The Prophet’s supplication after Fajr at Hunayn
[AI] that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, during the days of Hunayn, used to move his lips after the Fajr prayer with something we had not seen him do before. So we said: O Messenger of Allah, we see you doing something you did not used to do; what is this that you are moving your lips with? He said: "A prophet among those before you was impressed by the large number of his nation, and said that nothing would be able to overcome them. So Allah revealed to him to give his nation the choice between one of three: either that We set against them an enemy from outside them who would overrun them, or hunger, or that I send death upon them. So he consulted them, and they said: As for the enemy, we have no strength against them; as for hunger, we have no patience for it; but death. So death was sent upon them, and seventy thousand of them died in three days." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "So now I say, on seeing their great number: O Allah, by You I strive, by You I contend, and by You I fight."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَرَاهُ يَفْعَلُهُ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا نَرَاكَ تَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُهُ، فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّ نَبِيًّا فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ، فَقَالَ: لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ خَيِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ نُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ، أَوِ الْجُوعَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ. فَشَاوَرَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: أَمَّا الْعَدُوُّ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمْ، وَأَمَّا الْجُوعُ فَلَا صَبْرَ لَنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ. فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا». قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «فَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ، حَيْثُ رَأَى كَثْرَتَهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ».
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