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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا قَبْلُ

ibnhibban:4801al-Naḍr b. Muḥammad b. al-Mubārak > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-ʿIjlī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

Do you (people) consider the conquest of Mecca, the Victory (referred to in the Qur'an 48:1). Was the conquest of Mecca a victory? We really consider that the actual Victory was the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance which we gave on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (to the Prophet) . On the day of Al-Hudaibiya we were fourteen hundred men along with the Prophet ﷺ Al-Hudaibiya was a well, the water of which we used up leaving not a single drop of water in it. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed of that, he came and sat on its edge. Then he asked for a utensil of water, performed ablution from it, rinsed (his mouth), invoked (Allah), and poured the remaining water into the well. We stayed there for a while and then the well brought forth what we required of water for ourselves and our riding animals. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4150)  

ابن حبّان:٤٨٠١أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعِجْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

تَعُدُّونَ أَنْتُمْ الْفَتْحَ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ فَتْحًا وَنَحْنُ نَعُدُّ الْفَتْحَ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَمِائَةً وَالْحُدَيْبِيَةُ بِئْرٌ فَنَزَحْنَاهَا فَلَمْ نَتْرُكْ فِيهَا قَطْرَةً فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَتَاهَا فَجَلَسَ عَلَى شَفِيرِهَا ثُمَّ دَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَتَمَضْمَضَ وَدَعَا ثُمَّ صَبَّهُ فِيهَا فَتَرَكْنَاهَا غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَصْدَرَتْنَا مَا شِئْنَا نَحْنُ وَرِكَابَنَا  


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bukhari:4150ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

Do you (people) consider the conquest of Mecca, the Victory (referred to in the Qur'an 48:1). Was the conquest of Mecca a victory? We really consider that the actual Victory was the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance which we gave on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (to the Prophet) . On the day of Al-Hudaibiya we were fourteen hundred men along with the Prophet ﷺ Al-Hudaibiya was a well, the water of which we used up leaving not a single drop of water in it. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed of that, he came and sat on its edge. Then he asked for a utensil of water, performed ablution from it, rinsed (his mouth), invoked (Allah), and poured the remaining water into the well. We stayed there for a while and then the well brought forth what we required of water for ourselves and our riding animals.  

البخاري:٤١٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ قَالَ

تَعُدُّونَ أَنْتُمُ الْفَتْحَ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ فَتْحًا وَنَحْنُ نَعُدُّ الْفَتْحَ بَيْعَةَ الرُّضْوَانِ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً وَالْحُدَيْبِيَةُ بِئْرٌ فَنَزَحْنَاهَا فَلَمْ نَتْرُكْ فِيهَا قَطْرَةً فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَتَاهَا فَجَلَسَ عَلَى شَفِيرِهَا ثُمَّ دَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ وَدَعَا ثُمَّ صَبَّهُ فِيهَا فَتَرَكْنَاهَا غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهَا أَصْدَرَتْنَا مَا شِئْنَا نَحْنُ وَرِكَابَنَا  

ahmad:18564Abū Aḥmad > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Hudaybiyah, and Hudaybiyah is a well. We emptied it and left nothing in it. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ and he came and sat on its edge. He called for a vessel, rinsed his mouth, then spat into it. After that, he left it not too far away. We and our mounts drank from it as much as we desired.  

أحمد:١٨٥٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَالْحُدَيْبِيَةُ بِئْرٌ فَنَزَحْنَاهَا فَلَمْ نَتْرُكْ فِيهَا شَيْئًا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ فَجَلَسَ عَلَى شَفِيرِهَا فَدَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ فَمَضْمَضَ ثُمَّ مَجَّهُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ تَرَكْنَاهَا غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَأَصْدَرَتْنَا نَحْنُ وَرِكَابُنَا نَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا مَا شِئْنَا  

bayhaqi:18815Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

[Machine] You consider yourselves to be the conquerors of Mecca, but the real conquest of Mecca was by us. We count ourselves as the conquerors through the allegiance of Ridwan. We descended on the day of Hudaybiyah, and it was a well there. We found the people had already taken its water and left none for us. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and called for a bucket. He took it out from the well and then put it in, and he prayed to Allah. The water increased until it reached us, and our camels and baggage were watered, and we were 1,400 in number.  

البيهقي:١٨٨١٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ أنبأ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ؓ قَالَ

تَعُدُّونَ أَنْتُمُ الْفَتْحَ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ فِينَا فَتْحًا وَنَعُدُّ نَحْنُ الْفَتْحَ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ نَزَلْنَا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَهِيَ بِئْرٌ فَوَجَدْنَا النَّاسَ قَدْ نَزَحُوهَا فَلَمْ يَدَعُوا فِيهَا قَطْرَةً فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِدَلْوٍ فَنَزَعَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مِنْهُ بِفِيهِ فَمَجَّهُ فِيهَا وَدَعَا اللهَ فَكَثُرَ مَاؤُهَا حَتَّى صَدَرْنَا وَرَكَائِبُنَا وَنَحْنُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ