The Book of Jihad, Military Expeditions, and Authority-06b
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The reciter: Ali ibn Hujr al-Sa'di narrated to us: Isma'il—meaning Ibn Ulayyah—narrated to us: Sulayman al-Taymi narrated to us: Anas ibn Malik said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1800a, He said: And Abu Mujlaz said: Sahih Muslim 1800a.
The Shaykh : A farmer?
The reciter: "A farmer is a tiller of the soil and a cultivator, and among the Arabs he is considered of low status. Abu Jahl pointed to the two sons of 'Afra' who killed him; they were from the Ansar and were owners of crops and date palms. His meaning was: If the one who killed me had been other than a farmer, it would have been more pleasing to me and of greater consequence for me, and I would not have suffered any disgrace in that."
Who will ascertain for us what has happened to Abu Jahl? Ibn Mas'ud went (to gather this information). He found that the two sons of 'Afra' had struck him and he lay cold at the point of death. He caught him by his beard and said: Art thou Abu Jahl? He said: is there anybody superior to the person you have killed, or (he said) his people have killed him.
مَنْ يَنْظُرُ لَنَا مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ ؟ فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ، حَتَّى بَرَكَ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ، فَقَالَ : آنْتَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ ؟ فَقَالَ : وَهَلْ فَوْقَ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ - أَو قَالَ : قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ -Abu Jahl said: Alas! a person other than a farmer would have killed me.
قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ : فَلَوْ غَيْرُ أَكَّارٍ قَتَلَنِيThe Shaykh : A farmer?
The reciter: "A farmer is a tiller of the soil and a cultivator, and among the Arabs he is considered of low status. Abu Jahl pointed to the two sons of 'Afra' who killed him; they were from the Ansar and were owners of crops and date palms. His meaning was: If the one who killed me had been other than a farmer, it would have been more pleasing to me and of greater consequence for me, and I would not have suffered any disgrace in that."