حَدَّثَنَا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ ، أَنَّ
عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ
عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنْ سَرَايَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ حَاصَ ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا بَرَزْنَا قُلْنَا كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ وَقَدْ فَرَرْنَا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ وَبُؤْنَا بِالْغَضَبِ ، فَقُلْنَا : نَدْخُلُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَتَثَبَّتُ فِيهَا وَنَذْهَبُ وَلَا يَرَانَا أَحَدٌ ، قَالَ : فَدَخَلْنَا فَقُلْنَا لَوْ عَرَضْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَنَا تَوْبَةٌ أَقَمْنَا ، وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ ذَهَبْنَا ، قَالَ : فَجَلَسْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قُمْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا : نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ ، فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ : " لَا بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ ، قَالَ : فَدَنَوْنَا فَقَبَّلْنَا يَدَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّا فِئَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Ibn Umar was sent with a detachment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. 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 ﷺ, 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 ﷺ 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.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Imam Tirmidhi has written the translation of (al-‘akkār) as follows:
The person who flees towards the Imam,
so that he may assist him.
It does not mean merely fleeing from the battle.
(Jami‘ Tirmidhi, al-Jihad, Hadith: 1716)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2647
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Urdu Footnote:
Note:
(The narrator of this hadith, Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, is weak.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1716