حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ هَانِئٍ أَبُو نُعَيمٍ النَّخَعِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ حُدَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لَئِنْ بَقِيتُ لِنَصَارَی بَنِي تَغْلِبَ لَأَقْتُلَنَّ الْمُقَاتِلَةَ وَلَأَسْبِيَنَّ الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَإِنِّي کَتَبْتُ الْکِتَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی أَنْ لَا يُنَصِّرُوا أَبْنَائَهُمْ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْکَرٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ أَنَّه کَانَ يُنْکِرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِنْکَارًا شَدِيدًا قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ وَلَمْ يَقْرَأْهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي الْعَرْضَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3040
Ali said “If I survive for the Christians of Banu Taghlib I shall kill fighters and captivate children for I had written a document between them and the Prophet ﷺ to the effect that they would not make their children Christian. Abu Dawud said “This is rejected (munkar) tradition and it has reached me from Ahmad (bin Hanbal) that he used to reject this tradition seriously. Abu Ali said “Abu Dawud did not present this (tradition) in this second reading. ”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020