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Sunan Abi Dawud 3040 (Book 20, Hadith 113) #23330
Agreement between Prophet and Christians of Banu Taghlib

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet's agreement with the Christians of Banu Taghlib that they would not make their children Christian.

'Ali said "If I survive for the Christians of Banu Taghlib I shall kill fighters and captivate children for I had written a document between them and the Prophet to the effect that they would not make their children Christian. Abu Dawud said "This is rejected (munkar) tradition and it has reached me from Ahmad (bin Hanbal) that he used to reject this tradition seriously. Abu 'Ali said "Abu Dawud did not present this (tradition) in this second reading".
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ هَانِئٍ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ النَّخَعِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ حُدَيْرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لَئِنْ بَقِيتُ لِنَصَارَى بَنِي تَغْلِبَ لأَقْتُلَنَّ الْمُقَاتِلَةَ وَلأَسْبِيَنَّ الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَإِنِّي كَتَبْتُ الْكِتَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ يُنَصِّرُوا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُنْكِرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِنْكَارًا شَدِيدًا وَهُوَ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ النَّاسِ شِبْهُ الْمَتْرُوكِ وَأَنْكَرُوا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ وَلَمْ يَقْرَأْهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي الْعَرْضَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ

TOPICS
agreement  *  prophet  *  christians  *  mouahadah  *  rasulullah  *  nasara  *  thalabah  *  taghlib

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect for agreements, Abide by agreements even if one party changes its mind later on

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about an agreement between the Prophet and the Christians of Banu Taghlib. The agreement was that they would not make their children Christian. 'Ali said that if he survived for them, he would kill fighters and captivate children as a result of this agreement. However, Abu Dawud rejected this tradition as munkar and Ahmad bin Hanbal also used to reject it seriously. Abu 'Ali said that Abu Dawud did not present this tradition in his second reading. This hadith teaches us to respect agreements made by both parties involved in it and to abide by them even if one party does not agree with it anymore or has changed its mind about it later on.

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