51. Expeditions

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8527No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَارَ إِلَى بَدْرٍ فَاسْتَشَارَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ اسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِيَّاكُمْ يُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا إِذًا لَا نَقُولُ مَا قَالَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى «اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَاتِلَا إِنَّا هَهُنَا قَاعِدُونَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَوْ ضَرَبْتَ أَكْبَادَهَا إِلَى بَرْكِ الْغِمَادِ لَاتَّبَعْنَاكَ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ traveled to Badr and consulted the Muslims. Abu Bakr advised him, then he consulted them again and Umar advised him, then he consulted them again. The Ansar said, 'O assembly of Ansar, it is you whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intends.' They said, 'Then we will not say what the Children of Israel said to Musa: "Go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are sitting right here" [Quran 5:24]. By the One who sent you with the truth, if you were to strike its livers until you reach Bark al-Ghimad, we would follow you.'"

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8528No grade recorded

   أَنَّ مِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ وَمَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ قَالَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا أَتَى ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ قَلَّدَ الْهَدْيَ وَأَشْعَرَهُ وَأَحْرَمَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ بَعَثَ عَيْنَا لَهُ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ وَسَارَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً بِالْأَشْطَاطِ أَتَاهُ عَيْنُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا جَمَعُوا لَكَ جُمُوعًا وَجَمَعُوا لَكَ الْأَحَابِيشَ وَإِنَّهُمْ مُقَاتِلُوكَ وَصَادُّوكَ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ أَتَرَوْنَ أَنْ نَمِيلَ عَلَى ذَرَارِيِّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ أَعَانُوا عَلَيْنَا فَإِنْ نَجَوْا يَكُونُ اللهُ قَدْ قَطَعَ عُنُقًا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ وَإِلَّا تَرَكْتُهُمْ مَحْرُوبِينَ مَوْتُورِينَ؟» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّمَا خَرَجْتُ لِهَذَا الْوَجْهِ عَامِدًا لِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ لَا تُرِيدُ قِتَالَ أَحَدٍ فَتَوَجَّهْ لَهُ فَمَنْ صَدَّنَا عَنْهُ قَاتَلْنَاهُ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «امْضُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ»

   ✧ Al-Miswar b. Makhramah and Marwan b. al-Hakam, one of them adding to the other, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out in the year of al-Hudaybiyah with some ten and a few hundred of his companions. When he reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, he garlanded the sacrificial animal, marked it, and entered ihram from there. Then he sent a scout from Khuza'ah, and the Prophet ﷺ traveled until he was at al-Ashtat. His scout came to him and said, 'Quraysh have gathered troops against you and gathered the Ahabish. They will fight you and block you from the House.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Advise me. Do you think we should raid the children of these people who helped against us? If they escape, Allah will have cut a neck of the disbelievers; otherwise, I will leave them deprived and bereaved.' Abu Bakr said, 'O Messenger of Allah, you set out for this purpose, heading to this House, not intending to fight anyone. So proceed toward it, and whoever blocks us from it, we will fight him.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Proceed in the name of Allah.'"

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8529No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «ظَاهِرٌ بَيْنَ دِرْعَيْنِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ»

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ wore two coats of mail on the day of Uhud.

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8530No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «دَخَلَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمِغْفَرُ فَلَمَّا نَزَعَهُ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ابْنُ خَطَلٍ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْتُلُوهُ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah in the year of the Conquest with a helmet on his head. When he took it off, a man came to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Ibn Khatal is clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Kill him.'

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8531No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَبْلَ قِتَالٍ وَأَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَغَارَ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ يَعْنِي خُزَاعَةَ وَهُمْ غَارُّونَ وَأَنْعَامُهُمْ عَلَى الْمَاءِ تُسْقَى فَقَتَلَ رِجَالَهُمْ وَسَبَى سَبْيَهُمْ وَأَخَذَ أَنْعَامَهُمْ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي أَصَابَ فِيهِ جُوَيْرِيَةَ

   ✧ People were called to Islam at the beginning of Islam before fighting. Ibn Umar told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raided Banu al-Mustaliq, meaning Khuza'ah, while they were unaware and their cattle were being watered at the water. He killed their men, captured their women and children, and took their cattle. That was the day on which he obtained Juwayriyah.

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8532No grade recorded

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا بَعَثَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى قَوْمٍ أَمْرَهُ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ فِي خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِهِ وَلِأَصْحَابِهِ بِعَامَّةٍ» وَقَالَ «اغْزُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ قَاتِلُوا مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ وَلَا تَغْلُوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا وَإِذَا لَقِيتَ عَدُوَّكَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ دَخَلُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمْ وَإِلَى الْهِجْرَةِ فَإِنْ دَخَلُوا فِي الْهِجْرَةِ فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكَفَّ عَنْهُمْ وَإِنِ اخْتَارُوا الْإِسْلَامَ وَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ إِلَى دَارِ الْهِجْرَةِ كَانُوا كَأَعْرَابِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَجْرِي عَلَى أَعْرَابِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْفَيْءِ وَالْغَنِيمَةِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا الْإِسْلَامَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى إِعْطَاءِ الْجِزْيَةِ وَاقْبلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ وَقَاتِلْهُمْ فَإِذَا حَاصَرْتَ أَهْلَ حِصْنٍ فَأَرَادُوكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُنْزِلَهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ فَلَا تُنْزِلْهُمْ وَلَكِنْ عَلَى حُكْمِكُمْ ثُمَّ اقْضُوا فِيهِمْ بَعْدُ مَا شِئْتُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ تُصِيبُونَ حُكْمَ اللهِ أَمْ لَا وَإِنْ أَرَادُوكَ أَنْ تُنْزِلَهُمْ عَلَى ذِمَّةِ اللهِ وَذِمَّةِ رَسُولِهِ فَلَا تُنْزِلْهُمْ وَلَكِنْ ذِمَمِكُمْ وَذِمَمِ آبَائِكُمْ وَإِخْوَانِكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَنْ تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَمَكُمْ وَذِمَمَ آبَائِكُمْ وَإِخْوَانِكُمْ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ»

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed a commander over a people, he commanded him to fear Allah regarding himself and regarding his companions generally. He said, 'Raid in the name of Allah and in the path of Allah. Fight those who disbelieve in Allah. Do not steal from the spoils, do not betray, do not mutilate, and do not kill a child. If you meet your enemy from the polytheists, call them to one of three things: to Islam. If they enter Islam, accept from them and refrain from them. Then to emigration. If they enter emigration, accept from them and refrain from them. If they choose Islam but refuse to move from their homes to the abode of emigration, they are like the Bedouin believers. What applies to the Bedouin believers applies to them, and they have no share in fay and booty unless they fight in the path of Allah. If they refuse Islam, then call them to pay the jizyah. Accept from them and refrain from them. If they refuse, then seek help from Allah and fight them. If you besiege the people of a fortress and they ask you to let them descend upon the judgment of Allah, do not let them descend, but upon your own judgment. Then judge among them afterward as you wish, for you do not know whether you will hit the judgment of Allah or not. If they ask you to let them descend upon the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger, do not let them descend, but upon your own protection and the protection of your fathers and brothers. For you to violate your own protection and the protection of your fathers and brothers is easier for you than to violate the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger.'

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8533No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ غَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطَاهَا فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟» فَقِيلَ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَبَصَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَأَ حَتَّى كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ وَجَعٌ فَأَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أُقَاتِلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونُوا مِثْلَنَا؟» قَالَ «انْفُذْ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ بِمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ حَقِّ اللهِ فِيهِ فَوَاللهِ لَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللهُ بِكَ رَجُلًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ حُمُرُ النَّعَمِ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar: 'I will give this banner tomorrow to a man through whose hands Allah will grant victory. He loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him.' When the people woke up in the morning, they all came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, each hoping to be given it. He said, 'Where is Ali b. Abi Talib?' It was said, 'O Messenger of Allah, he is suffering from his eyes.' They sent for him, and he was brought. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spat into his eyes and prayed for him, and he was cured as if he had had no pain. He gave him the banner. Ali said, 'O Messenger of Allah, shall I fight them until they become like us?' He said, 'Proceed calmly until you descend into their courtyard. Then call them to Islam and inform them of what is obligatory upon them of Allah's right in it. By Allah, if Allah guides one man through you, it is better for you than having red camels.'

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8534No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى غُلَامٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ «أَسْلِمْ» فَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُوهُ «أَطِعْ رَسُولَ اللهِ» فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَهُ بِي مِنَ النَّارِ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon a Jewish boy who was ill and said to him, 'Become Muslim.' The boy looked at his father, and his father said, 'Obey the Messenger of Allah.' The boy said, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Praise be to Allah who saved him from the Fire through me.'

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8535No grade recorded

   كَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِي فِي قُبُلِ أُحُدٍ وَالْجَوَّانِيَّةِ فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا اطِّلَاعَةً فَإِذَا الذِّئْبُ قَدْ أَخَذَ مِنْهَا شَاةً وَأَنَا مِنْ بَنِي آدَمِ آسَفُ كَمَا يَأْسَفُونَ لَكِنِّي صَكَكْتُهَا صَكَّةً فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَعَظُمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ قُلْتُ «أَلَا أَعْتِقُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟» قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَهَا «مَنْ أَنَا؟» قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ لَهَا «أَيْنَ اللهُ؟» قَالَتْ «فِي السَّمَاءِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَفِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُؤْمِنَةٌ وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ كَمَا أَرَدْتُ»

   ✧ I had a slave girl who tended sheep for me near Uhud and al-Jawwaniyyah. I looked at her once and saw that a wolf had taken a sheep from her. I am a human being and I get angry as they get angry, so I slapped her. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. It seemed serious to me, so I said, 'Shall I free her, O Messenger of Allah?' The Prophet ﷺ said to her, 'Who am I?' She said, 'You are the Messenger of Allah.' He said to her, 'Where is Allah?' She said, 'In the heaven.' Abu Abd al-Rahman said: In this hadith he said, 'Free her, for she is a believer,' but I did not understand it as I wanted.

10. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8536No grade recorded

    السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ وَأَخَذُوا غَنِيمَتَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ أَلْقَى إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا تَبْتَغُونَ عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا} [النساء 94] تِلْكَ الْغَنِيمَةُ

    ✧ He said, 'Peace be upon you,' but they killed him and took his spoils. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed: {And do not say to one who gives you a greeting of peace, 'You are not a believer,' seeking the temporary gains of the worldly life} [Quran 4:94]. That spoils.

11. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8537No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ فَقَاتَلَنِي فَضَرَبَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَطَعَهَا ثُمَّ لَاذَ مِنِّي بِشَجَرَةٍ» فَقَالَ «أَسْلَمْتُ لِلَّهِ أَفَأَقْتُلُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَهَا؟» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقْتُلْهُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ قَطَعَ يَدِي ثُمَّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَطَعَهَا أَفَأَقْتُلُهُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقْتُلْهُ فَإِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَهُ وَإِنَّكَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ كَلِمَتَهُ الَّتِي قَالَ»

    ✧ He informed him that he said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you think if I meet a man from the disbelievers and he fights me and strikes one of my hands with a sword and cuts it off, then he takes refuge from me by a tree and says, "I have submitted to Allah." Should I kill him, O Messenger of Allah, after he has said it?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not kill him.' He said, 'I said, O Messenger of Allah, he cut off my hand and then said that after cutting it off. Should I kill him?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not kill him. If you kill him, then he is in the position you were in before you killed him, and you are in the position he was in before he said the word he said.'

12. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8538No grade recorded

    أَنَّ ثَقِيفًا كَانَتْ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ وَمَعَهُ نَاقَةٌ لَهُ فَأَتَوْا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ «بِمَا أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَخَذْتَ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ» قَالَ «أَخَذْتُ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفٍ وَكَانُوا أَسَرُوا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَمُرُّ وَهُوَ مَحْبُوسٌ» فَيَقُولُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ «إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ» قَالَ «لَوْ كُنْتَ قُلْتَ وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ كُنْتَ قَدْ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَفْدِيَهُ بِالثَّقَفِيِّينَ فَفَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَمْسَكَ النَّاقَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ»

    ✧ Thaqif were allies of Banu Uqayl in pre-Islamic times. The Muslims captured a man from Banu Uqayl who had a she-camel with him. They brought him to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, 'O Muhammad, why have you captured me and taken the leading she-camel of the pilgrims?' He said, 'I captured you because of the crime of your allies Thaqif, for they had captured two Muslim men.' The Prophet ﷺ passed by while he was imprisoned, and he would say, 'O Muhammad, I am a Muslim.' He said, 'If you had said that when you were in control of your affair, you would have succeeded completely.' Then it occurred to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ransom him for the two Thaqafis, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ransomed him for two Muslim men and kept the she-camel for himself.

13. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8539No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَغَارَتْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فَشَذَّ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ فَاتَّبَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ السَّرِيَّةِ مَعَهُ السَّيْفُ شَاهِرُهُ فَقَالَ الشَّاذُّ «مَنِ الْقَوْمُ؟ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ فَلَمْ يَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَا» قَالَ «فَضَرَبَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَنَمَى الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ فِيهِ قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا فَبَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ إِذْ قَالَ «الْقَاتِلُ وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ الَّذِي» قَالَ «إِلَّا تَعَوُّذًا مِنَ الْقَتْلِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَمَّنْ قَبْلَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَأَخَذَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ مَا قَالَ الَّذِي قَالَ «إِلَّا تَعَوُّذًا مِنَ الْقَتْلِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ وَعَمَّنْ قَبْلَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَأَخَذَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ وَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ» فَقَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تُعْرَفُ الْمَسَاءَةَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ أَبَى عَلَيَّ الَّذِي قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a raiding party, and they attacked a people. A man from the people broke away, and a man from the raiding party with his sword drawn followed him. The one who broke away said, "Who are the people? Indeed, I am a Muslim." But he did not pay attention to what he said, and he struck him and killed him. The news reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he spoke harshly about it. While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering a sermon, the killer said, "By Allah, what he said was only to seek protection from being killed." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from him and from those before him among the people, and continued his sermon. Then he said, "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, what he said was only to seek protection from being killed." He turned away from him and from those before him among the people, and continued his sermon, and he did not stop. Then he said the same thing a third time, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to him with displeasure visible in his face and said, "Allah has refused to accept my intercession for the one who killed a believer," three times.

14. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8540No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْحُرُقَاتِ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ فَصَبَّحْنَاهُمْ وَقَدْ نُذِرُوا بِنَا فَخَرَجْنَا فِي آثَارِهِمْ فَأَدْرَكْتُ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا فَجَعَلَ إِذَا لَحِقْتُهُ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُهَا فَرَقًا مِنَ السِّلَاحِ فَحَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَعَرَضَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ قَتْلِهِ شَيْءٌ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ» قَالَ لِي أَقَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ثُمَّ قَتَلْتَهُ؟» قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْهَا مِنْ قَبَلِ نَفْسِهِ إِنَّمَا قَالَهَا فَرَقًا مِنَ السِّلَاحِ قَالَ لِي أَقَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ثُمَّ قَتَلْتَهُ فَهَلَّا شَقَقْتَ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا قَالَهَا فَرَقًا مِنَ السِّلَاحِ؟» قَالَ أُسَامَةُ فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا عَلَيَّ أَقَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ثُمَّ قَتَلْتَهُ حَتَّى وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us to the Haruqat area of Juheyna. We reached them in the morning while they were warned about us. We caught up with them and I encountered a man who, whenever I got close to him, said "There is no god but Allah." I thought he was saying it to protect himself from harm, so I attacked him and killed him. However, I felt uneasy about killing him. I went to the Prophet ﷺ and he asked me, "Did you say 'There is no god but Allah' before killing him?" I replied, "No, he did not say it himself. He only said it to protect himself from harm." The Prophet ﷺ then asked me, "Did you kill him after he said, 'There is no god but Allah'?" I said, "Yes, but I wish I had not accepted Islam until that day."

15. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8541No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جَيْشٍ إِلَى الْحُرُقَاتِ حَيٍّ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ فَلَمَّا يَعْنِي هَزَمْنَاهُمِ ابْتَدَرْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَكَفَّ عَنْهُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا قَالَهَا تَعَوُّذًا فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَرَجَعَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا أُسَامَةُ قَتَلْتَ رَجُلًا بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ؟ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟» فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us in an army to al-Huraqat, a tribe of Juhaynah. When we defeated them, a man from the Ansar and I rushed toward a man from among them. He said, "There is no god but Allah." The Ansari held back from him, but I thought he said it only to seek protection, so I killed him. The Ansari returned to the Prophet ﷺ and told him the story. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Usamah, you killed a man after he said 'There is no god but Allah'? How will you deal with 'There is no god but Allah' on the Day of Resurrection?" He kept repeating that until I wished I had not embraced Islam until that day.

16. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8542No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ أَحْسَبُهُ إِلَى بَنِي خُزَيْمَةَ فَلَمْ يُحْسِنُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ «صَبَأْنَا صَبَأْنَا وَجَعَلَ خَالِدٌ بِهِمْ قَتْلًا وَأَسْرًا» قَالَ «فَدَفَعَ إِلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا أَسِيرَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمٌ أَمَرَنَا خَالِدٌ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا أَسِيرَهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ «وَاللهِ لَا أَقْتُلُ أَسِيرِي وَلَا يَقْتُلُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي أَسِيرَهُ» قَالَ فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ صَنِيعَ خَالِدٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ صَنِيعِ خَالِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ»

    The Prophet ﷺ sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the tribe of Jadhima and Khalid invited them to Islam but they could not express themselves by saying, "Aslamna (i.e. we have embraced Islam)," but they started saying "Saba'na! Saba'na (i.e. we have come out of one religion to another)." Khalid kept on killing (some of) them and taking (some of) them as captives and gave every one of us his Captive. When there came the day then Khalid ordered that each man (i.e. Muslim soldier) should kill his captive, I said, "By Allah, I will not kill my captive, and none of my companions will kill his captive." When we reached the Prophet, we mentioned to him the whole story. On that, the Prophet ﷺ raised both his hands and said twice, "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid has done." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4339)

17. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8543No grade recorded

    صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ بِغَلَسٍ وَهُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنْهُمْ فَأَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ مَرَّتَيْنِ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ» قَالَ «وَجَعَلُوا يَسْعَوْنَ فِي السِّكَكِ» وَيَقُولُونَ «مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَتَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُقَاتِلَةَ وَسَبَى الذُّرِّيَّةَ وَصَارَتْ صَفِيَّةُ لِدِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ ثُمَّ صَارَتْ بَعْدُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَجَعَلَ عِتْقَهَا صَدَاقَهَا» فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْتَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ لِأَنَسٍ «مَا أَصْدَقَهَا؟» قَالَ أَنَسٌ «أَصْدِقْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَحَرَّكَ ثَابِتٌ رَأْسَهُ أَيْ تَصْدِيقًا لَهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the morning prayer on the day of Khaybar in the dark, while he was close to them, then he raided them and said, "Allah is greatest! Khaybar is ruined!" twice. "When we descend upon the courtyard of a people, evil is the morning of those who were warned." He said, "They began running through the streets," and saying, "Muhammad and the army! Muhammad and the army!" twice. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ killed the fighters and took the offspring captive. Safiyyah became the share of Dihyah al-Kalbi, then she later became the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ, and he freed her and married her, making her freedom her dowry. Abd al-Aziz said, "O Abu Muhammad, are you the one who said to Anas, 'What did he give her as dowry?'" Anas said, "He gave her herself as dowry," and Thabit nodded his head in confirmation.

18. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8544No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ أَتَاهَا لَيْلًا وَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَى قَوْمًا بِلَيْلٍ لَمْ يُغِرْ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَخَرَجَتْ يَهُودٌ بِمَسَاحِيهِمْ وَمَكَاتِلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to Khaybar and reached it at night. When he came to a people at night, he would not raid them until morning. The Jews came out with their shovels and baskets, and when they saw him they said, "Muhammad, by Allah! Muhammad and the army!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah is greatest! Khaybar is ruined! When we descend upon the courtyard of a people, evil is the morning of those who were warned."

19. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8545No grade recorded

    «حَاصَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الطَّائِفَ مُخْتَصَرٌ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ besieged al-Ta'if. (Abridged)

20. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8546No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأُعْطِيَنَّ اللِّوَاءَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَعْطَاهُ اللِّوَاءَ وَنَهَضَ مَعَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ نَهَضَ فَلَقِيَ أَهْلَ خَيْبَرَ فَإِذَا مَرْحَبٌ يَرْتَجِزُ وَيَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي مَرْحَبُ شَاكِي السِّلَاحِ بَطَلٌ مُجَرَّبُ أَطْعَنُ أَحْيَانًا وَحِينًا أَضْرِبُ إِذَا اللُّيُوثُ أَقْبَلَتْ تَلَهَّبُ فَاخْتَلَفَ هُوَ وَعَلِيٌّ ضَرْبَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَهُ عَلَى هَامَتِهِ حَتَّى عَضَّ السَّيْفُ مِنْهَا أَبْيَضَ رَأْسِهِ وَسَمِعَ أَهْلُ الْعَسْكَرِ صَوْتَ ضَرْبَتِهِ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ وَلَهُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will surely give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love." He called Ali, who had sore eyes, spat into his eyes, and gave him the banner. Those who set out with him went with him, and he met the people of Khaybar. There was Marhab, reciting war poetry and saying: "Khaybar knows that I am Marhab, fully armed, a tested hero. Sometimes I thrust, and sometimes I strike, when lions advance blazing." He and Ali exchanged two blows, and Ali struck him on the crown of his head, and the sword bit into it until it reached the white of his skull. The people of the army heard the sound of his blow, and Allah granted victory to him and to them.

21. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8547No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُ حَاصَرْنَا خَيْبَرَ فَأَخَذَ اللِّوَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَانْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ عُمَرُ فَانْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ وَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ يَوْمَئِذٍ شِدَّةٌ وَجَهْدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي دَافِعٌ لِوَائِي غَدًا إِلَى رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَيُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ حَتَّى يُفْتَحَ لَهُ» وَبِتْنَا طَيِّبَةً أَنْفُسُنَا أَنَّ الْفَتْحَ غَدًا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ ثُمَّ قَامَ قَائِمًا وَدَعَا بِاللِّوَاءِ وَالنَّاسُ عَلَى مَصَافِّهِمْ فَمَا مِنَّا إِنْسَانٌ لَهُ مَنْزِلَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبَ اللِّوَاءِ فَدَعَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَمَسَحَ عَنْهُ وَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ اللِّوَاءَ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ قَالَ «أَنَا فِيمَنْ تَطَاوَلُ لَهَا»

    ✧ I heard my father Buraydah say: We besieged Khaybar. Abu Bakr took the banner and returned without victory. The next day Umar took it and returned without victory. The people suffered severe hardship and distress that day. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Tomorrow I will give my banner to a man whom Allah and His Messenger love, and who loves Allah and His Messenger. He will not return until victory is granted to him." We spent the night with good spirits, thinking victory would come tomorrow. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer, then stood and called for the banner while the people were in their ranks. There was none among us with any standing with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who did not hope to be the bearer of the banner. He called Ali ibn Abi Talib, who had sore eyes, spat into his eyes, wiped them, and handed the banner to him, and Allah granted victory to him. He said, "I was among those who stretched their necks for it."

22. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8548No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَبْعَثَنَّ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ لَا يُخْزِيهِ اللهُ أَبَدًا فَأَشْرَفَ مَنِ اسْتَشْرَفَ» قَالَ «أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟ وَهُوَ فِي الرَّحَى يَطْحَنُ فَدَعَاهُ وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ مَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يُبْصِرَ فَنَفَثَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَهَزَّ الرَّايَةَ ثَلَاثًا فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ بِصَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will surely send a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love, and Allah will never disgrace him." Those who were eager craned their necks. He said, "Where is Ali ibn Abi Talib?" He was at the mill grinding. He called him while he had sore eyes and could hardly see. He blew into his eyes, shook the banner three times, and handed it to him. He came back with Safiyyah bint Huyayy. (Abridged)

23. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8549No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَا أَحْبَبْتُ الْإِمَارَةَ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ وَقَالَ «امْشِ وَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ» فَسَارَ عَلِيٌّ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ وَقَفَ وَذَكَرَ قُتَيْبَةُ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا فَصَرَخَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلَى مَاذَا أُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ «قَاتِلْهُمْ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ عَصَمُوا مِنْكَ دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ»

    ✧ On the day of Khaybar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will surely give this banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and through whom Allah will grant victory." Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "I never desired leadership except on that day." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali ibn Abi Talib, gave it to him, and said, "Go forward and do not turn around until Allah grants victory to you." Ali went a little, then stopped and cried out, "O Messenger of Allah, on what basis shall I fight the people?" He said, "Fight them until they bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they do that, they have protected their blood and their property from you, except for what is due from them, and their reckoning is with Allah."

24. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8550No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَيْشًا وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ وَقَالَ إِنْ قُتِلَ زَيْدٌ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأَمِيرُكُمْ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَإِنْ قُتِلَ جَعْفَرٌ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأَمِيرُكُمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ فَلَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ فَأَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ زَيْدٌ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ جَعْفَرُ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَتَى خَبَرُهُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ لَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ فَأَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ جَعْفَرٌ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ أَوِ اسْتُشْهِدَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ سَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَمْهَلَ آلَ جَعْفَرٍ ثَلَاثًا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ فَقَالَ «لَا تَبْكُوا عَلَى أَخِي بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «ادْعُوا لِي بَنِي أَخِي فَجِيءَ بِنَا كَأَنَّا أَفْرُخٌ» فَقَالَ «ادْعُوا لِي الْحَلَّاقَ فَأَمَرَهُ فَحَلَقَ رُءُوسَنَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَّا مُحَمَّدٌ فَشَبِيهُ عَمِّنَا أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَمَّا عَبْدُ اللهِ فَشَبِيهُ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي» فَشَالَهَا فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ اخْلُفْ جَعْفَرًا فِي أَهْلِهِ وَبَارِكْ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ فِي صَفْقَةِ يَمِينِهِ ثَلَاثًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army and appointed Zayd ibn Harithah as their commander, and said, "If Zayd is killed or martyred, your commander is Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. If Ja'far is killed or martyred, your commander is Abdullah ibn Rawahah." They met the enemy. Zayd took the banner and fought until he was killed. Then Ja'far took the banner and fought until he was killed. Then Abdullah ibn Rawahah took the banner and fought until he was killed. Then Khalid ibn al-Walid took the banner, and Allah granted victory to him. Their news reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he went out to the people, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said, "Your brothers met the enemy. Zayd ibn Harithah took the banner and fought until he was killed or martyred. Then Ja'far took the banner and fought until he was killed or martyred. Then Abdullah ibn Rawahah took the banner and fought until he was killed or martyred. Then a sword from the swords of Allah, Khalid ibn al-Walid, took the banner, and Allah granted victory to him." Then he gave the family of Ja'far three days to come to him, then he came to them and said, "Do not weep for my brother after today." Then he said, "Call for me the sons of my brother." We were brought as if we were chicks. He said, "Call for me the barber," and he ordered him, and he shaved our heads. Then he said, "As for Muhammad, he resembles our uncle Abu Talib. As for Abdullah, he resembles me in appearance and character." Then he took my hand, raised it, and said, "O Allah, be a successor to Ja'far in his family, and bless Abdullah in the transaction of his right hand," three times.

25. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8551No grade recorded

    أَنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ رَايَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ مَشَاهِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

    ✧ Ibn Umm Maktum carried a black banner for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in some of the battles of the Prophet ﷺ.

26. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8552No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَايَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كَانَتْ؟ فَقَالَ «كَانَتْ سَوْدَاءَ مُرَبَّعَةً مِنْ نَمِرَةٍ»

    ✧ He was asked about the banner of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: what was it like? He said, "It was black, square, made of a woolen cloak."

27. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8553No grade recorded

    «دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا الْمَسْجِدُ غَاصٌّ بِالنَّاسِ فَإِذَا رَايَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ» قُلْتُ «مَا شَأْنُ النَّاسِ الْيَوْمَ؟» قَالُوا «هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَجْهًا»

    ✧ "I entered the mosque and found it thronged with people, and there was a black banner." I said, "What is the matter with the people today?" They said, "This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intending to send 'Amr b. al-'As on an expedition."

28. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8554No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّقَ نَخْلَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ وَقَطَعَ وَهِيَ الْبُوَيْرَةُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً عَلَى أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَلِيُخْزِي الْفَاسِقِينَ} [الحشر 5]

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ burned the palm trees of Banu al-Nadir and cut them down, and that was al-Buwayrah. Then Allah revealed: {Whatever you cut down of the palm trees or left standing on their roots, it is by Allah's permission, and to disgrace the transgressors} [al-Hashr: 5].

29. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8555No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَرَّقَ نَخْلَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ وَقَطَعَ وَلَهُ يَقُولُ حَسَّانُ «لَهَانَ عَلَى سَرَاةِ بَنِي لُؤَيٍّ حَرِيقٌ بِالْبُوَيْرَةِ مُسْتَطِيرُ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ burned the palm trees of Banu al-Nadir and cut them down. About that Hassan said: "It was a light matter for the nobles of Banu Lu'ayy, a fire spreading at al-Buwayrah."

30. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8556No grade recorded

    «اسْتَنْزَلُوهُمْ مِنْ حُصُونِهِمْ وَأَمْرُوا بِقِطْعٍ النَّخْلِ فَحَكَّ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ» فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ «وَقَدْ قَطَعْنَا بَعْضًا وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضًا فَلَنَسْأَلَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ هَلْ لَنَا فِيمَا قَطَعْنَا مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا عَلَيْنَا فِيمَا تَرَكْنَا مِنْ وِزْرٍ؟» فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً} [الحشر 5] الْآيَةَ قَالَ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ كَانَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَحَدَّثْنَاهُ عَنْ حَفْصٍ

    ✧ "They brought them down from their fortresses and ordered the cutting of the palm trees, and that caused doubt in their hearts." The Muslims said, "We have cut down some and left others, so we will surely ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whether we have any reward for what we cut down and any sin for what we left." Then Allah, Exalted is He, revealed: {Whatever you cut down of the palm trees or left standing} [al-Hashr: 5] - the verse. Al-Za'farani said: 'Affan narrated this hadith to us from 'Abd al-Wahid from Habib, then he retracted and we narrated it to him from Hafs.

31. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8557No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَطَعَ سِدْرَةً صَوَّبَ اللهُ رَأْسَهُ فِي النَّارِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever cuts down a lote tree, Allah will throw his head into the Fire."

32. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8558No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا تَكْفِينِي ذَا الْخَلَصَةِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ لَا أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ فَصَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا» قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي خَمْسِينَ مِنْ قَوْمِي فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَأَحْرَقْنَاهَا وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى «فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَأَحْرَقْتُهَا» ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ «وَاللهِ مَا أَتَيْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا مِثْلَ الْجَمَلِ الْأَجْرَبِ فَدَعَا لِأَحْمَسَ خَيْلِهَا وَرِجَالِهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Will you not suffice me against Dhu al-Khalasah?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a man who cannot keep steady on a horse." He struck my chest and said, "O Allah, make him steadfast and make him a guide, rightly guided." He said: "So I set out with fifty men of my people and came to it and we burned it." Sufyan said on another occasion: "So I came to it and I burned it." Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "By Allah, I did not come to you until I left it like a mangy camel." Then he supplicated for Ahmas, its horses and its men.

33. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8559No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْثٍ وَقَالَ «إِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا لِرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَحْرِقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَرَدْنَا الْخُرُوجَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْرِقُوا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا وَإِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا اللهُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»

    Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on military expedition telling us, "If you find such and such persons (he named two men from Quraish), burn them fire." Then we came to bid him farewell, when we wanted to set out, he said: "Previously I ordered you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so with fire, but as punishment with fire is done by none except Allah, if you capture them, kill them, (instead)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2954)

34. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8560No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَرْنَا بِقَرْيَةِ نَمْلٍ قَدْ أُحْرِقَتْ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ ﷻ»

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we passed by an ant village that had been burned. He said: The Prophet ﷺ became angry and said: "It is not proper for any human being to punish with the punishment of Allah, Mighty and Sublime."

35. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8561No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَسَعَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِرَحْلِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ثُمَّ حَرَّقَ عَلَى النَّمْلِ قَرْيَتَهَا فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلَّا نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً» وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ «فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِجِهَازِهِ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "A prophet among the prophets camped under a tree, and an ant bit him. He ordered his saddle to be moved and taken out from beneath it, then he burned the ant village. Allah revealed to him: 'Why not just one ant?'" Qutaybah said in his narration: "An ant stung him, so he ordered his baggage to be moved and taken out from beneath it, then he ordered it to be burned. Allah revealed to him..."

36. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8562No grade recorded

    كُنَّا فِي غَزَاةٍ لَنَا فَأَصَبْنَا ظَفَرًا وَقَتَّلْنَا فِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ بَلَغَ بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ؟ أَلَا لَا تُقْتَلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةٌ أَلَا لَا تُقْتَلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةٌ» قِيلَ لِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَيْسَ هُمْ أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ قَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟»

    ✧ We were on an expedition, and we were victorious and killed among the polytheists until they were completely defeated. The news of the killing reached the Prophet ﷺ and he said, "What is happening to these people that the killing has reached even their offspring? Shouldn't their offspring be spared?" It was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, aren't they the children of the polytheists?" He said, "Aren't your best ones the children of the polytheists?"

37. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8563No grade recorded

    أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي أُحْمُوقَةٍ مَا أَجَبْتُهُ اكْتُبْ يَا يَزِيدُ كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الْوِلْدَانِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمْ فَلَا تَقْتُلْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ تَعْلَمُ مِنْهُمْ مَا عَلِمَ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى وَأَمَّا ذَوُو الْقُرْبَى فَإِنَّا نَزْعُمُ أَنَا نَحْنُ هُمْ وَأَبَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا قَوْمُنَا وَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمُ يَنْقَضِي يُتْمُهُ إِذَا آنَسَ مِنْهُ رِشْدًا وَأَمَّا الْعَبْدُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ فَلَيْسَ لَهُمَا شَيْءٌ

    ✧ That he should fall into foolishness? I did not answer him. Write, O Yazid: You wrote asking me about the children. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill them, so do not kill them unless you know from them what the companion of Moses knew. As for the near relatives, we claim that we are they, but our people refused that to us. As for the orphan, his orphanhood ends when sound judgment is perceived in him. As for the slave and the woman, they have no share.

38. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8564No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ «امْرَأَةً وُجِدَتْ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَقْتُولَةً فَأَنْكَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَتْلَ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ»

    ✧ He informed him that a woman was found killed in one of the expeditions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ disapproved of killing women and children.

39. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8565No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ جَرَّدُوهُ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرَوِا الْمُوسَى جَرَتْ عَلَى شَعْرِهِ يُرِيدُ عَانَتَهُ تَرَكُوهُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ»

    ✧ He informed him that on the day of Qurayzah, the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ examined him, and when they did not see the razor run over his hair - meaning his pubic hair - they left him from killing.

40. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8566No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ حَكَمَ فِيهِ سَعْدٌ فَجِيءَ بِي وَأَنَا أَرَى أَنَّهُ سَيَقْتُلُنِي فَكَشَفُوا عَنْ عَانَتِي فَوَجَدُونِي لَمْ أُنْبِتْ فَجَعَلُونِي فِي السَّبْيِ

41. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8567No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَطِيَّةَ الْقُرَظِيَّ يَقُولُ عَرَضْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ فَكَانَ مَنْ أَنْبَتَ قُتِلَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُنْبِتْ خُلِّيَ سَبِيلُهُ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ لَمْ يُنْبِتْ فَخُلِّيَ سَبِيلِي

    ✧ I heard 'Atiyyah al-Qurazi say: We were presented to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Qurayzah. Whoever had grown pubic hair was killed, and whoever had not was let go. I was among those who had not grown pubic hair, so I was let go.

42. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8568No grade recorded

    سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يُبَيَّتُونَ فَيُصَابُ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ وَذَرَارِيِّهِمْ قَالَ «هُمْ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the inhabitants of a house among the polytheists who are raided at night, and their women and children are struck. He said, "They are from them."

43. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8569No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «قِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ أَنَّ خَيْلًا أَغَارَتْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَصَابَتْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟» قَالَ «هُمْ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "What if horses raid at night and strike some of the children of the polytheists?" He said, "They are from their fathers."

44. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8570No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا حِمَى إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ يُبَيَّتُونَ فَيُصِيبُونَ الْوِلْدَانَ» قَالَ «هُمْ مِنْهُمْ»

    ✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no protected pasture except for Allah and His Messenger." He was asked about people who are raided at night and children are struck. He said, "They are from them."

45. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8571No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ وَالنَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ «انْظُرْ عَلَامَ اجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ؟» فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ قَتِيلٍ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتِلُ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَلَى الْمُقَدَّمَةِ» فَقَالَ «قُلْ لِخَالِدٍ لَا تَقْتُلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا»

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an expedition, and the people were gathered around something. He sent a man and said, "Look at what these people are gathered around." He came back and said, "Around a slain woman." He said, "This woman was not one to fight. Khalid b. al-Walid is leading the vanguard." He said, "Tell Khalid not to kill any children or laborers."

46. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8572No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ وَعَلَى مُقَدِّمَتِهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَمَرَرْنَا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَقْتُولَةٍ مِمَّا أَصَابَتِ الْمُقَدَّمَةُ فَوَقَفْنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا وَنَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْهَا حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ فَانْفَرَجْنَا عَنْهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتِلُ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ» فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ أَدْرِكْ خَالِدًا فَقُلْ لَهُ لَا تَقْتُلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a military detachment, with Khalid b. al-Walid leading his vanguard. We passed by a slain woman whom the vanguard had struck. We stood looking at her and marveling until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came on his she-camel, and we parted for him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This woman was not one to fight." Then he looked at the faces of the people and said to one of them, "Catch up with Khalid and tell him not to kill any children or laborers."

47. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8573No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَمَرَرْنَا بِامْرَأَةٍ مَقْتُولَةٍ وَالنَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا فَفرَجُوا لَهُ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتِلُ الْحَقَ خَالِدًا» فَقُلْ لَهُ «لَا تُقْتَلْ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا»

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an expedition and passed by a slain woman with people around her. They parted for him, and he said, "This woman was not one to fight. Catch up with Khalid and tell him not to kill any children or laborers."

48. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8574No grade recorded

    لَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فَمَا رَأَيْتُ نَاشِدًا يَنْشُدُ حَقًّا لَهُ أَشَدَّ مِنْ مُنَاشَدَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ رَبَّهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَنْشُدُكَ وَعْدَكَ وَعْهَدَكَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكُ مَا وَعَدْتَنِي اللهُمَّ إِنْ تَهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةَ لَا تَعْبُدْ فِي الْأَرْضِ» ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْنَا كَأَنَّ شُقَّةَ وَجْهِهِ الْقَمَرُ فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ مَصَارِعُ الْقَوْمِ الْعَشِيَّةَ»

    ✧ When we met on the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray. I never saw anyone pleading for his right more intensely than Muhammad ﷺ pleaded with his Lord, saying, "O Allah, I beseech You for Your promise and Your covenant. O Allah, I ask You for what You promised me. O Allah, if this band perishes, You will not be worshiped on earth." Then he turned to us as if a slice of his face were the moon and said, "These are the places where the people will fall this evening."

49. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8575No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ كَانَ يَقُودُ بِهِ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فَنَزَلَ وَاسْتَنْصَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لَا كَذِبَ أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: On the day of Hunayn, Abu Sufyan was leading him while he was on his white mule. He dismounted and sought victory, then said, "I am the Prophet, no lie; I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib."

50. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8576No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا غَزَا قَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَضُدِي وَنَصِيرِي وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on an expedition, he would say, "O Allah, You are my support and my helper, and by You I fight."

51. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8577No grade recorded

    أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا خَافَ قَوْمًا قَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ»

    ✧ When the Prophet of Allah ﷺ feared a people, he would say, "O Allah, we place You before them, and we seek refuge in You from their evils."

52. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8578No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ مُنَزِّلَ الْكِتَابِ سَرِيعَ الْحِسَابِ مُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ اهْزِمْهُمْ وَزَلْزِلْهُمْ»

    ✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say on the day of the Trench, "O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Swift in account, Mover of the clouds, defeat them and shake them."

53. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8579No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّكَ تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ بِشَيْءٍ؟» قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيًّا مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَدٌ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ خَيِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيَحَهُمْ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْجُوعَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ؟ فَقَالُوا «أَمَّا الْجُوعُ وَالْعَدُوُّ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمَا وَلَكِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَأُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتُ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا» فَأَنَا أَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was moving his lips during the days of Hunayn after the dawn prayer. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, you are moving your lips with something?" He said, "A prophet among those before you admired the large number of his community and said, 'No one will be able to overwhelm these with anything.' Then Allah revealed to him: 'Give your community a choice among three things: that I send upon them an enemy from other than themselves who will make them lawful, or that I send upon them famine, or that I send upon them death.' They said, 'As for famine and the enemy, we have no strength against them, but death.' So death was sent upon them, and seventy thousand of them died in one night. So I say, 'O Allah, by You I strive, by You I assault, and by You I fight.'"

54. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8580No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَتَمَنَّوْا لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاصْبِرُوا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ يُضَعِّفُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ نَظَرْنَا فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَلَمْ نَجَدْ شَيْئًا يَدُلُّ عَلَى ضَعْفِهِ وَيَحْيَى كَانَ أَعْلَمَ مِنَّا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not wish to meet the enemy, but when you meet them, be steadfast." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Yahya b. Ma'in considered al-Mughirah b. Abd al-Rahman weak. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: We examined his hadith and found nothing indicating his weakness. And Yahya was more knowledgeable than us, and Allah knows best.

55. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8581No grade recorded

    «اسْتَعْمَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الرُّمَاةِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ» عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ وَكَانُوا خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ «كُونُوا مَكَانَكُمْ لَا تَبْرَحُوا وَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمُ الطَّيْرَ تَخْطَفُنَا» قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ «أَنَا وَاللهِ رَأَيْتُ النِّسَاءَ بَادِيَاتٍ خَلَاخِيلَهُنَّ قَدِ اسْتَرْخَتْ ثِيَابَهُنَّ يَصْعَدْنَ الْجَبَلَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ مَا كَانَ مَضَوْا» فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ أَمِيرُهُمْ «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ؟» بِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «فَمَضَوْا فَكَانَ الَّذِي كَانَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ جَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ» فَقَالَ «أَفِيكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ؟» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُجِيبُوهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَفِيكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَفِيكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ؟ الثَّالِثَةَ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ» فَقَالَ «أَفِيكُمِ ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ» فَقَالَ «أَفِيكُمِ ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَفِيكُمُ ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ حَتَّى قَالَهَا؟ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ» فَقَالَ «أَمَّا هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَدْ كُفِيتُمُوهُمْ فَلَمْ يَمْلِكْ عُمَرُ نَفْسَهُ» فَقَالَ كَذَبْتَ يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ هَا هُوَ ذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَنَّا أَحْيَاءٌ وَلَكَ مِنَّا يَوْمُ سَوْءٍ فَقَالَ يَوْمٌ بِيَوْمِ بَدْرٍ وَالْحَرْبُ سِجَالٌ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ زِيَادٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اعْلُ هُبَلُ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَجِيبُوهُ» فَقَالُوا مَا نَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا اللهُ أَعَزُّ وَفِي حَدِيثِ زِيَادٍ اللهُ أَعَلَى وَأَجَلُّ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَنَا عُزَّى وَلَا عُزَّى لَكُمْ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَجِيبُوهُ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا نَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا «اللهُ مَوْلَانَا وَلَا مَوْلَى لَكُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ فِي الْقَوْمِ مُثْلَةً لَمْ آمُرْ بِهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَمْ تَسُؤْنِي»

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed Abd Allah b. Jubayr as commander of the archers on the day of Uhud, and they were fifty men. He said to them: 'Stay in your positions, do not leave, even if you see the birds snatching us away.' Al-Bara' said: 'By Allah, I saw the women with their anklets showing and their garments loosened, climbing the mountain. Then when what happened happened, they left.' Their commander Abd Allah b. Jubayr said: 'How will you act regarding the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' But they went ahead, and what happened happened. When night came, Abu Sufyan b. Harb came and said: 'Is Muhammad among you?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not answer him.' He said again: 'Is Muhammad among you?' They did not answer him. He said a third time: 'Is Muhammad among you?' They did not answer him. Then he said: 'Is Ibn Abi Quhafah among you?' They did not answer him. He said: 'Is Ibn Abi Quhafah among you?' They did not answer him, until he had said it three times. Then he said: 'Is Ibn al-Khattab among you?' and he said it three times, and they did not answer him. Then he said: 'As for these, you have been spared them.' Umar could not control himself and said: 'You lie, O enemy of Allah! Here is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Abu Bakr, and we are alive, and you will have an evil day from us.' Abu Sufyan said: 'A day for the day of Badr, and war is alternating.' In the hadith of Ziyad, he then said: 'Exalted be Hubal!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Answer him.' They said: 'What should we say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: Allah is mightier.' In the hadith of Ziyad: 'Allah is higher and more majestic.' Then he said: 'We have Uzza, and you have no Uzza.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Answer him.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what should we say?' He said: 'Say: Allah is our Protector, and you have no protector.' Then Abu Sufyan said: 'You will see in the people mutilation that I did not command.' Then he said: 'It did not displease me.'

56. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8582No grade recorded

    «فَصُفَّ الْخَيْلُ ثُمَّ صُفَّ الْمُقَاتِلَةُ ثُمَّ صُفَّ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ صُفَّ الْغَنَمُ ثُمَّ صُفَّ النَّعَمُ» قَالَ وَنَحْنُ بَشَرٌ كَثِيرٌ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا سِتَّةَ آلَافٍ قَالَ وَعَلَى مُجَنِّبَةِ خَيْلِنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ «فَجَعَلَتْ خَيْلُنَا تَلُوذُ خَلْفَ ظُهُورِنَا» قَالَ «فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنِ انْكَشَفَ خَيْلُنَا» قَالَ فَنَادَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا لِلْأَنْصَارِ يَا لِلْأَنْصَارِ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ هَذَا حَدِيثُ عِمِّيَّةٌ قَالَ قُلْنَا لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَايْمُ اللهِ مَا أَتَيْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى هَزَمَهُمُ اللهُ قَالَ «فَقَبَضْنَا ذَلِكَ الْمَالَ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى الطَّائِفِ فَحَاصَرْنَاهُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَنَزَلْنَا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ الْمِائَةَ وَيُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ الْمِائَةَ مُخْتَصَرٌ»

    ✧ "So the cavalry was lined up, then the fighters, then the women behind that, then the sheep, then the camels." He said: "And we were many people, reaching six thousand." He said: "Khalid b. al-Walid was on the flank of our cavalry." He said: "Our cavalry began to seek shelter behind our backs." He said: "It was not long before our cavalry was exposed." He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called out: 'O Muhajirun!' Then he said: 'O Ansar! O Ansar!'" Anas said: "This is a hadith of my paternal aunt." He said: "We said: 'Labbayk, O Messenger of Allah.'" He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advanced, and by Allah, we did not reach them until Allah defeated them." He said: "So we seized that property, then we went to al-Ta'if and besieged them for forty nights, then we returned to Makkah and camped. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began giving a man a hundred and a man a hundred. Abridged."

57. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8583No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ إِذَا لَمْ يُقَاتِلْ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ أَخَّرَ الْقِتَالَ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ وَتَهُبَّ الرِّيَاحُ وَيَنْزِلَ النَّصْرُ مُخْتَصَرٌ

    ✧ I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when he did not fight at the beginning of the day, he would delay the fighting until the sun declined, the winds blew, and victory descended. Abridged.

58. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8584No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ؟ قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ «لَا وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَفِرَّ فَكَانَتْ هَوَازِنُ رُمَاةً وَإِنَّا لَمَّا حَمَلَنَا عَلَيْهِمُ انْكَشَفُوا فَأَكْبَبْنَا عَلَى الْغَنَائِمِ فَاسْتَقْبَلُونَا بِالسِّهَامِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَإِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِهَا» وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لَا كَذِبْ أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ»

    ✧ About the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn? Al-Bara' said: "No, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not flee. Hawazin were archers, and when we charged at them, they scattered, and we fell upon the spoils. Then they faced us with arrows. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his white mule, with Abu Sufyan b. al-Harith holding its bridle, while he was saying: 'I am the Prophet, no lie; I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib.'"

59. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8585No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ «إِذَا أَحْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ وَلَقِيَ الْقَوْمُ الْقَوْمَ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا يَكُونُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ أَدْنَى إِلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ» اللَّفْظُ لِعَبَّاسٍ

    ✧ And the other said: "When the battle grew intense and the people met the people, we shielded ourselves with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and none of us was closer to the enemy than him." The wording is that of Abbas.

60. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8586No grade recorded

    «كَانَ سِيمَانَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ الصُّوفُ الْأَبْيَضُ»

    ✧ "Our distinguishing mark on the day of Badr was white wool."

61. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8587No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ الْأَشْرَفِ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ آذَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ» قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ؟» قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ «ائْذَنْ لِي فَلْأَقُلْ» قَالَ قُلْ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ وَذِكْرُ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَدْ أَرَادَ مِنَّا صَدَقَةً وَقَدْ عَنَانَا» فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهُ قَالَ «وَأَيْضًا وَاللهِ لَتَمَلُّنَّهُ» قَالَ «إِنَّا قَدِ اتَّبَعْنَاهُ الْآنَ وَنَكْرَهُ أَنْ نَدَعَهُ حَتَّى نَنْظُرَ إِلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَصِيرُ أَمْرُهُ وَقَدْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تُسْلِفَنِي سَلَفًا» قَالَ «فَمَا تَرْهَنُنِي تَرْهَنُنِي نِسَاءَكُمْ؟» قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَجْمَلُ الْعَرَبِ أَنَرْهَنَكَ نِسَاءَنَا؟» قَالَ «أَتَرْهَنُونِي أَوْلَادَكُمْ» قَالَ «يَسُبُّ ابْنَ أَحَدِنَا» فَيُقَالُ «رَهْنٌ فِي وَسْقَيْنِ وَلَكِنْ نَرْهَنُكَ اللَّأْمَةَ يَعْنِي السِّلَاحَ» قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَوَاعَدَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ فَانْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ وَهُوَ رَضِيعُهُ وَأَخُوهُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهُ بِالْحَارِثُ وَأَبِي عَبْسِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ فَجَاءُوا فَدَعُوهُ لَيْلًا فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ» فَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ غَيْرُ عَمْرٍو قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ إِنِّي لَأَسْمَعُ صَوْتًا كَأَنَّهُ صَوْتُ دَمٍ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَرَضِيعُهُ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ إِنَّ الْكَرِيمَ لَوْ دُعِيَ إِلَى طَعْنَةٍ لَيْلًا لَأَجَابَ» قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ «إِنِّي إِذَا جَاءَ فَسَوْفَ أَمُدُّ يَدَيَّ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ فَإِذَا اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْهُ فَدُونَكُمْ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ نَزَلَ وَهُوَ مُتَوَشِّحٌ» فَقَالُوا نَجْدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الطِّيبِ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ تَحْتِي فُلَانَةُ أَعْطَرُ نِسَاءِ الْعَرَبِ» قَالَ «فَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَشُمَّ مِنْهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ فَشَمَّ قَالَ «فَتَنَاوَلَ فَشَمَّ» قَالَ «أَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَعُودَ؟» قَالَ «فَاسْتَمْكَنَ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «دُونَكُمْ» قَالَ «فَقَتَلُوهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who will deal with Ka'b b. al-Ashraf? For he has harmed Allah and His Messenger." Muhammad b. Maslamah said: "O Messenger of Allah, would you like me to kill him?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Permit me to say something." He said: "Say it." So he went to him and said to him, mentioning what was between them: "This man has demanded charity from us and has burdened us." When he heard that, he said: "Indeed, by Allah, you will become weary of him." He said: "We have followed him now, and we dislike abandoning him until we see what becomes of his affair. I want you to lend me a loan." He said: "What will you pledge to me? Will you pledge your women?" He said: "You are the most handsome of the Arabs; shall we pledge our women to you?" He said: "Will you pledge your children?" He said: "One of our sons would be insulted, and it would be said: 'He was pledged for two wasqs.' But we will pledge you the armor, meaning weapons." He said: "Yes." So he made an appointment with him to come to him, if Allah wills. He set out with Abu Na'ilah, his foster brother and sibling through suckling, and with al-Harith, Abu Abs b. Jabr, and Abbad b. Bishr. They came and called him at night, and he came down to them. Sufyan said: Other than Amr said: His wife said: "I hear a voice like the sound of blood." He said: "This is only Muhammad and his foster brother Abu Na'ilah. If a noble man is called to a thrust at night, he would respond." Muhammad said: "When he comes, I will extend my hands to his head, and when I have a firm grip, then you finish him." When he came down, he came down wrapped in his garment. They said: "We smell from you the scent of perfume." He said: "Yes, under me is so-and-so, the most perfumed woman of the Arabs." He said: "Will you permit me to smell from it?" He said: "Yes." So he smelled. He said: "He reached out and smelled." He said: "Will you permit me to return?" He said: "Then he took hold of his head." Then he said: "Finish him." He said: "So they killed him."

62. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8588No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَيَنْمِي خَيْرًا أَوْ يَقُولُ خَيْرًا» قَالَتْ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ يُرَخَّصُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْحَرْبِ وَالْإِصْلَاحِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَحَدِيثِ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَحَدِيثِ الْمَرْأَةِ زَوْجَهَا وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ اللَّاتِي بَايَعْنَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The liar is not the one who reconciles between people and conveys good or says good." She said: "And I did not hear him grant any concession in lying from what people say, except in three cases: in war, in reconciling between people, and in a man's talk to his wife and a woman's talk to her husband." Umm Kulthum was among the Muhajir women who gave allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

63. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8589No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "War is deception."

64. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8590No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ فِي شَيْءٍ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قُلْتُ «هَذَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ» قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ»

    ✧ I heard Ali b. Abi Talib say, concerning something in which Allah and His Messenger spoke truth. I said: "This is something I heard." He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "War is deception."

65. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8591No grade recorded

    لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كِخْ كِخْ أَمَا شَعَرْتَ أَنَّا لَا نَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Kikh, kikh! Do you not know that we do not eat charity?"

66. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8592No grade recorded

    لَمَّا افْتَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْبَرَ قَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِلَاطٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي بِمَكَّةَ مَالًا وَإِنَّ لِي بِهَا أَهْلًا وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ آتِيَهُمْ فَإِنَّا فِي حِلٍّ إِنْ أَنَا نِلْتُ مِنْكَ وَقُلْتُ شَيْئًا فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ بِمَكَّةَ قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ «اجْمَعِي مَا كَانَ لِي مِنْ مَالٍ وَشَيْءٍ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ مِنْ مَغَانِمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أُبِيحُوا وَذَهَبَتْ أَمْوَالُهُمْ فَانْقَمَعَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَأَظْهَرَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَرَحًا وَسُرُورًا»

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ conquered Khaybar, al-Hajjaj b. ʿIlat said, “O Messenger of God, I have wealth in Makkah and family there, and I want to go to them. We are at liberty if I say something against you.” So the Messenger of God ﷺ gave him permission. When he came to his wife in Makkah, he said to his family, “Collect whatever wealth and goods I have, for I want to buy from the spoils of the Messenger of God ﷺ and his companions, for they have been made lawful and their wealth is gone.” The Muslims retreated and the polytheists showed joy and delight.

67. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8593No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ حُنَيْنٍ الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ فَوَلَّى الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ آخِذٌ بِغَرْزِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَا يَأْلُو مَا أَسْرَعَ نَحْوَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِلِجَامِهِ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ لَهُ شَهْبَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ «نَادِ أَصْحَابَ السَّمُرَةِ وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا صَيِّتًا فَنَادَيْتُ بِصَوْتِي الْأَعْلَى أَيْنَ أَصْحَابُ السَّمُرَةِ؟ فَأَقْبَلُوا كَأَنَّهُمُ الْإِبِلُ إِذَا حَنَّتْ إِلَى أَوْلَادِهَا» يَقُولُونَ يَا لَبَّيْكَ يَا لَبَّيْكَ وَأَقْبَلَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَالْتَقَوْا هُمْ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ وَتَنَادَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ ثُمَّ قَصُرَتِ الدَّعْوَةُ فِي بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ فَتَنَادَوْا يَا بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ كَالْمُتَطَاوِلِ إِلَى قِتَالِهِمْ فَقَالَ هَذَا حِينَ حَمِيَ الْوَطِيسُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ مِنَ الْحَصَى فَرَمَاهُمْ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «انْهَزَمُوا وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَوَاللهِ مَا زِلْتُ أَرَى أَمْرَهُمْ مُدْبِرًا وَحَدَّهُمْ كَلِيلًا حَتَّى هَزَمَهُمُ اللهُ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَرْكُضُ خَلْفَهُمْ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ»

    ✧ On the day of Hunayn, the Muslims and the polytheists met, and the Muslims turned in flight that day. I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ with no one with him except Abu Sufyan b. al-Harith b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib, holding the Prophet’s ﷺ saddle-strap, not slackening in speed towards the polytheists. I came to him and took his bridle while he was on his grey mule, and he said, “O ʿAbbas, call the companions of the samura tree.” I was a man with a loud voice, so I called at the top of my voice: “Where are the companions of the samura tree?” They came as if they were camels yearning for their young, saying, “At your service, at your service.” The polytheists advanced, and they and the Muslims met. The Ansar called out, “O company of the Ansar.” Then the call was shortened to Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj, and they called, “O Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj.” The Prophet ﷺ looked on from his mule, as if craning towards their fight, and said, “Now the battle has grown hot.” Then he took some pebbles in his hand and threw them at them, then said, “They are routed, by the Lord of the Kaʿba.” By God, I never stopped seeing their affair retreating and their edge blunted until God routed them. It is as if I am looking at the Prophet ﷺ galloping after them on his mule.

68. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8594No grade recorded

    عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ} [الحج 19] قَالَ «نَزَلَتْ فِي الَّذِينَ تَبَارَزُوا»

    ✧ On the authority of Abu Dharr concerning this verse: “These are two adversaries who have disputed concerning their Lord” [al-Hajj 19]. He said, “It was revealed about those who fought the duel.”

69. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8595No grade recorded

    أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ} [الحج 19] نَزَلَتْ فِي الَّذِينَ تَبَارَزُوا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ حَمْزَةُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَعُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَعُتْبَةُ وَشَيْبَةُ ابْنَا رَبِيعَةَ وَالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ

    ✧ That this verse: “These are two adversaries who have disputed concerning their Lord” [al-Hajj 19] was revealed about those who fought the duel on the day of Badr: Hamza, ʿAli, and ʿUbayda b. al-Harith, and ʿUtba and Shayba the two sons of Rabiʿa and al-Walid b. ʿUtba.

70. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8596No grade recorded

    فِينَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَفِي مُبَارِزَتِنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ {هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ} [الحج 19]

    ✧ This verse was revealed about us and in our confrontation on the day of Badr. "These two opponents disputed regarding their Lord." [Surah Al-Hajj, 19]

71. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8597No grade recorded

    أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لَمَّا رَهِقُوا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي سَبْعَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَرَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ «مِنْ يُرُدَّ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنَّا وَهُوَ رَفِيقِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَحَمَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ فَلَمَّا أُرْهِقُوا أَيْضًا» قَالَ «مَنْ يَرُدَّ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنِّي وَهُوَ رَفِيقِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى قَتَلَ سَبْعَةً» فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِيهِ «مَا أَنْصَفْنَا أَصْحَابَنَا»

    ✧ When the polytheists pressed upon the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was with seven of the Ansar and two men of Quraysh, he said, “Who will hold these back from us, and he will be my companion in Paradise?” A man of the Ansar charged and fought until he was killed. When they pressed again, he said, “Who will hold these back from me, and he will be my companion in Paradise?” until seven were killed. Then he said to his two companions, “We have not been fair to our companions.”

72. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8598No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مُقَنَّعٌ فِي الْحَدِيدِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ أَكَانَ خَيْرًا لِي؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَشَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنِّي حَمَلْتُ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَاتَلْتُ حَتَّى أُقْتَلَ أَكَانَ خَيْرًا لِي وَلَمْ أُصَلِّ صَلَاةً غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحَمَلَ فَضَارَبَ فَقَتَلَ وَقُتِلَ ثُمَّ تَعَاوَرُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقُتِلَ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَمِلَ يَسِيرًا وَأُجِرَ كَثِيرًا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ «رَقِّيٌّ جَزَرِيٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَاجِدَاءَ ثِقَةٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ حِمْصِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ»

    ✧ A masked man in iron armor came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, “What do you think—if I embrace Islam, will it be better for me?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Then I bear witness that there is no deity but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” Then he said, “O Messenger of God, what do you think—if I charge at the people and fight until I am killed, will it be better for me, though I have not prayed a single prayer, except that I bear witness that there is no deity but God and that you are the Messenger of God?” He said, “Yes.” So he charged and struck, and he killed and was killed. Then they set upon him and killed him. The Prophet ﷺ said, “He did little and was rewarded much.” Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: Husayn b. ʿAyyash is a Raqqan, a Jazari from Bajadda', trustworthy; and ʿAli b. ʿAyyash is a Himsi, trustworthy.

73. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8599No grade recorded

    قَالَ عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حُنَيْنًا فَلَزِمْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ نُفَارِقْهُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ لَهُ بَيْضَاءَ أَهْدَاهَا لَهُ فَرْوَةُ بْنُ نُفَاثَةَ الْجُذَامِيُّ فَلَمَّا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَالْكُفَّارُ وَلَّى الْمُسْلِمُونَ مُدْبِرِينَ فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْكُضُ بَغْلَتَهُ نَحْوَ الْكُفَّارِ قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِ بَغْلَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَكُفُّهَا إِرَادَةَ أَنْ لَا تُسْرِعَ وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ آخُذٌ بِرِكَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيْ عَبَّاسُ نَادِ أَصْحَابَ السَّمُرَةِ» قَالَ عَبَّاسٌ «وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا صَيِّتًا» فَقُلْتُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِي «أَيْنَ أَصْحَابُ السَّمُرَةِ؟ فَوَاللهِ لَكَأَنَّ عَطْفَتَهُمْ حِينَ سَمِعُوا صَوْتِي عَطْفَةَ الْبَقَرِ عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَا» فَقَالُوا «يَا لَبَّيْكَ يَا لَبَّيْكَ فَاقْتَتَلُوا هُمْ وَالْكُفَّارُ وَالدَّعْوَةُ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ» يَقُولُونَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ ثُمَّ قَصُرَتِ الدَّعْوَةُ عَلَى بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ كَالْمُتَطَاوِلِ عَلَيْهَا إِلَى قِتَالِهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَذَا حِينَ حَمِيَ الْوَطِيسُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَصَيَاتٍ فَرَمَى بِهِنَّ فِي وُجُوهِ الْكُفَّارِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «انْهَزَمُوا وَرَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ فَذَهَبْتُ أَنْظُرُ فَإِذَا الْقِتَالُ عَلَى هَيْئَتِهِ عَلَى مَا أَرَى فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَمَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَصَيَاتِهِ فَمَا زِلْتُ أَرَى حَدَّهُمْ كَلِيلًا وَأَمْرَهُمْ مُدْبِرًا حَتَّى يَعْنِي هَزَمَهُمُ اللهُ»

    ✧ ʿAbbas b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib said: I was present with the Messenger of God ﷺ at Hunayn. Abu Sufyan b. al-Harith b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib and I kept close to the Messenger of God ﷺ and did not leave him. The Messenger of God ﷺ was on a white mule that Farwa b. Nufatha al-Judhami had given him. When the Muslims and the disbelievers met, the Muslims turned in flight. The Messenger of God ﷺ began urging his mule towards the disbelievers. ʿAbbas said: I was holding the bridle of the Prophet’s ﷺ mule, restraining it so it would not go too fast, and Abu Sufyan was holding the stirrup of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “O ʿAbbas, call the companions of the samura tree.” ʿAbbas said, and I was a man with a loud voice, and I called at the top of my voice: “Where are the companions of the samura tree? By God, their turning when they heard my voice was like the turning of cows to their calves.” They said, “At your service, at your service.” They and the disbelievers fought, and the call was among the Ansar, saying, “O company of the Ansar.” Then the call was shortened to Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj. The Messenger of God ﷺ looked on from his mule, as if craning towards their fight, and said, “Now the battle has grown hot.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ took some pebbles and threw them into the faces of the disbelievers, then said, “They are routed, by the Lord of Muhammad.” I went to look, and the fighting was as it had been, as far as I could see. By God, it was only when the Messenger of God ﷺ threw his pebbles at them that I never stopped seeing their edge blunted and their affair retreating until—meaning—God routed them.

74. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8600No grade recorded

    «نَزَلَتْ فِي أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ»

    ✧ It was revealed about the people of Badr.

75. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8601No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ مَاتَ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَصُومُ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَيَجْتَنِبُ الْكَبَائِرَ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ» فَسَأَلَهُ مَا الْكَبَائِرُ؟ قَالَ «الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ وَفِرَارُ يَوْمِ الزَّحْفِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Whoever dies worshipping God, not associating anything with Him, performing the prayer, giving the zakat, fasting the month of Ramadan, and avoiding the major sins—for him is Paradise.” Someone asked him, “What are the major sins?” He said, “Associating partners with God, killing a soul which God has forbidden, and fleeing on the day of battle.”

76. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8602No grade recorded

    قَالَ يَهُودِيٌّ لِصَاحِبِهِ اذْهَبْ بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا النَّبِيِّ قَالَ صَاحِبُهُ «لَا تَقُلْ نَبِيًّا لَوْ سَمِعَكَ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَعْيُنٍ فَأَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَاهُ عَنْ تِسْعِ آيَاتِ بَيِّنَاتٍ» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا تَسْرِقُوا وَلَا تَزْنُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَمْشُوا بِبَرِيءٍ إِلَى سُلْطَانٍ وَلَا تَسْحَرُوا وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا وَلَا تَقْذِفُوا الْمُحْصَنَةَ وَلَا تَوَلَّوْا يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ خَاصَّةً يَهُودُ أَنْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ» فَقَبَّلُوا يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ وَقَالُوا «نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ» قَالَ «فَمَا يَمْنَعُكُمْ أَنْ تَتَّبِعُونِي» قَالُوا «إِنَّ دَاوُدَ دَعَا أَنْ لَا يَزَالَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ نَبِيٌّ وَإِنَّا نَخَافُ إِنِ تَبِعْنَاكَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَنَا يَهُودٌ» اللَّفْظُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ

    ✧ A Jew said to his companion, “Let us go to this prophet.” His companion said, “Do not say ‘prophet’; if he heard you, he would have four eyes.” So they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and asked him about nine clear signs. He said to them, “Do not associate anything with God; do not steal; do not commit adultery; do not kill a soul which God has forbidden except by right; do not bring an innocent person before a ruler; do not practice sorcery; do not consume usury; do not slander chaste women; and do not turn in flight on the day of battle. And upon you Jews especially: do not transgress on the Sabbath.” They kissed his hands and feet and said, “We bear witness that you are a prophet.” He said, “What prevents you from following me?” They said, “David prayed that a prophet would never cease from his offspring, and we fear that if we follow you, the Jews will kill us.” The wording is Muhammad’s.

77. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8603No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا غَلَبَ قَوْمًا أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِعَرْصَتِهِمْ ثَلَاثًا وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى «أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُقِيمَ بِعَرْصَتِهِمْ ثَلَاثًا»

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ defeated a people, he liked to encamp in their open space for three days—or, another time he said, “he liked to stay in their open space for three days.”

78. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8604No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, “God has prescribed excellence in all things. So when you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and give rest to his slaughtered animal.”

79. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8605No grade recorded

    «اشْتَرَكْتُ أَنَا وَعَمَّارٌ وَسَعْدٌ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَجَاءَ سَعْدٌ بِأَسِيرَيْنِ وَلَمْ أَجِئْ أَنَا وَعَمَّارٌ بِشَيْءٍ»

    ✧ I and 'Ammar and Sa'd shared in the spoils on the day of Badr. Sa'd brought two captives, while I and 'Ammar brought nothing.

80. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8606No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ قَالَ «بِغَلَسٍ ثُمَّ رَكِبَ» فَقَالَ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ فَجَاءُوا يَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْبَلَدِ» وَيَقُولُونَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَظَهَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَتَلَ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ وَسَبَى ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ وَصَارَتْ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ لِدِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ ثُمَّ صَارَتْ بَعْدُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَجَعَلَ مَهْرَهَا عِتْقَهَا قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْتَ سَأَلْتَ أَنَسًا مَا أَمْهَرَهَا قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ «أَمْهَرَهَا عِتْقَهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the morning prayer in the darkness before dawn, then mounted. He said: 'Allah is greatest. Khaybar is destroyed. When we descend upon the courtyard of a people, evil is the morning of those who were warned.' They came running through the town, saying: 'Muhammad and the army.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ overcame them, killed their fighters, and took their offspring captive. Safiyyah bt. Huyayy became the share of Dihyah al-Kalbi, then later she came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he married her, making her manumission her dower. 'Abd al-'Aziz asked him: 'O Abu Muhammad, did you ask Anas what her dower was?' He said: 'Anas said: He made her manumission her dower.'

81. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8607No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «جَعَلَ فِدَاءَ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ set the ransom for the people of the Jahiliyyah on the day of Badr at four hundred.

82. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8608No grade recorded

    جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ خَيِّرْ أَصْحَابَكَ فِي الْأُسَارَى إِنْ شَاءُوا فِي الْقَتْلِ وَإِنْ شَاءُوا فِي الْفِدَاءِ عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ عَامًا مُقْبِلًا مَثَلُهُمْ مِنْهُمٍ فَقَالُوا «الْفِدَاءُ وَيُقْتَلُ مِنَّا» 8609 وَعَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ غَيْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْحَفْرِيِّ بِهِ

    ✧ Gabriel came to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Badr and said: 'Give your companions a choice regarding the captives: if they wish, execution; and if they wish, ransom, on condition that a like number of them be killed next year.' They said: 'Ransom, and some of us will be killed.' 8609 And from Mahmud b. Ghaylan from Abu Dawud al-Hafari with the same narration.

83. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8610No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً قَالَ «فَغَنِمُوا وَفِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ عَشِقْتُ امْرَأَةً فَلَحِقْتُهَا فَدَعُونِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا نَظْرَةً ثُمَّ اصْنَعُوا بِي مَا بَدَا لَكُمْ» قَالَ «فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ أَدْمَاءُ» فَقَالَ لَهَا «أَسْلِمِي حُبَيْشُ قَبْلَ نَفَادِ الْعَيْشِ أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ تَبِعْتُكُمْ فَلَحِقْتُكُمْ بِحِلْيَةٍ أَوْ أَدْرَكْتُكُمْ بِالْخَوَانِقِ أَلَمْ يَكُ حَقًّا أَنْ يُنَوَّلَ عَاشِقٌ تَكَلَّفَ إِدْلَاجَ السُّرَى والْوَدَائِقَ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَدَيْتُكَ قَالَ فَقَدَّمُوهُ فَضَرَبُوا عُنُقَهُ فَجَاءَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَوَقَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَشَهِقَتْ شَهْقَةً أَوْ شَهْقَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرُوهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَا كَانَ فِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَحِيمٌ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent out a military detachment. They took spoils, and among them was a man. He said to them: 'I am not one of them. I fell in love with a woman and followed her. Let me look at her once, then do with me what you wish.' He said: 'There was a tall, dark-brown woman.' He said to her: 'Submit, Hubaysh, before life runs out. Have you considered if I followed you and caught up with you with adornment, or overtook you at the mountain passes? Would it not be right that a lover be granted his desire, who undertook night travel and arduous journeys?' She said: 'Yes, may I be your ransom.' He said: 'They brought him forward and struck his neck. The woman came and stood over him, and let out one or two gasps, then died. When they returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they told him the news. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Was there not among you a merciful man?'

84. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8611No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «أَعْطَى رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَخَذَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِدَاءَ الْجَمَاعَةِ بِالْوَاحِدِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ gave one man from the polytheists and took two men from the Muslims as ransom, the group for the one.

85. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8612No grade recorded

    «فَقَتَلْتُ سَبْعَةَ أَبْيَاتٍ بِيَدَيَّ فَنَفَّلَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ الْعَرَبِ فَقَدِمْتُ بِهَا فَلَقِيتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَبْ لِي الْمَرْأَةَ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ أَعْجَبَتْنِي وَمَا كَشَفْتُ لَهَا عَنْ ثَوْبٍ ثُمَّ لَقِيتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ «يَا سَلَمَةُ هَبْ لِي الْمَرْأَةَ لِلَّهِ أَبُوكَ» قُلْتُ «هِيَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَخَذَهَا فَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَفَادَى بِهَا أَسْرَى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانُوا فِي أَيْدِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَكَانَتْ لَهَا أُمٌّ عِنْدَهُمْ»

    ✧ 'I killed seven households with my own hands, and Abu Bakr gave me as extra spoil a woman from Banu Fazara, one of the most beautiful Arab women. I brought her and met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Give me the woman.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, she pleased me, and I have not uncovered her garment.' Then I met him later in the market, and he said: 'O Salamah, give me the woman, may your father be for Allah.' I said: 'She is yours, O Messenger of Allah.' He took her and sent her to Makkah, and ransomed with her Muslim captives who were in the hands of the polytheists. She had a mother among them.

86. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8613No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَطْعِمُوا الْجَائِعَ وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ وَفُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and release the captive.'

87. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8614No grade recorded

    هَبَطَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ جَبَلِ التَّنْعِيمِ فَقَالُوا نَأْخُذُ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سِلْمًا ثُمَّ عَفَا عَنْهُمْ فَأَنزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ} [الفتح 24]

    ✧ Eighty men from the people of Makkah descended upon the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Hudaybiyyah from Mount Tan'im. They said: 'We will seize Muhammad and his companions.' The Prophet ﷺ took them peacefully, then pardoned them. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent down: {And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them} [al-Fath 24].

88. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8615No grade recorded

    بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَاجِدٌ وَالْمَلَأُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ جُلُوسٌ وَسَلَى جَزُورٍ مَطْرُوحَةٌ فَقَالُوا «أَيُّكُمْ يَذْهَبُ بِهَذَا؟» قَالَ «فَهَابُوا ذَلِكَ فَأَخَذَهُ عُقْبَةُ فَطَرَحَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَاجِدٌ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهُ حَتَّى جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَأَخَذَتْهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ وَسَبَّتِ الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ دَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ» فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَعُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَأُبَيًّا أَوْ أُمَيَّةَ وَعُقْبَةَ بْنَ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قُتِلُوا فَأُلْقُوا إِلَّا أُمَيَّةَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا ضَخْمًا فَلَمَّا جُرَّ تَقَطَّعَ»

    ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prostrating and the chiefs of Quraysh were sitting, with the womb of a slaughtered camel thrown nearby, they said: 'Which of you will take this?' He said: 'They were hesitant, so 'Uqbah took it and threw it on his back while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prostrating and did not raise his head until Fatimah came and removed it from his back, and she cursed the one who did it. I saw him that day supplicating against them.' He said: 'O Allah, deal with Abu Jahl b. Hisham, 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah, Ubayy or Umayyah, and 'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt. I saw them on the day of Badr killed and thrown, except Umayyah, for he was a large man, and when he was dragged, he fell apart.'

89. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8616No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَى ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَنَاسٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَقَدْ نُحِرَتْ جَزُورٌ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ مَكَّةَ فَبَعَثُوا فَجَاءُوا مِنْ سَلَاهَا فَطَرَحُوهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَطَرَحَتْهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ وَكَانَ يُسْتَحَبُّ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ اللهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ اللهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَبِعُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَبِشَيْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَبِأُمَيَّةَ بْنِ خَلَفٍ وَبِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ قَتْلَى فِي قُلَيْبِ بَدْرٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying facing the shadow of the Ka'bah. Abu Jahl and some people of Quraysh said, while a camel had been slaughtered in a part of Makkah: They sent someone, and he brought its womb and threw it between his shoulder blades. Fatimah came and removed it from him. When he finished, and he used to repeat it three times, he said: 'O Allah, deal with Quraysh. O Allah, deal with Quraysh. O Allah, deal with Abu Jahl b. Hisham, 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah, Shaybah b. Rabi'ah, Umayyah b. Khalaf, and 'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt.' 'Abdullah said: 'I saw them dead in the well of Badr.'

90. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8617No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قُتِلَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَ وَعْدَهُ وَأَعَزَّ دِينَهُ»

    ✧ I said, "O Messenger of Allah, Abu Jahl has been killed." He said, "Praise be to Allah who fulfilled His promise and honored His religion."

91. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8618No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا جَرِيرُ «أَلَا تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ» قَالَ «فَنَفَرْتُ وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا لَا أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ أَصَابِعِهِ» فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا فَأَحْرَقْتُهَا بِالنَّارِ» فَبَعَثَ جَرِيرٌ رَجُلًا مِنَّا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو أَرْطَاةَ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا جِئْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا كَأَنَّهَا جَمَلٌ أَجْرَبُ فَبَرَّكَ عَلَى خَيْلِ أَحْمَسَ وَرِجَالِهَا خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Jarir, will you not relieve me from Dhu al-Khalasah?' He said: 'I set out, and I was a man who could not remain steady on horses. He struck his hand on my chest until I saw the trace of his fingers.' He said: 'O Allah, make him steadfast and make him a rightly-guided guide.' So I burned it with fire. Jarir sent a man from among us to the Prophet ﷺ called Abu Arta'ah. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, I did not come to you until I left it like a mangy camel.' He blessed the horses and men of Ahmas five times.

92. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8619No grade recorded

    عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِرَأْسِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْعَنْسِيِّ الْكَذَّابِ

    ✧ From his father: I brought the Prophet ﷺ the head of al-Aswad al-ʿAnsi, the liar.

93. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8620No grade recorded

    يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّهُمْ يَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ بِنَا قَالَ «أَفَاسْتِنَانًا بِفَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ؟ لَا يُحْمَلَنَّ إِلَيَّ رَأْسٌ فَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِينِي الْكِتَابُ والْخَبَرُ»

    ✧ O successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they do that to us. He said: "As an imitation of Persia and Byzantium? No head shall be brought to me; the letter and news suffice me."

94. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8621No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَحْبِسُ الْبَرْدَ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِكَ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمْتُ قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ «وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ كَانَ قِبْطِيًّا»

    ✧ He informed him that he came with a letter from Quraysh to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When I saw the Prophet ﷺ, Islam was cast into my heart, and I said: O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I shall never return to them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I do not break the covenant nor detain the messenger, but return; if what is in your heart now remains, then come back. So I returned to them, then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and embraced Islam. Bukayr said: And he informed me that Abu Rafiʿ was a Copt.

95. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8622No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ فَأَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ لَسْتَ بِرَسُولٍ قُمْ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ»

96. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8623No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ يَعْنِي رَسُولًا لمُسَيْلِمَةَ لَقَتَلْتُكَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Were it not that you are a messenger—meaning the messenger of Musaylimah—I would have killed you."

97. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8624No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ لَهُ فَنَزَلْنَا بِبَطْحَاءَ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى بَكْرٍ لَهُ فَأنَاخَ وَعَقَلَ بِكْرَهُ فَرَأَى فِي الْقَوْمِ رِقَّةً فَرَجَعَ إِلَى بِكْرِهِ فَحَلَّهُ ثُمَّ رَكِبَهُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ لَهُ وَاتَّبَعَتْهُ فَكَانَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ عِنْدَ عَجُزِ الْبِكْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَنَا عِنْدَ عَجُزِ النَّاقَةِ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِخِطَامِ الْبِكْرِ فَقُلْتُ إِخْ فَلَمَّا أَرْسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَتَلَ الرَّجُلَ؟» قَالُوا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ «فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ أَجْمَعَ»

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an expedition of his, and we camped in a wide plain. A bedouin came on a young camel of his, made it kneel, and hobbled it. He saw weakness in the people, so he returned to his young camel, untied it, then mounted it. A man from Aslam followed him on a she-camel of his, and it followed. The Aslami was at the hindquarters of the young camel and I was at the hindquarters of the she-camel. I overtook him and seized the young camel's nose-rein and said: 'Ikh!' When he released its forelegs, I struck his neck. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who killed the man?" They said: Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ. He said: "He gets all his spoils."

98. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8625No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ أَهْلُ قُرَيْظَةَ عَلَى حُكْمِ سَعْدٍ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى حِمَارٍ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ نَزَلُوا عَلَى حُكْمِكَ» قَالَ «فَإِنِّي أَحْكُمُ أَنْ تُقَتَّلَ مُقَاتِلَتُهُمْ وَتُسْبَى ذَرَارِيُّهُمْ» قَالَ «حَكَمْتَ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ»

    ✧ He heard it when the people of Qurayzah came down upon the judgment of Saʿd: he brought the Prophet ﷺ on a donkey, and he said: "These people have come down upon your judgment." He said: "Then I judge that their fighting men be killed and their women and children be taken captive." He said: "You have judged them with the judgment of the king."

99. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8626No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ «رُمِيَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ فَقَطَعُوا أَكْحَلَهُ فَحَسَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالنَّارِ فَانْتَفَخَتْ يَدُهُ فَتَرَكَهُ فَنَزَفَهُ الدَّمُ فَحَسَمَهُ أُخْرَى فَانْتَفَخَتْ يَدُهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ» قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَا تُخْرِجْ نَفْسِي حَتَّى تُقِرَّ عَيْنِي مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ عِرْقُهُ فَمَا قَطَرَ قَطْرَةً حَتَّى نَزَلُوا عَلَى حُكْمِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَحَكَمَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ رِجَالُهُمْ وَيُسْتَحْيَى نِسَاؤُهُمْ ويَسْتَعِينُ بِهِمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَصَبْتَ حُكْمَ اللهِ فِيهِمْ وَكَانُوا أَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمُ انْفَتَقَ عِرْقُهُ فَمَاتَ»

    ✧ He said: On the day of the Confederates, Saʿd ibn Muʿadh was struck by an arrow, and they severed his median vein. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cauterized it with fire, and his hand became swollen. He left it, and the blood drained him. He cauterized it again, and his hand became swollen. When he saw that, he said: "O Allah, do not take my soul until my eye is cooled regarding the Banu Qurayzah." His vein held, and not a drop flowed until they descended upon the judgment of Saʿd ibn Muʿadh. He sent for him, and he judged that their men be killed, their women be spared, and the Muslims seek help from them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "You have hit upon the judgment of Allah concerning them." They were four hundred. When he finished killing them, his vein burst and he died.

100. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8627No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى جَيْشٍ أَوْ سَرِيَّةٍ دَعَاهُ فَأَوْصَاهُ فِي خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرًا وَقَالَ «اغْزُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا وَإِذَا لَقِيتَ عَدُوَّكَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ فَإِنْ أَجَابُوكَ إِلَيْهَا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمُ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ مَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى التَّحَوُّلِ مِنْ دَارِهِمْ إِلَى دَارِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ مَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا عَلَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَسْلَمُوا وَاخْتَارُوا دَارَهُمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَأَعْرَابِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِمْ حُكْمُ اللهِ الَّذِي يَجْرِي عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ» أَوْ قَالَ «عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَنَّ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْغَنِيمَةِ وَالْفَيْءِ شَيْءٌ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَبَوْا فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى إِعْطَاءِ الْجِزْيَةِ فَإِنْ هُمْ فَعَلُوا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكَفَّ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَاتِلْهُمْ وَإِذَا حَاصَرْتُمْ حِصْنًا فَأَرَادُوا عَلَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ فَلَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَلَا ذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ وَاجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّتَكَ وَذِمَمَ آبَائِكَ وَذِمَمَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ تَخْفِرُوا ذِمَّتَكُمْ وَذِمَمَ أَصْحَابِكُمْ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تَخْفِرُوا ذِمَّةَ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ وَإِذَا حَاصَرْتُمْ حِصْنًا فَأَرَادُوا عَلَى أَنْ تُنْزِلُوهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ فَلَا تُنْزِلُوهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَتُصِيبُ فِيهِمْ حُكْمَ اللهِ أَمْ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَنْزِلُوهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِكَ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a commander over an army or a detachment, he would call him and advise him, for himself and those Muslims with him, to good. He said: "Raid in the name of Allah; do not act treacherously, do not mutilate, and do not kill a child. When you meet your enemy among the polytheists, call them to one of three things; if they respond to any, accept it from them and withhold from them: call them to Islam. If they do, tell them they have what the Muslims have and owe what the Muslims owe. Then call them to move from their abode to the abode of the emigrants. If they do, tell them they have what the emigrants have and owe what the emigrants owe. If they embrace Islam and choose their own abode, tell them they are like the believing bedouins, subject to the judgment of Allah that applies to the believers"—or he said "to the Muslims—and that they have no share in spoils or tribute. If they refuse, then call them to pay the jizyah. If they do, accept it from them and withhold from them. If they refuse, then seek help from Allah against them and fight them. If you besiege a fortress and they seek that you grant them the protection of Allah and His Messenger, do not grant them the protection of Allah, exalted is He, nor of His Messenger, but grant them your protection and the protection of your fathers and your companions. For if you violate your own protection and that of your companions, it is easier for you than violating the protection of Allah, exalted is He, and His Messenger. If you besiege a fortress and they seek to descend upon the judgment of Allah, do not bring them down upon the judgment of Allah, for you do not know whether you will hit upon the judgment of Allah concerning them or not; rather bring them down upon your own judgment."

101. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8628No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ تَفَشَّغَ فِيهِمْ مَا يَسْمَعُونَ فَإِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ عَهْدًا فَحَدِّثْنَا بِهِ» قَالَ «مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَهْدًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي صَحِيفَةً» قَالَ «فَإِذَا فِيهَا إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ وَأَنَا أُحَرِّمُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَإِنَّهَا حَرَامٌ مَا بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْهَا لَا يُقْطَعُ مِنْهَا شَجَرَةٌ إِلَّا لِعَلَفِ بَعِيرٍ وَلَا يُحْمَلُ فِيهَا سِلَاحٌ لِقِتَالٍ وَمَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا فَعَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ»

     ✧ He narrated to him that he said to ʿAli: "The people have been immersed in what they hear. If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted you with something, tell us." He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not entrust me with anything he did not entrust to the people, except that in the sheath of my sword there is a scroll." He said: "And in it: Abraham made Makkah sacred, and I make Madinah sacred. It is inviolable between its two lava tracts; no tree may be cut from it except for camel fodder, and no weapon may be carried in it for fighting. Whoever introduces an innovation, it is upon himself; and whoever introduces an innovation or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; no obligatory or supererogatory act is accepted from him. The believers' blood is equal; the lowest of them may strive for their protection; they are one hand against others. A believer is not to be killed for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant stands."

102. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8629No grade recorded

     انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالْأَشْتَرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً؟ قَالَ «لَا إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي كِتَابِي هَذَا فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَابًا مِنْ قِرَابِ سَيْفِهِ» فَإِذَا فِيهِ «الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ أَلَا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ وَمَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا فَعَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ»

     ✧ Al-Ashtar and I went to ʿAli and said: Has the Prophet of Allah ﷺ entrusted you with anything he did not entrust to people generally? He said: "No, except what is in this document of mine." He took out a document from the sheath of his sword. In it: "The believers' blood is equal; they are one hand against others; the lowest of them may strive for their protection. Indeed, a believer is not to be killed for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant stands. Whoever introduces an innovation, it is upon himself; or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people."

103. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8630No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى «إِنْ كَانَتِ الْوَلِيدَةُ»

     ✧ And he said another time: "If the slave girl..."

104. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8631No grade recorded

     أَجَرْنَا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَمَوَيْنِ لِي فَتَفَلَّتَ عَلَيْهِمَا ابْنُ أَبِي لِيَقْتُلَهُمَا فَقُلْتُ «لَا تَقْتُلْهُمَا حَتَّى تَبْدَأَ بِي فَخَرَجَ» فَقُلْتُ أَغْلِقُوا دُونَهُ الْبَابَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ خِبَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ وَوَجَدْتُ فَاطِمَةَ فَقُلْتُ «أَلَمْ تَرِي مَا لَقِيتُ مِنِ ابْنِ أَبِي؟ فَعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَكَانَتْ أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا» فَقَالَتْ «تُجِيرِينَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَطَلَعَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهِ وَهَجُ الْغُبَارِ» فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِفَاخِتَةَ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَلَمْ تَرَ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنِ ابْنِ أَبِي؟ أَجَرْتُ حَمَوَيْنِ لِي مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُمَا» فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ قَدْ أَجَرْنَا مَنْ أَجَرْتَ وَأَمَّنَّا مَنْ أَمَّنْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ «اسْكُبِي لِي غُسْلًا فَسَكَبْتُ لَهُ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»

     ✧ We gave protection to two men of the polytheists, my two brothers-in-law. Ibn Abi slipped away to kill them, and I said: "Do not kill them until you begin with me." He went out, and I said: Lock the door behind him. I went until I came to the tent of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but I did not find him; I found Fatimah and said: "Did you not see what I encountered from Ibn Abi? He did such-and-such to me." She was harder on me than her husband and said: "You grant protection to polytheists?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appeared, covered in dust, and said: "Welcome to Fakhitah." I said: O Messenger of Allah, did you not see what I encountered from Ibn Abi? I granted protection to my two brothers-in-law among the polytheists, and he wanted to kill them. He said: "He has no right to that. We have granted protection to whom you protected, and security to whom you secured." Then he said: "O Fatimah, pour water for me to bathe." She poured for him, and he bathed, then prayed eight rakʿahs in a single garment, crossing its ends.

105. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8632No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «زَعَمَ ابْنُ أُمِّي عَلِيٌّ أَنَّهُ قَاتِلٌ مَنْ أَجَرْتُ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدْ أَجَرْنَا مَنْ أَجَرْتِ»

     ✧ She said: O Messenger of God, the son of my mother, Ali, claims that he will kill the one I have given protection to. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: We have granted protection to the one you have protected.

106. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8633No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُخْرِجَنَّ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِيهَا إِلَّا مُسْلِمٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: I will expel the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula until no one remains in it except a Muslim.

107. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8634No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى يَهُودٍ» فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى جِئْنَاهُمْ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ «أَسْلِمُوا تَسْلَمُوا» فَقَالُوا قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «ذَلِكَ أُرِيدُ أَسْلِمُوا تَسْلَمُوا» فَقَالُوا قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «ذَلِكَ أُرِيدُ» ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ «اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْأَرْضُ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَأَنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُجْلِيكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ بِمَالِهِ شَيْئًا فَلَيَبْعُهْ وَإِلَّا فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْأَرْضُ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ»

     ✧ While we were in the mosque, the Messenger of God ﷺ came out to us and said: Go to the Jews. We went out with him until we came to them. The Messenger of God ﷺ stood and said: O assembly of Jews, submit and you will be safe. They said: You have conveyed, O Abu al-Qasim. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: That is what I want—submit and you will be safe. They said: You have conveyed, O Abu al-Qasim. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: That is what I want. Then he said it a third time and said: Know that the land belongs to God and His Messenger, and I intend to expel you from this land. Whoever finds something with his wealth, let him sell it; otherwise, know that the land belongs to God and His Messenger.

108. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8635No grade recorded

     بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَأَنْ نَقُومَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُمَا كُنَّا لَا نَخَافُ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ

     ✧ We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ to hear and obey in hardship and ease, in activity and reluctance, and not to dispute the authority with its people, and to stand for the truth wherever we are, not fearing the blame of any critic.

109. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8636No grade recorded

     بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَأَنْ نَقُومَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُمَا كُنَّا لَا نَخَافُ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ

     "We pledged to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, both in times of ease and hardship, when we felt energetic and when we felt tired, that we would not contend with the orders of whomever was entrusted with it, that we would was entrusted with it, that we would stand firm in the way of truth wherever we may be, and that we would not fear the blame of the blamers." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4149)

110. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8637No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَمَّا يَحْيَى فَقَالَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ «بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي عُسْرِنَا وَيُسْرِنَا وَمَنْشَطِنَا وَمَكْرَهِنَا وَالْأَثَرَةِ عَلَيْنَا وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَأَنْ نَقُومَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُ كَانَ لَا نَخَافُ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ سَيَّارٌ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ هَذَا الْحَرْفَ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَذَكَرَهُ يَحْيَى قَالَ شُعْبَةُ إِنْ كُنْتُ زِدْتُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ أَوْ عَنْ يَحْيَى

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ—and as for Yahya, he said: From his father, from his grandfather—he said: We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ to hear and obey in our hardship and ease, in our activity and reluctance, and in preference over us, and not to dispute the authority with its people, and to stand for the truth wherever it may be, not fearing, for the sake of God, the blame of any critic. Shu'bah said: Sayyar did not mention this phrase 'wherever it may be,' but Yahya mentioned it. Shu'bah said: If I added anything to it, it is from Sayyar or from Yahya.

111. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8638No grade recorded

     بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ وَأَثَرَةٍ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى أَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَعَلَى أَنْ نَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُمَا كُنَّا

     ✧ I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ to hear and obey in hardship and ease, in activity and reluctance, and in preference over us, and not to dispute the authority with its people, and to say the truth wherever we are.

112. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8639No grade recorded

     «بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي الْيُسْرِ وَالْعُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَأَنْ نَقُولَ أَوْ نَقُومَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُ كُنَّا لَا نَخَافَ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ»

     ✧ We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ to hear and obey in ease and hardship, in activity and reluctance, and not to dispute the authority with its people, and to say—or stand—for the truth wherever we are, not fearing, for the sake of God, the blame of any critic.

113. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8640No grade recorded

     بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِي الْيُسْرِ وَالْعُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَأَنْ نَقُومَ أَوْ نَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُمَا كُنَّا لَا نَخَافَ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ

     ✧ We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ to hear and obey in ease and hardship, in activity and reluctance, and not to dispute the authority with its people, and to stand—or say—the truth wherever we are, not fearing, for the sake of God, the blame of any critic.

114. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8641No grade recorded

     سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ «لَمْ نُبَايِعْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ وَلَكِنْ إِنَّمَا بَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا نَفِرَّ»

     ✧ He heard Jabir say: We did not pledge allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ upon death, but we pledged allegiance to him upon not fleeing.

115. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8642No grade recorded

     جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَبِي أُمَيَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «بَايِعْ أَبِي عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بَلْ أُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْجِهَادِ فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتِ الْهِجْرَةُ»

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ with my father Umayyah on the day of the conquest, and I said: O Messenger of God, accept my father's pledge upon emigration. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Rather, I accept his pledge upon jihad, for emigration has ceased.

116. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8643No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ فَقَالَ «تَرَكْتُ أَبَوَيَّ يَبْكِيَانِ» قَالَ «فَارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا فَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَا»

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ to pledge allegiance to him upon emigration, and he said: I left my parents crying. He said: Then return to them and make them laugh as you made them cry.

117. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8644No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنِّي جِئْتُ أُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ أَبَوَيَّ يَبْكِيَانِ» قَالَ «فَارْجِعْ فَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَا»

     "I have come pledging to emigrate (Hijrah), and I have left my parents weeping." He said: "Go back to them, and make them smile as you made them weep." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4163)

118. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8645No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهَا» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِعِلْمٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُ بِهِ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّبْرِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهُ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِعِلْمٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأُعَلِّمُهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالسُّجُودِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَكَ اللهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْكَ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: You must emigrate, for there is nothing like it. He said: O Messenger of God, tell me of a deed I can adhere to and act upon. He said: You must be patient, for there is nothing like it. He said: O Messenger of God, tell me of a deed I can adhere to and teach. He said: You must prostrate, for you will not prostrate to God a single prostration except that God raises you a degree by it and removes from you a sin by it.

119. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8646No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْهِجْرَةِ فَقَالَ «وَيْحَكَ إِنَّ شَأْنَ الْهِجْرَةِ شَدِيدٌ فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَهَلْ تُؤَدِّي صَدَقَتَهَا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاعْمَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبِحَارِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَنْ يَتْرُكَ مِنْ عَمَلِكَ شَيْئًا»

     ✧ A bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about migration. He said: "Woe to you! The matter of migration is severe. Do you have camels?" He said: Yes. He said: "Do you pay their zakat?" He said: Yes. He said: "Then work beyond the seas, for Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will not leave any of your deeds unrewarded."

120. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8647No grade recorded

     قَالَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَأَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانُوا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ هَجَرُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مُهَاجِرُونَ لَأَنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانَتْ دَارَ شِرْكٍ فَجَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ

     ✧ Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar, and the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ were among the Emigrants because they emigrated away from the polytheists. And there were Emigrants among the Ansar because Madinah was a land of polytheism, so they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of al-Aqabah.

121. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8648No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى الله عَنْهُ» اللَّفْظُ لِيُوسُفَ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the emigrant is one who emigrates away from what Allah has forbidden." The wording is that of Yusuf.

122. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8649No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَيُّ الْهِجْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ» قَالَ «أَنْ تُهْجَرَ مَا كَرِهَ اللهُ وَالْهِجْرَةُ هِجْرَتَانِ هِجْرَةُ الْحَاضِرِ وَهِجْرَةُ الْبَادِي فَأَمَّا الْبَادِي فَإِنَّهُ يُطِيعُ إِذَا أُمِرَ وَيُجِيبُ إِذَا دُعِيَ وَأَمَّا الْحَاضِرُ فَأَعْظَمُهُمَا بَلِيَّةً وَأَفْضَلُهُمَا أَجْرًا»

     ✧ A man said: O Messenger of Allah, which migration is most virtuous? He said: "That you emigrate away from what Allah dislikes. Migration is of two kinds: the migration of the settled and the migration of the bedouin. As for the bedouin, he obeys when commanded and answers when called. As for the settled, he is the greater of the two in trial and the greater of the two in reward."

123. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8650No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ «لَا هِجْرَةَ وَلَكِنْ جِهَادٌ وَنِيَّةٌ وَإِذَا اسْتُنْفِرْتُمْ فَانْفِرُوا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the conquest: "There is no migration, but there is jihad and intention. And if you are called to mobilize, then mobilize."

124. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8651No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ «إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا إِلَّا مَنْ هَاجَرَ» قَالَ «لَا هِجْرَةَ بَعْدَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَلَكِنْ جِهَادٌ وَنِيَّةٌ وَإِذَا اسْتُنْفِرْتُمْ فَانْفِرُوا»

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, they say that none will enter Paradise except one who has migrated. He said: "There is no migration after the conquest of Makkah, but there is jihad and intention. And if you are called to mobilize, then mobilize."

125. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8652No grade recorded

     جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَبِي أُمَيَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «بَايِعْ أَبِي عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بَلْ أُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْجِهَادِ فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتِ الْهِجْرَةُ»

     ✧ I brought my father Umayyah to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of the conquest and said to him: O Messenger of Allah, accept my father's pledge for migration. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Rather I will accept his pledge for jihad, for migration has ceased."

126. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8653No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ «لَا هِجْرَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ I heard Umar say: "There is no migration after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

127. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8654No grade recorded

     وَفَدْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ كُلُّنَا يَطْلُبُ حَاجَةً وَكُنْتُ آخِرَهُمْ دُخُولًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ مِنْ خَلْفِي وَهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الْهِجْرَةَ قَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ» فَقَالَ «لَنْ تَنْقَطِعَ الْهِجْرَةُ مَا قُوتِلَ الْكُفَّارُ»

     "We came in a delegation to the messenger of Allah, each of us with a question to ask him. I was the last of them to come in to the Messenger of Allah, and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have left people behind me, and they are saying that emigration (Hijrah) has ceased.' He said: 'Emigration will not cease so long as the disbelievers are being fought."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4172)

128. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8655No grade recorded

     «وَفَدْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَابِي فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُمْ ثُمَّ كُنْتُ آخِرَهُمْ دُخُولًا عَلَيْهِ» فَقَالَ «حَاجَتُكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى تَنْقَطِعُ الْهِجْرَةُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَنْقَطِعُ الْهِجْرَةُ مَا قُوتِلَ الْكُفَّارُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الضَّمْرِيُّ «لَيْسَ بِالْمَشْهُورِ»

     ✧ We came as a delegation to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. My companions entered upon him and he fulfilled their needs. Then I was the last of them to enter upon him. He said: "Your need?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, when will migration cease? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Migration will not cease as long as the disbelievers are fought." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Hassan b. Abdullah al-Damri is not well-known.

129. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8656No grade recorded

     وَفَدْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ كُلُّنَا يَطْلُبُ حَاجَةً وَكُنْتُ آخِرَهُمْ دُخُولًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ مَنْ خَلْفِي وَهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الْهِجْرَةَ قَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ» قَالَ «لَنْ تَنْقَطِعَ الْهِجْرَةُ مَا قُوتِلَ الْكُفَّارُ»

     ✧ I came as a delegate to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among a group, all of us seeking a need, and I was the last of them to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I left behind me people who claim that migration has ceased. He said: "Migration will never cease as long as the disbelievers are fought."

130. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8657No grade recorded

     أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ كُلُّنَا ذُو حَاجَةٍ فَتَقَدَّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَضَى اللهُ لَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ مَا شَاءَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا حَاجَتُكَ؟» قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ يَقُولُونَ قَدِ انْقَطَعَتِ الْهِجْرَةُ قَالَ شُعَيْبٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَقَالَ حَاجَتُكَ مِنْ خَيْر حَاجَاتِهِمْ قَالَ «لَا تَنْقَطِعُ الْهِجْرَةُ مَا قُوتِلَ الْكُفَّارُ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَحْمَدَ قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ هَذَا لَا أَعْرِفُهُ

     ✧ We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among a group, all of us having a need. They went before him and Allah fulfilled for them through the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ what He willed. Then I came to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "What is your need?" I said: I heard men among your companions say that migration has ceased. Shuayb said in his hadith: He said: Your need is among the best of their needs. He said: "Migration will not cease as long as the disbelievers are fought." The wording is that of Ahmad. Abu Abd al-Rahman Muhammad b. Habib said to us: I do not know this.

131. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8658No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَنْقَطِعُ الْهِجْرَةُ حَتَّى تَنْقَطِعَ التَّوْبَةُ وَلَا تَنْقَطِعُ التَّوْبَةُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Migration will not cease until repentance ceases, and repentance will not cease until the sun rises from the west."

132. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8659No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّ الْخَيْلَ قَدْ سُيِّبَتُ وَوُضِعَ السِّلَاحُ وَزَعَمَ أَقْوَامٌ أَنْ لَا قِتَالَ وَأَنْ قَدْ وَضَعَتِ الْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَذَبُوا الْآنَ جَاءَ الْقِتَالُ وَإِنَّهُ لَا تَزَالُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَمَةٌ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ يَزِيغُ اللهُ قُلُوبَ قَوْمٍ يَرْزُقُهُمْ مِنْهُمْ يُقَاتِلُونَ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ وَلَا تَضَعُ الْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ»

     ✧ While I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ, a man came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, the horses have been stolen, weapons have been put down, and some people claim that there will be no fighting anymore, and that the burdens of war have been lifted." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "They have lied. Fighting has now come, and there will always be a group from my Ummah who will fight in the cause of Allah. Those who oppose them will cause Allah to sow discord among their hearts, and from among them, they will fight until the hour is established. And war will not cease its burdens until Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) emerge."

133. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8660No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نِسْوَةٍ نُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «هَلُمَّ نُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى أَنْ لَا نُشْرِكَ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا نَسْرِقَ وَلَا نَزْنِيَ وَلَا نَأْتِيَ بِبُهْتَانٍ نَفْتَرِيهِ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَأَرْجُلِنَا وَلَا نَعْصِيَكَ فِي مَعْرُوفٍ» قَالَ «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُنَّ وَأَطَقْتُنَّ؟» فَقُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَرْحَمُ بِنَا مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا هَلُمَّ نُبَايِعُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَا أُصَافِحُ النِّسَاءَ إِنَّمَا قَوْلِي لِمِائَةِ امْرَأَةٍ كَقَوْلِي لِامْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ أَوْ مِثْلِ قَوْلِي لِامْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ»

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among a group of women to give him our pledge upon Islam. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, come let us pledge to you that we will not associate anything with Allah, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor bring a slander we fabricate between our hands and feet, nor disobey you in what is right.” He said, “In what you are able and capable of.” We said, “Allah and His Messenger are more merciful to us than our own selves. Come let us pledge to you, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I do not shake hands with women. My word to a hundred women is like my word to one woman, or the like of my word to one woman.”

134. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8661No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ إِذَا هَاجَرْنَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُمْتَحَنَّ بِقَوْلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ} [الممتحنة 12] الْآيَةَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «فَمَنْ أَقَرَّ بِهَذَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَقَدْ أَقَرَّ بِالْمِحْنَةِ» فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَقْرَرْنَ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِنَّ قَالَ لَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «انْطَلِقْنَ فَقَدْ بَايَعْتُكُنَّ» وَلَا وَاللهِ مَا مَسَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُبَايِعُهُنَّ بِالْكَلَامِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَاللهِ مَا أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ قَطُّ إِلَّا بِمَا أَمَرَهُ اللهُ بِهِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لَهُنَّ إِذَا أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِنَّ «قَدْ بَايَعْتُكُنَّ كَلَامًا»

     ✧ Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said: When believing women emigrated to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they were examined by the word of Allah, the Exalted: {O Prophet, when believing women come to you} [Al-Mumtahanah 12] the verse. Aisha said, “Whoever among the believing women affirmed this has affirmed the examination.” When they affirmed that from their speech, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, “Go, for I have pledged to you.” By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never touched a woman at all. He pledged to them only by speech. Aisha said: By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never took from women except what Allah commanded him, and he would say to them when he took their pledge, “I have pledged to you in words.”

135. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8662No grade recorded

     كَانَ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ رَجُلٌ مَجْذُومٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «ارْجِعْ فَقَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ»

     ✧ There was a leprous man in the delegation of Thaqif. The Prophet ﷺ sent word to him, “Return, for we have pledged to you.”

136. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8663No grade recorded

     جَاءَ عَبْدٌ فَبَايَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ وَلَا يَشْعُرُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ عَبْدٌ فَجَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ يُرِيدُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «بِعْنِيهِ فَاشْتَرَاهُ بِعَبْدَيْنِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُبَايِعْ أَحَدًا بَعْدُ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَهُ أَعْبُدٌ هُوَ؟»

     ✧ A slave came and pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ for emigration, and the Prophet ﷺ was not aware that he was a slave. Then his master came wanting him. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Sell him to me,” and he bought him for two black slaves. Then he did not accept pledge from anyone after that until he asked him, “Are you a slave?”

137. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8664No grade recorded

     «مَدَدْتُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ لِيُبَايِعَنِي فَلَمْ يُبَايِعْنِي»

     ✧ I stretched out my hands to the Prophet ﷺ while I was a boy, so that he would accept my pledge, but he did not accept my pledge.

138. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8665No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَصَابَ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وَعْكٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَجَاءَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي فَأَبَى ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ أَقِلْنِي بَيْعَتِي فَأَبَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَيَنْصَعُ طِيبُهَا»

     ✧ A Bedouin pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon Islam. The Bedouin then fell ill with a fever in Madinah. The Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, release me from my pledge.” He refused. Then he came to him again and said, “Release me from my pledge.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ refused. The Bedouin then left, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Madinah is like a bellows: it expels its impurities and its pure good remains.”

139. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8666No grade recorded

     «آكِلُ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلُهُ وَشَاهِدَاهُ وَكَاتِبُهُ إِذَا عَلِمُوا ذَلِكَ وَالْوَاشِمَةُ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةُ لِلْحُسْنِ وَلَاوِي الصَّدَقَةِ وَالْمُرْتَدُّ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَعْدَ الْهِجْرَةِ مَلْعُونُونَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ “The consumer of riba, its provider, its two witnesses, and its scribe, if they know it, and the woman who tattoos and the one who asks for tattooing for beauty, and the withholder of zakah, and the one who reverts to being a Bedouin after emigration—they are cursed upon the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ on the Day of Resurrection.”

140. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8667No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَلَى الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ السَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ فِيمَا أَحَبَّ أَوْ كَرِهَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمَرَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ فَإِذَا أُمِرَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ فَلَا سَمْعَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا طَاعَةَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, “A Muslim person must hear and obey in what he loves or hates, unless he is commanded to disobey. If he is commanded to disobey, then there is no hearing and no obeying.”

141. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8668No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ جَيْشًا وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا فَأَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَقَالَ لَهُمُ «ادْخُلُوهَا فَأَرَادَ نَاسٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا» وَقَالَ الْآخِرُونَ إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا مِنْهَا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا «لَوْ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا لَمْ تَزَالُوا فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ» وَقَالَ لِلْآخِرِينَ خَيْرًا وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَوْلًا حَسَنًا وَقَالَ «لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army and put a man in command over them. He lit a fire and said to them, “Enter it.” Some people wanted to enter it, while others said, “We fled from it.” That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said to those who wanted to enter it, “If you had entered it, you would have remained in it until the Day of Resurrection.” And he said good about the others. Ibn al-Muthanna said in his narration, “good words.” And he said, “No obedience in disobedience to Allah; obedience is only in what is right.”

142. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8669No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ»

     ✧ From the Prophet (PBUH), he said, "Indeed, obedience is only in what is recognized as good."

143. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8670No grade recorded

     بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَلَقَّنَنِي فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ وَالنُّصْحُ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

     ✧ I pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ upon hearing and obeying, and he instructed me, “In what you are able,” and “sincere counsel to every Muslim.”

144. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8671No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَيَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»

     ✧ We used to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon hearing and obeying, and he would say to us, “In what you are able.”

145. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8672No grade recorded

     أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نِسْوَةٍ فَقَالَ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُنَّ وَأَطَقْتُنَّ»

     ✧ She said: We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among a group of women, and he said to us, “In what you are able and capable of.”

146. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8673No grade recorded

     عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرَ مِنْكُمْ} [النساء 59] نَزَلَتْ فِي عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ إِذْ بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي السَّرِيَّةِ

     ✧ From Ibn Abbas: "O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you" [Quran 4:59] was revealed regarding Abdullah b. Hudhafah b. Qays b. Adiyy when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him on an expedition.

147. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8674No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللهَ وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَمَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي وَمَنْ عَصَى أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ عَصَانِي»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys me has disobeyed Allah. Whoever obeys my commander has obeyed me, and whoever disobeys my commander has disobeyed me."

148. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8675No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللهَ وَمَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah, and whoever obeys my commander has obeyed me."

149. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8676No grade recorded

     انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ وَالنَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ إِذْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا فَمِنَّا مَنْ يَضْرِبُ خِبَاءَهُ إِذْ نَادَى مُنَادِيهُ الصَّلَاةُ جَامِعَةٌ فَاجْتَمَعْنَا» فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَطَبَنَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَدُلَّ أُمَّتَهُ عَلَى مَا يَعْلَمُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ وَيُنْذِرَهُمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُ شَرًّا لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكُمْ هَذِهِ جُعِلَتْ عَافِيَتُهَا فِي أَوَّلِهَا وَإِنَّ آخِرَهَا سَيُصِيبُهُمْ بَلَاءٌ وَأُمُورٌ يُنْكِرُونَهَا تَجِيءُ الْفِتْنَةُ» فَيَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُ «هَذِهِ مَهْلَكَتِي ثُمَّ تَنْكَشِفُ ثُمَّ تَجِيءُ الْفِتْنَةُ» فَيَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُ «هَذِهِ هَذِهِ ثُمَّ تَنْكَشِفُ فَمَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُزَحْزَحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَلْيُدْرِكْهُ مَوْتُهُ وَهُوَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلْيَأْتِ إِلَى النَّاسِ الَّذِي يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ وَمَنْ بَايَعَ إِمَامًا فَأَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَلْيُطِعْهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ»

     ✧ I came to Abdullah b. Amr while he was sitting in the shade of the Kabah and people were gathered around him, and I heard him saying: "While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, he stopped at a place. Some of us were setting up their tents when his caller announced: 'Prayer is to be held in congregation.' So we gathered, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and addressed us, saying: 'There was no prophet before me but it was a duty upon him to guide his nation to what he knew was good for them and to warn them of what he knew was evil for them. This nation of yours has been granted well-being in its beginning, but its later part will be afflicted with trials and matters they will find objectionable. A tribulation will come, and the believer will say: "This is my destruction." Then it will pass, and another tribulation will come, and the believer will say: "This, this." Then it will pass. Whoever wishes to be kept away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, let death come to him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and let him treat people as he would love to be treated. Whoever gives allegiance to a leader, giving him his hand and the fruit of his heart, let him obey him as much as he can.'"

150. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8677No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْغَزْوُ غَزْوَانِ فَأَمَّا مَنِ ابْتَغَى وَجْهَ اللهِ وَأَطَاعَ الْإِمَامَ وَأَنْفَقَ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَاجْتَنَبَ الْفَسَادَ فَإِنَّ نَوْمَهُ وَنُبْهَهُ أَجْرٌ كُلُّهُ وَأَمَّا مَنْ غَزَا رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً وَعَصَى الْإِمَامَ وَأَفْسَدَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ بِالْكَفَافِ»

     The Prophet ﷺ said: Fighting is of two kinds: The one who seeks Allah's favour, obeys the leader, gives the property he values, treats his associates gently and avoids doing mischief, will have the reward for all the time whether he is asleep or awake; but the one who fights in a boasting spirit, for the sake of display and to gain a reputation, who disobeys the leader and does mischief in the earth will not return credit or without blame. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2515)

151. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8678No grade recorded

     «بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى النُّصْحِ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»

     ✧ "I pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ to give sincere counsel to every Muslim."

152. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8679No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَحَدٍ عَهْدٌ فَلَا تَحِلُّوا عُقْدَةً وَلَا تَشُدُّوهَا حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ أَمَدُهَا أَوْ تَنْبِذُوا إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "If there is a covenant between you and any people, do not loosen a knot or tighten it until its term expires, or unless you declare it null and void on equal terms."

153. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8680No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ صَحِبَ قَوْمًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَوَجَدَ مِنْهُمْ غَفْلَةً فَقَتَلَهُمْ وَأَخَذَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فَجَاءَ بِهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا

     ✧ He accompanied a group of polytheists, then found them off guard and killed them and took their property. He brought it to the Prophet ﷺ, but he refused to accept it.

154. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8681No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَرْبَعَةٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا أَوْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ الْأَرْبَعِ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "Four traits, whoever has them is a pure hypocrite, and whoever has one of them has a trait of hypocrisy until he gives it up: when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks it, when he makes a covenant he betrays it, and when he quarrels he acts wickedly."

155. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8682No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءً»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, every traitor will have a banner."

156. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8683No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْغَادِرَ يُنْصَبُ لَهُ لِوَاءٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَيُقَالُ «هَذِهِ غَدْرَةُ فُلَانٍ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, the traitor will have a banner set up for him on the Day of Resurrection," and it will be said: "This is the treachery of so-and-so."

157. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8684No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْغَادِرَ يُرْفَعُ لَهُ لِوَاءٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ» فَيُقَالُ «هَذِهِ غَدْرَةُ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, the traitor will have a banner raised for him on the Day of Resurrection when all people, the first and the last, are gathered," and it will be said: "This is the treachery of so-and-so, son of so-and-so."

158. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8685No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» يُقَالُ «هَذِهِ غَدْرَةُ فُلَانٍ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Every traitor will have a banner on the Day of Resurrection." It will be said: "This is the treachery of so-and-so."

159. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8686No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ آمَنَ رَجُلًا عَلَى دَمِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُحْمَلُ لِوَاءَ غَدِرٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever gives a man security for his blood and then kills him, he will carry a banner of treachery on the Day of Resurrection."

160. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8687No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ آمَنَ رَجُلًا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَتَلَهُ أُعْطِيَ لِوَاءَ غَدْرٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever gives a man security for his life and then kills him, he will be given a banner of treachery on the Day of Resurrection."

161. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8688No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا اطْمَأَنَّ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ ثُمَّ قَتَلَهُ رُفِعَ لَهُ لِوَاءُ غَدْرٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَعْقُوبَ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When a man trusts another and then kills him, a banner of treachery will be raised for him on the Day of Resurrection." And the wording is that of Ya'qub.

162. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8689No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ لَمْ يَجِدْ رِيحَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا لَيُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever kills a person from the people of the dhimma will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, and its fragrance can be found from a distance of forty years' journey."

163. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8690No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهَدًا بِغَيْرِ حَلِّهَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ أَنْ يَشَمَّ رِيحَهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever kills a mu'ahad soul without its just cause, Allah has forbidden Paradise to him, that he might smell its fragrance."

164. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8691No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا مُعَاهَدَةً بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا لَمْ يَجِدْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ رِيحَهَا لَيُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ وَابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ أَثْبَتُ مِنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَثْبُتُ مِنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever kills a mu'ahada soul without its right will not find the scent of Paradise, and its scent is found from a distance of five hundred years' journey." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This is an error, and the correct version is the hadith of Ibn 'Ulayya. Ibn 'Ulayya is more reliable than Hammad b. Salama, and Allah knows best, and Hammad b. Zayd is more reliable than Hammad b. Salama.

165. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8692No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ «لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O 'Abd al-Rahman b. Samura, do not ask for leadership, for if you are given it because of asking, you will be left to it, but if you are given it without asking, you will be helped in it."

166. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8693No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَا يُعْرِضَانِ بِالْعَمَلِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَخْوَنَكُمْ عِنْدِي مَنْ طَلَبَهُ فَمَا اسْتَعَانَ بِهِمَا عَلَى شَيْءٍ»

     ✧ Two men from the Ash'aris came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and began to seek a position of authority. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The worst of you in my sight is the one who asks for it. So he did not appoint either of them over anything."

167. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8694No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "You will be eager for leadership, and it will be a regret and sorrow on the Day of Resurrection. What a good wet-nurse, but what an evil weaner."

168. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8695No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ مَبْعَثًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ «كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ نَفْسَكَ؟» قَالَ «مَا زِلْتُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ مَنْ مَعِي خَوَّلَ لِي وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا أَعْمَلُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ هَذَا لَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا رَوَى عَنْهُ غَيْرَ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ وَنُبَيْحٌ الْعَنَزِيُّ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا رَوَى عَنْهُ غَيْرَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him on an expedition. When he returned, he said: "How did you find yourself?" He said: "I continued until I thought that those with me were my servants. By Allah, I will not work over two men as long as I live." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: This 'Umayr b. Ishaq, we do not know that anyone narrated from him other than Ibn 'Awn, and Nubayh al-'Anazi, we do not know that anyone narrated from him other than al-Aswad b. Qays.

169. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8696No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بَعْثًا فَدَعَاهُمْ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لِلرَّجُلِ «مَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَا فُلَانُ؟» قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَاسْتَقْرَأَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ حَتَّى مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ هُوَ مِنْ أَحْدَثَهُمْ سِنًّا فَقَالَ «مَاذَا مَعَكَ يَا فُلَانُ؟» قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَسُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَعَكَ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَأَنْتَ أَمِيرُهُمْ» قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «وَاللهِ مَا مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ إِلَّا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ أَرْقُدَ وَلَا أَقُومَ بِهِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَاقْرَءُوهُ وَارْقُدُوا فَإِنَّ مَثَلَ الْقُرْآنِ لِمَنْ تَعَلَّمَهُ فَقَرَأَهُ وَقَامَ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ جِرَابٍ مَحْشُوٍّ مِسْكًا تَفُوحُ رِيحُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَهُ فَرَقَدَ وَهُوَ فِي جَوْفِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْجِرَابِ أُوكِيَ عَلَى مَسْكٍ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا عَنِ الْمُعَافَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ بِغَيْرِ حَدِيثٍ وَإِنَّمَا أَخْرَجْنَاهُ لِإِدْخَالِهِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مُعَافَى وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ فَأَرْسَلَهُ وَالْمَشْهُورُ مُرْسَلٌ

     ✧ I heard Abu Hurayra say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an expedition and summoned them. He began to ask each man: "How much of the Qur'an do you have with you, O so-and-so?" He replied: "Such and such." He questioned them all until he came to a man among them who was the youngest of them. He said: "What do you have with you, O so-and-so?" He said: "Such and such, and Surat al-Baqara." The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "Do you have Surat al-Baqara?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Go, for you are their commander." A man from their nobles said: "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, nothing prevented me from learning the Qur'an except fear that I might sleep and not get up with it." The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "Learn the Qur'an, recite it, and sleep. The example of the Qur'an for one who learns it, recites it, and stands with it is like a bag stuffed with musk, whose fragrance spreads everywhere. And the example of one who learns it but sleeps while it is in his heart is like a bag tied over musk." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Ishaq b. Abd al-Wahid I do not know, and Abd Allah b. Abd al-Samad has narrated to us from al-Mu'afa b. 'Imran more than one hadith. We only included it because of his insertion between him and Mu'afa. Others besides Abd al-Hamid b. Ja'far narrated it but made it mursal, and the well-known version is mursal.

170. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8697No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فِي قُرَيْشٍ لَا يُعَادِيهِمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَكَبَّهُ اللهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ مَا أَقَامُوا الدِّينَ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "This matter is in Quraysh. No one opposes them but Allah will cast him down on his face, as long as they establish the religion."

171. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8698No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ يُقَاتَلُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَيُتَّقَى بِهِ فَإِنْ أَمَرَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَعَدَلَ كَانَ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ أَجْرًا وَإِنْ يَأْمُرْ بِغَيْرِهِ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, and he said: "The imam is only a shield; fighting is done behind him and protection is sought through him. If he commands the fear of Allah and is just, he will have a reward for that; and if he commands otherwise, then upon him is [the burden] of it."

172. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8699No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْكُمْ عَمَلًا فَأَرَادَ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا جَعَلَ لَهُ وَزِيرًا صَالِحًا إِنْ نَسِيَ ذَكَّرَهُ وَإِنْ ذَكَرَ أَعَانَهُ»

     " I heard my paternal aunt say: 'The Messenger of Allah said; "Whoever among you is appointed to a position of authority. If Allah wills good for him. He will give him a righteous minister who will remind him if he forgets and help him if he remembers (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4204)

173. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8700No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الدِّينَ النَّصِيحَةُ إِنَّ الدِّينَ النَّصِيحَةُ» قَالُوا لِمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِنَبِيِّهِ وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed the religion is sincere counsel. Indeed the religion is sincere counsel." They said, "To whom, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "To Allah, to His Book, to His Prophet, and to the imams of the Muslims and their common folk."

174. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8701No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّ الدِّينَ النَّصِيحَةُ إِنَّ الدِّينَ النَّصِيحَةُ إِنَّ الدِّينَ النَّصِيحَةُ» قَالُوا لِمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: "Indeed the religion is sincere counsel. Indeed the religion is sincere counsel. Indeed the religion is sincere counsel." They said, "To whom, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, and to the imams of the Muslims and their common folk."

175. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8702No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا بَعَثَ اللهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَلَا اسْتَخْلَفَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَبِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالشَّرِّ وَتَحُضُّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَالْمَعْصُومُ مَنْ عَصَمَ اللهُ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "Allah has not sent any prophet nor appointed any caliph but that he had two close advisers: an adviser who commands him to good and urges him to it, and an adviser who commands him to evil and urges him to it. The protected one is he whom Allah protects."

176. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8703No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ وَالٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَبِطَانَةٌ لَا تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالًا فَمَنْ وُقِيَ شَرَّهَا فَقَدْ وُقِيَ وَهُوَ مِنَ الَّتِي تَغْلِبُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُمَا

     'No ruler is appointed but he has tow groups of advisers: A group which urges him to do good and tells him not to do evil, and a group which does its best to corrupt him. Whoever is protected from their evil is indeed protected. And he (the ruler) belongs to the group that has the greater influence over him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4201)

177. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8704No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا بَعَثَ اللهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَلَا كَانَ بَعْدَهُ خَلِيفَةٌ إِلَّا لَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَبِطَانَةٌ لَا تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالًا فَمَنْ وُقِيَ بِطَانَةَ السُّوءِ فَقَدْ وُقِيَ

     ✧ I heard the Prophet of Allah ﷺ say: "Allah has not sent any prophet nor was there after him a caliph but that he had two close advisers: an adviser who commands him to what is right and forbids him from what is wrong, and an adviser who does not spare any effort to corrupt him. Whoever is protected from the evil adviser has indeed been protected."

178. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8705No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ أُمَرَاءَ فَمَنْ صَدَّقَهُمْ بِكَذِبِهِمْ وَأَعَانَهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَلَسْتُ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَرِدُ عَلَى حَوْضِي وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهُمْ عَلَى كَذِبِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُعِنْهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ فَهُوَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَيَرِدُ عَلَيَّ حَوْضِي»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There will be rulers. Whoever believes them in their lies and helps them in their oppression is not of me and I am not of him, and he will not come to my cistern. And whoever does not believe them in their lies and does not help them in their oppression is of me and I am of him, and he will come to my cistern."

179. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8706No grade recorded

     «كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ نِفَاقًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ "We used to consider that as hypocrisy at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

180. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8707No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّا لَا نَسْتَعِينُ بِمُشْرِكٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, we do not seek help from a polytheist."

181. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8708No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَنْ نَسْتَعِينَ بِمُشْرِكٍ»

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We will never seek help from a polytheist."

182. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8709No grade recorded

     أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَسَرَهَا الْعَدُوُّ وَقَدْ كَانُوا أَصَابُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ نَاقَةً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَأَتْ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ غَفْلَةً فَرَكِبَتْ نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعَلَتْ عَلَيْهَا نَذْرًا إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا أَنْ تَنْحَرُهَا فَقَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَنْحَرَ نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمُنِعَتْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَبِئْسَ مَا جَزَيْتِهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا نَذْرَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ وَلَا فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ ﷻ»

     ✧ That a woman among the Muslims was taken captive by the enemy, and before that they had captured a she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She saw a moment of negligence among the people, so she mounted the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made a vow upon it that if Allah saved her, she would slaughter it. She arrived in Madinah and wanted to slaughter the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but she was prevented from that. That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: "How badly you have repaid her!" Then he said: "There is no vow for a human being concerning what he does not own, nor in disobedience to Allah, Mighty and Majestic."

183. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8710No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ عَامَ حُنَيْنٍ فَلَمْ نَغْنَمْ إِلَّا الْأَمْوَالَ وَالْمَتَاعَ وَالثِّيَابَ فَأَهْدَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الضُّبَيْبِ يُقَالُ لَهُ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ يُقَالُ لَهُ مِدْعَمٌ فَتَوَجَّهَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى وَادِي الْقُرَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِوَادِي الْقُرَى بَيْنَمَا مِدْعَمٌ يَحُطُّ رَحْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ سَهْمٌ فَأَصَابَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَنِيئًا لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَلَّا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الشَّمْلَةَ الَّتِي أَخَذَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ مِنَ الْمَغَانِمِ لَمْ تُصِبْهَا الْمَقَاسِمُ لَتَشْتَعِلُ عَلَيْهِ نَارًا» فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِشِرَاكٍ أَوْ شِرَاكَيْنِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «شِرَاكٌ أَوْ شِرَاكَانِ مِنْ نَارٍ»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Khaybar – and Muhammad said: in the year of Hunayn – and we did not gain as booty except wealth, goods, and clothes. A man from Banu al-Dubayb called Rifa'ah b. Zayd gave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a black slave called Mid'am. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ headed to Wadi al-Qura, until when they were at Wadi al-Qura, while Mid'am was unloading the saddle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, an arrow came and struck him and killed him. The people said, "Congratulations to him on Paradise!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "No, by the One in whose hand is my soul, the cloak that he took on the day of Khaybar from the spoils before they were distributed will blaze upon him as fire." When the people heard that, a man came with a sandal strap or two sandal straps to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A sandal strap or two sandal straps of fire."

184. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8711No grade recorded

     عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ فَارَقَ الرُّوحُ الْجَسَدَ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ الْكَنْزُ فِي حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكِبْرُ وَالْغُلُولُ وَالدَّيْنُ

     ✧ From Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever separates from the body while his soul is free of three things will enter Paradise: arrogance, misappropriation of spoils, and debt."

185. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8712No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَرَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ أَوْ جَيْشٍ أَوْصَاهُ فِي خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِهِ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَقَالَ اغْزُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ اغْزُوا وَلَا تَغُلُّوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا فَإِذَا أَنْتَ لَقِيتَ عَدُوَّكَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى ثَلَاثٍ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ مَا أَجَابُوكَ إِلَيْهَا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمُ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ أَجَابُوكَ فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكَفَّ عَنْهُمْ ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا مِنْ دَارِهِمْ إِلَى دَارِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ إِنْ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَلَهُمْ مَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَعَلَيْهِمْ مَا عَلَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَإِنْ هُمْ أَبَوْا أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا إِلَى دَارِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَكُونُونَ كَأَعْرَابِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِمْ حُكْمُ اللهِ كَمَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ فِي الْفَيْءِ وَلَا فِي الْغَنِيمَةِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَبَوْا فَاسْأَلْهُمْ إِعْطَاءَ الْجِزْيَةِ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ وَقَاتِلْهُمْ فَإِنْ حَاصَرْتَ أَهْلَ حِصْنٍ فَسَأَلُوكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ فَلَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَلَا ذِمَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ وَلَكِنِ اجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّتَكَ وَذِمَّةَ أَبِيكَ وَذِمَّةَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَنْ تَغْدُرُوا بِذِمَمِكُمْ وَذِمَمِ آبَائِكُمْ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تَغْدُرُوا ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ فَإِنْ أَنْتَ حَاصَرْتَ أَهْلَ حِصْنٍ فَسَأَلُوكَ أَنْ تُنْزِلَهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ فَلَا تُنْزِلْهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ وَلَكِنْ أَنْزِلْهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِكَ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَتُصِيبُ حُكْمَ اللهِ فِيهِمْ أَمْ لَا؟ قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُقَاتِلَ بْنَ حَيَّانَ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ هَيْصَمٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed a commander over a detachment or an army, he enjoined him privately to fear Allah and to be good to the believers and Muslims, and he said: "Fight in the name of Allah and in the path of Allah. Fight, and do not misappropriate spoils, do not mutilate, do not act treacherously, and do not kill a child. When you meet your enemy from the polytheists, invite them to three things; whichever of them they respond to, accept from them and refrain from them. Invite them to Islam; if they respond to you, accept from them and refrain from them. Then invite them to move from their homes to the home of the emigrants, and inform them that if they do that, they will have what the emigrants have and owe what the emigrants owe. If they refuse to move to the home of the emigrants, then inform them that they will be like the Bedouin Muslims: the ruling of Allah will apply to them as it applies to the believers, but they will have no share in the fay' or the booty unless they strive with the Muslims. If they refuse, then ask them to pay the jizyah; if they do, accept from them and refrain from them. If they refuse, then seek help from Allah and fight them. If you besiege the people of a fortress and they ask you to grant them the protection of Allah and the protection of your Prophet, do not grant them the protection of Allah or the protection of your Prophet, but grant them your protection and the protection of your father and your companions, for it is easier for you to break your own protection and that of your fathers than to break the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger. If you besiege the people of a fortress and they ask you to send them down according to the judgment of Allah, do not send them down according to the judgment of Allah, but send them down according to your own judgment, for you do not know whether you will attain the judgment of Allah concerning them or not." 'Alqamah said: I narrated this hadith to Muqatil b. Hayyan, and he said: Muslim b. Haysam al-'Abdi narrated to me from al-Nu'man b. Muqarrin from the Prophet ﷺ something similar.

186. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8713No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَهُوَ حَلِيفُ بَنِي عَمَّارِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ وَكَانَ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَأْتِي بِجِزْيَتِهَا وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هُوَ صَالَحَ أَهْلَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ فَقَدِمَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَسَمِعَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ بِقُدُومِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ فَوَافَوْا صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْصَرَفَ فَتَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُمْ فَقَالَ «أَظُنُّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ قَدِمَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ؟» قَالُوا أَجَلْ قَالَ «أَبْشِرُوا وَأَمِّلُوا مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ فَوَاللهِ مَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُبْسَطَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا بُسِطَتْ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَتَنَافَسُوا فِيهَا كَمَا تَنَافَسُوا وَتُهْلِكُكُمْ كَمَا أَهْلَكَتْهُمْ»

     ✧ He informed him that Amr b. Awf, who was an ally of Banu Ammar b. Luayy and had been present at Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah to al-Bahrayn to bring its jizyah. The Prophet ﷺ had made peace with the people of al-Bahrayn and appointed al-Ala b. al-Hadrami over them. Abu Ubaydah came with wealth from al-Bahrayn, and the Ansar heard of Abu Ubaydah's arrival, so they attended the dawn prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had prayed, he departed, and they approached him, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled when he saw them and said, "I think you have heard that Abu Ubaydah has come with something from al-Bahrayn?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Rejoice and hope for what pleases you, for by Allah, it is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear for you that the world will be spread out before you as it was spread out before those who came before you, so you will compete for it as they competed, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them."

187. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8714No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَكَانَ شَهِدَ بِدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَأْتِي بِجِزْيَتِهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَالَحَ أَهْلَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ فَقَدِمَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَسَمِعْتُ الْأَنْصَارَ بِقُدُومِهِ فَوَافَتْ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ انْصَرَفَ فَتَعَرَّضُوا لَهُ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُمْ فَقَالَ «أَظُنُّكُمْ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ قَدْ جَاءَ وَجَاءَ بِشَيْءٍ؟» قَالُوا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَأَبْشِرُوا وَأَمِّلُوا مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ فَوَاللهِ مَا الْفَقْرَ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُبْسَطَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا بُسِطَتْ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَتَنَافَسُوهَا كَمَا تَنَافَسُوهَا وَتُلْهِيَكُمْ كَمَا أَلْهَتْهُمْ»

     ✧ He informed him that Amr b. Awf, who had been present at Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah to al-Bahrayn to bring its jizyah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had made peace with the people of al-Bahrayn and appointed al-Ala b. al-Hadrami over them. Abu Ubaydah came with wealth from al-Bahrayn, and the Ansar heard of his arrival, so they attended the dawn prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had prayed the dawn prayer, he departed, and they approached him, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled when he saw them and said, "I think you have heard that Abu Ubaydah has come and brought something?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Then rejoice and hope for what pleases you, for by Allah, it is not poverty that I fear for you, but I fear for you that the world will be spread out before you as it was spread out before those who came before you, so you will compete for it as they competed, and it will divert you as it diverted them."

188. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8715No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ مَجُوسِ هَجَرَ»

     Amr ibn Aws and AbulSha'tha' reported that Bujalah said: I was secretary to Jaz' ibn Mu'awiyah, the uncle of Ahnaf ibn Qays. A letter came to us from Umar one year before his death, saying: Kill every magician, separate the relatives of prohibited degrees from the Magians, and forbid them to murmur (before eating). So we killed three magicians in one day, and separated from a Magian husband his wife of a prohibited degree according to the Book of Allah. He prepared abundant food and called them, and placed the sword on his thigh. They ate (the food) but did not murmur. They threw (on the ground) one or two mule-loads of silver. Umar did not take jizyah from Magians until AbdurRahman ibn Awf witnessed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taken jizyah from the Magians of Hajar. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3043)

189. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8716No grade recorded

     مَرِضَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعُودُهُ فَكَانَ عِنْدَ رَأْسَهُ مَقْعَدَ رَجُلٍ فَقَامَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَجَلَسَ فِيهِ فَشَكَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ يَقَعُ فِي آلِهَتِنَا قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا؟ قَالَ يَا عَمُّ «إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُهُمْ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ تَدِينُ لَهُمْ بِهَا الْعَرَبُ ثُمَّ تُؤَدِّي إِلَيْهِمُ الْعَجَمُ الْجِزْيَةَ» فَقَالَ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ» فَقَالُوا {أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ} [ص 6]

     ✧ Abu Talib fell ill, and the Prophet ﷺ came to visit him. There was a sitting place for a man near his head, and Abu Jahl got up and sat in it. They complained to Abu Talib about the Prophet ﷺ and said, "He insults our gods." He said, "O son of my brother, what do you want from them?" He said, "O uncle, I only want them to [utter] one word by which the Arabs will submit to them and then the non-Arabs will pay jizyah to them." He said, "And what is it?" He said, "La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah)." So they said, "Has he made the gods one God? Indeed, this is a strange thing. And the leaders among them went forth." [Surah Sad: 6]

190. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8717No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَمْنَعُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِنَصَارَى مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ» مَا تَرَكْتُ عَرَبِيًّا إِلَا قَتَلْتُهُ أَوْ يُسْلِمُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقُرَشِيُّ هَذَا لَا أَعْرِفُهُ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Allah will indeed protect this religion with Christians from Rabiah on the banks of the Euphrates." [He added:] I will not leave any Arab except that I kill him or he embraces Islam. Abu Abd al-Rahman [al-Nasai] said: "I do not know this narrator, Abdullah b. Umar al-Qurashi."

191. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8718No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ يُعَذِّبُ الَّذِينَ يُعَذِّبُونَ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا»

     ‘Urwa bin Al Zubair said “Hisham bin Halim bin Hizam found a man who was the governor of Hims making some Copts stand in the sun for the payment of jizyah. He said “What is this?” I heard the Apostle ﷺ as saying “Allaah Most High will punish those who punish the people in this world.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3045)

192. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8719No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةً قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ فَلَمَّا قَفَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَفَلَ مَعَهُ وَأَدْرَكَتْهُمُ الْقَائِلَةُ يَوْمًا يَعْنِي فِي وَادٍ كَثِيرِ الْعِضَاهِ فَنَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَتَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ فِي الْعِضَاهِ يَسْتَظِلُّونَ بِالشَّجَرِ وَنَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَحْتَ ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فَعَلَّقَ بِهَا سَيْفَهُ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَنِمْنَا نَوْمَةً ثُمَّ إِذَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُونَا فَأَجَبْنَاهُ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا اخْتَرَطَ سَيْفِي وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَهُوَ فِي يَدِهِ صَلْتًا» فَقَالَ مَنْ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنِّي؟ فَقُلْتُ «اللهُ» فَقَالَ مَنْ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنِّي؟ فَقُلْتُ «اللهُ» فَقَالَ مَنْ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنِّي؟ فَقُلْتُ «اللهُ فَشَامَ السَّيْفَ وَجَلَسَ وَلَمْ يُعَاقِبْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَدْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ He raided with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ an expedition toward Najd. When the Prophet ﷺ returned, he returned with him. One day, the midday rest overtook them in a valley with many thorny trees. The Prophet ﷺ dismounted, and the people dispersed among the thorny trees to seek shade under the trees. The Prophet ﷺ dismounted under the shade of a tree and hung his sword on it. Jabir said: "We slept a short sleep, and then the Prophet ﷺ called us. We answered him, and there was a Bedouin sitting with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'This man drew my sword while I was asleep, and I woke up while it was unsheathed in his hand.' He said, 'Who will protect you from me?' I said, 'Allah.' He said, 'Who will protect you from me?' I said, 'Allah.' He said, 'Who will protect you from me?' I said, 'Allah.' So he sheathed the sword and sat down, and the Prophet ﷺ did not punish him, though he had done that."

193. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8720No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَفَلَ مِنْ غَزْوٍ أَوْ حَجٍّ أَوْ عَمْرَةٍ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرَفٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ثَلَاثَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ سَاجِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَهَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from an expedition, Hajj, or Umrah, he would say takbir on every elevated piece of ground three times, then say, "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things capable. We are returning, repenting, worshiping, prostrating to our Lord, praising [Him]. Allah has fulfilled His promise, helped His servant, and defeated the confederates alone."

194. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8721No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ قَالَ «آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ »

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived from a journey, he would say, "We are returning, repenting."

195. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8722No grade recorded

     «سَأَلْتُ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى؟ فَلَمْ يُثْبِتُوا فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ ذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ نَزَلَ الْمُعَرَّسَ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ ضُحًى فَيَبْدَأَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ فَيَرْكَعُ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرْتَفِعُ إِلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ»

     ✧ "I asked the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and his companions whether the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the forenoon voluntary prayer, but they did not confirm anything about that, except that they mentioned that when he arrived from a journey, he would halt at al-Muarras so that he might enter at forenoon. Then he would begin with the mosque and pray two rak'ahs in it, then he would sit until the Muslims around him came and greeted him, and then he would go to his wives."

196. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8723No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ لَا يَقْدَمُ مِنْ سَفَرٍ إِلَّا نَهَارًا ضُحًى فَإِذَا قَدِمَ بَدَأَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فِيهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not arrive from a journey except during the day, at forenoon. When he arrived, he would begin with the mosque, pray two rak'ahs in it, and then sit in it.

197. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8724No grade recorded

     صَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَادِمًا وَكَانَ إِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَكَعَ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ لِلنَّاسِ مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in the morning, and when he arrived from a journey, he would go to the mosque, pray two rak'ahs in it, and then sit for the people. [This is] an abridged narration.

198. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8725No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى مُخْتَصَرٌ 8726 عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ السَّدُوسِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: When he arrived in Madinah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque and prayed. [This is] an abridged narration. [8726: From Amr b. Yazid, from Bahz b. Asad, from Shubah, from Muharib b. Dithar al-Sadusi, from Jabir.]

199. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8727No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَلَّمَا يُرِيدُ وَجْهًا إِلَّا وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهِ حَتَّى كَانَتْ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ فِيهَا أَمْرَهُ وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبَ النَّاسُ أُهْبَةَ غَزْوِهِمْ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to go in a direction, he would rarely do so without concealing it with another, until the expedition of Tabuk. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and made clear his intention to the people regarding it, and he wanted the people to prepare fully for their expedition.

200. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8728No grade recorded

     قَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْزُو غَزْوَةً إِلَّا وَرَّى بِخَبَرِهَا وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِغَيْرِهَا حَتَّى كَانَتْ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ فِيهَا أَمْرَهُ وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبَ النَّاسُ أُهْبَةَ غَزْوِهِمْ

     ✧ Rarely did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on any expedition without concealing its news [i.e., misleading as to the destination], and Muhammad would mention a different one—until the expedition of Tabuk came. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and made his matter clear to the people in it, and he wanted the people to prepare the equipment for their expedition.

201. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8729No grade recorded

     لَمَّا غَزَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ خَلَّفَ عَلِيًّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالُوا فِيهِ مَلَّهُ وَكَرِهَ صُحْبَتَهُ فَتَبِعَ عَلِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى لَحِقَهُ بِالطَّرِيقِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ خَلَّفْتَنِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ الذَّرَارِيِّ وَالنِّسَاءِ حَتَّى قَالُوا مَلَّهُ وَكَرِهَ صُحْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ «إِنَّمَا خَلَّفْتُكَ عَلَى أَهْلِي أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the expedition of Tabuk, he left Ali behind in Madinah. They said about him: "He has become weary of him and dislikes his company." So Ali followed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he caught up with him on the road. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, you left me behind in Madinah with the children and women, so much so that they said: 'He has become weary of him and dislikes his company.'" The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "O Ali, I only left you behind over my family. Are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?"

202. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8730No grade recorded

     لَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ بَعَثَ أَبَا عَامِرٍ عَلَى جَيْشٍ إِلَى أَوْطَاسٍ فَلَقِيَ ابْنَ الصِّمَّةِ فَقُتِلَ وَهَزَمَ اللهُ أَصْحَابَهُ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَرُمِيَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ فِي رُكْبَتِهِ رَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي جُشَمٍ بِسَهْمٍ فَأَثْبَتَهُ فِي رُكْبَتِهِ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَمُّ «مَنْ رَمَاكَ؟ فَأَشَارَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى» فَقَالَ «إِنَّ ذَاكَ قَاتِلِي تَرَاهُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي رَمَانِي» قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «فَقَصَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَاعْتَمَدْتُهُ فَلَحِقْتُهُ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي وَلَّى عَنَى ذَاهِبًا فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ» وَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ لَهُ «أَلَا تَسْتَحْيِ؟ أَلَسْتَ عَرَبِيًّا؟ أَلَا تَثْبُتُ؟ فَكَرَّ فَالْتَقَيْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فَاخْتَلَفْنَا ضَرْبَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَامِرٍ» فَقُلْتُ قَدْ قَتَلَ اللهُ صَاحِبَكَ قَالَ «فَانْزِعْ هَذَا السَّهْمَ فَنَزَعْتُهُ فَنَزَا مِنْهُ الْمَاءُ» فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي انْطَلِقْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَقْرِئْهُ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ وَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّهُ يَقُولَ لَكَ «اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي» قَالَ وَاسْتَخْلَفَنِي أَبُو عَامِرٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَمَكَثَ يَسِيرًا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَاتَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتٍ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ مُرَمَّلٍ وَعَلَيْهِ فِرَاشٌ وَقَدْ أَثَّرَ رِمَالُ السَّرِيرِ بِظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَنْبَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِخَبَرِنَا وَخَبَرِ أَبِي عَامِرٍ فَقُلْتُ قَالَ لِي «قُلْ لَهُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ» فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِعُبْيدٍ أَبِي عَامِرٍ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَوْقَ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوْ مِنَ النَّاسِ» فَقُلْتُ وَلِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ذَنْبَهُ وَأَدْخِلْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا» قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ إِحْدَاهُمَا لِأَبِي عَامِرٍ وَالْأُخْرَى لِأَبِي مُوسَى

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ came from Hunayn, he sent Abu Amir with an army to Awtas. He met Ibn al-Simmah and was killed, and Allah defeated his companions. Abu Musa said: Abu Amir was shot in his knee—a man from Banu Jusham shot him with an arrow and lodged it in his knee. I went to him and said: 'O uncle, who shot you?' Abu Amir gestured to Abu Musa and said: 'That one is my killer, the one who shot me—do you see him?' Abu Musa said: 'I went straight toward him, and when he saw me, he turned and fled. I pursued him and kept saying to him: "Are you not ashamed? Are you not an Arab? Will you not stand firm?" He turned back, and he and I exchanged two blows. I struck him with the sword and killed him. Then I returned to Abu Amir and said: "Allah has killed your opponent."' He said: 'Pull out this arrow.' So I pulled it out, and water gushed from it [the wound]. He said: 'O son of my brother, go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, convey my greetings of peace to him, and tell him that he says to you: "Ask forgiveness for me."' He said: Abu Amir appointed me as his successor over the people, and he remained for a short while, then he died. When I returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I entered upon him while he was in a house on a bed made of woven palm leaves, with a mattress over it, and the marks of the palm leaves had left traces on the back and sides of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I informed him of our news and the news of Abu Amir, and I said: 'He told me to say to you: "Ask forgiveness for me."' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for water, performed ablution, then raised his hands and said: 'O Allah, forgive Ubayd Abu Amir'—until I saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then he said: 'O Allah, place him on the Day of Resurrection above many of Your creation'—or 'of the people.' I said: 'And for me, O Messenger of Allah, ask forgiveness.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O Allah, forgive Abdullah b. Qays his sin, and admit him on the Day of Resurrection to a noble entrance.' Abu Burdah said: One of these two supplications was for Abu Amir, and the other for Abu Musa.

203. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8731No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهَ كَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ أَوْ جَيْشٍ أَوْصَاهُ فِي خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِهِ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَبِمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ اغْزُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ قَاتِلُوا مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ اغْزُوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تَغْلُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا فَإِذَا أَنْتَ لَقِيتَ عَدُوَّكَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى إِحْدَى ثَلَاثِ خِلَالٍ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ مَا أَجَابُوكَ عَلَيْهَا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمْ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الدُّخُولِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُفَّ عَنْهُمْ ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى التَّحَوُّلِ مِنْ دَارِهِمْ إِلَى دَارِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ مَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَعَلَيْهِمْ مَا عَلَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَإِنْ هُمْ دَخَلُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَاخْتَارُوا دَارَهُمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَكُونُونَ كَأَعْرَابِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِمْ حُكْمُ اللهِ الَّذِي يَجْرِي عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَكُونُ لَهُمْ فِي الْفَيْءِ وَالْغَنِيمَةِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى إِعْطَاءِ الْجِزْيَةِ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَكَفَّ عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ قَاتِلْهُمْ وَإِنْ أَنْتَ حَاصَرْتَ أَهْلَ حِصْنٍ فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ تُنْزِلَهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ فَلَا تُنْزِلْهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ وَلَكِنْ أَنْزِلْهُمْ عَلَى حُكْمِكَ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَتُصِيبُ فِيهِمْ حُكْمَ اللهِ؟ وَإِنْ أَنْتَ حَاصَرْتَ أَهْلَ حِصْنٍ فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ فَلَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ وَلَكِنِ اجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّتَكَ وَذِمَّةَ أَبِيكَ وَذِمَمَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَنْ تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَمَكُمْ وَذِمَمَ آبَائِكُمْ وَذِمَمَ أَصْحَابِكُمْ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that when he would send a commander on a raiding party or an army, he would advise him in his own private self to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims with him. Then he would say: 'Raid in the name of Allah and in the path of Allah. Fight those who disbelieve in Allah. Raid, but do not act treacherously, do not steal from the spoils, do not mutilate, and do not kill a child. When you meet your enemy among the polytheists, call them to one of three traits; whichever of them they answer you upon, accept from them and refrain from them. Call them to enter Islam. If they do, accept from them and refrain from them. Then call them to move from their abode to the abode of the emigrants. If they do, inform them that they will have what the emigrants have and will be obligated by what the emigrants are obligated by. If they enter Islam but choose their own abode, inform them that they will be like the Bedouin Muslims: the judgment of Allah that applies to the believers will apply to them, but they will have no share in the fay' or the spoils unless they fight alongside the Muslims. If they refuse, then call them to pay the jizyah. If they do, accept from them and refrain from them. If they refuse, then seek help from Allah against them and fight them. If you besiege the people of a fortress and they want you to bring them down to the judgment of Allah, do not bring them down to the judgment of Allah; rather, bring them down to your own judgment, for you do not know whether you will hit upon the judgment of Allah concerning them. And if you besiege the people of a fortress and they want you to grant them the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger, do not grant them the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger; rather, grant them your own protection and the protection of your father and the protections of your companions. For it is easier for you to violate your own protections, the protections of your fathers, and the protections of your companions than to violate the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger.'

204. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8732No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «السَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ نَوْمَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ فَإِذَا قَضَى أَحَدُكُمْ نَهْمَتَهُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ فَلْيَتَعَجَّلْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Travel is a piece of torment; it prevents one of you from his sleep, food, and drink. So when one of you has accomplished his purpose from his journey, let him hasten to his family.'

205. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8733No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «السَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى «وَشَرَابَهُ فَإِذَا قَضَى أَحَدُكُمْ نَهْمَتَهُ فَلْيَرْجِعْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ» قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى «فَلْيُعَجِّلْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ»

     Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Journey is a piece of torture, for it disturbs one's sleep, eating and drinking. So, when you fulfill your job, you should hurry up to your family." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3001)

206. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8734No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «خَرَجَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ set out on the expedition of Tabuk on Thursday, and he used to love to set out on Thursday.

207. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8735No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَلَّمَا يُرِيدُ وَجْهًا إِلَّا وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهِ حَتَّى كَانَتْ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ فِيهَا أَمْرَهُ وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَأَهَّبَ النَّاسُ أُهْبَةَ غَزْوِهِمْ فَأَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَازِيًا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rarely intended any destination without indicating another, until the expedition of Tabuk came. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and made his matter clear to the people in it, and he wanted the people to prepare the equipment for their expedition. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out as a raider on Thursday—an abbreviation.

208. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8736No grade recorded

     «قَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ فِي سَفَرٍ جِهَادٍ وَغَيْرِهِ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ»

     ✧ Rarely did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on any journey, whether for jihad or otherwise, except on Thursday.

209. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8737No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهِمُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Allah, bless my nation in their early mornings.'

210. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8738No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يُنْهَى أَنْ يُسَافَرَ بِالْقُرْآنِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَدُوِّ يُخَافُ أَنْ يَنَالَهُ الْعَدُوُّ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to forbid that the Quran be traveled with to the land of the enemy, fearing that the enemy might get hold of it.

211. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8739No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {§وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى} [البقرة 197] قَالَ كَانَ نَاسٌ يَحُجُّونَ بِغَيْرِ زَادٍ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى} [البقرة 197]

     ✧ Regarding the words of the Exalted: {And take provisions, for the best provision is taqwa} [al-Baqarah: 197], he said: 'There were people who performed Hajj without provisions, so it was revealed: {And take provisions, for the best provision is taqwa} [al-Baqarah: 197].'

212. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8740No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ زَادَنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا فَفَنِيَ زَادُنَا حَتَّى كَانَ يَكُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَّا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَمْرَةٌ فَأَتَيْنَا الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا بِحُوتٍ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent us out, and we were three hundred, carrying our provisions on our necks. Our provisions ran out until each man among us had one date per day. We came to the sea, and there was a huge fish cast up by the sea, and we ate from it for eighteen days.

213. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8741No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْثًا قِبَلَ السَّاحِلِ فَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ وَهُمْ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَخَرَجْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ فَنِيَ الزَّادُ فَأَمَرَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ بِأَزْوَادِ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ فَجَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ فَكَانَ مِزْوَدِي تَمْرٌ كَانَ يَقُوتُنَاهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قَلِيلًا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى فَنِيَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصِيبُنَا إِلَّا تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً فَقُلْتُ «وَمَا تُغْنِي تَمْرَةٌ» قَالَ «لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَنِيَتْ ثُمَّ انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْبَحْرِ فَإِذَا حُوتٌ مِثْلُ الضَّرْبِ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشُ ثَمَانِ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ أَمَرَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بِضِلْعَيْنِ مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ فَنُصِبَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِرَاحِلَةٍ فَرَحَلَتْ ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ تَحْتَهُمَا وَلَمْ تُصِبْهُمَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an expedition towards the coast and appointed Abu 'Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah as commander over them. They were three hundred, and I was among them. We set out until, when we were partway along the road, the provisions ran out. Abu 'Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah ordered the provisions of that army to be gathered, and he collected all of that. My provision sack had dates, and he would ration them to us each day little by little until they ran out, and nothing would come to us except a date at a time. I said, 'What does one date avail?' He said, 'We certainly felt its loss when they ran out.' Then we reached the sea, and there was a fish like a small hill. That army ate from it for eighteen nights. Then Abu 'Ubaydah ordered two of its ribs to be erected, and then he ordered a camel to be saddled, and it passed beneath them without touching them.

214. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8742No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ مَخْمَصَةٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ النَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَحْرِ بَعْضِ ظَهْرِهِمْ وَقَالُوا «يُبَلِّغُنَا اللهُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ هَمَّ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُمْ فِي نَحْرِ بَعْضِ ظَهْرِهِمْ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ بِنَا إِذَا نَحْنُ لَقِينَا الْقَوْمَ غَدًا جِيَاعًا رِجَالًا وَلَكِنْ إِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ النَّاسَ بِبَقَايَا أَزْوَادِهِمْ فَتَجْمَعَهَا ثُمَّ تَدْعُوَ فِيهَا بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ سَيُبَلِّغُنَا بِدَعْوَتِكَ أَوْ قَالَ سَيُبَارِكُ لَنَا فِي دَعْوَتِكَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَقَايَا أَزْوَادِهِمْ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَجِيئُونَ يَعْنِي بِالْحَثْيَةِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَفَوْقَ ذَلِكَ فَكَانَ أَعْلَاهُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَجَمَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَدَعَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ ثُمَّ دَعَا الْجَيْشَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَحْتَثُوا فَمَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ وِعَاءٌ إِلَّا مَلَؤُوهُ وَبَقِيَ مِثْلُهُ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ فَقَالَ «أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ لَا يَلْقَى اللهَ عَبْدٌ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِمَا إِلَّا حُجِبَتْ عَنْهُ النَّارُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a military expedition, and the people were struck by severe hunger. The people asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to slaughter some of their riding camels, and they said, 'By it Allah will deliver us.' When 'Umar b. al-Khattab saw that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was about to give them permission to slaughter some of their riding camels, he said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how will we be if we meet the enemy tomorrow as hungry men? But if you see fit, O Messenger of Allah, call the people to bring the leftovers of their provisions and gather them, then supplicate for blessing in them, for Allah will deliver us through your supplication'—or he said, 'He will bless us in your supplication.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for the leftovers of their provisions. The people began to come with handfuls of food and more than that, and the most that anyone came with was a sa' of dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gathered them, then stood and supplicated as much as Allah willed him to supplicate, then called the army with their vessels and ordered them to scoop. No vessel remained among the army but they filled it, and the like of it remained. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed until his molars showed, and said: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah. No servant meets Allah believing in these two but the Fire will be veiled from him on the Day of Resurrection.'

215. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8743No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ قَالَ «فَنَفِدَتْ أَزْوَادُ الْقَوْمِ» قَالَ «وَهَمُّوا بِنَحْرِ بَعْضِ حَمَائِلِهِمْ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «لَوْ جَمَعْتَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ أَزْوَادِ الْقَوْمِ فَدَعَوْتَ اللهَ عَلَيْهَا فَفَعَلَ فَجَاءَ ذُو الْبِرِّ بِبُرِّهِ وَذُو التَّمْرِ بِتَمْرِهِ» قَالَ وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ «وَذُو النَّوَى بِنَوَاهُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ بِالنَّوَى؟ قَالَ «يَمُصُّونَهُ وَيَشْرَبُونَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ» قَالَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى مَلَأَ الْقَوْمُ أَزْوِدَتَهُمْ فَقَالَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ لَا يَلْقَى اللهَ بِهِمَا عَبْدٌ غَيْرُ شَاكٍ فِيهِمَا إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. He said: 'The provisions of the people ran out.' He said: 'And they resolved to slaughter some of their riding camels.' 'Umar said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if you would gather what remains of the people's provisions and supplicate to Allah over them.' He did so. The one who had wheat brought his wheat, and the one who had dates brought his dates.' He said, and Mujahid said: 'And the one who had date pits brought his date pits.' He said: I said, 'And what would they do with date pits?' He said, 'They would suck them and drink water upon them.' He said, 'He supplicated over them until the people filled their provision sacks.' At that he said: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah. No servant meets Allah with these two, not doubting in them, but he will enter Paradise.'

216. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8744No grade recorded

     «بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ لَهُ إِذْ نَفِدَتْ أَزْوِدَةُ الْقَوْمِ» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ مُرْسَلًا

     ✧ "While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey of his, the provisions of the people ran out." And he related the hadith in mursal form.

217. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8745No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَزَلَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا فَأَصَابَ أَصْحَابَهُ جُوعٌ وَفَنِيَتْ أَزْوَادُهُمْ فَجَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْكُونَ إِلَيْهِ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ وَيَسْتَأْذِنُونَهُ فِي أَنْ يَنْحَرُوا بَعْضَ رَوَاحِلَهُمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا فَمَرُّوا بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمْ؟ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّهُمُ اسْتَأْذَنُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَنْ يَنْحَرُوا بَعْضَ إِبِلِهِمْ» قَالَ فَأَذِنَ لَكُمْ قَالُوا «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكُمْ وَأُقْسِمُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا رَجَعْتُمْ مَعِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعُوا مَعَهُ فَذَهَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَتَأْذَنُ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْحَرُوا رَوَاحِلَهُمْ؟ فَمَاذَا يَرْكَبُونَ؟» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَمَاذَا تَصْنَعُ لَيْسَ مَعِي مَا أُعْطِيهِمْ؟» قَالَ بَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَأْمُرُ مَنْ مَعَهُ فَضْلٌ مِنْ زَادٍ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ إِلَيْكَ فَتَجْمَعَهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَتَدْعُوَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ تَقْسِمَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَفَعَلَ فَدَعَاهُمْ بِفَضْلِ أَزْوَادِهِمْ فَمِنْهُمُ الْآتِي بِالْقَلِيلِ وَالْكَثِيرِ فَجَعَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ دَعَا فِيهِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ ثُمَّ قَسَمَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَمَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا مَلَأَ مَا مَعَهُ مِنْ وِعَاءٍ وَفَضَلَ فَضْلٌ فَقَالَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ مَنْ جَاءَ بِهَا اللهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ غَيْرَ شَاكٍ أُدْخِلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ camped during a military expedition he undertook, and his companions were struck by hunger and their provisions ran out. They came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complaining to him of what had befallen them and asking his permission to slaughter some of their riding camels. He gave them permission, so they went out and passed by 'Umar b. al-Khattab. He said, 'Where have you come from?' They informed him that they had asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to slaughter some of their camels. He said, 'Did he give you permission?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I ask you and adjure you not to return with me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So they returned with him. 'Umar went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, will you permit them to slaughter their riding camels? Then what will they ride?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'What can I do? I do not have anything to give them.' He said, 'Rather, O Messenger of Allah, command whoever has surplus provisions to bring them to you, and gather them on something, supplicate over them, then distribute them among them.' He did so, and called them with the surplus of their provisions. Among them were those who brought little and those who brought much. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put it in something, then supplicated over it as much as Allah willed him to supplicate, then distributed it among them. Not one of the people remained but filled what he had of vessels, and a surplus remained. At that he said: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Whoever comes with it to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, not doubting, I will admit him to Paradise.'

218. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8746No grade recorded

     خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عُمْرَةٍ أَوْ غَزْوَةٍ فَنَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ ذَبَحْنَا بَعْضَ ظَهْرِنَا فَرَآنَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ حَسَنَةً حَالُنَا فَقَالَ مَا شِئْتُمْ فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ «اجْمَعْ زَادَهُمْ فَادْعُ اللهَ فَجَاءَ الْقَوْمُ بِأَزْوَادِهِمْ مِنْ دَقِيقٍ وَتَمْرٍ وَشَعِيرٍ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ» وَقَالَ «عَلَيَّ بِأَوْعِيتِكُمْ فَجَاءُوا بِهَا فَاحْتَمَلُوا مَا شَاءُوا وَفَضَلَ مِنْهُمْ فَضْلٌ كَثِيرٌ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ مَنْ جَاءَ بِهَمَا لَمْ يُحْجَبْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an 'umrah or a military expedition, and we camped at a place. A man from the people came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if only we slaughtered some of our riding camels, the polytheists would see that our condition is good.' He said, 'Whatever you wish.' Then 'Umar came and said to the Prophet ﷺ, 'Gather their provisions and supplicate to Allah.' The people came with their provisions of flour, dates, and barley, and he supplicated over them. He said, 'Bring me your vessels.' They brought them and carried away as much as they wished, and a great deal remained from them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I am the servant of Allah and I am the Messenger of Allah. Whoever comes with these two will not be veiled from Paradise.'

219. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8747No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ إِذَا أَرْمَلُوا فِي الْغَزْو وَقَلَّ طَعَامُ عِيَالِهِمْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ جَمَعُوا مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ ثُمَّ اقْتَسَمُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ فَهُمْ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The Ash'aris, when they run short of provisions on a military expedition or the food of their families in Madinah becomes scarce, gather whatever they have in a single cloth, then divide it among themselves in a single vessel equally. They are from me and I am from them.'

220. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8748No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا أَتَى بِدَابَّةٍ لِيَرْكَبَهَا فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا» قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا} [الزخرف 13] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ} [الزخرف 14] ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ ضَحِكْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ «رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَنَعَ كَمَا صَنَعْتُ ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ» قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ ضَحِكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْجَبُ مِنْ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا قَالَ «اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ غَيْرَهُ»

     ✧ I witnessed 'Ali when a mount was brought to him for him to ride. When he placed his foot in the stirrup, he said, 'In the name of Allah.' When he settled on its back, he said, 'Praise be to Allah.' Then he said, {Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us} [al-Zukhruf 13] up to His saying {and indeed to our Lord we will surely return} [al-Zukhruf 14]. Then he said, 'Praise be to Allah' three times, and 'Allah is greater' three times: 'My Lord, I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.' And on another occasion he said, 'Glory be to You, I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.' Then he laughed. I said, 'What made you laugh, O Commander of the Believers?' He said, 'I saw the Prophet ﷺ do as I did, then he laughed.' I said, 'What made you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Your Lord wonders at His servant when he says: Forgive me my sins, knowing that none forgives sin other than Him.'

221. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8749No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى عَلَيْهَا» قَالَ {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ} [الزخرف 14] ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ ثَلَاثًا وَحَمِدَ اللهَ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ» فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَوْمًا مِثْلَ مَا قُلْتُ ثُمَّ اسْتَضْحَكَ» فَقُلْتُ مِمَّا اسْتَضْحَكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «يَعْجَبُ رَبِّنَا مِنْ قَوْلِ عَبْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي قَدْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ» قَالَ «عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ»

     ✧ I saw 'Ali when a mount was brought to him. When he placed his foot in the stirrup, he said, 'In the name of Allah.' When he settled on it, he said, {Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, and we were not capable of it, and indeed to our Lord we will surely return} [al-Zukhruf 13-14]. Then he said 'Allah is greater' three times and praised Allah three times, then said: 'There is no god but You. Glory be to You, I have wronged myself, so forgive me my sin, for none forgives sins but You.' Then he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said one day the like of what I said, then he laughed heartily. I said, 'What made you laugh heartily, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Our Lord wonders at the saying of His servant: Glory be to You, I have wronged myself, so forgive me my sins, for none forgives sins but You.' He said, 'My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives sins.'

222. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8750No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا سَافَرَ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ اللهُمَّ اصْحَبْنَا فِي سَفَرِنَا وَاخْلُفْنَا فِي أَهْلِنَا اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ وَمَنِ الْحَوْرِ بَعْدَ الْكَوْرِ وَدَعْوَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَسُوءِ الْمَنْظَرِ فِي الْأَهْلِ وَالْمَالِ»

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ traveled, he would say: 'O Allah, You are the Companion in travel and the Guardian over the family. O Allah, accompany us in our travel and be our Guardian over our family. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel, the gloom of return, from decrease after increase, the supplication of the wronged, and an evil sight in family and property.'

223. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8751No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَافَرَ فَرَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ قَالَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَمَدَّ شُعْبَةُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ اللهُمَّ ازْوِ لَنَا الْأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا السَّفَرَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ traveled and mounted his riding camel, he said with his finger—and Shu'bah extended his finger—: 'O Allah, You are the Companion in travel and the Guardian over the family. O Allah, roll up the earth for us and make the travel easy for us. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel and the gloom of return.'

224. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8752No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ رَهْطًا فَبَعَثَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ لِيَنْطَلِقْ لَكِنَّهُ بَكَى صَبَابَةً إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا مَكَانَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَحْشٍ وَكَتَبَ كِتَابًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ وَجْهًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ لَا يَقْرَأَ الْكِتَابَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَا تُكْرِهَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ عَلَى السَّيْرِ مَعَكَ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ الْكِتَابَ اسْتَرْجَعَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَخَبَّرَهُمُ الْخَبَرَ وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْكِتَابَ فَرَجَعَ رَجُلَانِ وَمَضَى بَقِيَّتُهُمْ فَلَقَوَا ابْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَلَمْ يَدْرُوا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ رَجَبٍ أَمْ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ» فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فَعَلْتُمْ وَفَعَلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ فَأَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثُوهُ الْحَدِيثَ فأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيهِ} [البقرة 217] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ} [البقرة 217] الشِّرْكُ

     ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he sent a group, and he sent Abu Ubaydah with them. When he was about to leave, he cried very hard in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man in his place named Abdullah ibn Jahsh, and he wrote a letter and ordered him to go in a different direction. He also ordered him not to read the letter until he had traveled a certain distance and not to force any of his companions to go with him. When he read the letter, he changed his mind and said, "For the sake of hearing and obeying Allah and His Messenger." He informed the group and read the letter to them. Two men returned and the rest continued. They met Ibn Hadrami and killed him without knowing if it was in the month of Rajab or Jumada al-Akhirah. The polytheists said to the Muslims, "You did such and such in the sacred month." So they went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what happened. Then Allah, may He be exalted, revealed the verse, "They ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, 'Fighting therein is great sin'..." [Quran 2:217] until His saying, "And fitnah is worse than killing." [Quran 2:217]

225. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8753No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَقَالَ «إِنْ لَقِيتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ» قَالَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ غَيْرُهُ فَإِنْ لَقِيتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military detachment, and I was among them. He said, 'If you meet so-and-so and so-and-so, burn them with fire.' Then when the Prophet ﷺ bade us farewell, he said: 'I had ordered you to burn them with fire, but it is not appropriate for anyone to punish with the punishment of Allah other than Him. So if you meet them, kill them.'

226. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8754No grade recorded

     لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ انْتَظِرْ أُوَدِّعْكَ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوَدِّعُنَا «اسْتَوْدِعِ اللهَ دَيْنَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِمَ عَمَلِكَ»

     ✧ Ibn Umar said to him: Wait, let me bid you farewell as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bid us farewell: 'I entrust to Allah your religion, your trusts, and the last of your deeds.'

227. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8755No grade recorded

     ادْنُهُ حَتَّى أُوَدِّعَكَ بِمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوَدِّعُنَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اسْتَوْدِعِ اللهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ

     ✧ Come close so that I may bid you farewell as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bid us farewell, then he would say: 'I entrust to Allah your religion, your trusts, and the last of your deeds.'

228. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8756No grade recorded

     كَانُوا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ ثَلَاثَةً عَلَى بَعِيرٍ وَكَانَ زَمِيلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَبُو لُبَابَةَ فَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَ عُقْبَتُهُ قَالَا ارْكَبْ حَتَّى نَمْشِيَ فَيَقُولَ «مَا أَنْتُمَا بِأَقْوَى مِنِّي وَمَا أَنَا بِأَغْنَى عَنِ الْأَجْرِ مِنْكُمَا»

     ✧ On the Day of Badr, they were three on a camel, and the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were Ali b. Abi Talib and Abu Lubabah. When it was his turn to walk, they said: Ride until we walk. He would say: 'You two are not stronger than me, and I am not more in need of the reward than you two.'

229. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8757No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَسُولًا لَا يَبْقَيَنَّ فِي رَقَبَةِ بَعِيرٍ قِلَادَةً مِنْ وَتَرٍ إِلَّا قُطِعَتْ قَالَ مَالِكٌ «أَرَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ»

     I think he said (these words) when the people were at the places of rest: No necklace of strings be left on the necks of the camels or the necklace kept unbroken. Imam Malik said: To my mind (this practice) of wearing necklace round the necks of camels or animals was because of the fact that they (wanted to save them) from the influence of the evil eye. (Using translation from Muslim 2115)

230. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8758No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَرَ بِالْأَجْرَاسِ أَنْ تُقْطَعُ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'He ordered that the bells be cut off.'

231. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8759No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'The angels do not accompany a group in which there is a bell.'

232. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8760No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْعِيرُ الَّتِي فِيهَا الْجَرَسُ لَا تَصْحَبُهَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ»

     ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ said: 'The caravan in which there is a bell, the angels do not accompany it.'

233. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8761No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْجَرَسُ مَزَامِيرُ الشَّيْطَانِ»

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The bell is the flute of Satan.'

234. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8762No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَصْحَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: 'The angels do not accompany a group in which there is a bell.'

235. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8763No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي الْخِصْبِ فَأَعْطُوا الْإِبِلَ حَظَّهَا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي السَّنَةِ فَأَسْرِعُوا عَلَيْهَا السَّيْرَ وَإِذَا عَرَّسْتُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ فَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّرِيقَ فَإِنَّهَا مَأْوَى الْهَوَامِّ بِاللَّيْلِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When you travel in fertile land, give the camels their share of the land, and when you travel in a year of drought, hasten the journey upon them, and when you halt at night, avoid the road, for it is the abode of crawling creatures at night.'

236. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8764No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ لَعَنَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ بَعِيرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اللَّاعِنُ بَعِيرَهُ؟» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَأَخِّرْهُ عَنَّا فَقَدْ أَوْجَبَتْ»

     ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was among some of his companions, a man among them cursed his camel. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who is the one cursing his camel?' The man said: I am, O Messenger of Allah. He said: 'Take it away from us, for it has been answered.'

237. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8765No grade recorded

     رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلْقُوا عَنْهَا مَتَاعَهَا فَإِنَّهَا مَلْعُونَةٌ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Unload its baggage from it, for it is cursed.'

238. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8766No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسِيرُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى جَمَلٍ فَأَعْيَا فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَيِّبَهُ قَالَ «فَلَحِقَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا لَهُ وَضَرَبَهُ» قَالَ «فَسَارَ سَيْرًا لَمْ يَسِرْ مِثْلَهُ» قَالَ «أَتَبِيعُنِيهِ بِأُوقِيَّةٍ؟ وَالْأُوقِيَّةُ أَرْبَعُونَ دِرْهَمًا» قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «تَبِيعُنِيهِ؟» فَبِعْتُهُ بِأُوقِيَّةٍ وَاسْتَثْنَيْتُ حِمْلَانَهُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنَا أَتَيْتُهُ بِالْجَمَلِ فَنَقَدَنِي ثَمَنَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «أَتُرَى أَنَّمَا مَاكَسْتُكَ لِأَخُذَ جَمَلَكَ خُذْ جَمَلَكَ وَدَرَاهِمَكَ فَهُمَا لَكَ»

     ✧ That he was traveling with the Prophet ﷺ on a camel, and it became exhausted, so he wanted to release it. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught up with me, supplicated for it, and struck it. He said: It then traveled as it had never traveled before. He said: 'Will you sell it to me for an uqiyyah? And an uqiyyah is forty dirhams.' He said: I said: No. He said: 'Will you sell it to me?' So I sold it to him for an uqiyyah, and I stipulated that it carry me to my family. When we arrived, I brought him the camel, and he paid me its price. Then I returned, and he sent for me and said: 'Do you think that I bargained with you only to take your camel? Take your camel and your dirhams, for they are yours.'

239. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8767No grade recorded

     غزوت مع رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ غَزَوَاتِهِ وَأَنَا عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِي «عَجْفَاءَ ضَعِيفَةً فَلَحِقَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ سِرْ يَا صَاحِبَ الْفَرَسِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «عَجْفَاءُ ضَعِيفَةٌ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِخْفَقَةً كَانَتْ مَعَهُ فَضَرَبَهَا بِهَا» وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُ فِيهَا» قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مَا أَمْلِكُ رَأْسَهَا إنْ تَقَدُمَ النَّاسَ قال فلَقَدْ بِعْتُ مِنْ بَطْنِهَا بِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا

     ✧ I went on an expedition with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in one of his campaigns while I was on a horse of mine that was lean and weak. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught up with me and said, "Ride on, O owner of the horse." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is lean and weak." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised a small whip he had and struck her with it, and said, "O Allah, bless him in her." He said: I then saw myself unable to hold back her head from getting ahead of the people. He said: And I sold a foal from her belly for twelve thousand.

240. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8768No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ إِذْ أَبْصَرَ غُلَامًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ شَابًّا مُتَنَحِّيًا عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ يَسِيرُ فَقَالَ «أَلَيْسَ فُلَانًا؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «فَادْعُوهُ» قَالُوا فَدَعَوْهُ فَقَالَ «لِمَ تَنَحَّيْتَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ؟» قَالَ كَرِهْتُ الْغُبَارَ قَالَ «لَا تَنَحَّ عَنْهُ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ لَذَرِيرَةُ الْجَنَّةِ» 8769 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَوْدِيُّ أَنَّ وَبَرَةَ أَبَا كُرْزٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَبِيعَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ إِذْ مَرَّ بِغُلَامٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ» نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling, he saw a young man from Quraysh who had stepped aside from the road and was walking. He said, "Is that not so-and-so?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Call him." They said, so they called him. He said, "Why did you step aside from the road?" He said, "I disliked the dust." He said, "Do not step aside from it, for by the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it is the perfume of Paradise." 8769 Abu Dawud informed us, he said: Al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. A'yun narrated to us, he said: Zuhayr narrated to us, he said: Dawud b. 'Abd Allah al-Awdi narrated to us that Wabara Abu Kurz narrated to him that he heard Rabi' b. Ziyad say: "While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling, he passed by a young man from Quraysh..." similar to it.

241. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8770No grade recorded

     كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَزَعٌ فَاسْتَعَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَسًا لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَنْدُوبٌ فَرَكِبَهُ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ «مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ فَزَعٍ وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَبَحْرًا»

     ✧ There was a fright in Madinah, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ borrowed a horse belonging to Abu Talha called Mandub. He rode it and returned, then said, "We did not see any fright, but we found it to be a sea."

242. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8771No grade recorded

     «مَا كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَطَيَّرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلَكِنْ كَانَ إِذَا سَأَلَ عَنِ اسْمِ الرَّجُلِ فَكَانَ حَسَنًا رُئِيَ الْبِشَارَةُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ سَيِّئًا رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِيهِ وَإِذَا سَأَلَ عَنِ اسْمِ الْأَرْضِ فَكَانَ حَسَنًا رُئِيَ الْبِشَارَةُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ سَيِّئًا رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِيهِ»

     ✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ did not take omens from anything. But when he asked about a man's name, if it was good, joy was seen in his face, and if it was bad, that was seen in him. And when he asked about the name of a land, if it was good, joy was seen in his face, and if it was bad, that was seen in him.

243. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8772No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَشْرَفَ النَّاسُ عَلَى وَادٍ فَجَهَرُوا بِالتَّكْبِيرِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَرَفَعَ عَاصِمٌ صَوْتَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدَعُونَ لَيْسَ بِأَصَمَّ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ إِنَّهُ مَعَكُمْ أَعَادَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ» قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَسَمِعَنِي أَقُولُ وَأَنَا خَلْفَهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْتُ بَلَى فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and the people looked down upon a valley. They raised their voices with takbir and tahlil: "Allah is greatest, there is no god but Allah." 'Asim raised his voice, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "O people, have mercy on yourselves. The One you are calling is not deaf; He is All-Hearing, Near. He is with you." He repeated it three times. Abu Musa said: He heard me saying, while I was behind him, "There is no might and no power except with Allah." He said, "O 'Abd Allah b. Qays, shall I not guide you to a word from the treasures of Paradise?" I said, "Yes, may my father and mother be your ransom." He said, "There is no might and no power except with Allah."

244. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8773No grade recorded

     أَخَذَ النَّاسُ فِي عُقْبَةٍ أَوْ ثَنِيَّةٍ فَكُلَّمَا عَلَا عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ نَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ تَقُولُ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»

     ✧ The people took to a steep pass or a mountain road, and whenever a man ascended it, he called out at the top of his voice, "There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent." Then he said, "O Abu Musa, shall I not guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Say: There is no might and no power except with Allah."

245. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8774No grade recorded

     قَالَ جَابِرٌ «كُنَّا إِذَا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَصَعِدْنَا كَبَّرْنَا وَإِذَا انْحَدَرْنَا سَبَّحْنَا»

     ✧ Jabir said: "When we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey and we ascended, we said takbir, and when we descended, we said tasbih."

246. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8775No grade recorded

     يَسْمَعُ قِرَاءَةَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَؤُمُّ النَّاسَ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ دَارِ أَبِي جَهْمٍ وَقَالَ كَعْبُ الْأَحْبَارِ وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْبَحْرَ لِمُوسَى لَإِنَّ صُهَيْبًا حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَرَى قَرْيَةً يُرِيدُ دُخُولَهَا إِلَّا قَالَ حِينَ يَرَاهَا «اللهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرِ أَهْلِهَا وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا» وَحَلَفَ كَعْبٌ بِالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْبَحْرَ لِمُوسَى لَأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ دَعَوَاتِ دَاوُدَ ﷺ حِينَ يَرَى الْعَدُوَّ

     ✧ Umar ibn al-Khattab was reciting the Quran while leading the people in prayer at the mosque of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the house of Abu Jahl. Ka'b al-Ahbar said, "By the One who split the sea for Moses, Suhaib informed me that whenever the Prophet ﷺ saw a village that he intended to enter, he would say, 'O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and whatever they overshadow, Lord of the seven earths and whatever they contain, Lord of the devils and whatever they mislead, Lord of the winds and whatever they scatter. Indeed, we ask You for the goodness of this village and the goodness of its people, and we seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil of its people, and the evil within it.' Ka'b swore by the One who split the sea for Moses that these were the supplications of David ﷺ when he saw the enemy."

247. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8776No grade recorded

     أَنَّ صُهَيْبًا صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَرَ قَرْيَةً يُرِيدُ دُخُولَهَا إِلَّا قَالَ حِينَ يَرَاهَا «اللهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ ومَا ذَرَيْنَ فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا»

     ✧ Suhaib, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, narrated to him that the Prophet ﷺ did not see a village he intended to enter except that he said when he saw it: "O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and what they shade, Lord of the seven earths and what they carry, Lord of the devils and what they mislead, Lord of the winds and what they scatter, we ask You for the good of this village and the good of its people, and we seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of its people and the evil of what is in it."

248. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8777No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَسْحَرَ يَقُولُ «سَمِعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللهِ وَحُسْنِ بَلَائِهِ عَلَيْنَا رَبَّنَا صَاحِبْنَا وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا عَائِذًا بِاللهِ مِنَ النَّارِ»

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ was on a journey and it was the time just before dawn, he would say: "May a listener hear the praise of Allah and His excellent favors upon us. Our Lord, accompany us and bestow favor upon us, seeking refuge in Allah from the Fire."

249. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8778No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدُ النَّاسِ وَأَشْجَعُ النَّاسِ قَالَ «وَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً سَمِعُوا صَوْتًا فَتَلَقَّاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ وَهُوَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ سَيْفَهُ» فَقَالَ «لَمْ تُرَاعُوا لَمْ تُرَاعُوا» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا يَعْنِي الْفَرَسَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the best of people, the most generous of people, and the bravest of people. He said: "The people of Madinah were frightened one night when they heard a sound, and the Prophet ﷺ met them on a horse belonging to Abu Talha that was unsaddled, and he was wearing his sword." He said, "Do not be alarmed, do not be alarmed." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I found it to be a sea," meaning the horse.

250. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8779No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ مَا عَاشَ النَّاسُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مُمْسِكٌ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كُلَّمَا سَمِعَ هَيْعَةً أَوْ فَزْعَةً طَارَ عَلَى مَتْنِ فَرَسِهِ فَالْتَمَسَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْقَتْلَ فِي مَظَانِّهِ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ شُعْبَةٍ فِي هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ أَوْ فِي بَطْنِ وَادٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَوْدِيَةِ فِي غَنِيمَةٍ لَهُ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَعْبُدُ اللهَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْيَقِينُ لَيْسَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا فِي خَيْرٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best that people live for is a man holding the reins of his horse in the way of Allah. Whenever he hears a war cry or an alarm, he flies onto the back of his horse, seeking death and slaughter where it is expected, or a man in a small flock in one of these mountain passes or in the bottom of one of these valleys, who establishes prayer, gives zakat, and worships Allah until certainty comes to him. He is not with the people except in goodness."

251. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8780No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً قَالَ «إِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ مَسْجِدًا أَوْ سَمِعْتُمْ مُؤَذِّنًا فَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَحَدًا»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a detachment, he said: "If you see a mosque or hear a mu'adhdhin, do not kill anyone."

252. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8781No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ قَالَ «إِنْ لَقِيتُمْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ» فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تُحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched a secret expedition with me among them. He said: "If you meet so-and-so and so-and-so, burn them with fire." When we bid farewell to the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "I had commanded you to burn them with fire, but it is not fitting to punish with Allah's punishment. So if you meet them, kill them."

253. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8782No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا» وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً بَعَثَهُمْ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, bless my Ummah in its early morning." And when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a secret expedition, he would send them at the beginning of the day.

254. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8783No grade recorded

     أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَرِيَّةٍ تَخْرُجُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَخْرُجُ اللَّيْلَةَ أَمْ نَمْكُثُ حَتَّى نُصْبِحَ قَالَ «أَوَ لَا تُحِبُّونَ يَعْنِي أَنْ تَبِيتُوا فِي خِرَافٍ مِنْ خِرَافِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ والْخِرَافُ الْحَدِيقَةُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a secret expedition to set out. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall we set out tonight or stay until morning?" He said: "Would you not like to spend the night in one of the gardens of Paradise?" And "khiraf" means a garden.

255. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8784No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ لَا أَتَخَلَّفَ عَنْ سَرِيَّةٍ تَخْرُجُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَكِنْ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ مَا يَتَحَمَّلُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا بَعْدِي فَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَأُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أَحْيَا فَأُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أَحْيَا فَأُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أَحْيَا فَأُقْتَلُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Were it not that I would burden my Ummah, I would love not to stay behind any secret expedition that goes out in the cause of Allah. But I do not find what to mount them on, and they do not find what to ride, and it is hard for them to stay behind after me. I would wish that I fight in the cause of Allah and am killed, then brought to life and killed, then brought to life and killed, then brought to life and killed."

256. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8785No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا لَوْ حَدَّثْتُ بِهِ يَوْمًا مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ الْيَوْمَ غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَبُوكَ فَبَعَثَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ رَاكِبًا إِلَى ابْنِ دُومَةَ الْجَنْدَلِ» فَقَالَ «إِنَّ قَدَرْتُمْ عَلَى أَخْذِهِ فَخُذُوهُ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَى أَخْذِهِ فَاقْتُلُوهُ» فَجَاءُوا قَصْرَهُ فَقَالَ أَهْلُهٌ مَا خَرَجَ مُنْذُ شَهْرَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْيَوْمِ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَلَمْ نَقْدِرْ عَلَى أَخْذِهِ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ فَجَاءُوا بِمُدَرَّعَةٍ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دِيبَاجٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ «أَتَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ هَذِهِ؟ لَمَنَادِيلُ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ أَلْيَنُ مِنْهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that if I were to narrate it any day of time, I would narrate it today. We raided with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Tabuk, and he sent Khalid b. al-Walid with forty horsemen to Ibn Dumah al-Jandal. He said: "If you are able to capture him, capture him and do not kill him; and if you are not able to capture him, then kill him." They came to his palace, and his household said: "He has not gone out for two months before today." Then we found him shooting game, and we were not able to capture him, so we killed him. They brought a padded garment of brocade that was on him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and his companions began to marvel at it. He said: "Do you marvel at this? The handkerchiefs of Sa'd b. Mu'adh are softer than this in Paradise."

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     بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ «سِيرُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تُقَاتِلُونَ عَدُوَّ اللهِ وَلَا تَغُلُّوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us in a secret expedition and said: "March in the name of Allah, in the cause of Allah. You will fight the enemy of Allah. Do not steal from the spoils, do not act treacherously, do not mutilate, and do not kill a child."

258. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8787No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ جَيْشًا أَوْ سَرِيَّةً قَالَ لَهُمْ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مَسْجِدًا أَوْ سَمِعْتُمْ مُؤَذِّنًا فَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَحَدًا فَبَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةً فَأَمَرَنَا بِذَلِكَ فَخَرَجْنَا نَسِيرُ فِي أَرْضِ تِهَامَةَ فَأَدْرَكْنَا رَجُلًا يَسُوقُ ظَعَائِنَ فَعَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْإِسْلَامَ فَقُلْنَا أَمُسْلِمٌ أَنْتَ» فَقَالَ «وَمَا الْإِسْلَامُ؟ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ» قَالَ «فَإِنْ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ فَمَا أَنْتُمْ صَانِعُونَ؟» قُلْنَا «نَقْتُلُكَ» قَالَ «فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَظِرِيَّ حَتَّى أُدْرِكَ الظَّعَائِنَ؟» قُلْنَا نَعَمْ وَنَحْنُ مُدْرِكُوكَ فَخَرَجَ فَأَتَى امْرَأَةً وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا فَقَالَ أَسْلِمِي حُبَيْشُ قَبْلَ انْقِطَاعِ الْعَيْشِ أَسْلِمِي عَشْرًا وَثَمَانِيًا تَتْرَى وَتِسْعًا وِتْرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَتَذْكُرْنَ إِذْ طَالَعْتُكُمْ فَوَجَدْتُكُمْ بِحِلْيَةٍ أَوْ أَدْرَكْتُكُمْ بِالْخَوَانِقِ أَلَمْ يَكُ حَقًّا أَنْ يَنُولَ عَاشِقٌ تَكَلَّفَ إِدْلَاجَ السُّرَى وَالْوَدَائِقِ فَلَا ذَنْبَ لِي قَدْ» قُلْتُ إِذْ أَهَلْنَا مَعًا أَثِيبِي بِوَصْلٍ قَبْلَ إِحْدَى الصَّفَائِقِ أَثِيبِي بِوَصْلٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَشْحَطَ النَّوَى وَيَنْأَى الْأَمِيرُ بِالْحَبِيبِ الْمُفَارِقِ ثُمَّ أَتَانَا فَقَالَ «شَأْنُكُمْ فَقَدَّمْنَاهُ فَضَرَبْنَا عُنُقَهُ فَنَزَلَتِ الْأُخْرَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ هَوْدَجِهَا فَحَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ»

     ✧ Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army or a secret expedition, he said to them: "If you see a mosque or hear a muezzin, do not kill anyone." The Prophet ﷺ sent us in a secret expedition and commanded us with that. We set out traveling in the land of Tihamah, and we overtook a man driving women in howdahs. We offered him Islam and said: "Are you a Muslim?" He said: "And what is Islam?" We told him, and he did not know it. He said: "If I do not do it, what will you do?" We said: "We will kill you." He said: "Will you wait for me until I reach the women?" We said: "Yes, and we will catch you." He went and came to a woman in her howdah and said: "Accept Islam, Hubaysh, before life is cut off. Accept Islam ten and eight successively and nine odd." Then he said: "Do you remember when I looked at you and found you in adornment, or caught up with you at Khawanq? Was it not right that a lover should attain, who undertook the night journey of forced marches and the saddle girths? I have no sin. I said when we camped together: Reward me with union before one of the misfortunes. Reward me with union before separation tears apart and the commander takes away the beloved departing." Then he came to us and said: "It is your affair." So we brought him forward and struck his neck. The other woman came down from her howdah and bent over him until she died.

259. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8788No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ عَشَرَةَ رَهْطٍ سَرِيَّةً عَيْنَا وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَاصِمَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ جَدَّ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَانْطَلَقُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِالْهُدَاةِ وَهِيَ بَيْنَ عُسْفَانَ وَمَكَّةَ ذُكِرُوا لِحَيٍّ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ بَنُو لَحْيَانَ فنَفَرُوا لَهُمْ بِقَرِيبٍ مِنْ مِائَةِ رَجُلٍ رَامٍ فَاقْتَصُّوا آثَارَهُمْ حَتَّى وَجَدُوا مَأْكَلَهُمْ تَمْرًا تَزَوَّدُوهُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَاتَّبَعُوا آثَارَهُمْ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ عَاصِمٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ لَجَئُوا إِلَى فَدْفَدٍ وَأَحَاطَ بِهِمُ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالُوا لَهُمُ «انْزِلُوا وَأَعْطُونَا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَلَكُمُ الْعَهْدُ وَالْمِيثَاقُ لَا يُقْتَلُ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ» فَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَمِيرُ السَّرِيَّةِ أَمَّا أَنَا فَوَاللهِ لَا أَنْزِلُ الْيَوْمَ فِي ذِمَّةِ كَافِرٍ اللهُمَّ أَخْبِرْ عَنَّا نَبِيَّكَ ﷺ فَرَمَوْهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ فَقَتَلُوا عَاصِمًا فِي سَبْعَةٍ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ بِالْعَهْدِ وَالْمِيثَاقِ مِنْهُمْ خُبَيْبٌ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَابْنُ دَثِنَةَ وَرَجُلٌ آخِرُ فَلَمَّا اسْتَمْكَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَطْلَقُوا أَوْتَارَ قِسِيِّهِمْ فَأَوْثَقُوهُمْ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ الثَّالِثُ هَذَا أَوَّلُ الْغَدْرِ وَاللهِ لَا أَصْحَبُكُمْ فَجَرَّرُوهُ وَعَالَجُوهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَصْحَبَهُمْ فَقَتَلُوهُ فَانْطَلَقُوا بِخُبَيْبٍ وَابْنِ دَثِنَةَ حَتَّى بَاعُوهُمَا بِمَكَّةَ بَعْدَ وَقْعَةِ بَدْرٍ فَابْتَاعَ خُبَيْبًا بَنُو الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ وَكَانَ خُبَيْبٌ هُوَ قَتَلَ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَلَبِثَ خُبَيْبٌ عِنْدَهُمْ أَسِيرًا [124] فَأَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ أَنَّ ابْنَةَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُمْ حِينَ اجْتَمَعُوا اسْتَعَارَ مِنْهَا مُوسَى يَسْتَحِدُّ بِهَا فَأَعَارَتْهُ قَالَتْ فَدَرَجَ ابْنٌ لِي وَأَنَا غَافِلَةٌ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ قَالَتْ فَوَجَدْتُهُ مُجْلِسَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَالْمُوسَى بِيَدِهِ فَفَزِعْتُ فَزْعَةً عَرَفَهَا خُبَيْبٌ فِي وَجْهِي فَقَالَ «أَتَخْشَيْنَ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ؟ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ» قَالَتْ وَوَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَسِيرًا قَطُّ خَيْرًا مِنْ خُبَيْبٍ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُهُ يَوْمًا يَأْكُلُ مِنْ قِطْفِ عِنَبٍ فِي يَدِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمُوثَقٌ بِالْحَدِيدِ وَمَا بِمَكَّةَ مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لَرِزْقٌ مِنَ اللهِ رَزَقَهُ خُبَيْبًا فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْحَرَمِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ فِي الْحِلِّ قَالَ لَهُمْ خُبَيْبٌ ذَرُونِي أَرْكَعُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَتَرَكُوهُ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَظُنُّوا أَنَّ مَا بِي جَزَعٌ لَزِدْتُ اللهُمَّ أَحْصِهِمْ عَدَدًا [البحر الطويل] وَلَسْتُ أُبَالِي حِينَ أُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمًا عَلَى أَيِّ شِقٍّ كَانَ لِلَّهِ مَصْرَعِي وَذَلِكَ فِي ذَاتِ الْإِلَهِ وَإِنْ يَشَأْ يُبَارِكْ عَلَى أَوْصَالِ شِلْوٍ مُمَزَّعِ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو سِرْوَعَةَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَكَانَ خُبَيْبٌ هُوَ سَنَّ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ قُتِلَ صَبْرًا وَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ ﷻ لِعَاصِمِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يَوْمَ أُصِيبَ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَصْحَابَهُ خَبَرَهُمْ يَوْمَ أُصِيبُوا وَبَعَثَ نَاسٌ مِنْ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَى عَاصِمٍ حِينَ حُدِّثُوا أَنَّهُ قُتِلَ لِيُؤْتَوْا بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ يُعْرَفُ وَكَانَ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ عُظَمَائِهِمْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَبَعَثَ اللهُ عَلَى عَاصِمٍ مِثْلَ الظُّلَّةِ مِنَ الدَّبْرِ فَحَمَتْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى أَنْ يَقْطَعَ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ شَيْئًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent ten men as a secret expedition for reconnaissance, and he appointed over them 'Asim b. Thabit al-Ansari, the grandfather of 'Asim b. 'Umar b. al-Khattab. They set out until they were at al-Hudah, which is between 'Usfan and Makkah. They were mentioned to a tribe of Hudhayl called Banu Lihyan, and about a hundred archers set out against them. They tracked their traces until they found their food: dates they had taken as provision from Madinah. They followed their traces. When 'Asim and his companions saw them, they took refuge on a mound, and the people surrounded them. They said to them: "Come down and give us your hands, and you have the covenant and pledge that none of you will be killed." 'Asim b. Thabit, the commander of the expedition, said: "As for me, by Allah, I will not come down today under the protection of a disbeliever. O Allah, inform Your Prophet ﷺ about us." They shot them with arrows and killed 'Asim along with seven. Then three men came down to them under the covenant and pledge, among them Khubayb al-Ansari, Ibn Dathinah, and another man. When they had control over them, they untied the strings of their bows and bound them. The third man said: "This is the first act of treachery. By Allah, I will not accompany you." They dragged him and struggled with him, but he refused to accompany them, so they killed him. They took Khubayb and Ibn Dathinah and sold them in Makkah after the Battle of Badr. Banu al-Harith b. 'Amir b. Nawfal b. 'Abd Manaf purchased Khubayb, and Khubayb was the one who had killed al-Harith b. 'Amir on the day of Badr. Khubayb remained with them as a captive [124]. 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Iyad informed me that the daughter of al-Harith told him that when they gathered, he borrowed a razor from her to shave his pubic hair, and she lent it to him. She said: "A young son of mine crept away while I was heedless until he came to him. I found him sitting on his thigh with the razor in his hand. I was alarmed, and Khubayb recognized the alarm in my face. He said: 'Do you fear that I will kill him? I would never do that.'" She said: "By Allah, I have never seen a captive better than Khubayb. One day I found him eating from a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was bound in iron, and there was no fruit in Makkah. She used to say: 'It was provision from Allah that He provided to Khubayb.'" When they took him out of the sanctuary to kill him outside it, Khubayb said to them: "Let me pray two rak'ahs." They left him, and he prayed two rak'ahs. Then he said: "Were it not that you would think I am afraid, I would have added more. O Allah, count them one by one. [al-Bahr al-Tawil] And I do not care, when I am killed as a Muslim, on which side my fall is for Allah. And that is in the essence of God, and if He wills, He blesses the joints of a torn apart body." Then Abu Sirwa'ah 'Uqbah b. al-Harith stood up to him and killed him. Khubayb was the one who established the two rak'ahs for every Muslim killed patiently. And Allah ﷻ responded to 'Asim b. Thabit on the day he was struck, and the Prophet ﷺ informed his companions of their news on the day they were struck. Some men from the disbelievers of Quraysh sent to 'Asim when they were told that he had been killed, to bring something of him by which he would be recognized, for he had killed a man of their great ones on the day of Badr. Allah sent upon 'Asim something like a cloud of hornets, and they protected him from their messenger, so he was not able to cut anything from his flesh.

260. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8789No grade recorded

     عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ وَمَرْوَانِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي بِضْعِ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ قَلَّدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْهَدْيَ وَأَشْعَرَ وَأَحْرَمَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ وَبَعَثَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ عَيْنَا لَهُ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ يُخْبِرُهُ عَنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَسَارَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِغَدِيرِ الْأَشْطَاطِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ عُسْفَانَ أَتَاهُ عَيْنُهُ الْخُزَاعِيُّ فَقَالَ إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ وَعَامِرَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكَ الْأَحَابِيشَ وَجَمَعُوا لَكَ جُمُوعًا وَهُمْ مُقَاتِلُوكَ وَصَادُّوكَ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ أَتَرَوْنَ بِأَنْ أَمِيلَ إِلَى ذَرَارِيِّ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ أَعَانُوهُمْ فَنُصِيبَهُمْ؟ فَإِنْ قَعَدُوا قَعَدُوا مَوْتُورِينَ وَإِنْ نَجَوْا يَكُونُوا عُنُقًا قَطَعَهَا اللهُ أَمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنْ أَؤُمَّ الْبَيْتَ فَمَنْ صَدَّنَا عَنْهُ قَاتَلْنَاهُ؟» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّمَا جِئْنَا مُعْتَمِرِينَ وَلَمْ نَأْتِ لِقِتَالِ أَحَدٍ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ حَالَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْبَيْتِ قَاتَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَتَرَوَّحُوا إِذًا» مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ Al-Miswar b. Makhramah and Marwan b. al-Hakam said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out at the time of Hudaybiyyah with some ten hundred and more of his companions until they were at Dhu al-Hulayfah. The Prophet ﷺ garlanded the sacrificial animal, marked it, and entered ihram for 'Umrah. He sent ahead of him a scout from Khuza'ah to inform him about Quraysh. The Prophet ﷺ traveled until when he was at Ghadir al-Ashtat, near 'Usfan, his Khuza'i scout came to him and said: "I left Ka'b b. Lu'ayy and 'Amir b. Lu'ayy. They have gathered the Ahabish against you and gathered forces, and they will fight you and prevent you from the House." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Advise me. Do you think I should raid the families of these who aided them and strike them? If they remain, they remain having lost; and if they escape, it will be a neck that Allah has cut. Or do you think I should head for the House, and whoever prevents us from it, we fight?" Abu Bakr said: "Allah and His Messenger know best. O Prophet of Allah, we have only come for 'Umrah, and we did not come to fight anyone. But whoever comes between us and the House, we will fight." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Then proceed." Abridged.

261. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8790No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ» قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ أَنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who will bring us news of the people?" Al-Zubayr said: "I will." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every Prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr."

262. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8791No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ أَنَا فَذَهَبَ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ فَجَاءَ بِخَبَرِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ أَنَا فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيٌّ وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the Trench: "Who is the man who will bring us news of Banu Qurayzah?" Al-Zubayr said: "I will." He went on his horse and brought their news. Then he said it a second time, and al-Zubayr said: "I will" and went. Then a third time, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "Every Prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr."

263. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8792No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِهِمْ» فَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ أَحَدٌ فَذَهَبَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَجَاءَ بِخَبَرِهِمْ ثُمَّ اشْتَدَّ الْأَمْرُ أَيْضًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِهِمْ» فَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ أَحَدٌ فَذَهَبَ الزُّبَيْرُ ثُمَّ اشْتَدَّ الْأَمْرُ أَيْضًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ أَحَدٌ فَذَهَبَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَجَاءَ بِخَبَرِهِمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا وَإِنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ حَوَارِيَّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who will bring us news of them?" No one went, so al-Zubayr went and brought their news. Then the matter intensified again, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "Who will bring us news of them?" No one went, so al-Zubayr went. Then the matter intensified again, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "Who will bring us news of them?" No one went, so al-Zubayr went and brought their news. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Every Prophet has a disciple, and al-Zubayr is my disciple."

264. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8793No grade recorded

     جَاءَ عَيْنٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ نَازِلٌ فَلَمَّا طَعِمَ انْسَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلَيَّ الرَّجُلُ اقْتُلُوهُ فَابْتَدَرَهُ الْقَوْمُ» قَالَ «وَكَانَ أَبِي يَسْبِقُ الْفَرَسَ شَدًّا فَسَبَقَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ بِخِطَامِ رَاحِلَتِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَنَفَّلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَلَبَهُ»

     ✧ A spy from the polytheists came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was encamped. When he had eaten, he slipped away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Bring me the man; kill him." The people rushed to him. He said, "My father could outrun a horse in speed, so he outpaced them to him. He seized him by the halter of his riding camel and killed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him his spoils as a reward."

265. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8794No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَبَعَثَ بِكِتَابِهِ مَعَ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ وَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ بُصْرَى لِيَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ بُصْرَى إِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَكَانَ قَيْصَرُ لَمَّا كَشَفَ اللهُ عَنْهُ جُنُودَ فَارِسَ مَشَى مِنْ حِمْصَ إِلَى إِيلِيَاءَ شُكْرًا لَمَّا أَبْلَاهُ اللهُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَيْصَرَ كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ حِينَ قَرَأَهُ «الْتَمِسُوا هَلْ هَاهُنَا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ لِيَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ » مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to Caesar inviting him to Islam. He sent his letter with Dihyah al-Kalbi and commanded him to deliver it to the governor of Busra so that he might deliver it to Caesar. The governor of Busra delivered it to Caesar. When Allah had driven back the armies of Persia from Caesar, he walked from Homs to Iliya' (Jerusalem) in gratitude for what Allah had granted him. When the letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Caesar, he said upon reading it, "Seek out whether there is anyone here from his people so that I may ask him about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Abridged.

266. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8795No grade recorded

     عَنْ كِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى كِسْرَى قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بِكِتَابِهِ إِلَى كِسْرَى وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ إِلَى كِسْرَى فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ كِسْرَى مَزَّقَهُ

     ✧ Concerning the letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Chosroes. Ibn Shihab said: 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Abd Allah informed me that 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent his letter to Chosroes and commanded him to deliver it to the governor of al-Bahrayn. The governor of al-Bahrayn delivered it to Chosroes. When Chosroes read it, he tore it up.

267. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8796No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَى كِسْرَى وَإِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَإِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَإِلَى كُلِّ جُبَارٍ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى لَيْسَ النَّجَاشِيُّ الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote before his death to Chosroes, Caesar, and the Negus, and to every tyrant, inviting them to Allah, the Exalted—not the Negus for whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed (the funeral prayer).

268. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8797No grade recorded

     أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ كِتَابًا إِلَى الرُّومِ فَقَالُوا «إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابًا إِلَّا مَخْتُومًا فَاتَّخَذَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِهِ فِي يَدِهِ وَنَقَشَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to write a letter to the Byzantines. They said, "They do not read a letter unless it is sealed." So he adopted a silver ring. It is as if I am looking at its whiteness in his hand, and he engraved on it, "Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah."

269. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8798No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ»

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A single rider is a devil, two riders are two devils, and three are a group."

270. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8799No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْوَحْدَةِ مَا سَارَ رَاكِبٌ بِلَيْلٍ أَبَدًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If people knew what is in solitude, no rider would ever travel alone at night."

271. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8800No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْوَحْدَةِ مَا أَعْلَمُ مَا سَارَ رَاكِبٌ وَحْدَهُ بِلَيْلٍ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "If people knew of solitude what I know, no rider would ever travel alone at night."

272. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8801No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ غَزَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةً قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ فَأَدْرَكَتْهُمُ الْقَائِلَةُ يَوْمًا فِي وَادٍ كَثِيرِ الْعِضَاهِ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ فِي الْعِضَاهِ يَسْتَظِلُّونَ بِالشَّجَرِ وَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَعَلَّقَ بِهَا سَيْفِهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ عِنْدَهُ «إِنَّ هَذَا اخْتَرَطَ سَيْفِي وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَهُوَ فِي يَدِهِ صَلْتًا» فَقَالَ لِي «مَنْ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنِّي؟» فَقُلْتُ «اللهُ» فَقَالَ لِي «مَنْ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنِّي؟» فَقُلْتُ «اللهُ فَشَامَ السَّيْفَ وَجَلَسَ وَهُوَ ذَا جَالِسٌ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُعَاقِبْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ He informed him that he went on a military expedition with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ toward Najd. One day, the midday rest overtook them in a valley with many thorny trees. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dismounted, and the people dispersed among the thorny trees seeking shade under the trees. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dismounted under a tree and hung his sword on it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man who was with him: "This man drew my sword while I was asleep. I woke up and it was in his hand, unsheathed." He said to me, "Who will protect you from me?" I said, "Allah." He said to me, "Who will protect you from me?" I said, "Allah." Then he sheathed the sword and sat down, and there he is, sitting. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not punish him.

273. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8802No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فَذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ نَزَلُوا دَهَاسًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يَعْنِي بِالدَّهَاسِ الرَّمْلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَكْلَؤُنَا» فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «إِذًا تنَامُ فَنَامُوا حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ نَاسٌ فِيهِمْ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَفِيهِمْ عُمَرُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ» فَقَالَ «افْعَلُوا كَمَا كُنْتُمُ تَفْعَلُونَ» فَفَعَلْنَا قَالَ «كَذَلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا لِمَنْ نَامَ أَوْ نَسِيَ» قَالَ فَضَلَّتْ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَطَلَبْتُهَا فَوَجَدْتُ حَبْلَهَا قَدْ تَعَلَّقَ بِشَجَرَةٍ فَجِئْتُ بِهَا فَرَكِبَ فَسِرْنَا وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ اشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَرَفْنَا ذَلِكَ فِيهِ فَتَنَحَّى مُنْتَبِذًا خَلْفَنَا فَجَعَلَ يُغَطِّي رَأْسَهُ فَيَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى عَرَفْنَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَتَانَا فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّهُ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا} [الفتح 1]

     ✧ I heard 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud say: We returned with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the time of al-Hudaybiyyah. They mentioned that they dismounted on a soft sandy area of the ground—meaning by al-dahas, sand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will keep watch for us?" Bilal said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Then you will sleep." So they slept until the sun rose. Some people woke up, among them so-and-so and so-and-so, and among them 'Umar. The Prophet ﷺ woke up and said, "Do as you used to do." So we did. He said, "Likewise, so do for one who sleeps or forgets." He said: The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went astray, so I searched for it. I found its rope had caught on a tree, so I brought it. He mounted and we traveled. When revelation came down upon the Prophet ﷺ, it was intense for him, and we recognized that in him. He withdrew, staying behind us, and began to cover his head, and it became intense for him until we knew that it had been revealed to him. Then he came to us and informed us that it had been revealed to him: "Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory" [al-Fath: 1].

274. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8803No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَمَّا رَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَمَانَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَالَ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَنَا قَالَ «إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ «إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ «وَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ إِذًا» قَالَ «فَحَرَسْتُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي وَجْهِ الصُّبْحِ أَدْرَكَنِي» مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَنِمْتُ فَمَا اسْتَيْقَظْتُ إِلَّا بِحَرِّ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى أَكْتَافِنَا فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَنَعَ كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ لَا تَنَامُوا عَنْهَا لَمْ تَنَامُوا وَلَكِنْ أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ سُنَّةً لِمَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لِمَنْ نَامَ أَوْ نَسِيَ»

     ✧ 'Abd Allah said: When the Prophet ﷺ returned at the time of al-Hudaybiyyah, he said, "Who will guard us tonight?" 'Abd Allah said, "I will." He said, "You will sleep." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guard us tonight?" I said, "I will." He said, "You will sleep." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guard us tonight?" He said, "The people remained silent." I said, "I will." He said, "Then you are the one." He said, "So I guarded them until, when it was near dawn, what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said overtook me, and I slept. I did not wake up except from the heat of the sun on our shoulders. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up and did as he used to do." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Had Allah willed that you not sleep through it, you would not have slept. But Allah wanted it to be a sunnah for those after you, for one who sleeps or forgets."

275. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8804No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَالَ «لَا تُوقِدُوا نَارًا بِلَيْلٍ» فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «أَوْقِدُوا وَاصْطَنِعُوا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُدْرِكُ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَكُمْ صَاعَكُمْ وَلَا مُدَّكُمْ»

     ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah, said, "Do not light any fire at night." Then after that he said, "Light fires and prepare food, for no people after you will attain your measure of a sa' or a mudd."

276. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8805No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا فَعَسْكَرَ تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهُ فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ فَقَامَ فِيهِمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ تَفَرُّقَكُمْ فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَكَانُوا إِذَا نَزَلُوا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ انْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى إِنَّكَ لَتَقُولُ لَوْ بَسَطْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَاءً لَعَمَّتْهُمْ أَوْ نَحْوُ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ encamped somewhere and set up camp, they would scatter from him into the mountain passes and valleys. He stood among them and said: “Your dispersing in the mountain passes and valleys is only from Satan.” After that, whenever they encamped, they would draw close to one another, until you would say: If you spread a sheet over them, it would cover them all—or something like that.

277. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8806No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْفِرُ مَعَنَا الْخَنْدَقَ وَالتُّرَابُ قَدْ عَلَا بَطْنَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ لَوْلَا أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا إِنَّ الْأُلَى قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا إِذَا أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was digging the trench with us while the dust had risen over his belly, and he was saying: “O Allah, had it not been for You, we would not have been guided, nor would we have given charity, nor prayed. So send down tranquility upon us. The foremost ones have transgressed against us. When they desire a trial, we refuse.”

278. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8807No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَحْفِرَ الْخَنْدَقَ عَرَضَ لَنَا فِيهِ حَجَرٌ لَا يَأْخُذُ فِيهِ الْمِعْوَلُ فَاشْتَكَيْنَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَلْقَى ثَوْبَهُ وَأَخَذَ الْمِعْوَلَ وَقَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ فَضَرَبَ ضَرْبَةً فَكَسَرَ ثُلُثَ الصَّخْرَةِ» قَالَ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِحَ الشَّامِ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُبْصِرُ قُصُورَهَا الْحُمْرَ الْآنَ مِنْ مَكَانِي هَذَا» قَالَ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ أُخْرَى وَقَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ وَكَسَرَ ثُلُثًا آخَرَ» وَقَالَ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِحَ فَارِسَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُبْصِرُ قَصْرَ الْمَدَائِنَ الْأَبْيَضَ الْآنَ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الثَّالِثَةَ» وَقَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ فَقَطَعَ الْحَجَرَ» قَالَ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِحَ الْيَمَنِ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُبْصِرُ بَابَ صَنْعَاءَ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to dig the trench, a rock appeared before us that the pickaxe could not break. We complained about that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, threw off his garment, took the pickaxe, and said: “In the name of Allah.” Then he struck a blow and broke one third of the rock. He said: “Allah is greater! I have been given the keys of Syria. By Allah, I can see its red palaces right now from this place of mine.” He said: Then he struck another blow, said: “In the name of Allah,” and broke another third. He said: “Allah is greater! I have been given the keys of Persia. By Allah, I can see the white palace of al-Mada'in right now.” Then he struck a third time, said: “In the name of Allah,” and cut the rock. He said: “Allah is greater! I have been given the keys of Yemen. By Allah, I can see the gate of San'a'.”

279. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8808No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي غَدَاةٍ بَارِدَةٍ وَالْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ يَعْنِي يَحْفِرُونَ الْخَنْدَقَ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الْآخِرَهْ فَاغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ» فَأَجَابُوهُ [البحر الرجز] نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا مُحَمَّدَا عَلَى الْجِهَادِ مَا بَقِينَا أَبَدَا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out on a cold morning while the Muhajirun and the Ansar were digging the trench, and he said: “O Allah, the good is the good of the Hereafter, so forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun.” They answered him with the rajaz verse: “We are those who pledged allegiance to Muhammad, upon jihad as long as we remain forever.”

280. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8809No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ نَدَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ فَانْتُدِبَ الزُّبَيْرُ ثُمَّ نَدَبَهُمْ فَانْتُدِبَ الزُّبَيْرُ ثُمَّ نَدَبَهُمْ فَانْتُدِبَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ»

     ✧ I heard Jabir b. Abdullah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for volunteers on the day of the trench, and al-Zubayr volunteered. Then he called them again, and al-Zubayr volunteered. Then he called them again, and al-Zubayr volunteered. He said: “Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr.”

281. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8810No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْخَنْدَقِ «إِنِّي لَا أَرَى الْقَوْمَ إِلَّا مُبَيِّتِيكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ فَإِنَّ شِعَارَكُمْ حم لَا يُنْصَرُونَ»

     ✧ A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ narrated to me, saying: The Prophet ﷺ said on the night of the trench: “I do not think the enemy will attack you except tonight. Your motto shall be: ‘Ha Mim; they are not helped.’”

282. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8811No grade recorded

     «كُنَّا مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لَيْلَةَ بَيَّتْنَا هَوَازِنَ أَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا أَمِتْ أَمِتْ»

     ✧ “We were with Abu Bakr on the night we raided Hawazin. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had placed him in command over us, and our motto was: ‘Kill, kill.’”

283. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8812No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَكَسَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ يَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ كَسَعَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُنْتِنَةٌ فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي وَكَانَ مَعَهُمْ فِي الْغَزَاةِ فَقَالَ «أَوْ قَدْ فَعَلُوهَا وَاللهِ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقَ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَقْتَلُ أَصْحَابَهُ»

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a military expedition when a man from the Muhajirun struck a man from the Ansar on the backside. The Ansari said: “O Ansar!” and the Muhajir said: “O Muhajirun!” The Prophet ﷺ heard of that and said: “What is this call of the pre-Islamic era?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, a man from the Muhajirun struck a man from the Ansar.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Leave it, for it is putrid.” Abdullah b. Ubayy, who was with them on the expedition, heard of that and said: “So they have done it? By Allah, if we return to Madinah, the most powerful will surely expel the most humble from it.” Umar stood up and said: “O Messenger of Allah, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No, lest people say that Muhammad kills his own companions.”

284. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8813No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَعَزَّى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعْضُوهُ بِهِنَّ أَبِيهِ وَلَا تُكَنُّوا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever seeks consolation with the consolations of the pre-Islamic era, then tell him to bite his father’s penis, and do not use euphemisms.”

285. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8814No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا اعْتَزَى أَحَدُهُمْ بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعْضُوهُ بِهِنَّ أَبِيهِ وَلَا تُكَنُّوا»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “When one of them seeks pride with the pride of the pre-Islamic era, then tell him to bite his father’s penis, and do not use euphemisms.”

286. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8815No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ دَعَا بِدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ جُثَا جَهَنَّمَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى فَادْعُوا بِدَعْوَةِ اللهِ الَّتِي سَمَّاكُمُ اللهُ بِهَا الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عِبَادَ اللهِ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: “Whoever calls with the call of the pre-Islamic era, he is among the heaps of Hell.” A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, even if he fasts and prays?” He said: “Yes, even if he fasts and prays. So call with the call of Allah, by which Allah has named you: the Muslims, the believers, the servants of Allah.”

287. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8816No grade recorded

     سَهِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقْدِمَهُ الْمَدِينَةَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ «لَيْتَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي يَحْرُسُنِي اللَّيْلَةَ» قَالَ «فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعْنَا خَشْخَشَةَ سِلَاحٍ» فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا؟» قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟» قَالَ سَعْدٌ «وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي خَوْفٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجِئْتُ أَحْرُسُهُ فَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ نَامَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed awake one night upon his arrival in Madinah and said: “Would that a righteous man from my companions would guard me tonight.” He said: “While we were like that, we heard the clatter of weapons.” He said: “Who is this?” He said: “Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “What has brought you?” Sa'd said: “Fear for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell into my heart, so I came to guard him.” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for him and slept.

288. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8817No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِلَيْلَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ حَارِسٌ حَرَسَ فِي أَرْضِ خَوْفٍ لَعَلَّهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ» قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ «كَانَ يَحْيَى إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهِ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْمَلَأِ لَا يَرْفَعُهُ وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهِ فِي خَلْوَتِهِ وَخَاصَّتِهِ رَفَعَهُ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: "Shall I not tell you of a night better than the Night of Decree? A guard who keeps watch in a land of fear, perhaps he will not return to his family." Muhammad said: "Yahya, when he narrated this before a gathering, would not raise it to the Prophet, but when he narrated it in private or to his close companions, he would raise it."

289. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8818No grade recorded

     خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ دَمَعَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ سَهِرَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَنَسِيتُ الثَّالِثَةَ وَسَمِعْتُ بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ غَضَّتْ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ»

     ✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an expedition, and I heard him say: "The Fire is forbidden for an eye that weeps out of fear of Allah; the Fire is forbidden for an eye that stays awake in the cause of Allah." And I forgot the third. Later I heard that he said: "The Fire is forbidden for an eye that lowers its gaze from what Allah has forbidden."

290. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8819No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ سَهْلُ بْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ أَنَّهُمْ سَافِرُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَأَطْنَبُوا فِي السَّيْرِ حَتَّى كَانَ عَشِيَّةُ حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَارِسٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعْتُ جَبَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَ أَنَا بِهَوَازِنَ عَلَى بَكْرَةِ أَبِيهِمْ بِظُعُنِهِمْ وَنَعَمِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «تِلْكَ غَنِيمَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» فَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ «ارْكَبْ فَرَكِبَ فَرَسًا لَهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اسْتَقْبِلْ هَذَا الشِّعْبَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ فِي أَعْلَاهُ وَلَا نُغَرَّنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِكَ اللَّيْلَةَ» فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَلْ أَحْسَسْتُمْ فَارِسَكُمْ؟» قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا حَسَسْنَاهُ فَثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى الشِّعْبِ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ سَلَّمَ وَقَالَ «أَبْشِرُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَ فَارِسُكُمْ فَجَعَلْنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى خِلَالِ الشَّجَرِ فِي الشِّعْبِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ جَاءَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَعَلَى هَذَا الشِّعْبِ حَيْثُ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ طَلَعْتُ الشِّعْبَيْنِ كِلَيْهِمَا فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَلْ نَزَلَتِ اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ لَا إِلَّا مُصَلِّيًا أَوْ قَاضيَ حَاجَةٍ قَالَ «فَقَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ فَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا تَعْمَلَ بَعْدَ هَذَا»

     ✧ Sahl b. al-Hanzaliyya narrated to him that they traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn. They prolonged the march until evening, when the prayer time came while they were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A horseman came and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I went ahead of you until I climbed such-and-such a mountain, and there I found Hawazin with their women, camels, and sheep—all of them gathered at Hunayn." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said, "That will be the Muslims' spoils tomorrow, if Allah wills." Then he said, "Who will guard us tonight?" Anas b. Abi Marthad al-Ghanawi said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Mount." So he mounted a horse of his and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Face this mountain pass until you are at its top, and let us not be taken by surprise from your direction tonight." When morning came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to his place of prayer and prayed two rak'ahs, then said, "Have you sensed your horseman?" A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have not sensed him." The call to prayer was given, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while praying, kept turning toward the pass. When he finished his prayer and said the salam, he said, "Rejoice, for your horseman has come." We began looking through the gaps in the trees in the pass, and there he was, coming until he stood before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "I went until I was at the top of this pass, where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me. When morning came, I looked out over both sides of the pass but saw no one." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Did you dismount during the night?" He said, "No, except to pray or to relieve myself." He said, "You have fulfilled your duty, and you will not be harmed if you never do another deed after this."

291. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8820No grade recorded

     فَسَمِعْتُ تَحْرِيكًا تَحْتَ سَرِيرِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ فَقُمْتُ لِأَقْتُلَهَا فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ اجْلِسْ فَجَلَسْتُ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَشَارَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ فِي الدَّارِ» فَقَالَ «تَرَى هَذَا الْبَيْتَ» فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهِ فَتًى مِنَّا حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْخَنْدَقِ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الْفَتَى يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ بِأَنْصَافِ النَّهَارِ يُطَالِعُ أَهْلَهُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خُذْ سِلَاحَكَ فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ قُرَيْظَةَ فَأَخَذَ الرَّجُلُ سِلَاحَهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ قَائِمَةً بَيْنَ الْبَابَيْنِ فَهَيَّأَ لَهَا الرُّمْحَ لِيَطْعَنَهَا بِهَا وَأَصَابَتْهُ الْغَيْرَةُ» فَقَالَتْ اكْفُفْ رُمْحَكَ حَتَّى تَرَى مَا فِي بَيْتِكَ فَدَخَلَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِحَيَّةٍ مُنْطَوِيَةٍ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَرَكَزَ فِيهَا الرُّمْحَ فَانْتَظَمَهَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَنَصَبَهُ فِي الدَّارِ فَاضْطَرَبَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي رَأْسِ الرُّمْحِ وَخَرَّ الْفَتَى مَيِّتًا فَمَا يُدْرَى أَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَسْرَعَ مَوْتًا الْفَتَى أَمِ الْحَيَّةُ؟ فَجِئْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ لَهُ أَنْ يُحْيِيَهُ فَقَالَ «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِصَاحِبِكُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ جِنًّا قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا فَمَنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنْ عَادَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ»

     ✧ I heard movement beneath his bed in his house, and there was a snake. I got up to kill it, but Abu Sa'id gestured to me, "Sit." So I sat. When he finished, he pointed to a room in the house and said, "Do you see this room?" I said, "Yes." He said, "There was a young man among us who had recently married. We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to the Trench. That young man used to ask permission at midday to check on his family. One day he asked the Prophet ﷺ for permission, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'Take your weapon, for I fear the Qurayza for you.' So the man took his weapon and went. When he came to his wife standing between the two doors, jealousy seized him, and he raised the spear to thrust at her. She said, 'Hold your spear until you see what is in your house.' He entered and found a snake coiled on his bed. He thrust the spear at it and impaled it, then went out and planted the spear in the courtyard. The snake writhed on the spearhead, and the young man fell dead. It was not known which of them died first, the young man or the snake. We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned this to him, and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah to bring him back to life.' He said, 'Ask forgiveness for your companion.' Then he said, 'There are jinn in Madinah who have become Muslim. If one of them appears to you, give it three warnings. If it returns, then kill it, for it is only a devil.'"

292. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8821No grade recorded

     حَاصَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْلَ الطَّائِفِ فَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُمْ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ «إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ» فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ نَذْهَبُ وَلَمْ يُفْتَتَحْ؟ قَالَ «اغْدُوا عَلَى الْقِتَالِ فَغَدَوْا فَأَصَابَهُمْ جِرَاحَةٌ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّا قَافِلُونَ فَكَأَنَّهُمُ اشْتَهَوْا ذَلِكَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laid siege to the people of Ta'if, but it seemed he did not gain anything from them. He said, "We are returning, if Allah wills." The Muslims said, "Should we leave when it has not been conquered?" He said, "Attack in the morning." So they attacked in the morning and suffered wounds. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We are returning." It was as if they were pleased with that, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed.

293. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8822No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ مَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أُمَّتِي شَيْئًا فَرَفَقَ بِهِمْ فَارْفُقْ بِهِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "O Allah, whoever is given authority over any affair of my community and treats them gently, be gentle with him."

294. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8823No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كُلُّ رَاعٍ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ الْإِمَامُ رَاعٍ وَمَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Every shepherd is responsible for his flock. The imam is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock." [Abridged]

295. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8824No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَحْصُوا لِي مَنْ كَانَ يَلْفِظُ بِالْإِسْلَامِ» فَقُلْنَا أَتَخَافُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ مَا بَيْنَ السِّتِّمِائَةِ إِلَى السَّبْعِمِائَةِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ أَنْ تُبْتَلَوْا فَابْتُلِيَنَا حَتَّى جَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا لَا يُصَلِّي إِلَّا سِرًّا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Count for me those who profess Islam." We said, "Are you afraid for us when we are between six and seven hundred?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You do not know; perhaps you will be tested." And we were tested, so that a man among us would pray only in secret.

296. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8825No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَذِنَ لَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي عِتْقِ سَبْيِ هَوَازِنَ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي مَنْ أَذِنَ مِنْكُمْ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَأْذَنْ فَارْجِعُوا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْنَا عُرَفَاؤُكُمْ أَمْرَكُمْ فَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ عُرَفَاؤُهُمْ فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ»

     ✧ When the Muslims permitted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to free the captives of Hawazin, he said, "I do not know which of you has given permission and which has not. Go back, and let your leaders report your decision to us." So the people went back, their leaders spoke with them, and they returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him.

297. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8826No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «عَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ فَلَمْ يُجِزْهُ وَعَرَضَهُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ فَأَجَازَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ presented him on the day of Uhud when he was fourteen years old, but he did not allow him, and he presented him on the day of the Trench when he was fifteen, and he allowed him.

298. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8827No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ غَزَا بِأَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «لَا يَتْبَعُنِي رَجُلٌ بَنَى دَارًا لَمْ يَسْكُنْهَا أَوْ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا أَوْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ فِي الرُّجُوعِ فَلَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ عِنْدَ غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّمْسِ» فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّهَا مَأْمُورَةٌ وَإِنِّي مَأْمُورٌ فَاحْبِسْهَا عَلَيَّ حَتَّى تَقْضِيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَحَبَسَهَا اللهُ عَلَيْهِ فَفَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ فَجَمَعُوا الْغَنَائِمَ فَلَمْ تَأْكُلْهَا النَّارُ» قَالَ وَكَانُوا إِذَا غَنِمُوا غَنِيمَةً بَعَثَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا النَّارَ فَتَأْكُلُهَا فَقَالَ «لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ غَلَلْتُمْ فَلْيَأْتِنِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ رَجُلٌ فَلْيُبَايِعُونِي فَأَتَوْهُ فَبَايَعُوهُ فَلَزِقَتْ يَدُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ بِيَدِهِ» فَقَالَ لَهُمَا إِنَّكُمَا قَدْ غَلَلْتُمَا فَقَالَا «أَجَلْ غَلَلْنَا صُورَةَ رَأْسِ بَقَرَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَجَاءَا بِهَا فَأَلْقَيَاهَا إِلَى الْغَنَائِمِ فَبَعَثَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا النَّارَ فَأَكَلَتْهَا» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «إِنَّ اللهَ أَطْعَمَنَا الْغَنَائِمَ رَحْمَةً رَحِمَنَا بِهَا وَتَخْفِيفًا خَفَّفَهُ عَنَّا لِمَا عَلِمَ مِنْ ضَعْفِنَا»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: A prophet among the prophets went on an expedition with his companions and said, "No man should follow me who has built a house but not yet lived in it, or married a woman but not yet consummated the marriage, or has any need to return." He met the enemy at sunset and said, "O Allah, it is commanded, and I am commanded. Hold it back for me until You judge between me and them." So Allah held it back for him, and he was victorious. They gathered the spoils, but the fire did not consume them. (He said: When they gained spoils, Allah would send fire upon it and it would consume them.) Their prophet said to them, "You have committed theft from the spoils. Let a man from every tribe come and pledge allegiance to me." They came and pledged allegiance, and the hand of two men among them stuck to his hand. He said to them, "You two have committed theft." They said, "Yes, we stole a golden image of a cow's head." They brought it and threw it among the spoils, and Allah sent fire upon it and it consumed them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said then, "Allah has granted us the spoils as a mercy by which He had mercy on us, and as a lightening of burden that He lightened for us, because He knew our weakness."

299. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8828No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةِ خَيْبَرَ وَأَنَا سَادِسَةُ سِتِّ نِسْوَةٍ فَبَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ مَعَهُ نِسَاءً فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَرَأَيْنَا فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْغَضَبَ فَقَالَ لَنَا «مَا أَخْرَجَكُنَّ وَبِأَمْرِ مَنْ خَرَجْتُنَّ؟» قُلْنَا خَرَجْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَعَكَ نُنَاوِلُ السِّهَامَ وَنَسْقِي السَّوِيقَ وَنُدَاوِي الْجَرْحَى وَنَغْزِلُ الشَّعَرَ نَعِينُ بِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ قَالَ «قُمْنَ فَانْصَرِفْنَ» قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللهُ لِرَسُولِهِ ﷺ خَيْبَرَ أَسْهَمَ لَنَا كَسِهَامِ الرِّجَالِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا يَا جَدَّةُ «مَا الَّذِي أَسْهَمَ» لَكُنَّ؟ قَالَتِ «التَّمْرَ»

     ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the expedition of Khaybar, and I was the sixth of six women. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was told that there were women with him, so he sent for us, and we came to him. We saw anger on the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said to us, "What brought you out, and by whose command did you come?" We said, "We came out, O Messenger of Allah, with you to hand out arrows, give water, tend the wounded, and spin hair to help in the cause of Allah." He said, "Get up and leave." When Allah granted His Messenger ﷺ victory at Khaybar, he gave us a share like the share of the men. I said to her, "O grandmother, what did he give you as a share?" She said, "Dates."

300. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8829No grade recorded

     «غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ كُنْتُ أَخْلُفُهُمْ فِي الرِّحَالِ وَأَصْنَعُ طَعَامَهُمْ وَأُدَاوِي الْجَرْحَى»

     ✧ I went on seven military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I used to stay behind with the baggage, prepare their food, and treat the wounded.

301. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8830No grade recorded

     «كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَسْقِي الْقَوْمَ وَنَخْدُمُهُمْ وَنَرُدُّ الْجَرْحَى وَالْقَتْلَى إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ»

     ✧ We used to go on military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We would give water to the people, serve them, and bring the wounded and the slain back to Madinah.

302. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8831No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَغْزُو بِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَنِسْوَةٍ مَعَهَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَيَسْقِينَ الْمَاءَ وَيُدَاوِينَ الْجَرْحَى

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to go on expeditions with Umm Sulaym and some women of the Ansar with her. They would give water and treat the wounded.

303. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8832No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ يُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْفَاجِرِ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah supports this religion with a wicked man." Abridged.

304. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8833No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُؤَيِّدُ الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْفَاجِرِ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah supports the religion with a wicked man." Abridged.

305. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8834No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِأَقْوَامٍ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah supports this religion with people who have no share of goodness."

306. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8835No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا حَتَّى كَانَ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا لَحِقَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَانَ شَدِيدًا فَفَرِحُوا بِهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «جِئْتُ لَأَكُونَ مَعَكَ وَأُصِيبُ» قَالَ «إِنَّا لَا نَسْتَعِينُ بِمُشْرِكٍ» قَالَ «ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ فَأَسْلَمَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a military expedition. When he reached such-and-such a place, a man from the polytheists who was strong caught up with him. They were pleased with him. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have come to be with you and to gain spoils." He said: "We do not seek help from a polytheist." He said that three times. Then he embraced Islam the fourth time and went with him.