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ذِكْرُ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ لِلْإِمَامِ، أَنْ يَشُنَّ الْغَارَةَ فِي بِلَادِ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ الْكَفَرَةِ عِنْدَ انْفِجَارِ الصُّبْحِ اقْتِدَاءً بِالْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:4745Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Anas

Anas bin Malik said, "Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went out with us to fight (in Allah's cause) against any nation, he never allowed us to attack till morning and he would wait and see: if he heard Adhan he would postpone the attack and if he did not hear Adhan he would attack them." Anas added, "We reached Khaibar at night and in the morning when he did not hear the Adhan for the prayer, he (the Prophet ) rode and I rode behind Abi Talha and my foot was touching that of the Prophet. The inhabitants of Khaibar came out with their baskets and spades and when they saw the Prophet ﷺ they shouted 'Muhammad! By Allah, Muhammad and his army.' When Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw them, he said, "Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is ruined. Whenever we approach a (hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning of those who have been warned." (Using translation from Bukhārī 610)  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا غَزَا قَوْمًا لَمْ يَغْزُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَنْظُرَ فَإِنْ سَمِعَ أَذَانًا كَفَّ عَنْهُمْ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَذَانًا أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ لَيْلًا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَذَانًا رَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَكِبْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَإِنَّ قَدَمَيَّ لَتَمَسُّ قَدَمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجُوا عَلَيْنَا بِمَكَاتِلِهِمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
bukhari:610Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

Anas bin Malik said, "Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went out with us to fight (in Allah's cause) against any nation, he never allowed us to attack till morning and he would wait and see: if he heard Adhan he would postpone the attack and if he did not hear Adhan he would attack them." Anas added, "We reached Khaibar at night and in the morning when he did not hear the Adhan for the prayer, he (the Prophet ) rode and I rode behind Abi Talha and my foot was touching that of the Prophet. The inhabitants of Khaibar came out with their baskets and spades and when they saw the Prophet ﷺ they shouted 'Muhammad! By Allah, Muhammad and his army.' When Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw them, he said, "Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is ruined. Whenever we approach a (hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning of those who have been warned."  

البخاري:٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا غَزَا بِنَا قَوْمًا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَغْزُو بِنَا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَيَنْظُرَ فَإِنْ سَمِعَ أَذَانًا كَفَّ عَنْهُمْ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَذَانًا أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ لَيْلاً فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَذَانًا رَكِبَ وَرَكِبْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَإِنَّ قَدَمِي لَتَمَسُّ قَدَمَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْنَا بِمَكَاتِلِهِمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ  

bukhari:2945ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Ḥumayd > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ set out for Khaibar and reached it at night. He used not to attack if he reached the people at night, till the day broke. So, when the day dawned, the Jews came out with their bags and spades. When they saw the Prophet; they said, "Muhammad and his army!" The Prophet ﷺ said, Allahu--Akbar! (Allah is Greater) and Khaibar is ruined, for whenever we approach a nation (i.e. enemy to fight) then it will be a miserable morning for those who have been warned."  

البخاري:٢٩٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَجَاءَهَا لَيْلاً وَكَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ قَوْمًا بِلَيْلٍ لاَ يُغِيرُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ خَرَجَتْ يَهُودُ بِمَسَاحِيهِمْ وَمَكَاتِلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ  

tirmidhi:1550al-Anṣārī > Maʿn > Mālik b. Anas > Ḥumayd > Anas

"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Khaibar, he approached it at night and when he came to a people during the night, he would not attack them until morning. So when the morning came, the Jews came out with their shovels and baskets, then when they saw him, they said: 'Muhammad! By Allah Muhammad has come with the Khamis (an army).' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allahu Akbar! Khaibar is destroyed, for whenever we approach the land of people - then what an evil morning for those who have been warned.'"  

الترمذي:١٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ أَتَاهَا لَيْلاً وَكَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ قَوْمًا بِلَيْلٍ لَمْ يُغِرْ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ خَرَجَتْ يَهُودُ بِمَسَاحِيهِمْ وَمَكَاتِلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَافَقَ وَاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ الْخَمِيسَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ  

malik:21-50Mālik > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil from Anas ibn Malik that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to Khaybar, he arrived there at night, and when he came upon a people by night, he did not attack until morning. In the morning, the jews came out with their spades and baskets. When they saw him, they said, "Muhammad! By Allah, Muhammad and his army!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said "Allah is greater! Khaybar is destroyed. When we come to a people, it is an evil morning for those who have been warned . "  

مالك:٢١-٥٠وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ أَتَاهَا لَيْلاً وَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَى قَوْمًا بِلَيْلٍ لَمْ يُغِرْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَخَرَجَتْ يَهُودُ بِمَسَاحِيهِمْ وَمَكَاتِلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ  

ahmad:13771ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ headed towards Khaibar and we reached there at night. When we woke up in the morning, he mounted his ride and the Muslims mounted theirs. I rode behind Abu Talha and my feet touched the feet of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The people of Khaibar came out with their crops and goods. When they saw the Prophet ﷺ and the Muslims, they turned back hastily and said, "Muhammad and his army have come!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah is the Greatest! Khaibar is destroyed. When we descend upon the people's land, it'll be an evil morning for those who were warned." (Surah As-Saffat 37:177)  

أحمد:١٣٧٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهَا لَيْلًا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا الْغَدَاةَ رَكِبَ وَرَكِبَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَرَكِبْتُخَلْفَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَإِنَّ قَدَمِي لَتَمَسُّ قَدَمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَرَجَ أَهْلُ خَيْبَرَ بِمَكَاتِلِهِمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ إِلَى زُرُوعِهِمْ وَأَرْضِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ رَجَعُوا هِرَابًا وَقَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ {فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ} [الصافات 177]  

ahmad:13140Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ traveled to Khaibar and arrived there at night. He mentioned that whenever the Prophet ﷺ approached a place at night, the people there would not be disturbed until morning. If he heard the call to prayer, he would stop, but if the people were not praying, he would become angry with them. When morning came, he and the Muslims mounted their rides. The people of the village came out with their ropes and tools. When they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Muslims, they said, "By Allah and Al-Khamis, this is Muhammad!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Khaibar is destroyed. Whenever we approach the land of a people, the morning is a bad time for those who are warned." Anas ibn Malik said, "I was by the side of Abu Talha, and indeed my foot touched the foot of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

أحمد:١٣١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَانْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا لَيْلًا قَالَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَرَقَ لَيْلًا لَمْ يُغِرْ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَإِنْ سَمِعَ أَذَانًا أَمْسَكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يُصَلُّونَ أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا رَكِبَ وَرَكِبَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ أَهْلُ الْقَرْيَةِ إِلَى حُرُوثِهِمْ مَعَهُمْ مَكَاتِلُهُمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللهِ وَالْخَمِيسُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَإِنِّي لَرَدِيفُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَإِنَّ قَدَمِي لَتَمَسُّ قَدَمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:18097Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > al-Qaʿnabī Fīmā Qaraʾ > Mālik > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ set out for Khaibar and reached it at night. He used not to attack if he reached the people at night, till the day broke. So, when the day dawned, the Jews came out with their bags and spades. When they saw the Prophet; they said, "Muhammad and his army!" The Prophet ﷺ said, Allahu--Akbar! (Allah is Greater) and Khaibar is ruined, for whenever we approach a nation (i.e. enemy to fight) then it will be a miserable morning for those who have been warned." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2945)   

البيهقي:١٨٠٩٧وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدُوسٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَجَاءَنَا لَيْلًا وَكَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ قَوْمًا بِاللَّيْلِ لَا يُغِيرُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ خَرَجَتْ يَهُودُ بِمَسَاحِيهِمْ وَمَكَاتِلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ {فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ} [الصافات 177]  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ
bayhaqi:18098Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > ʿAbd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to Khaibar and arrived there at night. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to approach a people, he would not surprise them until morning, and if he heard the call to prayer, he would stop, even if they were not praying, he would become angry with them in the morning. So when morning came, he rode and the Muslims along with him, and the people of the village came out with their chains and axes. When they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , they said, "Muhammad and Khamees are here!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allahu Akbar! Khaybar is destroyed. When we come to the territory of a people, it is a bad morning for the warners." Anas said, "I was behind Abu Talha, and indeed my foot was touching the foot of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

البيهقي:١٨٠٩٨وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَانْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا لَيْلًا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَرَقَ قَوْمًا لَمْ يُغِرْ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَإِنْ سَمِعَ أَذَانًا أَمْسَكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يُصَلُّونَ أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَكِبَ وَرَكِبَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَخَرَجَ أَهْلُ الْقَرْيَةِ وَمَعَهُمْ مَكَاتِلُهُمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ {فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ} [الصافات 177] قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَإِنِّي لَرِدْفٌ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَإِنَّ قَدَمِي لَتَمَسُّ قَدَمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ