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tabarani:7318Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Ṣuhayb > Kān Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to move his lips with something during the days of Hunayn when he prayed the morning prayers. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah, you used to continue moving your lips with something after the morning prayers, but you do not do so now." He said, "A prophet before us was fascinated by the large number of his nation, so he said something without the inspiration of Allah to him. So Allah inspired him that the best of your nation is one of three things: either they will be afflicted with death, or with the enemy, or with hunger." So he offered them that, and they said, "We cannot bear hunger or fight the enemy, but death." And seventy thousand of them died within three days. And today I say, "O Allah, with You I strive and with You I seek assistance and with You I fight."

الطبراني:٧٣١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ ثَابِتًا الْبُنَانِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى أَنَّ صُهَيْبًا قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ بِشَيْءٍ فِي أَيَّامِ حُنَيْنٍ إِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا تَزَالُ تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَكُنْتَ لَا تَفْعَلُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيًّا كَانَ قَبْلَنَا أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ لَا يَدُومُ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ شَيْئًا فَأَوْحَى الله ﷻ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ خَيْرَ أُمَّتِكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ إِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ أَوِ الْعَدُوَّ أَوِ الْجُوعَ فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا أَمَّا الْجُوعُ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِالْعَدُوِّ وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَقُولُ اللهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ

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The Prophet’s supplication at Hunayn

ahmad:18933Wakīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Laylā > Ṣuhayb

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was moving his lips during the days of Hunayn with something he had not done before that. He said: Then the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, there was a prophet among those before you whose nation impressed him, and he said, 'These people will not be overcome by anything.' Then Allah revealed to him to let them choose one of three: either I will set against them an enemy from outside them who will ravage them, or hunger, or death." He said: So they said, "As for killing or hunger, we have no strength for that, but death." He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Then seventy thousand died in three days." He said: Then he said: "So now I say: O Allah, by You I strive, by You I charge, and by You I fight."

أحمد:١٨٩٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَفْعَلُهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «إِنَّ نَبِيًّا كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ أُمَّتُهُ، فَقَالَ: لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ. فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ خَيِّرْهُمْ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَعَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ، أَوِ الْجُوعَ، أَوِ الْمَوْتَ». قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: أَمَّا الْقَتْلُ أَوِ الْجُوعُ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ، وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ. قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «فَمَاتَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا». قَالَ: فَقَالَ: «فَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أَصُولُ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ».

The Prophet’s supplication after Fajr at Hunayn

ahmad:18940ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Laylā > Ṣuhayb

[AI] that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, during the days of Hunayn, used to move his lips after the Fajr prayer with something we had not seen him do before. So we said: O Messenger of Allah, we see you doing something you did not used to do; what is this that you are moving your lips with? He said: "A prophet among those before you was impressed by the large number of his nation, and said that nothing would be able to overcome them. So Allah revealed to him to give his nation the choice between one of three: either that We set against them an enemy from outside them who would overrun them, or hunger, or that I send death upon them. So he consulted them, and they said: As for the enemy, we have no strength against them; as for hunger, we have no patience for it; but death. So death was sent upon them, and seventy thousand of them died in three days." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "So now I say, on seeing their great number: O Allah, by You I strive, by You I contend, and by You I fight."

أحمد:١٨٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَرَاهُ يَفْعَلُهُ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا نَرَاكَ تَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُهُ، فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّ نَبِيًّا فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ، فَقَالَ: لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ خَيِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ نُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ، أَوِ الْجُوعَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ. فَشَاوَرَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: أَمَّا الْعَدُوُّ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمْ، وَأَمَّا الْجُوعُ فَلَا صَبْرَ لَنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنِ الْمَوْتُ. فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا». قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «فَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ، حَيْثُ رَأَى كَثْرَتَهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ».

nasai-kubra:8579Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān > Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Ibn Abū Laylá > Ṣuhayb

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to move his lips after the Fajr prayer on the days of Hunayn. So they said, "O Messenger of Allah, you move your lips with something?" He said, "Indeed, a prophet from among those before you mentioned a word that his ummah (nation) admired the abundance of. So he said, 'None of these people will underestimate anything.' So Allah inspired to him to choose for his nation one of three options: to unleash upon them an enemy from among themselves who will take them as captives, or to inflict them with hunger, or to send death upon them.' So they said, 'As for hunger and the enemy, we cannot endure them. But as for death, send death upon them.' So seventy thousand of them died in one night. And I say, 'O Allah, it is with You that I strive, it is with You that I compete, and it is with You that I fight.'"

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٥٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّكَ تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ بِشَيْءٍ؟» قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيًّا مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَدٌ بِشَيْءٍ فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ خَيِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيَحَهُمْ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْجُوعَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتَ؟ فَقَالُوا «أَمَّا الْجُوعُ وَالْعَدُوُّ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمَا وَلَكِنَّ الْمَوْتَ فَأُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتُ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا» فَأَنَا أَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ»

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"إِنَّ نَبِيًا من الأَنبياءِ أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ، فقال: من يقومُ لهولأُءِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّه إليهِ: أَن خَيِّر أُمتَّكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثلاث: إِمَّا أَنْ أُسَلِّطَ عليهم الموتَ، أَو الْعَدُوَّ، أَو الجوعَ؛ فَعَرضَ لَهُمْ ذِلكَ فقالوَا: أَنت نبىُّ اللَّه نَكِلُ ذلِكَ إِليكَ، فَخِرْ لَنَا، فَقَامَ إِلى

صلاتِهِ وكانوا يَفْزَعُونَ إِذا فزِعوا إلى الصلاِة؛ فَصَلَّى فقال: أَمَّا الجِوعُ فلا طاقةَ لنا به: ولا طاقةَ لنا بالْعَدُوِّ ولكن الموتُ. فَسُلِّطَ عليهم الموتُ فمات منهم في ثلاثة أيَّامٍ سبْعُون أَلفًا فأَنا اليومَ أَقولُ: اللهمَّ بِكَ أُحاوِلُ، وبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ، وبكَ أُقَاتل ولا حولَ ولا قوَّةَ إِلا باللَّه".

[حم] أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن صُهيب