Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
The Arab disbelievers united and launched a fierce assault against Islam. The Qur’an refers to these confederates as "al-Ahzab." During the Battle of the Trench (Ghazwat al-Khandaq), the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplicated against them for defeat and humiliation. Consequently, Allah, the Exalted, broke their strength in such a way that the series of battles came to an end thereafter. The first hadith mentions this very supplication. Then, after the migration (hijrah), some weak Muslims were enduring hardships at the hands of the disbelievers in Makkah, so the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prayed to Allah, the Exalted, for their deliverance, which was accepted, and the oppressed Muslims were saved from the evil of the disbelievers. During those days, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) also supplicated against the tribe of Mudar, because this tribe from the east was, at that time, a severe opponent of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), as is explicitly mentioned in one narration. (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adhan, Hadith: 804) (2)
In the third narration, there is mention of the martyrdom of the Qurra (reciters) at the place of Bi’r Ma‘unah. The people of Najd treacherously martyred them, so the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) supplicated against the tribes of Ri‘l, Dhakwan, Banu Lihyan, and ‘Usayyah for forty days. (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Jihad wa’l-Siyar, Hadith: 2801)
All these ahadith mention the supplication of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) against the polytheists; for this reason, Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah has cited them. And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6394