Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! If they (pay me the Zakat and) withhold even a young (female) goat which they used to pay during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , I will fight with them for it." `Umar said, "It was nothing but Allah Who opened Abu Bakr's chest towards the decision to fight, and I came to know that his decision was right."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ح وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا كَانُوا يُؤَدُّونَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْعِهَا. قَالَ عُمَرُ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَرَحَ صَدْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ بِالْقِتَالِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ.
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1al-Hakm bin Nafi', Abu al-Yamanal-Hims · d. ~211 AH or 222 AH
- 2Shu'aib bin Abi Hamzaal-Hims · d. 162 AH or after
- 3al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 4al-Laith bin Sa'dAsbahan,Egypt · d. 175 AH
- 5'Abdur Rahman bin KhalidEgypt · d. 127 AH
- 6al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 7'Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'UtbaMedinah · d. 94 AH/715 CE or 97 AH
- 8Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 24, Hadith 59
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 536 (deprecated numbering scheme)