al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2729

Translation

✧ That a man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: I have married a woman from the Ansar for eight uqiyyahs. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was startled by that and said: "It is as if you are carving silver from the side of this mountain. Have you seen her? For in the eyes of the Ansar there is something." He said: I have seen her. He said: "We have nothing, but we will send you on an expedition, and I hope you will obtain good." So he sent him with a group of people to some people of Banu 'Abs, and the Prophet ﷺ ordered for them a she-camel. They loaded their belongings on it, and it had not gone but a little when it knelt down and was too exhausted to get up. There was no one among the people younger than the one who had married. He came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ while he was lying on his back in the mosque, and he stood by his head, disliking to wake him. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ woke up and said: O Prophet of Allah, the one you gave us – we would like you to rouse it. The Prophet ﷺ extended his right hand to him, took his cloak with his left hand, placed it on his shoulder, and went walking until he came to it. He struck it with the sole of his foot, and by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abu Hurayrah, after that it would outstrip the leader. Then they camped in the presence of the enemy, and the enemy had lit fires, and they surrounded them, then they dispersed upon them and said the takbir with the takbir of one man, and Allah routed them and took captives from them.

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