[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Avoid the seven destructive things." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what are they?" So he mentioned them, and in them is mentioned the act of leading on the day of battle."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا هُنَّ؟ فَذَكَرَهُنَّ وَذَكَرَ فِيهِنَّ التَّوَلِّيَ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not wish to meet the enemy and ask Allah for safety. But if you meet them, be patient and know that Paradise lies under the shade of the swords.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَتَمَنَّوْا لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ وَسَلُوا اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاصْبِرُوا وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ  

[Machine] "When this verse was revealed: 'If there are twenty of you who are patient, they will overcome two hundred,' Allah commanded them not to flee if the twenty were from the two hundred, so Allah revealed: 'Now Allah has eased the hardship upon you, knowing that there is weakness among you. If there are a hundred of you who are patient, they will overcome two hundred.' So He eased it for them and commanded them not to flee if a hundred were from the two hundred."  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ} فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ الْعِشْرُونَ مِنَ الْمِائَتَيْنِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًا فَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ} فَخَفَّفَ عَنْهُمْ وَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ مِائَةٌ مِنْ مِائَتَيْنِ  

[Machine] A man does not escape from ten, nor do a group escape from their equal number. So, it was difficult for these people and it was hard on them. Then the verse was revealed, "Now Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred." So, they were commanded that no man should run away from two men, nor should a group run away from its equal number. Ibn Abbas said, "So, the patience decreased in proportion to the decrease in their numbers. This is the wording of the Hadith of Affan, and in the narration of Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak, it was difficult for the Muslims when it was prescribed that not even one man should flee from ten. Then the relief came, and Allah said, "Now Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you" [Surah Al-Anfal 66]. So, when Allah lightened the number for them, the patience decreased in proportion to what was decreased from them.  

لَا يَفِرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ وَلَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ عَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ فَجَهَدَ ذَلِكَ النَّاسَ وَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَنَزَلَتْ {الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًا فَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ} قَالَ فَأُمِرُوا أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ وَلَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ مِثْلَيْهِمْ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَنَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا خَفَّفَ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَفَّانَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ حِينَ فُرِضَ أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ فَجَاءَ التَّخْفِيفُ فَقَالَ {الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْكُمْ} [الأنفال 66] الآية فَلَمَّا خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ نَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا خَفَّفَ عَنْهُمْ  

[Machine] If a man flees from two, then he has indeed fled, but if he flees from three, he has not fled.  

إِنْ فَرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنِ اثْنَيْنِ فَقَدْ فَرَّ وَإِنْ فَرَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ لَمْ يَفِرَّ