[Machine] He told me, he said: While I was sitting in the cave, a man came to me and asked me about {the charging steeds, panting} [Quran 100:1], so I said to him, "The horses, when they change in the cause of Allah, then they return to their resting place at night and they make their food and kindle their fire." He turned away from me and went to Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was sitting beneath the Zamzam water fountain, and he asked him about the charging steeds. Ali said to him, "Did you ask anyone else before me?" He said, "Yes, I asked Ibn Abbas." He said, "It is the horses when they change in the cause of Allah." He said, "Then go and call him for me." When he stood in front of him, Ali said to him, "You give people religious verdicts without knowledge. By Allah, the first battle in Islam was the Battle of Badr, and there were only horsemen with us. There was a horse for Zubair and a horse for Al-Miqdad ibn Al-Aswad. So how can the charging steeds be wolves? Indeed, {the charging steeds, panting} [Quran 100:1] refers to the journey from Arafah to Muzdalifah, and from Muzdalifah to Mina, {thus they stamp therewith the different tracks} [Quran 100:4] when they step on it with their hooves and their edges." Ibn Abbas said, "So I retracted my statement and went back to the one who said Ali."
أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِي الْحِجْرِ جَالِسٌ أَتَانِي رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنِ {الْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا} [العاديات 1] فَقُلْتُ لَهُ «الْخَيْلُ حِينَ تُغِيرُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ تَأْوِي إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَيَصْنَعُونَ طَعَامَهُمْ وَيُوقِدُونَ نَارَهُمْ» فَانْفَتَلَ عَنِّي فَذَهَبَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ تَحْتَ سِقَايَةِ زَمْزَمَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْعَادِيَاتِ فَقَالَ هَلْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا أَحَدًا قَبْلِي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ هِيَ الْخَيْلُ حِينَ تُغِيرُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَادْعُهُ لِي قَالَ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ قَالَ تُفْتِي النَّاسَ بِلَا عِلْمٍ لَكَ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَتْ أَوَّلَ غَزْوَةٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَبَدْرٌ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَنَا إِلَّا فَرَسَانِ فَرَسٌ لِلزُّبَيْرِ وَفَرَسٌ لِلْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ الْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا؟ إِنَّمَا {الْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا} [العاديات 1] مِنْ عَرَفَةَ إِلَى الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ إِلَى مِنًى {فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعًا} [العاديات 4] حِينَ تَطَؤُهَا بِأَخْفَافِهَا وَحَوَافِرِهَا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَنَزَعْتُ عَنْ قُولِي وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الَّذِي قَالَ عَلِيٌّ