سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب مَا يُؤْمَرُ مِنَ انْضِمَامِ الْعَسْكَرِ وَسِعَتِهِChapter: What Has Been Ordered Regarding Keeping The Army Close Together (When Camping).
Hadith 2628
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ قُبَيْسٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ جَبَلَةَ سَاحِلِ حِمْصٍ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ يَزِيدَ قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ مِشْكَمٍ أَبَا عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيُّ ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا نَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو : كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْزِلًا تَفَرَّقُوا فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ تَفَرُّقَكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ ، إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ، فَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا انْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى يُقَالُ لَوْ بُسِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبٌ لَعَمَّهُمْ " .
Narrated Abu Thalabah al-Khushani: When the people encamped, (the narrator Amr ibn Uthman al-Himsi) said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ encamped, the people scattered in the glens and wadis. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Your scattering in these glens and wadis is only of the devil. They afterwards kept close together when they encamped to such an extent that it used to be said that if a cloth were spread over them, it would cover them all.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
There are both apparent and spiritual benefits for the mujahideen and travelers in staying close to one another.
However, it should not be to such an extent that they become so crowded together
that they cause harm to one another,
as is mentioned in the following ahadith.
There are both apparent and spiritual benefits for the mujahideen and travelers in staying close to one another.
However, it should not be to such an extent that they become so crowded together
that they cause harm to one another,
as is mentioned in the following ahadith.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2628
