‘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.”
Grade: | Da'if in chain (Al-Albani) | ضعيف الإسناد (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3040 |
In-book reference | : Book 20, Hadith 113 |
English translation | : Book 19, Hadith 3034 |