58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
AbuAyyub heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Capitals will be conquered at your hands, and you will have to raise companies in large armies. A man will be unwilling to join a company, so he will escape from his people and go round the tribes offering himself to them, saying: Whose place may I take in such and such expedition? Whose place may I take in such and such expedition? Beware: That man is a hireling to the last drop of his blood. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2525)
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَيُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَمْصَارُ وَسَتَكُونُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ يُقْطَعُ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيهَا بُعُوثٌ يَتَكَرَّهُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمُ الْبَعْثَ فِيهَا فَيَتَخَلَّصُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ ثُمَّ يَتَصَفَّحُ الْقَبَائِلَ يَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَكْفِيهِ بَعَثَ كَذَا؟ مَنْ أَكْفِيهِ بَعَثَ كَذَا؟ أَلَا وَذَلِكَ الْأَجِيرُ إِلَى آخِرِ قَطْرَةٍ مِنْ دَمِهِ
[Machine] Leaving it is better, but if you take it, then spend it in the way of Allah.
تَرْكُهَا أَفْضَلُ فَإِنْ أَخَذْتَهَا فَأَنْفِقْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ
[Machine] If you place it in a weapon or a shield, there is no harm in it. And if you place it in a slave, then we have not received narration from Ibrahim al-Nakhai that he said, "They preferred to give it away rather than take it, meaning in tributes."
إِذَا جَعَلْتَهُ فِي سِلَاحٍ أَوْ كُرَاعٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَإِذَا جَعَلْتَهُ فِي الرَّقِيقِ فَلَا وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانُوا أَنْ يُعْطُوا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا يَعْنِي فِي الْجَعَائِلِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of those from my Ummah who fight in the cause of Allah and take provisions is like the example of the mother of Musa (Moses), who nurses her child and keeps his reward." Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Muhammad informed us, Abu Al-Husayn Al-Fasawi narrated to us, Abu Ali Al-Luli narrated to us from Abu Dawood, who mentioned it.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يَغْزُونَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي وَيَأْخُذُونَ الْجُعْلَ يَتَقَوَّوْنَ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِمْ مَثَلُ أُمِّ مُوسَى تُرْضِعُ وَلَدَهَا وَتَأْخُذُ أَجْرَهَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ الْفَسَوِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ اللُّؤْلُؤِيُّ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ فَذَكَرَهُ