مَا هَذَا يَا حَاطِبُ ". قَالَ لاَ تَعْجَلْ عَلَىَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَكَانَ مَنْ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ لَهُمْ قَرَابَاتٌ يَحْمُونَ بِهَا أَهْلِيهِمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ بِمَكَّةَ فَأَحْبَبْتُ إِذْ فَاتَنِي مِنَ النَّسَبِ فِيهِمْ أَنْ أَصْطَنِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ يَدًا يَحْمُونَ قَرَابَتِي وَمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ كُفْرًا وَلاَ ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَكُمْ ". فَقَالَ عُمَرُ دَعْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ. فَقَالَ " إِنَّهُ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ ـ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ـ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ "
Narrated `Ali: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me along with AzZubair and Al-Miqdad and said, "Proceed till you reach a place called Raudat-Khakh where there is a lady travelling in a howda on a camel. She has a letter. Take the letter from her." So we set out, and our horses ran at full pace till we reached Raudat Khakh, and behold, we saw the lady and said (to her), "Take out the letter!" She said, "I have no letter with me." We said, "Either you take out the letter or we will strip you of your clothes." So she took the letter out of her hair braid. We brought the letter to the Prophet (ﷺ) and behold, it was addressed by Hatib bin Abi Balta'a to some pagans at Mecca, informing them of some of the affairs of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What is this, O Hatib?" Hatib replied, "Do not be hasty with me, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I am an Ansari man and do not belong to them (Quraish infidels) while the emigrants who were with you had their relatives who used to protect their families and properties at Mecca. So, to compensate for not having blood relation with them.' I intended to do them some favor so that they might protect my relatives (at Mecca), and I did not do this out of disbelief or an inclination to desert my religion." The Prophet then said (to his companions), "He (Hatib) has told you the truth." `Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off?" The Apostle said, "He is one of those who witnessed (fought in) the Battle of Badr, and what do you know, perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr (Badr warriors) and said, 'Do what you want as I have forgiven you.' " (`Amr, a sub-narrator, said,: This Verse was revealed about him (Hatib): 'O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies as friends or protectors.' (60.1) Narrated `Ali: Sufyan was asked whether (the Verse): 'Take not My enemies and your enemies...' was revealed in connection with Hatib. Sufyan replied, "This occurs only in the narration of the people. I memorized the Hadith from `Amr, not overlooking even a single letter thereof, and I do not know of anybody who remembered it by heart other than myself."
مواضع دراسته في كتب التخريج والشروح
فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاريج٨ ص٥٠١·كِتَاب تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ
عمدة القاري شرح صحيح البخاريج١٩ ص٢٢٨·كتاب تفسير القرآنج١٩ ص٢٣٠·كتاب تفسير القرآن
السيرة النبويةج٢ ص٣٩٨·ذِكْرُ الْأَسْبَابِ الْمُوجِبَةِ الْمَسِيرَ إلَى مَكَّةَ وَذِكْرُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ
شرح مشكل الآثارج١١ ص٢٦٨·باب بيان مشكل ما روي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من تركه عقوبة حاطب بن أبي بلتعة على ما كان منه في كتابه إلى أهل مكة من كفار قريش يخبرهم ببعضج١١ ص٢٦٨·باب بيان مشكل ما روي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من تركه عقوبة حاطب بن أبي بلتعة على ما كان منه في كتابه إلى أهل مكة من كفار قريش يخبرهم ببعض
إتحاف المهرة بالفوائد المبتكرة من أطراف العشرةج١١ ص٥٦٠·أَبِو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْهَاشِمِيِّ
تحفة الأشراف بمعرفة الأطرافج٧ ص٤٢٦·حرف العين
طرقه ومواضعه في الكتب الأخرى
مدار الحديث: علي — ٣ طريقاً في ١٥ كتاباً
رواه عنه: عبيد الله بن أبي رافع (ت ٩١) ×٢٥، أبي عبد الرحمن السلمي (ت ٧٤) ×١٨، الحارث (ت ٦٥) ×١