Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 47, Hadith 136
Narrated ‘Amr bin Murrah: that Abu ‘Ubaidah bin ‘Abdullah narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud who said: “On the Day of Badr, when the captives were brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said ‘What do you say about these captives?’ So he mentioned the story. And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said ‘Not one of them should be released without a ransom, or a blow to the neck.'” So ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud said: “O Messenger of Allah! With the exception of Suhail bin Baidam for indeed I heard him mentioning Islam.” He said: “So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was silent.” He said: “I have not seen a day upon which I was more fearful of stones falling from the heavens upon my head that the day.” “Until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Except for Suhail bin Al-Baida.'” He said: “And the Qur’an was revealed in accordance with the view of ‘Umar. ‘It is not (fitting) for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he has fought (his enemies thoroughly) in the land…’ until the end of the Ayat.”
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ وَجِيءَ بِالأُسَارَى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَؤُلاَءِ الأُسَارَى ” . فَذَكَرَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” لاَ يَنْفَلِتَنَّ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ بِفِدَاءٍ أَوْ ضَرْبِ عُنُقٍ ” . قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ سُهَيْلَ بْنَ بَيْضَاءَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَذْكُرُ الإِسْلاَمَ . قَالَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُنِي فِي يَوْمٍ أَخْوَفَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَىَّ حِجَارَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنِّي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَالَ حَتَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” إِلاَّ سُهَيْلَ ابْنَ بَيْضَاءَ ” . قَالَ وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ بِقَوْلِ عُمَرَ : ( مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرَى حَتَّى يُثْخِنَ فِي الأَرْضِ ) إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَاتِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَبِيهِ .
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 47, Hadith 136
Da’if (Darussalam)
The above hadith is from the Jami` at-Tirmidhi collection of hadiths. Imam Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi is the author behind the Jami at-Tirmidhi, a hadith compilation completed in the 9th century. It is universally acknowledged as one of the six most authentic and important books of hadith in Sunni Islam, a group collectively referred to as the Kutub al-Sittah. This group includes the seminal works of al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, al-Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Tirmidhi’s own Jami is a vast repository of knowledge, containing over 4,000 narrations organized into 46 books.
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