Sahih al-Bukhari 7008 (Book 96, Hadith 16)
reverted to disbelief, `Umar said to Abu Bakr, “How dare you fight the people while Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
said, I have been ordered to fight the people till they say ‘None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah’ And whoever says: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’ waves his wealth and his
life from me unless he deserves a legal punishment lusty, and his account will be with Allah! Abu
Bakr said, “By Allah, I will fight him who discriminates between Zakat and prayers, for Zakat is the
Compulsory right to be taken from the wealth By Allah, if they refuse to give me even a tying rope
which they use to give to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), I would fight them for withholding it.” `Umar said, ‘By
Allah, It was nothing, except I saw that Allah had opened the chest of Abu Bakr to the fight, and I
came to know for certain that was the truth.”
“ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. فَمَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. عَصَمَ مِنِّي مَالَهُ وَنَفْسَهُ، إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ، وَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ”. فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ، فَإِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ حَقُّ الْمَالِ، وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عِقَالاً كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهِ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْقِتَالِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ. قَالَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنَاقًا. وَهْوَ أَصَحُّ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7008 (Book 96, Hadith 16)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Within the Islamic scholarly tradition, few works hold as much weight as Sahih al-Bukhari. This vast compilation, assembled by the Persian scholar al-Bukhārī circa 847, is a cornerstone of Sunni faith and practice. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections known collectively as the Kutub al-Sittah. Imam al-Bukhārī’s work is particularly celebrated for its author’s stringent criteria in verifying the chain of narration (isnad), resulting in a trusted body of over 7,500 hadiths organized into 97 distinct chapters that cover every aspect of life.
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For more Hadith in Book 96: Holding Fast to the Qur’an and Sunnah