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Sahih Muslim 2888a

I set out with the intention of helping this person (Hadrat Ali) when Abu Bakra met me. He said: Ahnaf, where do you intend to go? I said: I intend to help the cousin of the Messenger of Allah…

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حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَامِلٍ، فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، وَيُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ

قَالَ خَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ، هَذَا الرَّجُلَ فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ يَا أَحْنَفُ قَالَ قُلْتُ أُرِيدُ نَصْرَ ابْنِ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا) قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَحْنَفُ ارْجِعْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا تَوَاجَهَ الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا فَالْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ».

قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَوْ قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الْقَاتِلُ فَمَا بَالُ الْمَقْتُولِ قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ قَدْ أَرَادَ قَتْلَ صَاحِبِهِ»

I set out with the intention of helping this person (Hadrat Ali) when Abu Bakra met me. He said: Ahnaf, where do you intend to go? I said: I intend to help the cousin of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), viz. Ali.

Thereupon he said to me: Ahnaf, go back, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: When two Muslims confront one another with swords (in hand) both the slayer and the slain would be in Fire.

He (Ahnaf) said: I said, or it was said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), it may be the case of one who kills. but what about the slain (why he would be put in Hell-Fire)? Thereupon he said: He also intended to kill his companion.

ইসহাক ইবনু ইবরাহীম আল হান্‌যালী (রহঃ) ..... নুবায়হ ইবনু ওয়াহব (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। উবায়দুল্লাহ ইবনু মা'মার এর পুত্র উমারের চোখ ফুলে উঠলে তিনি সুরমা লাগানোর ইচ্ছা করলেন। কিন্তু আ'বান ইবনু উসমান (রাযিঃ) তাকে চোখে সুরমা লাগাতে নিষেধ করলেন এবং মুসব্বারের প্রলেপ দেয়ার নির্দেশ দিলেন। তিনি উসমান ইবনু আফফান (রাযিঃ) এর সূত্রে নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে এও বর্ণনা করেন যে, রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এরূপ করেছেন।

ہمیں عبد الصمد بن عبد الوارث نے خبر دی کہا : مجھ سے میرے والد نے حدیث بیان کی کہا : ہم سے ایوب بن موسیٰ نے حدیث بیان کی کہا : مجھ سے نبیہ بن وہب نے حدیث بیان کی کہ ( ایک بار احرا م کی حالت میں ) عمر بن عبید اللہ بن معمر کی آنکھیں دکھنے لگیں انھوں نے ان میں سر مہ لگا نے کا ارادہ فر ما یا تو ابان بن عثمان نے انھیں روکا اور کہا کہ اس پر ایلوے کا پیپ کر لیں ۔

اور عثمان بن عفان رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ کے واسطے سے نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے حدیث بیان کی کہ آپ نے ایسا ہی کیا تھا ۔

Dan Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Ibrahim Al Hanzhali] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdush Shamad bin Abdul Warits] telah menceritakan kepadaku [bapakku] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ayyub bin Musa] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Nubaih bin Wahb] bahwa Umar bin Ubaidullah bin Ma'mar sakit mata, lalu ia ingin mencelakinya, namun [Aban bin Utsman] segera melarangnya dan ia menyuruhnya untuk membalutnya dengan daun Sabir.

Kemudian Aban menceritakan (hadits) dari [Utsman] radliallahu 'anhu dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, baha beliau pernah melakukan terapi tersebut

Bize, bu hadisi İshak b. İbrâbim EI-Hanzalî de rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Abdü's-Samet b. Abdülvâris rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bana babam rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Eyyûb b. Mûsâ rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bana Nübeyh b. Vehb rivayet eyledi ki, Ömer b. Ubeydullâh b. Ma'mer göz ağrısına tutulmuş da gözlerine sürme çekmek istemiş, Ebân b.

Osman, onu bundan nehiy ile sabır çekinmesini emretmiş. Ve Osman b. Affân'dan, o da Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'in bunu yaptığını rivayet etmiş

Sahih Muslim 2888a, Book 54, The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour, Hadith 18. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that if two Muslims fight each other with their swords, with each one intending to kill the other, the killer will be in Hellfire for the actual killing of his companion; but the Companions were confused regarding the killed one and why he would be in Hellfire! The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) explained that he, too, would be in Hellfire because of his keenness to kill his companion and that nothing prevented him except that his companion managed to kill him first.

What it teaches

  • He who intends to commit a sin and engages in the means leading to it deserves the punishment.
  • The Hadīth gives a stern warning regarding Muslims fighting one another and threatens them with Hellfire for that.
  • Fighting among Muslims for a valid reason does not fall under this warning, such as fighting against aggressors and corrupters.
  • The perpetrator of a major sin is not regarded as a disbeliever for its mere commission, as the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) named those fighting each other as Muslims.
  • If two Muslims fight each other with any means of killing and one of them kills the other, both the killer and the killed one will be in Hellfire. The sword is mentioned in the Hadīth as an example.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Fudayl ibn HusaynTold me, Fourth generation, died 237 AH
  3. 3Hammad ibn ZaydTold us, Third generation, died 177 AH
  4. 4Ayyub as-SakhtiyaniFrom, Successor, died 130 AH
  5. 5يُونُسَWith
  6. 6Al-Hasan al-BasriFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  7. 7Al-Ahnaf ibn QaysFrom, Successor, died 67 AH

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