Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1496
The Expedition of Ḥunayn (Hawāzin)
ذِكْرُ إِعْجَابِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَثْرَتَهُمْ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ رَوَى يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ فِي زِيَادَاتِ الْمَغَازِي عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ: لَنْ نُغْلَبَ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ، فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتِ الْهَزِيمَةُ. وَرَوَى ابْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: لَمَّا اجْتَمَعَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ وَأَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالُوا: الْآنَ نُقَاتِلُ حِينَ اجْتَمَعْنَا، فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا قَالُوا مِمَّا أَعْجَبَهُمْ مِنْ كَثْرَتِهِمْ، فَالْتَقَوْا فَهُزِمُوا حَتَّى مَا يَقُومُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ. وَرَوَى أَبُو الشَّيْخِ وَالْحَاكِمُ - وَصَحَّحَهُ - وَابْنُ مَرْدَوَيْهِ وَالْبَزَّارُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ: لَمَّا اجْتَمَعَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ وَأَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَعْجَبَتْهُمْ كَثْرَتُهُمْ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: الْيَوْمَ وَاللَّهِ نُقَاتِلُ، وَلَفْظُ الْبَزَّارِ، فَقَالَ غُلَامٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ لَنْ نُغْلَبَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ، لِمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ لَقِينَا عَدُوَّنَا فَانْهَزَمَ الْقَوْمُ، وَوَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ. وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيّ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ لَقِينَا بَنِي شَيَّبَانَ مَا بَالَيْنَا، وَلَا يَغْلِبُنَا الْيَوْمَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ حِينَ فَصَلَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ، وَرَأَى كَثْرَةَ مِنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: «لَنْ نُغْلَبَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ”، كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ. وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّ قَائِلُ ذَلِكَ غَيْرُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَمَا سَبَقَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: وَزَعَمَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ قَالَهَا. وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى - أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَنْ نُغْلَبَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ قِلَّةٍ كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ، وَبِذَلِكَ جَزَمَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْبَرِّ. قَالَ ابْنُ عُقْبَةَ: وَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ الْقَوْمُ وَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، أَشْرَفَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، وَابْنُهُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَصَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، وَحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ عَلَى تَلٍّ يَنْظُرُونَ لِمَنْ تَكُونُ الدَّائِرَةُ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the Muslims' admiration of their large numbers on the day of Ḥunayn Yūnus b. Bukayr narrated in the additions to the Maghāzī from al-Rabīʿ b. Anas who said: A man said on the day of Ḥunayn: "We will not be defeated due to smallness of numbers," and that distressed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the defeat occurred. Ibn al-Mundhir narrated from al-Ḥasan who said: When the people of Makkah and the people of Madinah gathered, they said: "Now we will fight, since we have gathered," and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked what they said because of their admiration of their large numbers, so they met and were defeated until no one stood over another. Abū al-Shaykh and al-Ḥākim – and he deemed it sound – and Ibn Mardawayh and al-Bazzār narrated from Anas ؓ who said: When on the day of Ḥunayn the people of Makkah and the people of Madinah gathered, their large numbers pleased them, and the people said: "Today, by Allah, we will fight," and in al-Bazzār's wording, a young man from the Anṣār said on the day of Ḥunayn: "We will not be defeated today due to smallness of numbers," then no sooner did we meet our enemy than the people were routed and turned back fleeing. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar narrated from Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī: A man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If we met Banū Shaybān we would not care, and no one will defeat us today due to smallness of numbers." Ibn Isḥāq said: Some of the people of Makkah narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when he departed from Makkah to Ḥunayn, and saw the large number of Allah's armies with him: "We will not be defeated today due to smallness of numbers," thus it is in this narration. The correct view is that the one who said that was other than the Prophet ﷺ, as preceded. Ibn Isḥāq said: Some people claimed that a man from Banū Bakr said it. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar narrated from Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab – may Allah Almighty have mercy on him – that Abū Bakr ؓ said: "O Messenger of Allah, we will not be defeated today due to smallness of numbers," thus it is in this narration, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr asserted that. Ibn ʿUqbah said: When the people awoke and looked at one another, Abū Sufyān, his son Muʿāwiyah, Ṣafwān b. Umayyah, and Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām appeared on a hill watching to see for whom the turn of fortune would be.
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