Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Badr, Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) and I helped Sayyiduna Ubaydah bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) against al-Walid bin Utbah. The narrator says: I think he also said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not object to us about that.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Husayn bin al-Husayn al-Ashqar, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and the majority declared da'if (weak).
Amir al-Sha'bi narrates: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "When did you receive the supplication (that is, the supplication granted to you by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him))?" He said: "On the day of Badr. I was shooting arrows standing in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I fitted an arrow to the bow and then prayed: 'O Allah, shake their feet, cast terror into their hearts, and do this and that to them!' And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Allah, accept the supplication of Sa'd!'" (Allamah al-Haythami says: I say: Al-Tirmidhi recorded part of this narration.)
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Mujalid bin Sa'id, who has been declared trustworthy despite his weakness.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: On the day of Badr, Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) fought alongside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) both as a horseman and as a foot soldier (that is, in both capacities).
Al-Bazzar recorded it with two chains, one of which is muttasil (connected) and the other mursal, and the narrators of both are thiqat (trustworthy).
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: On the day of Badr the distinctive mark of the angels was white turbans, with their ends hanging down their backs, and on the occasion of the Battle of Hunayn their mark was red turbans. But the angels took part in fighting only on the occasion of the Battle of Badr; otherwise they would be present to increase the numbers, but would not take part in the fighting.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ammar bin Abi Malik al-Janbi, whom al-Azdi declared da'if (weak).
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The angels fought alongside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only on the occasion of the Battle of Badr; apart from that, they were present only to increase the numbers. (On the occasion of the Battle of Badr) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had only two horses with him, one of which belonged to Sayyiduna al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) and the other to Sayyiduna Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Abd al-Aziz bin Imran, who is da'if (weak).
Al-Bahi narrates: On the occasion of the Battle of Badr there were two horsemen with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) was mounted on a horse and was stationed on the right wing, and Sayyiduna al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) was mounted on a horse and was stationed on the left wing.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and
this narration is mursal.
Abu al-Malih narrates from his father: On the occasion of the Battle of Badr, when the angels descended, their appearance was like that of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), and they were wearing yellow turbans.
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains al-Salt bin Dinar, who is matruk (abandoned).
Sayyiduna Abu Hazim al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Badr the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the shade, while his Companions were fighting in the sun. Sayyiduna Jibril came to him and said: "You are in the shade while the Muslims are fighting in the sun." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up and came out into the sun.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains al-Hasan bin Salih bin Abi al-Aswad, who is extremely da'if (weak).
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Badr, Sayyiduna Abu Barzah al-Harithi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) carrying three heads. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he said: "You have succeeded." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, as for two of them, I killed them both myself. But as for the third, I saw a handsome man of fair complexion with a beautiful face strike off his head." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That was so-and-so, one of the angels."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Abd al-Aziz bin Imran, who is da'if (weak).
Sayyiduna Abu Dawud al-Mazini (may Allah be pleased with him), who had the honour of taking part in the Battle of Badr, narrates: I went after a man from the polytheists in order to strike him, but his head fell before my sword reached him, and I realised that someone other than me had killed him.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a man who is not named.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the occasion of the Battle of Badr we were praying behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled during the prayer. When he had completed the prayer, we said: "O Messenger of Allah, we saw you smile." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Mika'il passed by me with traces of dust on his wing, returning from pursuing the enemy. He laughed on seeing me, so I smiled back at him."
Abu Ya'la recorded it. Its chain contains al-Wazi' bin Nafi', who is matruk (abandoned).
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: My father said: "O my son, I remember about us on the day of Badr that one of us would point his sword at a polytheist's head, and his head would fall off from his body before the sword (or the attacker) reached him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Muhammad bin Yahya al-Iskandarani; Ibn Yunus said: He narrated munkar (objectionable) reports.
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Usayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "O my nephew, if you and I were at Badr now and Allah Almighty then opened my sight, I would show you the valley from which the angels came out to us, without any doubt or uncertainty."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Salamah bin Rawh, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), while others declared him da'if (weak) because of carelessness in him.
Urwah narrates: On the day of Badr, Sayyiduna Jibril descended in the appearance of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), wearing a yellow turban.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and
this narration is mursal, and sahih (authentic) in its chain. Hadiths of this kind have already passed in the chapter on clothing.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: On the occasion of the Battle of Badr the enemy appeared few in our eyes, so much so that I asked my companion beside me: "What do you think, how many are they? Do you think they are seventy?" He said: "I think they are a hundred." Then we seized a man from among them and asked him, and he said: "We are a thousand."
Al-Tabarani recorded it.
Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "We heard a sound that came from the sky to the earth, like the sound of a pebble dropped into a basin. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) threw those pebbles, and we were routed."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).
Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the occasion of the Battle of Badr the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and he took a handful of pebbles. We (that is, the polytheists of Makkah) came before him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) threw them and said: "May these faces be disfigured!" And we were routed. Concerning this, Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "When you threw the pebbles, it was not you who threw them, but Allah Almighty who threw them."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Hand me a handful of pebbles." He handed them to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) threw them towards the enemy. Not a single one of the enemy remained whose eyes were not filled with those pebbles (that is, affected by them). Concerning this, this verse was revealed: "When you threw the pebbles, it was not you who threw them, but Allah Almighty who threw them."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.