مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 16303
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ (١) وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدٍ قَالَ: وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَصَّ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ ـ يَعْنِي الْمَسْجِدَ (٢) الْجَامِعَ ـ قَالَ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْبَعَ غَزَوَاتٍ، قَالَ: فَتَنَاوَلَ قَوْمٌ الذُّرِّيَّةَ بَعْدَمَا قَتَلُوا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " أَلَا مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ قَتَلُوا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ حَتَّى تَنَاوَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ "، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوَلَيْسَ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ نَسَمَةٌ تُولَدُ إِلَّا وُلِدَتْ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، فَمَا تَزَالُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى يُبِينَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا، فَأَبَوَاهَا يُهَوِّدَانِهَا وَ (٣) يُنَصِّرَانِهَا "، قَالَ: وَأَخْفَاهَا الْحَسَنُ (٤)، ،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Aswad bin Sari’ that on the occasion of the Battle of Hunayn, the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent out a detachment: they fought against the polytheists, and as the fighting intensified, it reached the point where their children were also killed. When those people returned, the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked them, “What compelled you to kill the children?” They replied, “O Messenger of Allah! They were the children of the polytheists.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Are not the best among you the children of polytheists? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, every soul that is born in this world is born upon the natural disposition (fitrah) until its tongue expresses itself, and it is its parents who make it a Jew or a Christian.”
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This is Hadith 16303 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 307, Hadith of al-Aswad ibn Sari‘ (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 5.
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مسند احمد / مسند المدنيين رضي الله عنهم اجمعين / 16303
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