Volume 4, 56 Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
Hadith 3035-3036
Chapter 162: Whosoever is unable to sit firm on a horse
Narrated Jarir: The Prophet (ﷺ) never avoided Jarir since he embraced Islam and always greeted him with a smile. Jarir told the Prophet he couldn’t sit firm on horses. The Prophet stroked his chest and prayed, “O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and rightly guided man.”
Hadith 3037
Chapter 163: The treatment of a wound with the ashes of a mat (made of date-palm leaves), and the washing of blood by a lady off her father’s face, and conveying water in a shield
Narrated Abu Hazim: When asked about the treatment of the Prophet’s wound, Sahl bin Sa’d said Ali brought water in his shield, Fatima washed the blood off the Prophet’s face, and burnt mat ashes were applied to the wound.
Hadith 3038-3039
Chapter 164: What quarrels and differences are hated in the war
- Allah commands not to dispute in war to avoid losing courage.
- The Prophet sent Mu’adh and Abu Musa to Yemen instructing them to treat people kindly, give glad tidings, love one another, and avoid disagreements.
- At the Battle of Uhud, Abdullah bin Jubair was ordered to keep his archers in place, but some disobeyed, resulting in defeat.
- Abu Sufyan taunted the Muslims; the Prophet advised companions to respond with praise of Allah’s greatness and His help.
Hadith 3040
Chapter 165: If the people get frightened at night
Narrated Anas: One night the people of Medina were frightened by a noise. The Prophet came riding an unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talha, carrying his sword, and told them, “Don’t get scared.” He added he found the horse very fast.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3041
Chapter 166: Shouting: “Ya Sabahah!”
Narrated Salama: I went out of Medina towards Al-Ghaba. When I reached the mountain path of Al-Ghaba, a slave of Abdur-Rahman bin Auf met me. I said to him, “Woe to you! What brought you here?” He replied, “The she-camels of the Prophet (ﷺ) have been taken away.” I said, “Who took them?” He said, “Ghatafan and Fazara.” So, I sent three cries, “O Sabaha-h! O Sabahah!” so loudly that made the people between Medina’s two mountains hear me. Then I rushed till I met them after they had taken the camels away. I started throwing arrows at them saying, “I am the son of Al-Akwa; and today perish the mean people!" So, I saved the she-camels from them before they could drink water. When I returned driving the camels, the Prophet (ﷺ) met me. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), those people are thirsty and I have prevented them from drinking water, so send some people to chase them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O son of Al-Akwa, you have gained power over your enemy, so forgive them. Besides, those people are now being entertained by their folk.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3043
Chapter 168: If the enemy is ready to accept the judgement of a Muslim
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: When the tribe of Bani Quraiza was ready to accept Sad’s judgment, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent for Sad who was near to him. Sad came riding a donkey and when he came near, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said to the Ansar, “Stand up for your leader.” Then Sad came and sat beside Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said to him, "These people are ready to accept your judgment." Sad said, “I give the judgment that their warriors should be killed and their children and women should be taken as prisoners.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then remarked, “O Sa`d! You have judged amongst them with (or similar to) the judgment of the King Allah.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 3044
Chapter 169: The killing of a captive
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) entered Makkah in the year of the Conquest wearing a helmet over his head. After he took it off, a man came and said, “Ibn Khatal is clinging to the curtains of the Ka’bah.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Kill him.”
Certainly! Here’s the hadith with the Arabic text removed and the rest kept intact:
Sahih al-Bukhari 3045
Chapter: 170 The performance of a two Rak’a Salat before being put to death
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent a Sariya of ten men as spies under the leadership of Asim bin Thabit al-Ansari, the grandfather of Asim bin `Umar Al-Khattab. They proceeded till they reached Hadaa, a place between ‘Usfan and Mecca, and their news reached a branch of the tribe of Hudhail called Bani Lihyan. About two-hundred men, all archers, hurried to follow their tracks till they found the place where they had eaten dates brought from Medina. They said, “These are the dates of Yathrib (i.e. Medina),” and continued following their tracks.
When Asim and his companions saw their pursuers, they went up a high place and the infidels circled them. The infidels said, "Come down and surrender, and we promise and guarantee you that we will not kill any one of you." Asim bin Thabit, the leader of the Sariya, said, “By Allah! I will not come down to be under the protection of infidels. O Allah! Convey our news to Your Prophet.” Then the infidels threw arrows at them till they martyred `Asim along with six other men.
Three men came down accepting their promise and convention: Khubaib al-Ansari, Ibn Dathina, and another man. When the infidels captured them, they undid the strings of their bows and tied them. Then the third captive said, “This is the first betrayal. By Allah! I will not go with you. No doubt these, namely the martyred, have set a good example to us.” They dragged him and tried to compel him to accompany them, but as he refused, they killed him.
They took Khubaib and Ibn Dathina with them and sold them as slaves in Mecca after the battle of Badr. Khubaib was bought by the sons of Al-Harith bin ‘Amir bin Naufal bin `Abd Manaf. It was Khubaib who had killed Al-Harith bin ‘Amir on the day of the battle of Badr, so Khubaib remained a prisoner with those people.
Narrated Az-Zuhri: ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Iyyad said that the daughter of Al-Harith told him:
“When those people gathered to kill Khubaib, he borrowed a razor from me to shave his pubes and I gave it to him. Then he took a son of mine while I was unaware. When he came upon him, I saw him placing my son on his thigh and the razor was in his hand. I got scared, so much that Khubaib noticed the agitation on my face and said, ‘Are you afraid that I will kill him? No, I will never do so.’ By Allah, I never saw a prisoner better than Khubaib. By Allah, one day I saw him eating of a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was chained in irons, and there was no fruit at that time in Mecca.”
The daughter of Al-Harith used to say, “It was a boon Allah bestowed upon Khubaib.”
When they took him out of the Sanctuary (of Mecca) to kill him outside its boundaries, Khubaib requested to offer two rakat (prayer). They allowed him and he offered two rakat and then said,
“Hadn’t I been afraid that you would think that I was afraid (of being killed), I would have prolonged the prayer. O Allah, kill them all with no exception.”
He then recited the poetic verse:
“I being martyred as a Muslim,
Do not mind how I am killed in Allah’s Cause,
For my killing is for Allah’s Sake,
And if Allah wishes, He will bless the amputated parts of a torn body.”
Then the son of Al Harith killed him.
Thus, it was Khubaib who set the tradition for any Muslim sentenced to death in captivity to offer a two-rak`at prayer before being killed.
Allah fulfilled the invocation of `Asim bin Thabit on the very day he was martyred. The Prophet (ﷺ) informed his companions of their news and what had happened to them.
Later, when some infidels from Quraish learned that Asim had been killed, they sent people to fetch a part of his body (i.e., his head) to recognize him because Asim had killed one of their chiefs on the day of Badr. A swarm of wasps, resembling a shady cloud, hovered over `Asim and protected him from their messenger, so they could not cut off anything from his flesh.