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and recited it to him. ‘Umar asked, “O Messenger of Allah, is this a victory (1)?” He replied, “Yes.”’” (2)
In Muslim’s wording (3): “Then he was reassured and returned.”
Another wording in Muslim reads:
“O people, distrust your own judgment (4). I remember my state on the day of Abū Jandal (5): had [I] (6) been able to reject the command of the Messenger of Allah, I would have rejected it.” (7)
In another narration: “Allah and His Messenger know best” (8): “By Allah, we never shouldered our swords for any undertaking without their leading us smoothly to an outcome we understood—except in this affair of yours” (9), “Never
(1) n, m: a-fathun? (Is it a victory?)
(2) This hadith is narrated from Abū Wā’il Shaqīq ibn Salama al-Asadī—may Allah be pleased with him—with variations in wording. His biography appears in al-Isāba, 2/162–163, and Usd al-ghāba, 2/527–528. See al-Bukhārī, 4/103 (Book of the Poll Tax and Truces, chapter: “‘Abdān narrated to us…”), 6/136 (Book of Quranic Exegesis, chapter on Surah al-Fath); Muslim, 3/1411–1412 (Book of Jihad and Military Campaigns, chapter on the Treaty of al-Hudaybiya…); and al-Musnad (al-Halabī edition), 3/485–486 (from Abū Wā’il, from Sahl ibn Hunayf).
(3) Muslim, 3/1412, at the end of the hadith.
(4) n, m: ārā’akum (your judgments). The reading adopted here is that found in (s), (b), and Sahīh Muslim.
(5) This refers to the day of al-Hudaybiya.
(6) Annī (that I) is omitted in (n), (m), and (s).
(7) The hadith with this wording is narrated from Sahl ibn Hunayf—may Allah be pleased with him—in Muslim, 3/1412 (the passage cited above, hadith no. 95), and al-Musnad, 3/485.
(8) This version is narrated from Abū Wā’il, from Sahl ibn Hunayf—may Allah be pleased with them both—in al-Bukhārī, 5/128–129 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter on the expedition of al-Hudaybiya). Its wording is: “When Sahl ibn Hunayf returned from Siffīn, we came to him seeking his guidance. He said: ‘Distrust your own judgment. I remember myself on the day of Abū Jandal: had I been able to reject the command of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—I would have rejected it. Allah and His Messenger know best…’” The hadith continues.
(9) These expressions occur in a narration from Sahl ibn Hunayf in Muslim (hadith no. 95).
فَأَقْرَأَهُ إِيَّاهُ،
فَقَالَ:
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَفَتْحٌ
(١)
هُوَ؟
قَالَ:
" نَعَمْ» "
(٢)
.
وَفِي لَفْظِ مُسْلِمٍ
(٣)
" فَطَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَرَجَعَ "
.
وَفِي لَفْظٍ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَيْضًا:
" «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّهِمُوا رَأْيَكُمْ
(٤)
، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي يَوْمَ أَبِي جَنْدَلٍ
(٥)
، وَلَوْ
[أَنِّي]
(٦)
أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرُدَّ أَمْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَرَدَدْتُهُ» "
(٧)
.
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ:
وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ
(٨)
:
" وَاللَّهِ مَا وَضَعْنَا سُيُوفَنَا عَلَى عَوَاتِقِنَا إِلَى أَمْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَسْهَلْنَ بِنَا إِلَى أَمْرٍ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا أَمْرَكُمْ هَذَا "
(٩)
، " مَا
(١) ن، م: أَفَتْحٌ؟
(٢) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ شَقِيقِ ابْنِ سَلَمَةَ الْأَسَدِيِّ (تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي الْإِصَابَةِ ٢/١٦٢ - ١٦٣، أُسْدِ الْغَابَةِ ٢/٥٢٧ - ٥٢٨) - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/١٠٣ (كِتَابُ الْجِزْيَةِ وَالْمُوَادَعَةِ، بَابُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ. . .) ٦/١٣٦ (كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ، بَابُ سُورَةِ الْفَتْحِ) مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٤١١ - ١٤١٢ (كِتَابُ الْجِهَادِ وَالسِّيَرِ، بَابُ صُلْحِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ. .) الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٣/٤٨٥ - ٤٨٦ (عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ) .
(٣) مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٤١٢ فِي آخِرِ الْحَدِيثِ
(٤) ن، م: آرَاءَكُمْ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ هُوَ الَّذِي فِي (س) وَ (ب) وَفِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ.
(٥) وَهُوَ يَوْمُ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ
(٦) أَنِّي: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) .
(٧) الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذِهِ الْأَلْفَاظِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٤١٢ (الْمَوْضِعُ السَّابِقُ حَدِيثٌ رَقْمُ ٩٥) الْمُسْنَدِ ٣/٤٨٥.
(٨) هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١٢٨ - ١٢٩ (كِتَابُ الْمَغَازِي، بَابُ غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ) وَنَصُّهُ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ مِنْ صِفِّينَ أَتَيْنَاهُ نَسْتَخِيرُهُ فَقَالَ اتَّهِمُوا الرَّأْيَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتِنِي يَوْمَ أَبِي جَنْدَلٍ وَلَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَمْرَهُ لَرَدَدْتُ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. . . الْحَدِيثَ.
(٩) هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَاتُ فِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ فِي مُسْلِمٍ (حَدِيثٌ رَقْمُ ٩٥) .