While Messenger of Allah ﷺ was proceeding at night during one of his journeys and ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab was traveling beside him, ʿUmar asked him about something but Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not reply. He asked again, but he did not reply, and then he asked (for the third time) but he did not reply. On that, ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab said to himself, "Thakilat Ummu ʿUmar (May ʿUmar's mother lose her son)! I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ three times but he did not reply." ʿUmar then said, "I made my camel run faster and went ahead of the people, and I was afraid that some Qur'anic Verses might be revealed about me. But before getting involved in any other matter. I heard somebody calling me. I said to myself, 'I fear that some Qur'anic Verses have been revealed about me,' and so I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and greeted him. He (Messenger of Allah ﷺ ) said, 'Tonight a Sura has been revealed to me, and it is dearer to me than that on which the sun rises (i.e. the world)' Then he recited: "Verily, We have given you a manifest victory." (48.1)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَسِيرُ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَسِيرُ مَعَهُ لَيْلاً فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ شَىْءٍ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فُلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ثَكِلَتْ أُمُّ عُمَرَ نَزَرْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ لاَ يُجِيبُكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَحَرَّكْتُ بَعِيرِي ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمْتُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يُنْزَلَ فِيَّ الْقُرْآنُ فَمَا نَشِبْتُ أَنْ سَمِعْتُ صَارِخًا يَصْرُخُ بِي فَقُلْتُ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَلَ فِيَّ قُرْآنٌ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَىَّ اللَّيْلَةَ سُورَةٌ لَهِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا}

"Verily, We have given you (O Muhammad) a manifest victory.' refers to Al-Hudaibiya Peace treaty).

عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ {إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا} قَالَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةُ

On the Day of the Conquest of Mecca, the Prophet ﷺ recited Surat Al-Fath in a vibrating and pleasant voice. (Muawaiya, the subnarrator said, "If I could imitate the recitation of the Prophet ﷺ I would do so.")

قَرَأَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ سُورَةَ الْفَتْحِ فَرَجَّعَ فِيهَا قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَحْكِيَ لَكُمْ قِرَاءَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَفَعَلْتُ

The Prophet ﷺ used to offer night prayers till his feet became swollen. Somebody said, to him," "Allah has forgiven you, your faults of the past and those to follow." On that, he said, "Shouldn't I be a thankful slave of Allah)?"

قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى تَوَرَّمَتْ قَدَمَاهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ أَفَلاَ أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا

that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ would stand in prayer at night until his feet became cracked, so Aishah said: “Why do you do this, O Messenger of Allah, when Allah has forgiven you what came before of your sins and what came after?” He said: “Should I not love to be a grateful servant?”

Then, when his flesh increased (i.e., he became heavier), he prayed sitting; and when he wanted to bow, he would stand, recite, then bow.

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى تَتَفَطَّرَ قَدَمَاهُ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: لِمَ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قَالَ: «أَفَلاَ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكُونَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا؟».

فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ لَحْمُهُ صَلَّى جَالِسًا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ

[AI] that this verse which is in the Quran, "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner," he said, is in the Torah: "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and a safeguard for the unlettered. You are My servant and My Messenger. I have named you al-Mutawakkil. He is not harsh, nor coarse, nor loud in the marketplaces; he does not repay evil with evil, but pardons and overlooks. Allah will not take him until He straightens through him the crooked community, by their saying: "There is no god but Allah." Through it, He will open blind eyes, deaf ears, and covered hearts."

أَنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْقُرْآنِ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا﴾، قَالَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ، إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَحِرْزًا لِلأُمِّيِّينَ، أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَرَسُولِي، سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ، لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَلاَ غَلِيظٍ وَلاَ سَخَّابٍ بِالأَسْوَاقِ، وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَةَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ، وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَصْفَحُ، وَلَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ اللَّهُ حَتَّى يُقِيمَ بِهِ الْمِلَّةَ الْعَوْجَاءَ، بِأَنْ يَقُولُوا: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، فَيَفْتَحَ بِهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا، وَآذَانًا صُمًّا، وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا.

While a man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ was reciting (Qur'an) and his horse was tied in the house, the horse got startled and started jumping. The man came out, looked around but could not find anything, yet the horse went on jumping. The next morning he mentioned that to the Prophet. The Prophet ﷺ said, "That was the tranquility (calmness) which descended because of the recitation of the Qur'an."

بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ وَفَرَسٌ لَهُ مَرْبُوطٌ فِي الدَّارِ فَجَعَلَ يَنْفِرُ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ فَنَظَرَ فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ يَنْفِرُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ تَنَزَّلَتْ بِالْقُرْآنِ

We were one thousand and four hundred on the Day of Al-Hudaibiya.

كُنَّا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ

ʿAbdullah bin Mughaffal Al-Muzani who was one of those who witnessed (the event of) the tree, said, "The Prophet ﷺ forbade the throwing of small stones (with two fingers)."

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ إِنِّي مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ الشَّجَرَةَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَذْفِ

"The Prophet ﷺ also forbade urinating at the place where one takes a bath."

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْمُغَفَّلِ الْمُزَنِيِّ فِي الْبَوْلِ فِي الْمُغْتَسَلِ

who was one of the companions of the tree (those who swore allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ beneath the tree at Al-Hudaibiya):

عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ ؓ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الشَّجَرَةِ

[AI] I came to Abu Wail to ask him, and he said: We were at Siffin when a man said, "Have you not seen those who are called to the Book of Allah?" Ali said: Yes. Then Sahl ibn Hunayf said: Question your own judgment, for I remember us on the day of Hudaybiyah—meaning the treaty that took place between the Prophet ﷺ and the polytheists—and if we had seen fighting as the course to take, we would have fought.

Then Umar came and said: Are we not upon the truth while they are upon falsehood? Are not our slain in Paradise and their slain in the Fire? He said: "Yes." Umar said: Then why should I accept humiliation in our religion and turn back when Allah has not yet judged between us? He said: "O son of al-Khattab, I am the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will never abandon me." So Umar returned in anger and could not be patient until he came to Abu Bakr and said: O Abu Bakr, are we not upon the truth while they are upon falsehood? He said: O son of al-Khattab, he is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah will never abandon him. Then Surat al-Fath was revealed.

أَتَيْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ أَسْأَلُهُ، فَقَالَ: كُنَّا بِصِفِّينَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: ﴿أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ﴾، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ: اتَّهِمُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، يَعْنِي الصُّلْحَ الَّذِي كَانَ بَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَلَوْ نَرَى قِتَالاً لَقَاتَلْنَا.

فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ: أَلَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَهُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟ أَلَيْسَ قَتْلاَنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلاَهُمْ فِي النَّارِ؟ قَالَ: «بَلَى». قَالَ: فَفِيمَ أُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا وَنَرْجِعُ وَلَمَّا يَحْكُمِ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا؟ فَقَالَ: «يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَنِي اللَّهُ أَبَدًا». فَرَجَعَ مُتَغَيِّظًا، فَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ حَتَّى جَاءَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَلَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَهُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَهُ اللَّهُ أَبَدًا. فَنَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْفَتْحِ.