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ahmad:3710Yazīd > al-Masʿūdī > Jāmiʿ b. Shaddād

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guard us tonight?" I said, "I will." He said, "You will sleep." Then he asked, "Who will guard us tonight?" I said, "I will." This repeated several times until I said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Then you may guard." So, I guarded them until the break of dawn. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to me, "You were asleep, and I also slept until the sun appeared on our backs and woke us up. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up and performed ablution and the two Rak'ahs (units) of Fajr prayer. Then he led us in offering the morning prayer. When he finished, he said, "Indeed, Allah Almighty, if He intended that you should not sleep, then you would not sleep. Rather, He wanted you to be an example for those after you. This is how it is for those who sleep or forget." Then the camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the camels of the people scattered. People went searching for them and brought their camels except for the camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Abdallah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, 'Take it.' So, I took it where he instructed. I found its reins tangled on a tree that no one could have reached with their hand." He said, "I brought it to the Prophet ﷺ , and I said, 'O Messenger of Allah! By the One who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, I found its reins tangled on a tree that no one could have reached with their hand.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "And Surah Al-Fath (Chapter of Victory) was revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : 'Indeed, We have granted you a clear triumph.'" [Quran 48:1]  

أحمد:٣٧١٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ لَمَّا انْصَرَفْنَا مِنْ غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا الَّليْلَةَ؟ فَقُلْتُأَنَا حَتَّى عَادَ مِرَارًا قُلْتُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ إِذًا قَالَ فَحَرَسْتُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ وَجْهُ الصُّبْحِ أَدْرَكَنِي قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ فَنِمْتُ فَمَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلَّا حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ فِي ظُهُورِنَا فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَنَعَ كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ مِنَ الْوُضُوءِ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِنَا الصُّبْحَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ لَوْ أَرَادَ أَنْ لَا تَنَامُوا عَنْهَا لَمْ تَنَامُوا وَلَكِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا لِمَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ فَهَكَذَا لِمَنْ نَامَ أَوْ نَسِيَ قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِبِلَ الْقَوْمِ تَفَرَّقَتْ فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ فِي طَلَبِهَا فَجَاءُوا بِإِبِلِهِمْ إِلَّا نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُذْ هَاهُنَا فَأَخَذْتُ حَيْثُ قَالَ لِي فَوَجَدْتُ زِمَامَهَا قَدِ الْتَوَى عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ مَا كَانَتْ لِتَحُلَّهَا إِلَّا يَدٌ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ بِهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيًّا لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ زِمَامَهَا مُلْتَوِيًا عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ مَا كَانَتْ لِتَحُلَّهَا إِلَّا يَدٌ قَالَ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سُورَةُ الْفَتْحِ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا} [الفتح 1]  


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tabarani:10548al-Ḥasan b. al-Sahl al-Mujawwiz al-Baṣrī > Qurrah b. Ḥabīb al-Qanawī > al-Masʿūdī > Jāmiʿ b. Shaddād

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who will guard us tonight?" Abdullah replied, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "You sleep." He then repeated, "Who will guard us tonight?" I said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah," repeating it three times. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "So it is you." I kept guard until just before dawn when the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke me up saying, "You sleep." I fell asleep and we were only awakened by the heat of the sun on our backs. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and performed ablution and the two units of the Fajr prayer. He then led us in the morning prayer, and after finishing, he said, "If Allah intended for you not to sleep, you would not have slept. However, He wanted it so for those who come after you as well." Then the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ camel and the camels of the people scattered. The people went looking for them and brought their camels back except the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ camel. Abdullah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Take it here.'" So, I took it to where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had told me and found its reins twisted around a tree. By Allah, no one but a hand could have released it. So, I brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, by the one who sent you with the truth, I found its reins twisted around a tree and no one could have released it except a hand." The verse was then revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Indeed, We have given you a clear conquest."  

الطبراني:١٠٥٤٨حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ السَّهْلِ الْمُجَوِّزُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا قُرَّةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْقَنَوِيُّ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ انْصَرَفْنَا مِنْ غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ» ثُمَّ أَعَادَ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا حَتَّى أَعَادَ مِرَارًا ثَلَاثَةً أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَأَنْتَ» فَحَرَسْتُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ وَجْهِ الصُّبْحِ أَدْرَكَنِي قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ» فَنِمْتُ فَمَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلَّا حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ فِي ظُهُورِنَا فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَنَعَ كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ مِنَ الْوُضُوءِ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِنَا الصُّبْحَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ لَوْ أَرَادَ أَنْ لَا تَنَامُوا عَنْهَا لَمْ تَنَامُوا وَلَكِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَوْ قَالَ يَكُونُ لِمَنْ بَعْدِكُمْ فَهَكَذَا لِمَنْ نَامَ أَوْ نَسِيَ» ثُمَّ إِنَّ نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِبِلَ الْقَوْمِ تَفَرَّقَتْ فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ فِي طَلَبِهَا فَجَاءُوا بِإِبِلِهِمْ إِلَّا نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خُذْ هَا هُنَا» فَأَخَذْتُ حَيْثُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدْتُ زِمَامَهَا قَدِ الْتَوَى عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ وَاللهِ مَا كَانَتْ تَحُلُّهَا إِلَّا يَدٌ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتُ زِمَامَهَا مُلْتَوِيَةً عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ مَا كَانَتْ لِتَحُلَّهَا إِلَّا يَدٌ قَالَ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا}  

nasai-kubra:8803Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > al-Masʿūdī > Jāmiʿ b. Shaddād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAlqamah

[Machine] Abdullah said, when the Prophet ﷺ returned to Hudaybiyah, "Who will guard us tonight?" Abdullah replied, "I will." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Who will guard us tonight?" Abdullah responded again, "I will." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated, "Who will guard us tonight?" Abdullah replied, "The people remained silent, so I said, 'I will then.'" He said, "So I guarded them until the time of dawn came upon us." Abdullah continued, "I fell asleep and did not wake up until the heat of the sun was on our shoulders. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ stood up and performed his usual actions." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If Allah had willed for you not to sleep, you would not have slept. However, Allah wanted it to be a Sunnah for those who come after you, for those who sleep or forget."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٨٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَمَّا رَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَمَانَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَالَ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَنَا قَالَ «إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ «إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ «وَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ» فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ «فَأَنْتَ إِذًا» قَالَ «فَحَرَسْتُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي وَجْهِ الصُّبْحِ أَدْرَكَنِي» مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَنِمْتُ فَمَا اسْتَيْقَظْتُ إِلَّا بِحَرِّ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى أَكْتَافِنَا فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَنَعَ كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ لَا تَنَامُوا عَنْهَا لَمْ تَنَامُوا وَلَكِنْ أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ سُنَّةً لِمَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ لِمَنْ نَامَ أَوْ نَسِيَ»