al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8550
✧ If the bearer of the flag is killed, does someone else take the flag without the order of the imam?
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أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ
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»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Isḥāq b. Manṣūr
- Wahb from my father
- Muḥammad b. Abū Yaʿqūb
- al-Ḥasan b. Saʿd
- ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar
✧ 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.
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