Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: When the Trench was dug, I saw the Prophet in the state of severe hunger. So I returned to my wife and said, Have you got anything (to eat), for I have seen Allah's Apostle in a state of severe hunger. She brought out for me, a bag containing one Sa of barley, and we had a domestic she animal (i.e. a kid) which I slaughtered then, and my wife ground the barley and she finished at the time I finished my job (i.e. slaughtering the kid). Then I cut the meat into pieces and put it in an earthenware (cooking) pot, and returned to Allah's Apostle . My wife said, Do not disgrace me in front of Allah's Apostle and those who are with him. So I went to him and said to him secretly, O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered a she-animal (i.e. kid) of ours, and we have ground a Sa of barley which was with us. So please come, you and another person along with you. The Prophet raised his voice and said, O people of Trench ! Jabir has prepared a meal so let us go. Allah's Apostle said to me, Don't put down your earthenware meat pot (from the fireplace) or bake your dough till I come. So I came (to my house) and Allah's Apostle too, came, proceeding before the people. When I came to my wife, she said, May Allah do so-and-so to you. I said, I have told the Prophet of what you said. Then she brought out to him (i.e. the Prophet the dough, and he spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it. Then he proceeded towards our earthenware meat-pot and spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it. Then he said (to my wife). Call a lady-baker to bake along with you and keep on taking out scoops from your earthenware meat-pot, and do not put it down from its fireplace. They were onethousand (who took their meals), and by Allah they all ate, and when they left the food and went away, our earthenware pot was still bubbling (full of meat) as if it had not decreased, and our dough was still being baked as if nothing had been taken from it.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: As regards the following Qur'anic Verse:-- When they came on you from above and from below you (from east and west of the valley) and when the eyes grew wild and the hearts reached up to the throats..... (33.10) That happened on the day of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench).
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: The Prophet was carrying earth on the day of Al-Khandaq till his `Abdomen was fully covered with dust, and he was saying, By Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So (O Allah), please send Sakina (i.e. calmness) upon us, and make our feet firm if we meet the enemy as the enemy have rebelled against us, and if they intended affliction, (i.e. want to frighten us and fight against us then we would not flee but withstand them). The Prophet used to raise his voice saying, Abaina! Abaina! (i.e. would not, we would not).
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, I have been made victorious by As-Saba (i.e. an easterly wind) and the Ad nation was destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind).
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: When it was the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans) and Allah's Apostle dug the trench, I saw him carrying earth out of the trench till dust made the skin of his `Abdomen out of my sight and he was a hairy man. I heard him reciting the poetic verses composed by Ibn Rawaha while he was carrying the earth, O Allah! Without You we would not have been guided, nor would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So, (O Allah), please send Sakina (i.e. calmness) upon us and make our feet firm if we meet the enemy, as they have rebelled against us. And if they intend affliction (i.e. want to frighten us, and fight against us) then we would not (flee but withstand them). The Prophet would then prolong his voice at the last words.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: The first day (i.e. Ghazwa) I participated in, was the day of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench).
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