مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 20145
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ "، (١)، ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ: " اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ "، قَالَ: يَقُولُ: " (١) الشَّيْخُ لَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ، وَالشَّابُّ، أَيْ يُسْلِمُ، كَأَنَّهُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ "، قَالَ: " الشَّرْخُ: الشَّبَابُ "،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Kill the elderly among the polytheists and keep their youth alive." The son of Imam Ahmad says that I asked my father for an explanation of this hadith, so he said: "An old man generally does not accept Islam, whereas a young man does; thus, the young are closer to Islam compared to the old."
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This is Hadith 20145 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 808, And from the hadith of Samurah ibn Jundub about the Prophet (peace be upon him), as in-book entry 68.
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مسند احمد / أول مسند البصريين / 20145
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