Reading a research paper on the topic that jihad against the People of the Book is better than jihad against others, and that the Muslim martyr in it has the reward of two martyrs
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions
As for what follows: This is a research paper on what the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned, namely that jihad against the People of the Book is better than jihad against others, and that the Muslim martyr in it has the reward of two martyrs. I have striven to keep it concise and beneficial, so I say: It is mentioned in Sunan Abu Dawud, in the Book of Jihad, in the chapter on the virtue of fighting the Romans over other nations
Abd al-Rahman ibn Salam narrated to us, saying: Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us from Faraj ibn Fadlalah from Abd al-Khabir ibn Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shamas from his father from his grandfather, saying: This hadith was narrated by Abu Dawud in his Sunan, and by Abu Ya'la in his Musnad, and by Abu Nu'aym and Ibn Manda in Ma'rifat al-Sahabah, and by Ibn Sa'd in his Tabaqat. It is a weak hadith; its chains are not free from one or two weak narrators. Among them is Faraj ibn Fadlalah, as in the chain of Abu Dawud and Ibn Sa'd, and he is weak. Yahya ibn Ma'in weakened him, and al-Bukhari said of him: "His hadith is munkar (denounced)". Abd al-Khabir is the son of Qays ibn Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shamas. In Abu Dawud, it is attributed to his grandfather, and it is also in the chain of Abu Ya'la and Abu Nu'aym. They said of him
The Shaykh : And Abu Nu'aym
The reader: Yes, exactly
The Shaykh : And sh... meaning, and Abu Nu'aym narrated it, for example
The reader: I don't know...
The Shaykh : Yes, and Abu Nu'aym
The reader: What is this?
The Shaykh : Here, and Abu Nu'aym, yes
The reader: And it is in the chain of Abu Ya'la and Abu Nu'aym as well. Ibn Hajar said of him: "His status is unknown". Abu Hatim al-Razi and Ibn Adi said of him: "His hadith is munkar (denounced)". Ibn Manda said of the hadith: "It is strange; we do not know it except from this route". Al-Albani weakened it in Da'if Abu Dawud. In fact, he said of its chain in his book Hijab al-Mar'ah al-Muslimah: "It is not permissible for us to cite such a chain as evidence". Al-Muqaddim used this hadith as evidence in al-Mughni, saying: "Fighting the People of the Book is better than fighting others. Ibn al-Mubarak used to come from Marw to fight the Romans, and when he was asked about that, he said: 'These people fight for their religion'". It was also narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he mentioned it. Additionally, the author of al-Istibsar mentioned in the lineage of the Ansar Companions, in the biography of Mahmud ibn Muslimah, the scribe, brother of Muhammad ibn Muslimah
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: The scribe, brother of Muhammad ibn Muslimah
The Shaykh : Yes, this is permissible, meaning his brother is omitted, i.e., he is his brother
The reader: In the biography of Mahmud ibn Muslimah, brother of Muhammad ibn Muslimah al-Ansari, it is mentioned that he was martyred by a millstone thrown at him by Marhab the Jew, and that Muhammad, and Muhammad
The Shaykh : Muhammad
The reader: He says it like this
The Shaykh : Muhammad
The reader: He says "and Muhammad" like this, without the alif
The Shaykh : Yes, it was included in the Musnad
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Read
The reader: And that Muhammad killed him with his brother, and it was said that it was not Marhab who threw it. The point is that he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ibn Mahmud: and he did not attribute that to the killing of the People of the Book for him. He attributed it to Abu Dawud, but I did not find it except in Ibn Abd al-Barr's al-Isti'ab. He said: "And Musa ibn Uqbah mentioned from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on that day, as they claimed, and Allah knows best: And I did not find a mention of this Mahmud in many of those who wrote biographies of the Companions. Prepared by the student Saleh ibn Abdullah al-Farikh
The Shaykh : So, meaning, the conclusion is that the hadith is weak... Greet them
The student: Should I copy it or not?
The Shaykh : And Allah, if the summary is written on the basis that it is in a weak hadith, that is sufficient, yes
Praise be to Allah, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions
As for what follows: This is a research paper on what the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned, namely that jihad against the People of the Book is better than jihad against others, and that the Muslim martyr in it has the reward of two martyrs. I have striven to keep it concise and beneficial, so I say: It is mentioned in Sunan Abu Dawud, in the Book of Jihad, in the chapter on the virtue of fighting the Romans over other nations
Abd al-Rahman ibn Salam narrated to us, saying: Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us from Faraj ibn Fadlalah from Abd al-Khabir ibn Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shamas from his father from his grandfather, saying:
A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), called Umm Khalal, or Am Khalal, and she was wearing a face veil, asking about her son who had been killed. Some of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "You have come to ask about your son while you are wearing a face veil?" She said: "If I have lost my son, I will not lose my modesty." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your son has the reward of two martyrs." She said: "Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Because the People of the Book killed him."
جاءت امرأة إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقال لها أم خلال ام خلال وهي منتقبة تسأل عن ابنها وهو مقتول فقال لها بعض أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم جئت تسألين عن ابنك وأنت منتقبة فقالت إن ارزأ ابني فلن ارزأ حيائي فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ابنك له أجر شهيدين قالت ولم ذاك يا رسول الله قال لأنه قتله أهل الكتابThe Shaykh : And Abu Nu'aym
The reader: Yes, exactly
The Shaykh : And sh... meaning, and Abu Nu'aym narrated it, for example
The reader: I don't know...
The Shaykh : Yes, and Abu Nu'aym
The reader: What is this?
The Shaykh : Here, and Abu Nu'aym, yes
The reader: And it is in the chain of Abu Ya'la and Abu Nu'aym as well. Ibn Hajar said of him: "His status is unknown". Abu Hatim al-Razi and Ibn Adi said of him: "His hadith is munkar (denounced)". Ibn Manda said of the hadith: "It is strange; we do not know it except from this route". Al-Albani weakened it in Da'if Abu Dawud. In fact, he said of its chain in his book Hijab al-Mar'ah al-Muslimah: "It is not permissible for us to cite such a chain as evidence". Al-Muqaddim used this hadith as evidence in al-Mughni, saying: "Fighting the People of the Book is better than fighting others. Ibn al-Mubarak used to come from Marw to fight the Romans, and when he was asked about that, he said: 'These people fight for their religion'". It was also narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he mentioned it. Additionally, the author of al-Istibsar mentioned in the lineage of the Ansar Companions, in the biography of Mahmud ibn Muslimah, the scribe, brother of Muhammad ibn Muslimah
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: The scribe, brother of Muhammad ibn Muslimah
The Shaykh : Yes, this is permissible, meaning his brother is omitted, i.e., he is his brother
The reader: In the biography of Mahmud ibn Muslimah, brother of Muhammad ibn Muslimah al-Ansari, it is mentioned that he was martyred by a millstone thrown at him by Marhab the Jew, and that Muhammad, and Muhammad
The Shaykh : Muhammad
The reader: He says it like this
The Shaykh : Muhammad
The reader: He says "and Muhammad" like this, without the alif
The Shaykh : Yes, it was included in the Musnad
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Read
The reader: And that Muhammad killed him with his brother, and it was said that it was not Marhab who threw it. The point is that he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ibn Mahmud:
He has the reward of two martyrs
له أجر شهيدينHe has the reward of two martyrs
له أجر شهيدينThe Shaykh : So, meaning, the conclusion is that the hadith is weak... Greet them
The student: Should I copy it or not?
The Shaykh : And Allah, if the summary is written on the basis that it is in a weak hadith, that is sufficient, yes