حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ مُؤَذِّنُ مَسْجِدِ حُرْدَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي عُدَيْسَةُ بِنْتُ أُهْبَانَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا جَائَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ هَاهُنَا الْبَصْرَةَ دَخَلَ عَلَی أَبِي فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ أَلَا تُعِينُنِي عَلَی هَؤُلَائِ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ بَلَی قَالَ فَدَعَا جَارِيَةً لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا جَارِيَةُ أَخْرِجِي سَيْفِي قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ فَسَلَّ مِنْهُ قَدْرَ شِبْرٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَشَبٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ خَلِيلِي وَابْنَ عَمِّکَ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ إِذَا کَانَتْ الْفِتْنَةُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَتَّخِذُ سَيْفًا مِنْ خَشَبٍ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَکَ قَالَ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيکَ وَلَا فِي سَيْفِکَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3960
‘Udaisah bint Uhbãn said: "When Ali bin Abu Tâlib came to Basrah, he entered upon my father and said: ‘0 Abu Muslim,wll you not help me against these people? He said: ‘Of course.’ So he called a slave woman of his and said: ‘0 slave woman, bring me my sword.’ So she brought it, and he unsheathed it a span, and (I saw that) it was made of wood. He said: ‘My close Mend and your cousin P.B.U.H advised me, if tribulation (Fitnah) arose among the Muslims, that I should take a sword of wood. If you wish I will go out with you.’ He said: ‘I have no need of you or of your sword.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020