حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ انْطَلَقَ حَاطِبٌ فَکَتَبَ إِلَی أَهْلِ مَکَّةَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ سَارَ إِلَيْکُمْ وَقَالَ فِيهِ قَالَتْ مَا مَعِي کِتَابٌ فَانْتَحَيْنَاهَا فَمَا وَجَدْنَا مَعَهَا کِتَابًا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَالَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ لَأَقْتُلَنَّکِ أَوْ لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْکِتَابَ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2651
Ali said “Hatib went and wrote to the people of Makkah that Muhammad ﷺ is going to proceed to them. This version has “She said “I have no letter. We made her Camel kneel down, but we did not find any letter with her. Ali said “By Him in Whose name oath is taken, I shall kill you or you should bring out the letter. He then narrated the rest of the tradition.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020