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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Then Hamzah sprang towards them, cut off their humps (1), and slit (2) their flanks.” He then related the hadith (3) as recorded in al-Bukhārī (4). This was before intoxicants were prohibited.

As for al-Siddīq, may Allah be pleased with him, he is the foremost member of the Muslim community intended by every verse revealed in praise of those who spend in Allah’s cause, such as His words, Exalted is He:

“Those among you who spent and fought before the conquest are not equal to the others. They are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards.” [Surah al-Hadīd: 10]

Abū Bakr is the best of these and the first among them.

Likewise, His words:

“Those who believed, emigrated, and strove in Allah’s cause with their wealth and their lives.” [Surah al-Tawbah: 20]

And His words:

“But the most righteous will be kept away from it—he who gives his wealth to purify himself.” [Surah al-Layl: 18]

Quran commentators such as Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī, ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Hātim, and others reported, through chains of transmission from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, and others, that this was revealed concerning Abū Bakr.

(1) Al-jabb means cutting off completely; sanām is the hump on a camel’s back. (2) Baqara means “slit open.” (3) The hadith narrated by ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, may Allah be pleased with him, appears in al-Bukhārī, 4:78–79 (Book of the Obligation of the Fifth [khums], chapter on the obligation of the fifth), 5:82–83 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter “Khalīfa related to me: Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Ansārī related to us”); and Muslim, 3:1586–1570 (Book of Drinks, chapter on the prohibition of wine). (4) N, S, B: “Al-Bukhārī said.” The reading retained here is from M. I have not found the following statement in al-Bukhārī at either of the two locations cited in the preceding note.

فَثَارَ إِلَيْهَا حَمْزَةُ، فَاجْتَبَّ أَسْنِمَتَهَا (١) ، وَبَقَرَهُ (٢) خَوَاصِرَهَا " وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ (٣) فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ (٤) وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ تَحْرِيمِ الْخَمْرِ. وَأَمَّا الصِّدِّيقُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَكُلُّ آيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي مَدْحِ الْمُنْفِقِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ أَوَّلُ الْمُرَادِينَ بِهَا مِنَ الْأُمَّةِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {لَا يَسْتَوِي مِنْكُمْ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَاتَلَ أُولَئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَقَاتَلُوا} [سُورَةُ الْحَدِيدِ: ١٠] ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَفْضَلُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَأَوَّلُهُمْ. وَكَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ {الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ} [سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ: ٢٠] . وَقَوْلُهُ: {وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى - الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّى} [سُورَةُ اللَّيْلِ: ١٨] فَذَكَرَ الْمُفَسِّرُونَ مِثْلُ ابْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِّ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ وَغَيْرِهِمَا بِالْأَسَانِيدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِي أَبِي بَكْرٍ.

(١) الْجَبُّ: الِاسْتِئْصَالُ فِي الْقَطْعِ، وَالسَّنَامِ: مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْبَعِيرِ. (٢) بَقَرَ: أَيْ شَقَّ. (٣) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/٧٨ - ٧٩ (كِتَابُ فَرْضِ الْخُمْسِ، بَابُ فَرْضِ الْخُمْسِ) ، ٥/٨٢ - ٨٣ (كِتَابُ الْمَغَازِي، بَابُ حَدَّثَنِي خَلِيفَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٥٨٦ - ١٥٧٠ (كِتَابُ الْأَشْرِبَةِ، بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ الْخَمْرِ.) . (٤) ن، س، ب: قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ: وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (م) وَلَمْ أَجِدِ الْكَلَامَ التَّالِيَ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ فِي الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ الْمُشَارِ إِلَيْهِمَا فِي التَّعْلِيقِ السَّابِقِ.