حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَمَّا کَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ جِئْتُ بِسَيْفٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَفَی صَدْرِي مِنْ الْمُشْرِکِينَ أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا هَبْ لِي هَذَا السَّيْفَ فَقَالَ هَذَا لَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لَکَ فَقُلْتُ عَسَی أَنْ يُعْطَی هَذَا مَنْ لَا يُبْلِي بَلَائِي فَجَائَنِي الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ إِنَّکَ سَأَلْتَنِي وَلِيس لِي وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ صَارَ لِي وَهُوَ لَکَ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ يَسْأَلُونَکَ عَنْ الْأَنْفَالِ الْآيَةَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ سِمَاکُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبٍ أَيْضًا وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3079
Narrated Mus'ab bin Sa'd: from his father who said: On the Day of Badr I brought a sword so I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Indeed Allah has satisfied my breast (i.e. my desire) on the idolaters - or something like that - give me this sword.' So he said: 'This is not for me, nor is it for you.' I said: 'Perhaps he will give this to someone who did not go through some struggle I went through (fighting).' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to me [and he said:] 'You asked me, but it was not up to me. But now it has occurred that it is up to me, so it is yours.' He said: So (the following) was revealed: They ask you about the spoils of war (8:1).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020