On the day of Hunayn we travelled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we journeyed for a long time until the evening came. I attended the prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A horseman came and said: Messenger of Allah, I went before you and climbed a certain mountain where saw Hawazin all together with their women, cattle, and sheep, having gathered at Hunayn. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said: That will be the booty of the Muslims tomorrow if Allah wills. He then asked: Who will be on guard tonight? Anas ibn AbuMarthad al-Ghanawi said: I shall , Messenger of Allah. He said: Then mount your horse. He then mounted his horse, and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah said to him: Go forward to this ravine till you get to the top of it. We should not be exposed to danger from your side. In the morning the Apostle of of Allah ﷺ came out to his place of prayer, and offered two rak'ahs. He then said: Have you seen any sign of your horseman? They said: We have not, Messenger of Allah. The announcement of the time for prayer was then made, and while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was saying the prayer, he began to glance towards the ravine. When he finished his prayer and uttered salutation, he said: Cheer up, for your horseman has come. We therefore began to look between the trees in the ravine, and sure enough he had come. He stood beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saluted him and said: I continued till I reached the top of this ravine where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me, and in the morning I looked down into both ravines but saw no one. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: Did you dismount during the night? He replied: No, except to pray or to relieve myself. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You have ensured your entry to (Paradise). No blame will be attached to you supposing you do not work after it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2501)   

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ ؓ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُمْ سَارُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَأَطْنَبُوا السَّيْرَ حَتَّى كَانَ عَشِيَّةً فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَارِسٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعْتُ جَبَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهَوَازِنَ عَلَى بَكْرَةِ أَبِيهِمْ بِظُعُنِهِمْ وَنَعَمِهِمْ وَشَائِهِمْ فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ تِلْكَ غَنِيمَةٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟ فَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ ؓ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ ارْكَبْ فَرَكِبَ فَرَسًا لَهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَقْبِلْ هَذَا الشِّعْبِ حَتَّى تَكُونَ فِي أَعْلَاهُ وَلَا نُغَرَّنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى مُصَلَّاهُ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ حَسَسْتُمْ فَارِسَكُمْ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَا حَسَسْنَا فَثَوَّبَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى الشِّعْبِ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَ فَارِسُكُمْ قَالَ فَجَعَلْنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى خِلَالِ الشَّجَرِ فِي الشِّعْبِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ جَاءَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَعْلَى هَذَا الشِّعْبِ حَيْثُ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا طَلَعْتُ عَلَى الشِّعْبَيْنِ فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَزَلْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا مُصَلِّيًا أَوْ قَاضِيَ حَاجَةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ فَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ لَا تَعْمَلَ بَعْدَهَا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Shall I not inform you of a night that is better than a thousand months? It is a night in which a guard stands in a land of fear, hoping not to return to his family. Yahya Al-Qattan raised his hand and Waki' stood up."  

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِلَيْلَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ؟ حَارِسٌ حَرَسَ فِي أَرْضِ خَوْفٍ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ رَفَعَهُ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ وَوَقَفَهُ وَكِيعٌ  

[Machine] We went out with the Messenger of Allah in a battle, and he fulfilled his promise to us by camping on a high ground. We were struck by severe cold to the point that when one of us dug a trench and entered into it, covering himself with his shield, the Messenger of Allah saw that among the people and said, "Is there not a man who would protect us tonight and supplicate to Allah for us with a supplication through which Allah would grant us favor?" So a man from the Ansar stood up and said, "I will do it, O Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah made supplication for him and the narrator said, "I thought of saying, 'I will do it,' so that he would make supplication for me with the same supplication that he made for the Ansari, but then I remembered that he had made supplication for him specifically. Then the Messenger of Allah said, 'Hellfire is forbidden to touch three types of people: an eye that weeps out of fear of Allah, an eye that stayed awake guarding in the cause of Allah,' and I forgot the third one." Abu Hurairah said, "It is an eye that looked but restrained itself from looking at what Allah had forbidden."  

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَأَوْفَى بِنَا عَلَى شَرَفٍ فَأَصَابَنَا بَرْدٌ شَدِيدٌ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُنَا يَحْفِرُ الْحَفِيرَ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ وَيُغَطِّي عَلَيْهِ بِحَجْفَتِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ أَدْعُو اللهَ لَهُ بِدُعَاءٍ يُصِيبُ بِهِ فَضْلًا؟ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَدَعَا لَهُ قَالَ أَبُو رَيْحَانَةَ ؓ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا فَدَعَا لِي بِدُعَاءٍ هُوَ دُونَ مَا دَعَا بِهِ لِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ دَمَعَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ سَهِرَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ قَالَ وَنَسِيتُ الثَّالِثَةَ قَالَ أَبُو شُرَيْح /63ٍ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ وَسَمِعْتُهُ بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ حُرِّمَتِ النَّارُ عَلَى عَيْنٍ غَضَّتْ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ أَوْ عَيْنٍ فُقِئَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  

[Machine] "He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah have mercy on the guard of the guard. It was narrated from Al-Darawardi, from Salih, from Umar, from Uqbah ibn Amr, from the Prophet ﷺ . And Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdan informed us that Ahmad ibn Ubayd narrated to us, and Sa'id ibn Uthman al-Ahwazi narrated, and Ali ibn Bahar narrated from Al-Darawardi, and mentioned him."  

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَحِمَ اللهُ حَارِسَ الْحَرَسِ 18447 وَرُوِيَ عَنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثنا الدَّرَاوَرْدِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ