صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب المغازيThe Book of Al- Maghazi
بَابُ غَزْوَةُ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهْيَ الأَحْزَابُ:Chapter. The Ghazwa of Al-Khandaq which is called Al-Ahzab Battle.
Hadith 4109
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ , حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ , عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ , عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ , قَالَ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ : " نَغْزُوهُمْ وَلَا يَغْزُونَنَا " .
Narrated Sulaiman bin Surd: On the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. clans) the Prophet said, (After this battle) we will go to attack them(i.e. the infidels) and they will not come to attack us."
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Footnote:
In Sahih Bukhari, only this one hadith is narrated from Sulaiman bin Surad (radi Allahu anhu).
He was the eldest among those who set out from Kufa to seek retribution for the blood of Husayn (radi Allahu anhu).
However, at the place of Ayn al-Wardah, he was killed along with his companions.
This incident took place in the year 65 AH.
(Fath)
In Sahih Bukhari, only this one hadith is narrated from Sulaiman bin Surad (radi Allahu anhu).
He was the eldest among those who set out from Kufa to seek retribution for the blood of Husayn (radi Allahu anhu).
However, at the place of Ayn al-Wardah, he was killed along with his companions.
This incident took place in the year 65 AH.
(Fath)
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 4109
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Just as the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had foretold, so it happened.
In the following year, the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah took place, in which the Quraysh entered into an agreement with him, but then they themselves broke it, as a result of which the Conquest of Makkah occurred.
(Fath)
Just as the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had foretold, so it happened.
In the following year, the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah took place, in which the Quraysh entered into an agreement with him, but then they themselves broke it, as a result of which the Conquest of Makkah occurred.
(Fath)
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 4110
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
The Battle of Ahzab was a psychological war.
There was no bloody confrontation in it.
Despite this, it proved to be a decisive turning point; thus, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplicated to Allah on the Day of Ahzab:
“O Allah! Revealer of the Book, Swift in reckoning, defeat these confederate armies.
O Allah! Defeat them and shake them thoroughly.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Jihad wal-Siyar, Hadith: 2933)
Ultimately, as a result of the Messenger of Allah’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplications and timely strategic planning, the morale of the polytheists was broken, discord spread among their ranks, and they fell into disarray. It also became clear that no power in Arabia could eliminate this small Muslim state, because the strength that had been mustered in the Battle of Ahzab was more than what the Arabs could ever again assemble.
On this basis, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) foretold:
“Now we will attack them; they will not attack us. Rather, our army will go towards them.”
His prophecy was fulfilled word for word.
The following year, in 6 AH, he set out for ‘umrah.
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah took place, which became the cause for the Conquest of Makkah.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) has written, referencing Musnad al-Bazzar, that when Quraysh gathered many groups on the Day of Ahzab, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“In the future, these people will not attack you; rather, from today onwards, you will attack them.”
(Kashf al-Astar ‘ala Zawa’id Musnad al-Bazzar: 2/221 and Fath al-Bari: 7/506)
The Battle of Ahzab was a psychological war.
There was no bloody confrontation in it.
Despite this, it proved to be a decisive turning point; thus, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplicated to Allah on the Day of Ahzab:
“O Allah! Revealer of the Book, Swift in reckoning, defeat these confederate armies.
O Allah! Defeat them and shake them thoroughly.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Jihad wal-Siyar, Hadith: 2933)
Ultimately, as a result of the Messenger of Allah’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplications and timely strategic planning, the morale of the polytheists was broken, discord spread among their ranks, and they fell into disarray. It also became clear that no power in Arabia could eliminate this small Muslim state, because the strength that had been mustered in the Battle of Ahzab was more than what the Arabs could ever again assemble.
On this basis, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) foretold:
“Now we will attack them; they will not attack us. Rather, our army will go towards them.”
His prophecy was fulfilled word for word.
The following year, in 6 AH, he set out for ‘umrah.
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah took place, which became the cause for the Conquest of Makkah.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) has written, referencing Musnad al-Bazzar, that when Quraysh gathered many groups on the Day of Ahzab, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“In the future, these people will not attack you; rather, from today onwards, you will attack them.”
(Kashf al-Astar ‘ala Zawa’id Musnad al-Bazzar: 2/221 and Fath al-Bari: 7/506)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 4110
