حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ دَاوُدُ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ نَاسٌ مِنْ الْأَسْرَى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ فِدَاءٌ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِدَاءَهُمْ أَنْ يُعَلِّمُوا أَوْلَادَ الْأَنْصَارِ الْكِتَابَةَ قَالَ فَجَاءَ يَوْمًا غُلَامٌ يَبْكِي إِلَى أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ ضَرَبَنِي مُعَلِّمِي قَالَ الْخَبِيثُ يَطْلُبُ بِذَحْلِ بَدْرٍ وَاللَّهِ لَا تَأْتِيهِ أَبَدًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2216
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: Some of the prisoners on the day of Badr did not have any ransom, so the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) made it their ransom to teach the children of the Ansar how to write. One day a boy came crying to his father, who said: What is the matter with you? He said: My teacher hit me. He said: The evil one is seeking vengeance for [the people thrown into] the well at Badr! By Allah, you will never go to him again.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020