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Sahih Bukhari 4733 — Faith Over Unpaid Debt
The Statement of Allah the Most High: "So, when they had passed further on (beyond that fixed place), Mūsa (Moses) said to his boy-servant, 'Bring us our morning meal; truly, we have suffered much fatigue in this, our journey... (up to) retracing their footsteps!" (V.18:62,63)
صُنْعًا} عَمَلاً {حِوَلاً} تَحَوُّلاً {قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا}، {إِمْرًا} وَ{نُكْرًا} دَاهِيَةً {يَنْقَضَّ} يَنْقَاضُ كَمَا تَنْقَاضُ السِّنُّ لَتَخِذْتَ وَاتَّخَذْتَ وَاحِدٌ {رُحْمًا} مِنَ الرُّحْمِ، وَهْيَ أَشَدُّ مُبَالَغَةً مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ، وَنَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ مِنَ الرَّحِيمِ، وَتُدْعَى مَكَّةُ أُمَّ رُحْمٍ أَيِ الرَّحْمَةُ تَنْزِلُ بِهَا.
Hadith About Faith Over Money and Debt
Sahih Bukhari : 4733
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4733
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ خَبَّابٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ قَيْنًا بِمَكَّةَ، فَعَمِلْتُ لِلْعَاصِي بْنِ وَائِلِ السَّهْمِيِّ سَيْفًا، فَجِئْتُ أَتَقَاضَاهُ فَقَالَ لاَ أُعْطِيكَ حَتَّى تَكْفُرَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ. قُلْتُ لاَ أَكْفُرُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى يُمِيتَكَ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ يُحْيِيَكَ. قَالَ إِذَا أَمَاتَنِي اللَّهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَنِي، وَلِي مَالٌ وَوَلَدٌ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ بِآيَاتِنَا وَقَالَ لأُوتَيَنَّ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا * أَطَّلَعَ الْغَيْبَ أَمِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا}. قَالَ مَوْثِقًا. لَمْ يَقُلِ الأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ سَيْفًا وَلاَ مَوْثِقًا.
Khabbab Narrated from:
I was a blacksmith in Mecca Once I made a sword for Al-`Asi bin Wail As-Sahmi. When I went to demand its price, he said, "I will not give it to you till you disbelieve in Muhammad." I said, "I shall not disbelieve in Muhammad till Allah make you die and then bring you to life again." He said, "If Allah should make me die and then resurrect me and I would have wealth and children."So Allah revealed:-- 'Have you seen him who disbelieved in Our Signs, and (yet) says I shall certainly be given wealth and children? Has he known the unseen or has he taken a covenant from (Allah) the Beneficent?' (19.77- 78)
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4733In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 255USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 257
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4733
This hadith about Khabbab gives more detail: he was a blacksmith in Mecca and had made a sword for Al-Asi bin Wail. When Khabbab asked for its price, Al-Asi refused to pay unless Khabbab disbelieved in Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. Khabbab answered that he would not disbelieve until Allah caused Al-Asi to die and then brought him back to life. Al-Asi then spoke arrogantly about having wealth and children after resurrection. The revealed verses ask whether he had knowledge of the unseen or a covenant with the Most Merciful. The hadith teaches that claims about the unseen cannot be made as a joke or as a way to escape truth. Faith is not for sale.
What we learn from this hadith
- Khabbab refused to give up belief for money owed to him.
- Al-Asi’s claim about the unseen is challenged by revelation.
- The hadith warns against arrogant speech about resurrection.
- The believer’s loyalty to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is shown clearly in the report.
