حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْقَلِيبِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا فُلَانُ يَا فُلَانُ هَلْ وَجَدْتُمْ مَا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ الْآنَ لَيَسْمَعُونَ كَلَامِي قَالَ يَحْيَى فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ وَهِلَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَعْلَمُونَ الْآنَ أَنَّ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَقُولُ لَهُمْ حَقًّا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَى وَمَا أَنْتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4864
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that he said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) stood over the well on the day of Badr and said: "O So and so, O So and sot have you found what your Lord promised to be true? By Allah, they could hear what I say now." Yahya said: 'Aa'ishah said: May Allah forgive Abu 'Abd ar-Rahmaan, for he must have got confused. Rather tine Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "By Allah, now they know that what I told them it is true." And Allah, may He be exalted, says: "Verily, you cannot make the dead to hear" [an-Naml 27:10] "but you, (O Prophet), cannot cause to hear those wlio are in their graves" [Faatir 35:22].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020