مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 323
Read the original Arabic and English translation of this hadith from Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra), with its chapter, grading, and reference kept together.
- In-book entry
- 242
Chapter 1
Chapter context
View in chapterHadith text
Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، قَالَ:، كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ: أَنْ عَلِّمُوا غِلْمَانَكُمُ الْعَوْمَ، وَمُقَاتِلَتَكُمُ الرَّمْيَ. فَكَانُوا يَخْتَلِفُونَ إِلَى الْأَغْرَاضِ، فَجَاءَ سَهْم غَرْبٌ إِلَى غُلامٍ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ أَصْلٌ، وَكَانَ فِي حِجْرِ خَالٍ لَهُ، فَكَتَبَ فِيهِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ إِلَى عُمَرَ [[إِلَى مَنْ أَدْفَعُ عَقْلَهُ؟]] (*) ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: "اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مَوْلَى مَنْ لَا مَوْلَى لَهُ، وَالْخَالُ وَارِثُ مَنْ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ" (١) .،
Translation
English translation
It was narrated that Abu Unma mah bin Sahl said:
‘Umar wrote to AbuʼUbaidah bin al-Jarrah [saying]: Teach your children swimming and teach your fighters archery. After that they used to practise archery frequently, then a stray arrow came and killed a boy, and no one knew where it came from; he was under the care of his maternal uncle. Abu `Ubaidah wrote to `Umar about that [asking]: To whom should I pay his diyah? ‘Umar wrote back telling him that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: “Allah and His Messenger are the mawla (guardian) of the one who has no mawla, and the maternal uncle is the heir of the one who has no heir.”
About this reference
Where is this hadith found?
This is Hadith 323 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 2, Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra), as in-book entry 242.
Browse every hadith in Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)Reference details
- Collection
- Musnad Ahmad
- In-book entry
- 242
Source and grading notes
Musnad Ahmad 323 Arabic/English book : Book 2, Hadith 323
Keep exploring