50. Expeditions
٥٠۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ went to Badr and consulted the Muslims. Abu Bakr pointed at him and then they consulted him. Umar then consulted them and the Ansar said, "O people of the Ansar, beware of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wants." They said, "Then we will not say what the children of Israel said to Moses, 'Go, you and your Lord, and fight. We are staying right here.' But rather, if you were to strike the livers of its inhabitants until they reached the farthest point of the clouds, we would follow you."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَارَ إِلَى بَدْرٍ فَاسْتَشَارَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ اسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِيَّاكُمْ يُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا إِذًا لَا نَقُولُ مَا قَالَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى «اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَاتِلَا إِنَّا هَهُنَا قَاعِدُونَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَوْ ضَرَبْتَ أَكْبَادَهَا إِلَى بَرْكِ الْغِمَادِ لَاتَّبَعْنَاكَ»
(one of them said more than his friend): The Prophet ﷺ set out in the company of more than onethousand of his companions in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and when he reached Dhul-Hulaifa, he garlanded his Hadi (i.e. sacrificing animal), assumed the state of Ihram for ʿUmra from that place and sent a spy of his from Khuzi'a (tribe). The Prophet ﷺ proceeded on till he reached (a village called) Ghadir-al-Ashtat. There his spy came and said, "The Quraish (infidels) have collected a great number of people against you, and they have collected against you the Ethiopians, and they will fight with you, and will stop you from entering the Kaʿba and prevent you." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O people! Give me your opinion. Do you recommend that I should destroy the families and offspring of those who want to stop us from the Kaʿba? If they should come to us (for peace) then Allah will destroy a spy from the pagans, or otherwise we will leave them in a miserable state." On that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah Apostle! You have come with the intention of visiting this House (i.e. Kaʿba) and you do not want to kill or fight anybody. So proceed to it, and whoever should stop us from it, we will fight him." On that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Proceed on, in the Name of Allah !" (Using translation from Bukhārī 4178)
أَنَّ مِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ وَمَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ قَالَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا أَتَى ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ قَلَّدَ الْهَدْيَ وَأَشْعَرَهُ وَأَحْرَمَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ بَعَثَ عَيْنَا لَهُ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ وَسَارَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً بِالْأَشْطَاطِ أَتَاهُ عَيْنُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا جَمَعُوا لَكَ جُمُوعًا وَجَمَعُوا لَكَ الْأَحَابِيشَ وَإِنَّهُمْ مُقَاتِلُوكَ وَصَادُّوكَ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ أَتَرَوْنَ أَنْ نَمِيلَ عَلَى ذَرَارِيِّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ أَعَانُوا عَلَيْنَا فَإِنْ نَجَوْا يَكُونُ اللهُ قَدْ قَطَعَ عُنُقًا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ وَإِلَّا تَرَكْتُهُمْ مَحْرُوبِينَ مَوْتُورِينَ؟» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّمَا خَرَجْتُ لِهَذَا الْوَجْهِ عَامِدًا لِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ لَا تُرِيدُ قِتَالَ أَحَدٍ فَتَوَجَّهْ لَهُ فَمَنْ صَدَّنَا عَنْهُ قَاتَلْنَاهُ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «امْضُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ»