I then found a supporting narration for this hadith, from Jubayr ibn Mutʿim, attributed to the Prophet, with the wording:
“By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, I shall surely kill them, crucify them, and guide them despite their unwillingness. I am a mercy sent by Allah, Exalted is He, and He will not take me in death until Allah causes His religion to prevail. I have five names …”
Al-Tabarani transmitted it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (1/76/2) from Ahmad ibn Salih, who said: “I found in a book in Medina: from ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi and Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAwf, from Muhammad ibn Salih al-Tammar, from Ibn Shihab, from Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mutʿim, from his father, who said:
“Abu Jahl ibn Hisham said, when he came to Mecca after turning away from Hamzah: ‘O people of Quraysh, Muhammad has settled in Yathrib and sent his advance parties. He only seeks to gain something from you, so beware …’ This reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said”—then he mentioned the hadith.
Al-Tabarani said: “Ahmad ibn Salih said: ‘I hope that this hadith is authentic.’”
I say: Muhammad ibn Salih al-Tammar was truthful but made mistakes, as stated in al-Taqrib. Moreover, this is a report found in an unknown book; and a report of this kind cannot, by consensus, be adduced as evidence. So where, then, does its authenticity come from?!
491 — “The best jihad is a word of justice—or, in another narration, truth—in the presence of a tyrannical ruler.”
It has been reported from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri, Abu Umamah, Tariq ibn Shihab, Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah, and from al-Zuhri in mursal form.
- The hadith of Abu Saʿid, which has two routes from him:
The first: from ʿAtiyyah al-ʿAwfi, from him, attributed to the Prophet, with the first wording.