وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ : لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ أَصَبْنَا مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا ، فَاجْتَوَيْنَاهَا ، فَأَصَابَنَا بِهَا وَعَكٌ ، فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَتَخَبَّرُ عَنْ بَدْرٍ ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا سَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى بَدْرٍ - وَبَدْرٌ بِئْرٌ - فَسَبَقَنَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِلَيْهَا ، فَوَجَدْنَا فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، وَمَوْلًى لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ ، فَأَمَّا الْقُرَشِيُّ فَانْفَلَتَ ، وَأَمَّا مَوْلَى عُقْبَةَ ، فَأَخَذْنَاهُ فَجَعَلْنَا نَقُولُ لَهُ : كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ فَيَقُولُ : هُمْ وَاللَّهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ ، فَجَعَلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ " . فَقَالَ : هُمْ وَاللَّهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ . فَجَهَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ فَأَبَى ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سَأَلَهُ : " كَمْ يَنْحَرُونَ مِنَ الْجُزُرِ ؟ " . قَالَ : عَشْرٌ لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " الْقَوْمُ أَلْفٌ ، كُلُّ جَزُورٍ لِمِائَةٍ وَنَيِّفِهَا " . ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَصَابَنَا طَشٌّ مِنْ مَطَرٍ ; فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرِ وَالْحَجَفِ نَسْتَظِلُّ تَحْتَهَا مِنَ الْمَطَرِ ، وَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَدْعُو رَبَّهُ وَيَقُولُ : " اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تُهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْفِئَةَ لَا تُعْبَدْ " . قَالَ : فَلَمَّا أَنْ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ نَادَى : " الصَّلَاةَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ " . فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الشَّجَرِ وَالْحَجَفِ ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَحَضَّ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " إِنَّ جَمْعَ قُرَيْشٍ تَحْتَ هَذِهِ الضِّلْعِ الْحَمْرَاءِ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ " . فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْقَوْمُ وَصَافَّنَاهُمْ إِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ أَحْمَرَ يَسِيرُ فِي الْقَوْمِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " يَا عَلِيُّ ، نَادِ لِي حَمْزَةَ " . وَكَانَ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ : " مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ ؟ وَمَاذَا يَقُولُ لَهُمْ ؟ " .
ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنْ يَكُنْ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ يَأْمُرُ بِخَيْرٍ ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبَ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ " . فَجَاءَ حَمْزَةُ فَقَالَ : هُوَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ ، وَهُوَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْقِتَالِ وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ : يَا قَوْمِ ، إِنِّي أَرَى قَوْمًا مُسْتَمِيتِينَ لَا تَصِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَفِيكُمْ خَيْرٌ ، يَا قَوْمِ ، اعْصِبُوهَا الْيَوْمَ بِرَأْسِي وَقُولُوا : جَبُنَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ ، وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِأَجْبَنِكُمْ .
فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ : أَنْتَ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ غَيْرُكَ يَقُولُ لَأَعْضَضْتُهُ ، قَدْ مَلَأَتْ رِئَتُكَ جَوْفَكَ رُعْبًا ، فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ : إِيَّايَ تَعْنِي يَا مُصَفِّرَ اسْتِهِ ، سَتَعْلَمُ الْيَوْمَ أَيُّنَا الْجَبَانُ ؟ قَالَ : فَبَرَزَ عُتْبَةُ ، وَأَخُوهُ شَيْبَةُ ، وَابْنُهُ الْوَلِيدُ حَمِيَّةً ، فَقَالُوا : مَنْ يُبَارِزُ ؟ فَخَرَجَ فِتْيَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سِتَّةٌ ، فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ : لَا نُرِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ ، وَلَكِنْ يُبَارِزُنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَمِّنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ ، وَقُمْ يَا حَمْزَةُ ، وَقُمْ يَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ " . فَقَتَلَ اللَّهُ شَيْبَةَ وَعُتْبَةَ ابْنَيْ رَبِيعَةَ وَالْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ ، وَخَرَجَ عُبَيْدَةُ ، فَقَتَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ سَبْعِينَ وَأَسَرْنَا سَبْعِينَ .
فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَصِيرٌ بِالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَسِيرًا ، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ هَذَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَسَرَنِي ، أَسَرَنِي رَجُلٌ أَجْلَحُ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ أَبْلَقَ مَا أَرَاهُ فِي الْقَوْمِ ، فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ : أَنَا أَسَرْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ : " اسْكُتْ فَقَدْ أَيَّدَكَ اللَّهُ بِمَلَكٍ كَرِيمٍ " .
قَالَ عَلِيٌّ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - : فَأَسَرْنَا وَأَسَرْنَا مِنْ بَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ الْعَبَّاسَ وَعَقِيلًا وَنَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ .
قُلْتُ : رَوَى أَبُو دَاوُدَ مِنْهُ طَرَفًا . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مَضْرِبٍ وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ .
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When we came to Madinah and ate its fruits, they did not agree with us, and we came down with fever. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept seeking news about Badr. When the news reached us that the polytheists were approaching, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for Badr (Badr is a well). The polytheists got there before us. There we found two of their men: one man belonged to Quraysh, and one was a slave of Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt. As for the Qurashi man, he ran away; as for Uqbah's slave, we seized him and asked him: "How many are those people?" He replied: "By Allah, those people are many in number and they have plenty of weapons." Whenever he said this, the Muslims would start beating him, until they brought him to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "How many are those people?" He said: "By Allah, those people are many in number and they have plenty of weapons." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tried to get him to tell him the correct figure, but he would not. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "How many camels have those people slaughtered?" He said: "They slaughter ten camels every day." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They will be a thousand; one camel will be for around a hundred people." Then we faced a little trouble because of rain, and we came under a tree; beneath that tree we were protecting ourselves from the rain with shields. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept supplicating to his Lord all night, saying: "O Allah, if You destroy this group, then You will not be worshipped." Then, when true dawn broke, he announced: "O servants of Allah, pray!" The people came out from under the tree and the shields. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer and urged us to fight. Then he said: "Quraysh will be gathered beneath this red part of this mountain." When the enemy drew near and we had formed our rows facing them, one of their men was moving among the people on his red camel. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ali, call Hamzah." He was at that time the closest of them to the polytheists. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is this man on the red camel, and what is he saying to them?" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If anyone among the enemy speaks of good, it will be this man on the red camel." Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) came and reported: "He is Utbah bin Rabi'ah, and he is stopping the people from fighting and saying to them: 'O my people, I have seen people who are ready to die; when you reach them, things will not go well for you. O my people, tie today's band on my head (that is, put the blame on me) and say that Utbah bin Rabi'ah turned coward, although you know that I am not a coward.'" When Abu Jahl heard this, he said: "You are saying this? By Allah, had anyone other than you said this, I would have reviled him. Terror has filled you." Utbah said: "O you who know nothing of hardship! Are you saying this to me? Today you will find out which of us is the coward." The narrator states: Then Utbah, his brother Shaybah and his son al-Walid came forward to fight and said: "Who will come out against us?" Some young men from the Ansar came out. Utbah said: "We do not want to fight these; rather, let our cousins from Banu Abd al-Muttalib come out against us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ali, stand up! O Hamzah, stand up! O Ubaydah bin al-Harith bin al-Muttalib, stand up!" Allah Almighty had the two sons of Rabi'ah, Shaybah and Utbah, killed, and had al-Walid bin Utbah killed too. Sayyiduna Ubaydah bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) was wounded. In this battle we killed seventy of their men and took seventy prisoners. A short man from the Ansar brought Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) as a prisoner. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, this man did not capture me. Rather, I was captured by a man who was extremely handsome, with the hair receded from the sides of his head, riding a fine horse; I do not see him among the people." The Ansari submitted: "O Messenger of Allah, I captured him." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be quiet! Allah Almighty has helped you by means of a noble angel." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: From the descendants of Abd al-Muttalib we took Abbas, Aqil and Nawfal bin al-Harith prisoner. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Abu Dawud recorded part of this narration.
Ahmad and al-Bazzar recorded it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except Harithah bin Mudarrib, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).