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Bayhaqi 17925 — Reports on the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِي، عَنْ حَيْوَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَسْلَمُ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا بِالْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ وَعَلَى أَهْلِ مِصْرَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، وَعَلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ، فَخَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ صَفٌّ عَظِيمٌ مِنَ الرُّومِ فَصَفَفْنَا لَهُمْ، فَحَمَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى الرُّومِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ فِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فَصَاحَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ أَلْقَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ، فَقَامَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّكُمْ لَتُؤَوِّلُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ عَلَى هَذَا التَّأْوِيلِ، إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ، إِنَّا لَمَّا أَعَزَّ اللهُ دِينَهُ وَكَثُرَ نَاصِرُوهُ، فَقُلْنَا فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ سِرًّا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّ أَمْوَالَنَا قَدْ ضَاعَتْ فَلَوْ أَقَمْنَا فِيهَا قَدْ أَصْلَحْنَا مَا ضَاعَ مِنْهَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا مَا هَمَمْنَا بِهِ، فَقَالَ: {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ} [البقرة: ١٩٥]، فَكَانَتِ التَّهْلُكَةُ فِي الْإِقَامَةِ الَّتِي أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا نُصْلِحُهَا، فَأَمَرَنَا بِالْغَزْوِ. فَمَا زَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
Aslam Abu Imran (may Allah have mercy on him) says: We were at Constantinople; at that time the commander was Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), and in Syria another man was commander, whose name was Fadalah bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him). A large army came out from the Romans, and we lined up in ranks against them. A Muslim charged at the Romans and went right in among them, then came back out, and the people were shouting at him: "He has thrown himself into destruction." Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: O people! You interpret this verse in this way, whereas this verse was revealed about us, the Ansar. When the religion became honoured and its helpers became many, some of us said to one another, keeping it hidden from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Our properties have been ruined; if only we stayed there so that they could be set right. So Allah Almighty refuted our thinking with these words: "And spend in the path of Allah, and do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction" [Surah al-Baqarah: 195]. The destruction lay in what we intended, namely staying there to set right our properties; and we were commanded to wage jihad. Thereafter Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) remained engaged in jihad until his death.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 17925
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