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ahmad:15782ʿAttāb b. Ziyād > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb > Kaʿb b. Mālik

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to carry out a Ghazwa, he would use an equivocation to conceal his real destination till it was the Ghazwa of Tabuk which Messenger of Allah ﷺ carried out in very hot weather. As he was going to face a very long journey through a wasteland and was to meet and attack a large number of enemies. So, he made the situation clear to the Muslims so that they might prepare themselves accordingly and get ready to conquer their enemy. The Prophet ﷺ informed them of the destination he was heading for. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2948)  

أحمد:١٥٧٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَلَّمَا يُرِيدُ غَزْوَةً يَغْزُوهَا إِلَّا وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهَا حَتَّى كَانَ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ فَغَزَاهَارَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَرٍّ شَدِيدٍ اسْتَقْبَلَ سَفَرًا بَعِيدًا وَمَفَازًا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ غَزْوَ عَدُوٍّ كَثِيرٍ فَجَلَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ أَمَرَهُمْ لِيَتَأَهَّبُوا أُهْبَةَ عَدُوِّهِمْ أَخْبَرَهُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2948Aḥmad b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to carry out a Ghazwa, he would use an equivocation to conceal his real destination till it was the Ghazwa of Tabuk which Messenger of Allah ﷺ carried out in very hot weather. As he was going to face a very long journey through a wasteland and was to meet and attack a large number of enemies. So, he made the situation clear to the Muslims so that they might prepare themselves accordingly and get ready to conquer their enemy. The Prophet ﷺ informed them of the destination he was heading for.  

البخاري:٢٩٤٨وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَلَّمَا يُرِيدُ غَزْوَةً يَغْزُوهَا إِلاَّ وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهَا حَتَّى كَانَتْ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ فَغَزَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حَرٍّ شَدِيدٍ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ سَفَرًا بَعِيدًا وَمَفَازًا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ غَزْوَ عَدُوٍّ كَثِيرٍ فَجَلَّى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ أَمْرَهُمْ لِيَتَأَهَّبُوا أُهْبَةَ عَدُوِّهِمْ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ  

bayhaqi:18450Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Sayyārī > Ibrāhīm b. Hilāl > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to carry out a Ghazwa, he would use an equivocation to conceal his real destination till it was the Ghazwa of Tabuk which Messenger of Allah ﷺ carried out in very hot weather. As he was going to face a very long journey through a wasteland and was to meet and attack a large number of enemies. So, he made the situation clear to the Muslims so that they might prepare themselves accordingly and get ready to conquer their enemy. The Prophet ﷺ informed them of the destination he was heading for. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2948)   

البيهقي:١٨٤٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ السَّيَّارِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ ثنا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَلَّمَا يُرِيدُ غَزْوَةً يَغْزُوهَا إِلَّا وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهَا حَتَّى كَانَتْ غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ فَغَزَاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَرٍّ شَدِيدٍ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ سَفَرًا بَعِيدًا وَمَفَازًا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ عَدُوًّا كَثِيرًا فَجَلَّى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ أَمْرَهُمْ لِيَتَأَهَّبُوا أُهْبَةَ عَدُوِّهِمْ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ يُونُسَ نَحْوَ إِسْنَادِ عَقِيلٍ