Sahih Muslim Book - 32, Hadith - 4588

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِىِّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنِى سِمَاكٌ الْحَنَفِىُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ الْحَنَفِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنِى أَبُو زُمَيْلٍ - هُوَ سِمَاكٌ الْحَنَفِىُّ - حَدَّثَنِى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ نَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَهُمْ أَلْفٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً فَاسْتَقْبَلَ نَبِىُّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- الْقِبْلَةَ ثُمَّ مَدَّ يَدَيْهِ فَجَعَلَ يَهْتِفُ بِرَبِّهِ « اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِزْ لِى مَا وَعَدْتَنِى اللَّهُمَّ آتِ مَا وَعَدْتَنِى اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تَهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الإِسْلاَمِ لاَ تُعْبَدْ فِى الأَرْضِ ». فَمَازَالَ يَهْتِفُ بِرَبِّهِ مَادًّا يَدَيْهِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ حَتَّى سَقَطَ رِدَاؤُهُ عَنْ مَنْكِبَيْهِ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ الْتَزَمَهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ. وَقَالَ يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ كَذَاكَ مُنَاشَدَتُكَ رَبَّكَ فَإِنَّهُ سَيُنْجِزُ لَكَ مَا وَعَدَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ أَنِّى مُمِدُّكُمْ بِأَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ مُرْدِفِينَ) فَأَمَدَّهُ اللَّهُ بِالْمَلاَئِكَةِ. قَالَ أَبُو زُمَيْلٍ فَحَدَّثَنِى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَشْتَدُّ فِى أَثَرِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَمَامَهُ إِذْ سَمِعَ ضَرْبَةً بِالسَّوْطِ فَوْقَهُ وَصَوْتَ الْفَارِسِ يَقُولُ أَقْدِمْ حَيْزُومُ. فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِ أَمَامَهُ فَخَرَّ مُسْتَلْقِيًا فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ خُطِمَ أَنْفُهُ وَشُقَّ وَجْهُهُ كَضَرْبَةِ السَّوْطِ فَاخْضَرَّ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعُ. فَجَاءَ الأَنْصَارِىُّ فَحَدَّثَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ « صَدَقْتَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مَدَدِ السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ ». فَقَتَلُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ سَبْعِينَ وَأَسَرُوا سَبْعِينَ. قَالَ أَبُو زُمَيْلٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَلَمَّا أَسَرُوا الأُسَارَى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لأَبِى بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ « مَا تَرَوْنَ فِى هَؤُلاَءِ الأُسَارَى ». فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ هُمْ بَنُو الْعَمِّ وَالْعَشِيرَةِ أَرَى أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُمْ فِدْيَةً فَتَكُونُ لَنَا قُوَّةً عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ فَعَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُمْ لِلإِسْلاَمِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « مَا تَرَى يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ». قُلْتُ لاَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَرَى الَّذِى رَأَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَكِنِّى أَرَى أَنْ تُمَكِّنَّا فَنَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ فَتُمَكِّنَ عَلِيًّا مِنْ عَقِيلٍ فَيَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ وَتُمَكِّنِّى مِنْ فُلاَنٍ - نَسِيبًا لِعُمَرَ - فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ فَإِنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ أَئِمَّةُ الْكُفْرِ وَصَنَادِيدُهَا فَهَوِىَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- مَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَمْ يَهْوَ مَا قُلْتُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ جِئْتُ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ قَاعِدَيْنِ يَبْكِيَانِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِى مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ تَبْكِى أَنْتَ وَصَاحِبُكَ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُ بُكَاءً بَكَيْتُ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْ بُكَاءً تَبَاكَيْتُ لِبُكَائِكُمَا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « أَبْكِى لِلَّذِى عَرَضَ عَلَىَّ أَصْحَابُكَ مِنْ أَخْذِهِمُ الْفِدَاءَ لَقَدْ عُرِضَ عَلَىَّ عَذَابُهُمْ أَدْنَى مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ ». شَجَرَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنْ نَبِىِّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم-. وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (مَا كَانَ لِنَبِىٍّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرَى حَتَّى يُثْخِنَ فِى الأَرْضِ) إِلَى قَوْلِهِ (فَكُلُوا مِمَّا غَنِمْتُمْ حَلاَلاً طَيِّبًا) فَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْغَنِيمَةَ لَهُمْ.

'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: On the day of (the battle of) Badr, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) looked at the idolaters and saw that they numbered one thousand, whilst his Companions numbered three hundred and nineteen. The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) turned to face the Qiblah, then he stretched forth his hands and started supplicating to his Lord (saying): "O Allah, accomplish for me what You have promised me! O Allah, give me what You have promised me! O Allah, if this small band of Muslims is destroyed, You will not be worshiped on earth." He kept calling out to his Lord, stretching out his hands and facing towards the Qiblah, until his cloak fell from his shoulders. Abu Bakr came to him, picked up his cloak and put it on his shoulders. Then he embraced him from behind and said: O Prophet of Allah, this prayer of yours to your Lord will suffice you, for He will accomplish for you what He has promised to you. Then Allah revealed the words: "(Remember) when you sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): 'I will help you with a thousand of the angels each behind the other (following one another) in succession"' [Al-Anfal 8:9]. And Allah supported him by means of the angels. Abu Zumayl said: Ibn 'Abbas said: Whilst a Muslim man was pursuing a Mushrik man that day, he heard the crack of a whip above him, and the sound of a rider above him, saying: Onward, Hayzum! He looked at the Mushrik in front of him, who had fallen down on his back, and saw that he had been struck on the nose, and his face was cut as if with a whip, and it had turned green. The Ansari came and told the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about that and he said: "You have spoken the truth. That is part of the reinforcements from the third heaven." And on that day they killed seventy and took seventy prisoners. Abu Zumayl said: Ibn 'Abbas said: When the prisoners were captured, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to Abu Bakr and 'Umar: "What do you think (we should do) with these prisoners?" Abu Bakr said: O Prophet of Allah, they are our cousins and kinsmen. I think that you should accept a ransom for them, which will strengthen us against the Kuffar, and perhaps Allah will guide them to Islam. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "What do you think, O son of Al-Khattab?" I said: No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah. I do not think as Abu Bakr thinks. I think that you should hand them over to us so that we may strike their necks. You should hand 'Aqil over to 'Ali so that he may strike his neck, and you should hand over so-and-so - a relative of 'Umar's - to me so that I may strike his neck, for these are the leaders and prominent figures of Kufr. But the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) inclined towards the view of Abu Bakr, and he did not incline towards what I said. The next day, I came and found the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and Abu Bakr sitting and weeping. I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me why you and your companion are weeping. If I find it is a cause for weeping, I will weep too, and if it is not, then I will make myself weep with you. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "I am weeping because of what your companions suggested about accepting a ransom for the prisoners. I have been shown their punishment as close as this tree" - a tree that was close to the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w). Then Allah revealed the words: "It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allah desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise. Were it not a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe torment would have touched you for what you took. So enjoy what you have gotten of booty in war, lawful and good" [Al-Anfal 8:67-69]. And Allah permitted the booty to them.