سنن نسائی · Hadith 4092

It was narrated from Younus bin Ubaid from Humain bin Hilal, from Abdullah bin Mutarrif bin Ash-Shikhkhir from Abu Barzah Al-Aslami that he said: ''We were with Abu Bakr As-Siddique and he got angry with a man from among the Muslims, and became very angry indeed. When I saw that. said:O Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, shall I strike his neck!’ When mentioned killing him, he stopped being angry with him and changed the subject. When we parted, he sent for me and said: ‘Abu Barzah, what did you say?’ I said: ‘I have forgotten what I said; remind me.’ He said: ‘Do you not remember what you said?’ I said: ‘No, by Allah.’ He said: ‘Don’t you remember, when you saw me angry with a man, and said, ‘I will strike his neck Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم?’ Don’t you remember that? Would you really have done that?’ I said: ‘Yes, by Allah, and if you tell me to do it now, I will do it.’ He said: ‘By Allah, that is not for anyone after Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم.” (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: This Hadith is the best and distinguished of the narrations.

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020