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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to move his lips with something that could not be understood, so we said, "O Messenger of Allah, you move your lips with something that cannot be understood." He said, "One of the prophets was amazed by the abundance of his people, so he said, 'Who will provide for these people or stand up for them?' It was said to him, 'Choose between your companions that we inflict upon them an enemy who would kill them, or famine, or death.' So he gave them the choice and they chose death. Some of them died within three days, seventy thousand in total. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'And I say, O Allah, with You I fight, with You I strive, and with You I undertake, and there is no power or strength except with You, and all the supplications that have been mentioned before in this are mentioned in the Book of Hajj and the Book of Invocations.'"

البيهقي:١٨٤٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي قُمَاشٍ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عِيسَى أنبأ سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ بِشَيْءٍ لَا يُفْهَمُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَا يُفْهَمُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَعْجَبَهُ كَثْرَةُ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَفِي لِهَؤُلَاءِ أَوْ مَنْ يَقُومُ لِهَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ خَيِّرْ أَصْحَابَكَ بَيْنَ أَنْ نُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا فَيَسْتَبِيحَ بَيْضَتَهُمْ أَوِ الْجُوعَ أَوِ الْمَوْتَ فَخَيَّرَهُمْ فَاخْتَارُوا الْمَوْتَ قَالَ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ اللهُمَّ بِكَ أُقَاتِلُ وَبِكَ أُحَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ وَسَائِرُ مَا وَرَدَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ فِي هَذَا قَدْ مَضَى فِي كِتَابِ الْحَجِّ وَفِي كِتَابِ الدَّعَوَاتِ

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The Prophet’s supplication at Hunayn

ahmad:18933 – Wakīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Laylā > Ṣuhayb

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was moving his lips during the days of Hunayn with something he had not done before that. He said: Then the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, there was a prophet among those before you whose nation impressed him, and he said, 'These people will not be overcome by anything.' Then Allah revealed to him to let them choose one of three: either I will set against them an enemy from outside them who will ravage them, or hunger, or death." He said: So they said, "As for killing or hunger, we have no strength for that, but death." He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Then seventy thousand died in three days." He said: Then he said: "So now I say: O Allah, by You I strive, by You I charge, and by You I fight."

أحمد:١٨٩٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَفْعَلُهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «إِنَّ نَبِيًّا كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ أُمَّتُهُ، فَقَالَ: لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ. فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ خَيِّرْهُمْ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَعَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ، أَوِ الْجُوعَ، أَوِ الْمَوْتَ». قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: أَمَّا الْقَتْلُ أَوِ الْجُوعُ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ، وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ. قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «فَمَاتَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا». قَالَ: فَقَالَ: «فَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أَصُولُ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ».

The Prophet’s supplication after Fajr at Hunayn

ahmad:18940 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Laylā > Ṣuhayb

[AI] that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, during the days of Hunayn, used to move his lips after the Fajr prayer with something we had not seen him do before. So we said: O Messenger of Allah, we see you doing something you did not used to do; what is this that you are moving your lips with? He said: "A prophet among those before you was impressed by the large number of his nation, and said that nothing would be able to overcome them. So Allah revealed to him to give his nation the choice between one of three: either that We set against them an enemy from outside them who would overrun them, or hunger, or that I send death upon them. So he consulted them, and they said: As for the enemy, we have no strength against them; as for hunger, we have no patience for it; but death. So death was sent upon them, and seventy thousand of them died in three days." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "So now I say, on seeing their great number: O Allah, by You I strive, by You I contend, and by You I fight."

أحمد:١٨٩٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَرَاهُ يَفْعَلُهُ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا نَرَاكَ تَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُهُ، فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّ نَبِيًّا فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ، فَقَالَ: لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ خَيِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ نُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ، أَوِ الْجُوعَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ. فَشَاوَرَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: أَمَّا الْعَدُوُّ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمْ، وَأَمَّا الْجُوعُ فَلَا صَبْرَ لَنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ. فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا». قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «فَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ، حَيْثُ رَأَى كَثْرَتَهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ».