Al-Hafiz and al-Suyuti also attributed the hadith to al-Nasa’i, perhaps in his al-Kubra. Al-Suyuti further attributed it to al-Diya’ in al-Mukhtarah.

1101 — “We do not seek the assistance of polytheists against polytheists.”

Ibn Saʿd (2/48), al-Tahawi in al-Mushkil (3/241), and al-Hakim (2/122) narrated it through Muhammad ibn ʿAmr, from Saʿd ibn al-Mundhir, from Abu Humayd al-Saʿidi:

“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, set out on the day of Uhud. When he had passed Thaniyat al-Wadaʿ, he came upon a heavily armed detachment (1). He asked, ‘Who are these?’ They replied, ‘This is ʿAbd Allah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul with six hundred of his Jewish allies from Banu Qaynuqaʿ, who were the clan of ʿAbd Allah ibn Salam.’ He asked, ‘Have they accepted Islam?’ They said, ‘No, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘Tell them to return, for we do not …’”

I say: This is a good chain of transmission, were it not for the fact that no one besides this Muhammad ibn ʿAmr and ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Sulayman ibn al-Ghasil narrated from Saʿd ibn al-Mundhir. Ibn Hibban included him in al-Thiqat. Al-Hakim also cited it as a corroborating report for the hadith of Habib ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, from his father, from his grandfather, who said:

“A man from my tribe and I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, as he was setting out on a military expedition, while we had not yet accepted Islam. We said, ‘We would be ashamed for our people to attend a battle in which we did not participate with them.’ He asked, ‘Have you accepted Islam?’ We replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Then we do not seek the assistance of polytheists against polytheists.’ So we accepted Islam and took part with him. I killed a man, and he struck me a blow. Later, I married his daughter, and she would say, ‘May you never be deprived of the man who left you with this sash!’ I would reply, ‘May you never be deprived of the man who hastened your father to the Fire!’”

Al-Tahawi (3/239), Ahmad (3/454), Ibn Saʿd (3/534–535), and al-Hakim (2/121–122) narrated it, and al-Hakim authenticated it. Its narrators are trustworthy, apart from this ʿAbd al-Rahman, who was Ibn Khubayb ibn Yusaf. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded him (2/2/230) only through the narration of this Ibn Khubayb, without mentioning either criticism or accreditation concerning him. Ibn Hibban also included him in al-Thiqat. He has another hadith, narrated from ʿA’ishah, who said: