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bayhaqi:18083Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Baʿathanā

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a military campaign and we encountered the enemy. The Muslims became afraid, but I was among those who were afraid. I said to myself that we should not enter the city, as we have incurred the displeasure of Allah. Then we decided to enter it and we were hesitant. We met the Prophet ﷺ while he was going out for prayer. We said that we are the ones who fled. He said, "No, you are the ones who have retreated." We said, "O Prophet of Allah, we wanted to not enter the city and instead ride the sea." He said, "Do not do that, for indeed I am the leader of every Muslim."  

البيهقي:١٨٠٨٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَلَقِينَا الْعَدُوَّ فَحَاصَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَيْصَةً فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ حَاصَ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي لَا نَدْخُلُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَدْ بُؤْنَا بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللهِ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا نَدْخُلُهَا فَنَمْتَارُ مِنْهَا فَدَخَلْنَا فَلَقِينَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ خَارِجٌ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ فَقَالَ بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ فَقُلْنَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ لَا نَدْخُلَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَنْ نَرْكَبَ الْبَحْرَ قَالَ لَا تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنِّي فِئَةُ كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ