Hadith of Hanzalah al-Katib al-Asidi (may Allah be pleased with him)

حَدِيثُ حَنْظَلَةَ الْكَاتِبِ الْأُسَيِّدِيِّ (١)، ١٧٦٠٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ التَّمِيمِيِّ الْأُسَيْدِيِّ الْكَاتِبِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْيَ عَيْنٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ، وَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كُنَّا فِيهِ، فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: نَافَقْتُ نَافَقْتُ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: " يَا حَنْظَلَةُ، لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي، لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ - أَوْ فِي طُرُقِكُمْ، أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَ هَذَا، هَكَذَا قَالَ هُوَ، يَعْنِي سُفْيَانَ - يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were present in the service of the Prophet (ﷺ), and there we began to discuss Paradise and Hell, and it felt as if we were seeing them with our own eyes. Then when I returned to my family and children, I began to laugh and engage in amusement. Suddenly, I remembered what we had just been discussing. So I left the house, and on the way I met Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). I said, "I have become a hypocrite," (and I told him the whole matter). He said, "We do the same." Then I went to the service of the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned my condition. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Hanzalah! If you were to remain always in the same state as you are when you are with me, then the angels would begin to shake hands with you in your beds and on your paths. Hanzalah! There is a time for this and a time for that."

حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ الْمُرَقَّعِ بْنِ صَيْفِيِّ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الْكَاتِبِ، قَالَ: غَزَوْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَمَرَرْنَا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَقْتُولَةٍ، وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهَا النَّاسُ، قَالَ: فَأَفْرَجُوا لَهُ، فَقَالَ: " مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتَلُ " ثُمَّ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ: " انْطَلِقْ إِلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فَقُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ لَا تَقْتُلَ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا " (١)، ،

It is narrated from Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we set out with the Prophet (ﷺ) for a battle. We passed by a woman who had been killed by the vanguard. People had gathered there. The people made way for the Prophet (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) stopped by her body and said, "She would not have participated in the fighting." Then he said to a companion (may Allah be pleased with him), "Go to Khalid and tell him that the Prophet (ﷺ) commands you not to kill children and laborers." The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْمُرَقَّعُ بْنُ صَيْفِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، أَخِي حَنْظَلَةَ الْكَاتِبِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي جَدِّي: أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، (١)،

Husayn ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from his father, from al-Muraqqa‘ ibn Sayfi ibn Rabah, the brother of Hanzalah the scribe, who said: My grandfather informed me that he went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned the hadith.

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي الْمُرَقَّعُ بْنُ صَيْفِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، أَنَّ جَدَّهُ رَبَاحَ بْنَ رَبِيعٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ (٢)، ،

Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Abbas narrated to us, Ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us from Abu al-Zinad who said: Al-Murraqqa‘ ibn Sayfi ibn Rabah informed me that his grandfather Rabah ibn Rabi‘ah informed him, and he mentioned the hadith.