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Authentic hadithUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: بَعَثَنَا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في بَعْثٍ، فقال: «إن وجَدْتُم فُلانا وفُلانا» لرجلين من قُرَيْش سَمَّاهُما «فأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بالنَّار» ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حين أردنا الخروج: «إني كنت أَمَرْتُكُمْ أن تُحْرِقُوا فلانًا وفلانًا، وإن النَّار لا يُعَذِّبُ بها إلا الله، فإن وجَدْتُمُوهُما فاقْتُلُوهُما».
In this Hadīth, Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) tells that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sent them out in an army to fight the enemy. He ordered them to burn two individuals from Quraysh, whom he named, whenever they spot them. Then he said to them when they came to bid him farewell before their journey: I commanded you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so, but no one punishes with fire except Allah, so when you seize them, kill them.
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