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Sunan an-Nasai 3975 (Book 37, Hadith 10) #18508
Fighting for Faith

SUMMARY: Abu Bakr and Umar had a discussion about fighting people who do not believe in Allah, and Abu Bakr was determined to fight them even if they paid Zakah.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "So Abu Bakr decided to fight them, then 'Umar said: 'O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah SAW said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah, and if they say it, their blood and their wealth will be safe from me except for a right that is due.?' Abu Bakr said: 'I will fight whoever separates prayer and Zakah. By Allah, if they withhold from me a young goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah SAW, I will fight them for withholding it'. 'Umar said: 'By Allah, as soon as I realized that Allah has expanded the chest of Abu Bakr to fight them, I knew that it was the truth'."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَذَكَرَ، آخَرَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ فَأَجْمَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِقِتَالِهِمْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِقِتَالِهِمْ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ

TOPICS
fight  *  belief  *  prayer  *  chest  *  zakah

QUICK LESSONS:
Stand up for your beliefs no matter what obstacles come your way .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of faith in Allah and how it should be defended. It tells the story of a conversation between two companions of Prophet Muhammad, Abu Bakr and Umar. Umar was questioning why they should fight people who did not believe in Allah when Prophet Muhammad said that their blood would be safe if they said La ilaha illallah. However, Abu Bakr argued that he would fight anyone who withheld from paying zakat or prayer even if it was something as small as a young goat which used to be given to Prophet Muhammad. Umar then realized that this was the truth because he saw how determined Abu Bakr was to defend faith in Allah. This hadith teaches us that we must always stand up for our beliefs no matter what obstacles come our way and never give up on defending them.

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