارِطَتَهُ.
(٤) أ، ب، ص: أَنْ.
(٥) صَحَّحَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ الْحَدِيثَ فِي " صَحِيحِ الْجَامِعِ الصَّغِيرِ " ٣/١٠٥، وَذَكَرَ السُّيُوطِيُّ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَسَاكِرَ أَخْرَجَهُ عَنْ عُمَرَ. وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١/١٧٣ (رَقْمُ ٤٣) عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - وَنَصُّهُ:. . أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَقَدَ لِخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَلَى قِتَالِ أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ وَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ: " نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَأَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، وَسَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللَّهِ سَلَّهُ اللَّهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ ". وَصَحَّحَ الشَّيْخُ أَحْمَد شَاكِر - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ: " إِسْنَادُهُ صَحِيحٌ، وَانْظُرْ مَجْمَعَ الزَّوَائِدِ ٩/٣٤٨ ". وَذَكَرَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ فِي " سِلْسِلَةِ الْأَحَادِيثِ الصَّحِيحَةِ " ٣/٢٤١ (حَدِيثٌ رَقْمُ ١٢٣٧) أَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ رَوَاهُ الْحَاكِمُ فِي مُسْتَدْرَكِهِ ٣/٢٩٨ وَقَالَ الْحَاكِمُ " صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ " وَسَكَتَ عَلَيْهِ الذَّهَبِيُّ، كَمَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ (٥/٢٧١، ٢/١٧ \ ٣٧٢) . وَانْظُرْ كَلَامَ الْأَلْبَانِيِّ ٣/٢٣٩ - ٢٤٢ وَانْظُرْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحَادِيثَ بِنَفْسِ الْمَعْنَى ذَكَرَهَا السُّيُوطِيُّ فِي " صَحِيحِ الْجَامِعِ الصَّغِيرِ " وَصَحَّحَهَا الْأَلْبَانِيُّ (رَقْمُ ٣٢٠١، ٣٢٠٢، ٣٢٠٣) عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَأَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ -. وَانْظُرْ مِشْكَاةَ الْمَصَابِيحِ لِلتِّبْرِيزِيِّ ٣/٢٨٤، ٢٨٥ (حَدِيثٌ رَقْمُ ٦٢٤٨، رَقْمُ ٦٢٥٣) ; سُنَنَ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٥/٣٥٢ (كِتَابُ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابُ مَنَاقِبِ خَالِدٍ. . .) .