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ahmad:5384Ḥasan > Zuhayr > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylaʿan ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] I was in a secret mission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and the people suspected and I was also suspicious. We asked ourselves, "What shall we do?" We were running away, filled with anger. Then we said, "If we enter the city, we will settle down." Then we said, "If we present ourselves to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and if he accepts our repentance, then we will stay; otherwise, we will leave." So we came to him before the morning prayer. He came out and asked, "Who are you people?" We said, "We are the ones who fled." He replied, "No, you are the ones who have returned. I am your leader, and I am the leader of the Muslims." Then we approached him until we kissed his hand.  

أحمد:٥٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَىعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنْ سَرَايَا رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً وَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ حَاصَ فَقُلْنَا كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ؟ وَقَدْ فَرَرْنَا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ وَبُؤْنَا بِالْغَضَبِ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لَوْ دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَبِتْنَا ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لَوْ عَرَضْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ تَوْبَةٌ وَإِلَّا ذَهَبْنَا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَخَرَجَ فَقَالَ مَنِ الْقَوْمُ؟ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ قَالَ لَا بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ أَنَا فِئَتُكُمْ وَأَنَا فِئَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ حَتَّى قَبَّلْنَا يَدَهُ  


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abudawud:2647Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Ibn Umar was sent with a detachment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The people wheeled round in flight. He said: I was one of those who wheeled round in flight. When we stopped, we said (i.e. thought): How should we do? We have run away from the battlefield and deserve Allah's wrath. Then we said (thought): Let us enter Medina, stay there, and go there while no one sees us. So we entered (Medina) and thought: If we present ourselves before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and if there is a change of repentance for us, we shall stay; if there is something else, we shall go away. So we sat down (waiting) for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ before the dawn prayer. When he came out, we stood up to him and said: We are the ones who have fled. He turned to us and said: No, you are the ones who return to fight after wheeling away. We then approached and kissed his hand, and he said; I am the main body of the Muslims.  

أبو داود:٢٦٤٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنْ سَرَايَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ حَاصَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَرَزْنَا قُلْنَا كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ وَقَدْ فَرَرْنَا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ وَبُؤْنَا بِالْغَضَبِ فَقُلْنَا نَدْخُلُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَتَثَبَّتُ فِيهَا وَنَذْهَبُ وَلاَ يَرَانَا أَحَدٌ قَالَ فَدَخَلْنَا فَقُلْنَا لَوْ عَرَضْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَنَا تَوْبَةٌ أَقَمْنَا وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ ذَهَبْنَا قَالَ فَجَلَسْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قُمْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لاَ بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ قَالَ فَدَنَوْنَا فَقَبَّلْنَا يَدَهُ فَقَالَ أَنَا فِئَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ