مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 19114
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ هُوَ ابْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ يُحَدِّثُ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى، كَتَبَ إِلَى عُبَيْدِ اللهِ: إِذْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغْزُوَ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ، فَقُلْتُ لِكَاتِبِهِ: وَكَانَ لِي صَدِيقًا انْسَخْهُ لِي فَفَعَلَ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: " لَا تَمَنَّوْا (١) لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ، وَسَلُوا اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْعَافِيَةَ، فَإِذَا (٢) لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاصْبِرُوا، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ "، قَالَ: فَيَنْظُرُ (٣) إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ نَهَدَ إِلَى عَدُوِّهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " اللهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ، وَمُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ، وَهَازِمَ الْأَحْزَابِ، اهْزِمْهُمْ وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ " (٤)، ،
Translation
English translation
An elder says that when Ubaydullah intended to fight the Khawarij, Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote him a letter. I said to his scribe, "who was my friend," to give me a copy of it, so he gave me a copy. The letter was as follows: The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) used to say, "Do not wish to meet the enemy, but ask Allah for safety. And when you do meet them, then show steadfastness, and know that Paradise is under the shade of swords." Then the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) would wait for the decline of the sun, and after that, he would attack the enemy and would supplicate: "O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Mover of the clouds, Defeater of the armies! Defeat them and grant us victory."
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This is Hadith 19114 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 778, The remainder of the hadith of Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa from the Prophet (peace be upon him), as in-book entry 13.
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مسند احمد / تتمہ مُسْنَدِ الْكُوفِيِّينَ / 19114
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