Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: When the day of Khaybar came, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man towards the enemy, but he became cowardly. Then Muhammad bin Maslamah came and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have never seen anything like today, then he began to weep. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not wish to meet the enemy, and ask Allah for safety and well-being. You do not know with which of these things you will be tested. When you meet them, say: Allahumma anta rabbuna wa rabbuhum wa nawāsīnā biyadik wa innamā taqtuluhum anta (O Allah! You are our Lord and their Lord, our forelocks are in Your hand, and You alone will kill them)." Then sit on the ground; when they come, then stand up and say takbeer (Allahu Akbar). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tomorrow I will send a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him; he will not turn his back and flee." When the next day came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was suffering from severe eye pain. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come." He said: O Messenger of Allah! I cannot even see the place of my feet. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his saliva to his eyes, and the flag was tied for him, and the great flag was handed over to him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! On what basis should I fight? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That they testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah. If they do so, they will protect their blood and wealth from me except by its right, and their reckoning will be with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."
Hadith Referenceمعجم صغير للطبراني / كتاب الجهاد / 590
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده ضعيف ، وأخرجه الحاكم فى «مستدركه» برقم: 3948، 4367، والنسائي فى «الكبریٰ» برقم: 3425، 11606، والترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 3341، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 3928، والبيهقي فى«سننه الكبير» برقم: 15945، والطبراني فى«الكبير» برقم: 1746، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 4286، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 790 قال الهيثمي: فيه فضيل بن عبد الوهاب قال أبو زرعة شيخ صالح وضعفه البخاري وغيره وبقية رجاله ثقات ، مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد: (5 / 328)»
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded that I should fight against people till they declare that there is no god but Allah, and when they profess it that there is no god but Allah, their blood and riches are guaranteed protection on my behalf except where it is justified by law, and their affairs rest with Allah, and then he (the Holy Prophet) recited (this verse of the Holy Qur'an):" Thou art not over them a warden" (lxxxviii, 22).
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues: When the author, in the chain of transmission, adds (ya‘ni) or (huwa) after a name and mentions a particular name or attribution, this indicates that the author’s teacher did not mention that name or attribution. Rather, the author has done so for the purpose of clarification and specification.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 128
´Jabir narrated that :` the Messenger of Allah said: “I have been ordered to fight the people until they say: ‘La ilaha illallah’. So when they say that, their blood and their wealth are safe from me, except for a right, and their reckoning is for Allah.” Then he recited: So remind them – you are only one who reminds. You are not a dictator over them.
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation: 1: You are only a warner; you are not a guardian over them (al-Ghashiyah: 22).
2: Apparently, there seems to be a contradiction between the hadith of this chapter and this verse. Imam Nawawi rahimahullah states that at the time of the revelation of this verse, the command for fighting (qital) had not been given; it was given later.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3341