Al Miqdad bin Al Aswad reported that he said “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم tell me if I meet a man who is a disbeliever and he fights with me and cuts off one hand of mine with the sword and then takes refuge by a tree and says “I embraced Islam for Allah’s sake. Should I kill him, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم after he uttered it (the credo of Islam)? The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said “Do not kill him”. I said “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, he cut off my hand. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said, Do not kill him. I f you kill him, he will become like you before you kill him and you will become like him before he uttered his credo which he has uttered now.
Read More..Narrated Jarir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم sent an expedition to Khath'am. Some people sought protection by having recourse to prostration, and were hastily killed. When the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم heard that, he ordered half the blood-wit to be paid for them, saying: I am not responsible for any Muslim who stays among polytheists. They asked: Why, Messenger of Allah? He said: Their fires should not be visible to one another. Abu Dawud said: Hushaim, Mamar, Khalid bin al-Wasiti and a group of narrators have also narrated it, but did not mention Jarir.
Read More..Ibn Abbas said “When the verse “If there are twenty amongst you patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred” was revealed. It was heavy and troublesome for Muslims when Allaah prescribed for them that one (fighting Muslim) should not fly from ten (fighting Non-Muslims). Then a light commandment was revealed saying “For the present Allaah hath lightened your (task). ” The narrator Abu Tawbah recited the verse to “they will vanquish two hundred. ” When Allaah lightened the number, patient and perseverance also decreased according to the number lightened from them. ”
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Ibn Umar was sent with a detachment of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. The people wheeled round in flight. He said: I was one of those who wheeled round in flight. When we stopped, we said (i. e. thought): How should we do? We have run away from the battlefield and deserve Allah's wrath. Then we said (thought): Let us enter Madina, stay there, and go there while no one sees us. So we entered (Madina) and thought: If we present ourselves before the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, and if there is a change of repentance for us, we shall stay; if there is something else, we shall go away. So we sat down (waiting) for the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم before the dawn prayer. When he came out, we stood up to him and said: We are the ones who have fled. He turned to us and said: No, you are the ones who return to fight after wheeling away. We then approached and kissed his hand, and he said; I am the main body of the Muslims.
Read More..Abu Saeed said “The verse “If any do turn his back to them on such a day” was revealed on the day of the Battle of Badr. ”
Read More..Khabbab said “We came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم while he was reclining on an outer garment in the shade of the Kaabah. Complaining to him we said “Do you not ask Allaah for help for us? And do you not pray to Allaah for us? He sat aright turning red in his face and said “A man before you (i. e., in ancient times) was caught and a pit was dug for him in the earth and then a saw was brought placed on his head and it was broken into two pieces but that did not turn him away from his religion. They were combed in iron combs in flesh and sinews above the bones. Even that did not turn them away from their religion. I swear by Allaah, Allaah will accomplish this affair until a rider will travel between San’a and Hadramaut and he will not fear anyone except Allaah, Most High (nor will he fear the attack of) a wolf on his sheep, but you are making haste.
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