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Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman رضي الله عنه
May Allah Forgive You
Hudhayfah's father, al-Yaman, was an old man, and he and another elderly Companion were left among the women and children at Uhud. When the fight began, they decided that it would be a waste to sit while others fought, so they took up their swords and joined the battle. In the confusion, the Muslims did not recognise them.
Hudhayfah saw his father being attacked and cried out that it was his father, but the blows had already fallen and he was killed. The Muslims were distressed when they realised their mistake. Hudhayfah only said, "May Allah forgive you; He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy."
The Prophet ﷺ wished to pay the blood-money for al-Yaman, but Hudhayfah gave it up as charity for the Muslims. The Prophet ﷺ's esteem for him grew.
Forgiving a painful mistake, even one that costs you dearly, shows the strength of a believer's heart.
Is there a hurt you could answer with a prayer rather than blame?
- Sahih al-Bukhari 4065 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah (Uhud)Historical report
- Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat al-KubraHistorical report
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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