Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: from 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) looked over the idolaters, and there were a thousand of them, while his Companions were three-hundred and ten and some odd number of men. So the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) faced the Qiblah, stretched forth his hands and began beseeching his Lord: 'O Allah! Fulfill what You promised for me. [O Allah! Bring about what You promised for me] O Allah! If you destroy this band of adherents to Islam, you will not be worshiped upon the earth,' He continued beseeching his Lord with his hands stretched, facing the Qiblah until his Rida fell from his shoulders. Abu Bakr came to him, took his Rida and placed it back upon his shoulders, then embraced him from behind and said: 'O Prophet of Allah! You have sufficiently beseeched your Lord, indeed He shall fulfill what He promised you.' So Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: When you sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): 'I will help you with a thousand of the angels in succession (8:9).'
Read More..Narrated Abu Burdah bin Abi Musa: from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah sent down two guarantees of safety for the benefit of my Ummah: And Allah would not punish them while you are among them, nor will He punish them while they seek forgiveness (8:33). So when I pass, I leave seeking forgiveness among them until the Day of Resurrection.
Read More..Narrated 'Uqbah bin 'Amir: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited this Ayah upon the Minbar: And make ready against them all you can of power (8:60). He said: Verily! Power is shooting - three times - Verily! Allah will open the earth for you and suffice you with supplies, so let none of you forsake practicing with his arrows.
Read More..Narrated 'Amr bin Murrah: that Abu 'Ubaidah bin 'Abdullah narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud who said: On the Day of Badr, when the captives were brought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said 'What do you say about these captives?' So he mentioned the story. And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said 'Not one of them should be released without a ransom, or a blow to the neck.' So 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: O Messenger of Allah! With the exception of Suhail bin Baidam for indeed I heard him mentioning Islam. He said: So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was silent. He said: I have not seen a day upon which I was more fearful of stones falling from the heavens upon my head that the day. [He said:] Until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Except for Suhail bin Al-Baida.' He said: And the Qur'an was revealed in accordance with the view of 'Umar. 'It is not (fitting) for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he has fought (his enemies thoroughly) in the land...' until the end of the Ayat.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: None of the black heads (meaning the Children of Adam since (most of) their heads are black) before you partook of spoils of war, but fire from the heavens would be sent down upon them, consuming them. Sulaiman (one of the narrators) said No one says this except for Abu Hurairah now. So on the day of Badr when they had the spoils of war before it was made lawful for them, Allah [Most High] revealed: Were it not a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe torment would have touched you for what you took.
Read More..Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: I said to 'Uthman bin 'Affan: 'What was your reasoning with Al-Anfal - while it is from the Muthani (Surah with less than one-hundred Ayat), and Bara'ah while it is from the Mi'in (Surah with about one-hundred Ayat), then you put them together, without writing the line Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim between them, and you placed them with the seven long (Surah) - why did you do that?' So 'Uthman said: 'A long time might pass upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) without anything being revealed to him, and then sometimes a Surah with numerous (Ayat) might be revealed. So when something was revealed, he would call for someone who could write, and say: Put these Ayat in the Surah which mentions this and that in it. When an Ayah was revealed, he would say: Put this Ayah in the Surah which mentions this and that in it. Now Al-Anfal was among the first of those revealed in Al-Madinah, and Bara'ah among the last of those revealed of the Qur'an, and its narrations (those of Bara'ah) resembled its narrations (those of Al-Anfal), so we thought that it was part of it. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, and it was not made clear to us whether it was part of it. So it is for this reason that we put them together without writing Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim between them, and we put that with the seven long (Surahs).'
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