47/63. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3312 — Allah Verified Zaid’s Truth
Regarding Surat Al-Munafiqin
Hadith About Allah Verifying Zaid bin Arqam
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3312
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3312
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ عَمِّي فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَىِّ ابْنَ سَلُولَ، يَقُولُ لأَصْحَابِهِ : ( لا تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا ) و (لئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ ) فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَمِّي فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عَمِّي لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَدَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَحَلَفُوا مَا قَالُوا فَكَذَّبَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَصَدَّقَهُ فَأَصَابَنِي شَيْءٌ لَمْ يُصِبْنِي قَطُّ مِثْلُهُ فَجَلَسْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ عَمِّي مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ كَذَّبَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَقَتَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : ( إذا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ ) فَبَعَثَ إِلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Zaid bin Aslam Narrated from:
I Was With My Uncle When I Heard Abdullah Bin Ubayy Bin Salul Saying To His Companions: Do Not Spend On Those Who Are With The Messenger Of Allah Until They Desert From Him. If We Return To Al-Madinah Then The More Honorable Will Expel The Meaner Among Them. So I Mentioned That To My Uncle, Then My Uncle Mentioned It To The Prophet. So The Prophet Called For Me To Narrated It To Him. Then The Messenger Of Allah Sent Message To Abdullah Bin Ubayy And His Companions But They Took An Oath That They Had Not Said It. So He Did Not Believe Me And He Trusted What They Said.I Was Struck With Distress The Likes Of Which I Had Not Suffered Before. So I Just At In My House, And My Uncle Said To Me: ‘You Only Wanted The Messenger Of Allah To Not Believe You And Hate You.’ Then Allah [Most High] Revealed: ‘When The Hypocrites Come To You’ So The Messenger Of Allah Sent For Me, And He Recites It And Said: ‘Indeed Allah Has Verified The Truth Of What You Said.’”
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3312In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 364English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3312
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3312
This hadith tells how Zaid bin Arqam heard Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul say words against those with the Messenger of Allah. Zaid told his uncle, and his uncle told the Prophet. The Prophet called Zaid and listened to him. Abdullah bin Ubayy and his companions then swore that they had not said it. Zaid felt deep distress when his report was not accepted at first. Then Allah revealed Surat Al-Munafiqin, and the Messenger of Allah sent for Zaid, recited it, and said that Allah had verified the truth of what he said. This hadith about Allah verifying Zaid shows that truth may be painful before it is made clear.
What we learn from this hadith
- Zaid reported what he heard to the Prophet through his uncle.
- The deniers swore that they had not said those words.
- Zaid felt great distress when his report was not accepted at first.
- Allah revealed verses that confirmed Zaid’s truth.
