Book 64: The Military Expeditions
Sahih al-Bukhari
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Abdullah bin Muhammad told us. Wahb narrated to us. Shu'bah told us. It is reported from Abu Ishaq. (He said:) I was sitting beside Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (ra) when he was asked: In how many expeditions did the Prophet (saw) go out? He said: Nineteen. Then he was asked: In how many expeditions did you take part in the company of the Holy Prophet (saw)? He said: In seventeen. (Abu Ishaq said:) I asked: Which was the first of the expeditions? He said: “Al-Ushair”, or he said: “Al-Usairah”. I mentioned this to Qatadah, and he said: “Al-Ushairah”.
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Ahmad bin Uthman told me. Shuraih bin Maslamah narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Yusuf told us. He reported from his father (Yusuf bin Ishaq), and his father (Yusuf) from Abu Ishaq (Sabi'i). He said: Amr bin Maimun narrated to me that he heard Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra). He related from Hazrat Sa'd bin Mu'adh (ra). He said: He was a friend of Umayyah bin Khalaf. When Umayyah passed through Medina, he stayed with Hazrat Sa'd (ra), and when Hazrat Sa'd (ra) passed through Mecca, he was the guest of Umayyah. When the Messenger of Allah (saw) had come to Medina, Hazrat Sa'd (ra) went to Mecca to perform Umrah and stayed with Umayyah. He said to Umayyah: Look out for some free time for me so that I may perform the circuits (Tawaf) of the House of Allah. So Umayyah went out with him close to midday. Abu Jahl met them and said: Abu Safwan! Who is this with you? He said: This is Sa'd (ra). Abu Jahl said to Hazrat Sa'd (ra): I see you performing the circuits in Mecca in safety, although you people have given refuge to these renegades (that is, the Muslims) and you imagine that you will be of use to them in a time of trouble and will help them. Look! If you were not with Abu Safwan, by God you would never return safe and sound to your family. Hazrat Sa'd (ra) said to Abu Jahl in a loud voice: If you stop me from this Umrah, by Allah I will stop you from something that will be harder on you than this, that is, your caravan route by Medina. Hearing this, Umayyah said to Hazrat Sa'd (ra): Sa'd (ra)! Do not raise your voice before Abul Hakam, the chief of the people of the valley. Sa'd said: Umayyah! Spare us these words of yours. By God! I have heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) saying that they (the Companions) will kill you. He asked: In Mecca? Hazrat Sa'd (ra) said: That I do not know. Hearing this from Hazrat Sa'd (ra), Umayyah became very frightened. When Umayyah went home, he said (to his wife Safiyyah or Karimah bint Ma'mar): O Umm Safwan! Did you hear what Sa'd (ra) said about me? She said: Why, what does Sa'd (ra) say? He said: He says that Muhammad (saw) has told them that they will kill me. I asked: In Mecca? And he answered: I do not know. Umayyah said: By God! I will not go out of Mecca at all. When the battle of Badr came, Abu Jahl called on the people to go out to fight. He said: Hurry to save your caravan. Umayyah did not like to go out. Abu Jahl came to Umayyah and said: Abu Safwan! When people see that you of all people have stayed behind, while you are the chief of the people of the valley, they too will stay behind with you. Abu Jahl kept persuading him, and at last Umayyah said: Very well, if you must compel me, then by God I will buy the very best camel in Mecca. After this Umayyah said: Umm Safwan! Get my things (for the journey) ready. She said to him: Have you forgotten what your brother from Yathrib said to you? He said: No, I only want to go a short distance with them. When Umayyah set out, at every halting place where he stopped he would tie up the knee of his camel. He kept taking this precaution until Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, destroyed him at Badr.
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Yahya bin Bukair narrated to me that Laith told us. He reported from Uqail, Uqail from Ibn Shihab, and Ibn Shihab from Abdur Rahman bin Abdullah bin Ka'b, that Abdullah bin Ka'b said: I heard Hazrat Ka'b bin Malik (ra). He said: I did not stay behind in any expedition (Ghazwah) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) undertook except the expedition of Tabuk. And as for my staying behind in the expedition of Badr, that was because the Messenger of Allah (saw) had set out with the intention of meeting the caravan of the Quraish, and no one was blamed for not joining it. And it came about that Allah brought the Muslims and their enemies face to face without any prior resolve to fight.
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Isra'il (bin Yunus) told us. He reported from Mukhariq (bin Abdullah), and Mukhariq from Tariq bin Shihab, who said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (ra). He said: I witnessed a scene from Miqdad bin Aswad (ra) which, had it been granted to me, would have been dearer to me than all the good deeds equal to it in reward. It happened like this: Miqdad (ra) came to the Prophet (saw) while he was praying against the idolaters and said: (O Messenger of Allah (saw)!) We will not say as the people of Moses said: ‘…go thou and thy Lord and fight…’ (Qur’an 5:25). No, rather we will fight on your right and on your left, in front of you and behind you. I saw the Prophet (saw): his face began to shine, and these words of Miqdad (ra) made him happy.
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Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Haushab told me: Abdul Wahhab narrated to us that Khalid (Hadhdha') told us. He reported from Ikrimah, and Ikrimah from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He said: On the day of the battle of Badr the Prophet (saw) prayed (to Allah the Exalted), saying: “O Allah! I implore You to fulfil Your covenant and Your promise. O Allah! If it is Your will that You are not worshipped…” Upon this Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) took hold of his hand and said: That is enough (the prayer you have made is sufficient). Then he (saw) came out (of the tent) saying: ‘The hosts shall soon be routed and will turn their backs in flight.’ (Qur’an 54:46)
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Ibrahim bin Musa narrated to me that Hisham informed us. Ibn Juraij told them, he said: Abdul Karim (bin Malik) informed me that he heard Miqsam, the freed slave of Abdullah bin Harith. He related from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) that the words “la yastawil qa'iduna minal mu'minina ghairu ulid-darar”, that is: ‘Those of the believers who sit still, excepting the disabled ones…’ (Qur’an 4:96), refer to those who did not take part in the battle of Badr and those who took part in it.
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Muslim bin Ibrahim narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He reported from Abu Ishaq, and Abu Ishaq from Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib (ra)). He said: At the time of the battle of Badr, (Abdullah) bin Umar (ra) and I were considered too young (under age).
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And (Imam Bukhari (rh) said:) Mahmud (bin Ghailan) narrated to me, (he said:) Wahb (bin Jarir) narrated to us. He reported from Shu'bah, he from Abu Ishaq, and he from Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib (ra)). He said: On the day of the battle of Badr, (Abdullah) bin Umar (ra) and I were considered too young, and in the battle of Badr the number of the Emigrants (Muhajirin) was a little over sixty and the Ansar (Helpers) were about two hundred and forty.
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Amr bin Khalid narrated to us. Zuhair (bin Mu'awiyah) told us that Abu Ishaq narrated to us. He said: I heard Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib) (ra). He said: Those Companions of Hazrat Muhammad (saw) who took part in the expedition of Badr told me that they were as many in number as those companions of Talut who crossed the river with him, that is, three hundred and ten odd. Hazrat Bara' (ra) said: By God, none but believers crossed the river with Talut.
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Abdullah bin Raja' narrated to me that Isra'il told us. He reported from Abu Ishaq, and Abu Ishaq from Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib (ra)). He said: We, the companions of Hazrat Muhammad (saw), used to say among ourselves that the people of Badr were as many in number as those companions of Talut who crossed the river with him, and none but believers crossed with him, who were three hundred and ten odd.
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Abdullah bin Abi Shaibah narrated to me that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He reported from Sufyan (Thauri), Sufyan from Abu Ishaq, and he from Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib (ra)). (Imam Bukhari (rh) said:) Muhammad bin Kathir narrated to us, (he said:) Sufyan (Thauri) informed us. He reported from Abu Ishaq, and Abu Ishaq from Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib) (ra). He said: We used to say that those who took part in the battle of Badr were three hundred and ten odd, as many as those companions of Talut who crossed the river with him, and none crossed the river with him except one who was a believer.
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Amr bin Khalid (Harrani) told me that Zuhair (bin Mu'awiyah) narrated to us that Abu Ishaq (Sabi'i) told us. He reported from Amr bin Maimun, and Amr from Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) faced the Ka'bah and invoked curses on some people of the Quraish, namely on Shaibah bin Rabi'ah, Utbah bin Rabi'ah, Walid bin Utbah and Abu Jahl bin Hisham. (Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra) said:) I bear witness, swearing by Allah, that I myself saw them lying felled on the field of Badr. The sun had disfigured their faces, and it was a very hot day.
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(Muhammad bin Abdullah) bin Numair narrated to us. Abu Usamah told us: Isma'il (bin Abi Khalid) narrated to us that Qais (bin Abi Hazim) told us. He reported from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra) that on the day of the battle of Badr he came to Abu Jahl while some life was still left in him. Abu Jahl said: How great a man is he whom you have killed?
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Ahmad bin Yunus narrated to us that Zuhair (bin Mu'awiyah) told us. (He said:) Sulaiman Taimi narrated to us that Hazrat Anas (ra) told them. He said that the Prophet (saw) said… (Imam Bukhari (rh) said:) Amr bin Khalid also narrated to me that Zuhair told us. He reported from Sulaiman Taimi, and Sulaiman from Hazrat Anas (ra). He said that the Prophet (saw) said (on the day of the battle of Badr): “Who will see what has become of Abu Jahl?” Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (ra) went and saw that the two sons of Afra' (Mu'adh and Mu'awwidh) had struck him (with swords) so much that he was near death. Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (ra) asked: Are you Abu Jahl? Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (ra) said that he took hold of Abu Jahl's beard. Abu Jahl said: Is there any man greater than the one you have killed? Or he said: Is there anyone greater than a man whom his own people have killed? Ahmad bin Yunus said in his narration that Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra) said these words: You are Abu Jahl (that is, without a question).
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Muhammad bin Muthanna narrated to me that Ibn Abi Adi told us that Sulaiman Taimi related from Hazrat Anas (ra). He said that on the day of the battle of Badr the Prophet (saw) said: “Who will see in what state Abu Jahl is?” Hearing this, (Hazrat Abdullah) bin Mas'ud (ra) went and saw that the two sons of Afra' had struck him so much that he was exhausted from his wounds. He took hold of his beard and said: Are you Abu Jahl? He replied: Is there anyone greater than a man whom his own people have killed? Or he said: whom you have killed? (Muhammad) bin Muthanna narrated to us that Mu'adh bin Mu'adh informed us that Sulaiman (Taimi) narrated to us that Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) told us the same.
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Ali bin Abdullah (Madini) narrated to us, he said: I wrote down this hadith after hearing it from Yusuf bin Majishun. He reported from Salih bin Ibrahim, Salih from his father, and he from his grandfather (Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (ra)), relating the same about the expedition of Badr, that is, the incident of the two sons of Afra'.
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Muhammad bin Abdullah Raqashi narrated to me that Mu'tamir (bin Sulaiman) told us, he said: I heard my father say: Abu Mijlaz (Lahiq bin Humaid) told us. He reported from Qais bin Ubad, and Qais from Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib (ra). He said: On the Day of Resurrection I shall be the first to kneel down before the Gracious God to settle the dispute. Qais bin Ubad said: It was about these very people that this verse was revealed: ‘These two are two disputants who dispute concerning their Lord…’ (Qur’an 22:20). He said: These are the people who came out on the battlefield on the day of Badr to fight one another: (on the side of the Muslims) Hazrat Hamzah (ra), Hazrat Ali (ra) and Hazrat Ubaidah (ra), or he said Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Harith (ra), and (on the side of the disbelievers) Shaibah bin Rabi'ah, Utbah bin Rabi'ah and Walid bin Utbah.
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Qabisah narrated to us that Sufyan (Thauri) told us. He reported from Abu Hashim, Abu Hashim from Abu Mijlaz, Abu Mijlaz from Qais bin Ubad, and Qais from Hazrat Abu Dharr (ra). He said that the verse “hadhani khasmani” ‘These two are two disputants who dispute concerning their Lord…’ (Qur’an 22:20) was revealed about six men of the Quraish: Hazrat Ali (ra), Hazrat Hamzah (ra), Hazrat Ubaidah bin Harith (ra), and Shaibah bin Rabi'ah, Utbah bin Rabi'ah and Walid bin Utbah.
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Ishaq bin Ibrahim Sawwaf narrated to us that Yusuf bin Ya'qub told us. He used to stay in the quarter of Banu Dubai'ah, and he was a freed slave of Banu Sadus. (He said:) Sulaiman Taimi told us. He reported from Abu Mijlaz, and Abu Mijlaz from Qais bin Ubad, who said: Hazrat Ali (ra) used to say: The verse “hadhani khasmani” ‘These two are two disputants who dispute concerning their Lord…’ (Qur’an 22:20) was revealed about us.
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Yahya bin Ja'far narrated to us that Waki' (bin Jarrah) told us. He reported from Sufyan (Thauri), Sufyan from Abu Hashim, Abu Hashim from Abu Mijlaz, and Abu Mijlaz from Qais bin Ubad. (He said:) I heard Hazrat Abu Dharr (ra) say on oath: These verses (“hadhani khasmani”, that is: ‘These two are two disputants who dispute concerning their Lord…’ (Qur’an 22:20)) were revealed about six men on the day of the battle of Badr. He too related it as has gone before.
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