حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ح و حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَی يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي کَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فِيهِ فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ قَافَةً فَأُتِيَ بِهِمْ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَکَ وَتَعَالَی فِي ذَلِکَ إِنَّمَا جَزَائُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا الْآيَةَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4366
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Anas. bin Malik through a different chain of narrators. This version says: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent some people who were experts in tracking in pursuit of them and they were brought (to him). Allah, the Exalted, then revealed the verse about it: “ The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and his Messenger and strive for mischief through the land.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020