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ahmad:23955ʿIṣām b. Khālid al-Ḥaḍramī > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] "Fudalah ibn Ubayd al-Ansari used to say that we fought alongside the Prophet ﷺ in the Battle of Tabuk. He exerted extreme effort during the day, so they complained to the Prophet ﷺ about the fatigue they experienced. The Prophet ﷺ made a gathering specifically for them and commenced walking in it. He said: 'Pass by me while saying Bismillah (in the name of Allah).' So the people passed by him while he blew on their backs, saying: 'O Allah, put it on them for Your sake. Indeed, You are capable of carrying the strong and weak, and the moist and dry, on land and sea.' Fudalah said, 'We did not reach Medina until it started to contest us its difficulties.' Fudalah said, 'This is the supplication of the Prophet ﷺ for the strong and weak, so what about the moist and dry?' When we arrived in Sham, we fought the Battle of Qabrus in the sea. When I saw the ships on the sea and what entered them, I understood the supplication of the Prophet ﷺ .'"  

أحمد:٢٣٩٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ

أَنَّ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ كَانَ يَقُولُ غَزَوْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ فَجَهَدَ بِالظَّهْرِ جَهْدًا شَدِيدًا فَشَكَوْا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَابِظَهْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ فَتَحَيَّنَ بِهِمْ مَضِيقًا فَسَارَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِيهِ فَقَالَ مُرُّوا بِسْمِ اللهِ فَمَرَّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ بِظَهْرِهِمْ فَجَعَلَ يَنْفُخُ بِظَهْرِهِمْ اللهُمَّ احْمِلْ عَلَيْهَا فِي سَبِيلِكَ إِنَّكَ تَحْمِلُ عَلَى الْقَوِيِّ وَالضَّعِيفِ وَعَلَى الرَّطْبِ وَالْيَابِسِ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ قَالَ فَمَا بَلَغْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى جَعَلَتْ تُنَازِعُنَا أَزِمَّتَهَا قَالَ فَضَالَةُ هَذِهِ دَعْوَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى الْقَوِيِّ وَالضَّعِيفِ فَمَا بَالُ الرَّطْبِ وَالْيَابِسِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الشَّامَ غَزَوْنَا غَزْوَةَ قُبْرُسَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ السُّفُنَ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَمَا يَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَرَفْتُ دَعْوَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  


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ibnhibban:4681ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the Battle of Tabuk, and midday exerted intense effort. So they complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the fatigue they were experiencing. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ showed compassion towards them and said, "Proceed in the name of Allah." He then blew on their faces and said, "O Allah, lighten the burden for them in Your cause, for You bear the burden of the strong and the weak, the moist and the dry, on land and sea." Fadalah said, "When we reached the city (Madina), its crises began to surround us. So I said, 'This is the supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the strong and the weak. So what about the moist and the dry?' When we reached Sham (Syria), we engaged in the Battle of Quabrus. I saw the ships, but I didn't know their function until I remembered the supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

ابن حبّان:٤٦٨١أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ فَجَهَدَ الظَّهْرُ جَهْدًا شَدِيدًا فَشَكَوْا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا بِظَهْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ فَتَحَيَّنَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَضِيقًا سَارَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «مُرُّوا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ» فَجَعَلَ يَنْفُخُ بِظَهْرِهِمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ احْمِلْ عَلَيْهَا فِي سَبِيلِكِ فَإِنَّكَ تَحْمِلُ عَلَى الْقَوِيِّ وَالضَّعِيفِ وَالرَّطْبِ وَالْيَابِسِ فِي الْبِرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ» قَالَ فَضَالَةُ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنَا الْمَدِينَةَ جَعَلَتْ تُنَازِعُنَا أَزِمَّتُهَا فَقُلْتُ هَذِهِ دَعْوَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْقَوِيِّ وَالضَّعِيفِ فَمَا بَالُ الرَّطْبِ وَالْيَابِسِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الشَّامَ غَزَوْنَا غَزْوَةَ قُبْرُسَ وَرَأَيْتُ السُّفُنَ وَمَا تَدْخُلُ عَرَفْتُ دَعْوَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ *