47/63. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3314 — Truth Confirmed After Grief
Regarding Surat Al-Munafiqin
Hadith About Zaid’s Truth Being Confirmed
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3314
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3314
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيَّ، مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، رضى الله عنه أَنَّ عَبْدَ، اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَىٍّ قَالَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ : (لئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ ) قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَحَلَفَ مَا قَالَهُ فَلاَمَنِي قَوْمِي وَقَالُوا مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَنِمْتُ كَئِيبًا حَزِينًا فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ " . قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُُ : ( هم الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Zaid bin Arqam Narrated from:
Al-Hakam bin Utaibah said: “I Heard Muhammad Bin Ka’B Al-Qurazi – Forty Years Ago – Narrating From Zaid Bin Arqam [May Allah Be Pleased With Him] That During The Battle Of Tabuk, Abdullah Bin Ubayy Said: “If We Return To Al-Madinah, Indeed The More Honorable Will Expel Therefrom The Meaner.”He Said: ‘So I Went To The Prophet And Mentioned That To Him, But He (Abdullah) Took An Oath That He Did Not Say It. My People Blamed Me For That, They Said: “What Did You Expect To Accomplish From This?’ So I Went To My House And Slept Full Of Grief. Then The Prophet Came To Me’ Or ‘I Went To Him, And He Said: “Indeed Allah Has Verified The Truth Of What You Said.” He Said: ‘So This Ayah Was Revealed: There Are The Ones Who Say: “Do Not Spend On Those Who Are With The Messenger Of Allah Until They Desert From Him.”
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3314In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 366English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3314
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3314
This hadith gives another report about Zaid bin Arqam and the words of Abdullah bin Ubayy. During the Battle of Tabuk, Abdullah said, “If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.” Zaid went to the Prophet and mentioned it, but Abdullah swore that he had not said it. Zaid’s people blamed him, and he went home sad and full of grief. Then the Prophet came to him, or Zaid went to the Prophet, and he said that Allah had verified the truth of what Zaid said. The hadith about Zaid’s truth reminds readers that being truthful can bring hardship before clarity comes.
What we learn from this hadith
- Zaid reported the words he heard from Abdullah bin Ubayy.
- Abdullah denied the statement under oath.
- Zaid was blamed by his own people and became deeply sad.
- Allah confirmed the truth of what Zaid had reported.
