حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ح و حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَنُصَيْرُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ قَالَ کُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَتَغَيَّظَ عَلَی رَجُلٍ فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ تَأْذَنُ لِي يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ قَالَ فَأَذْهَبَتْ کَلِمَتِي غَضَبَهُ فَقَامَ فَدَخَلَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ مَا الَّذِي قُلْتَ آنِفًا قُلْتُ ائْذَنْ لِي أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ قَالَ أَکُنْتَ فَاعِلًا لَوْ أَمَرْتُکَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا کَانَتْ لِبَشَرٍ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَفْظُ يَزِيدَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4363
Narrated Abu Bakr: Abu Barzah said: I was with Abu Bakr. He became angry at a man and uttered hot words. I said: Do you permit me, Caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that I cut off his neck? These words of mine removed his anger; he stood and went in. He then sent for me and said: What did you say just now? I said: (I had said: ) Permit me that I cut off his neck. He said: Would you do it if I ordered you? I said: Yes. He said: No, I swear by Allah, this is not allowed for any man after Muhammad ﷺ. Abu Dawud said: This is Yazid's version. Ahmad bin Hanbal said: That is, Abu Bakr has no powers to slay a man except for three reasons which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had mentioned: disbelief after belief, fornication after marriage, or killing a man without (murdering) any man by him. The Prophet ﷺ had powers to kill.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020