Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us: Ismaʿil narrated to us, who said: Qays told me: Jarir ibn ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, “Will you relieve me of Dhu al-Khalasa?” It was a house belonging to Khaʿtham, called the Yemeni Kaʿba. I set out with one hundred and fifty men from Ahmas, who were horsemen. I told the Prophet (ﷺ) that I could not keep steady on horseback. He struck me on the chest until I saw the marks of his fingers on my chest, and said, “O Allah, make him steadfast, and make him a guide and rightly guided.” Jarir set out toward it, demolished it, and burned it. He sent a messenger to the Prophet (ﷺ) to give him the good news. Jarir’s messenger said, “Messenger of Allah, by Him who sent you with the truth, I did not come to you until I had left it like a mangy camel.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) blessed the horses and men of Ahmas five times. Musaddad said: “A house belonging to Khaʿtham.”

Adam ibn Abi Iyas narrated to us: Shayban narrated to us, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Tawus, from Ibn ʿAbbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said on the day of the conquest of Mecca, “There is no migration, but there is jihad and intention. When you are called to mobilize, then mobilize.”

Ibrahim ibn Musa informed us: Yazid ibn Zurayʿ informed us, from Khalid, from Abu ʿUthman al-Nahdi, from Mujashiʿ ibn Masʿud, who said: Mujashiʿ brought his brother Mujalid ibn Masʿud to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “This is Mujalid; he pledges allegiance to you for migration.” He said, “There is no migration after the conquest of Mecca, but I will accept his pledge for Islam.”

ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, saying: ʿAmr and Ibn Jurayj said: “I heard ʿAtaʾ say: I went with ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr to ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), while she was residing at Thabir. She said to us: ‘Migration ended when Allah granted His Prophet victory at Mecca.’”

Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Hawshab al-Taʾifi told me: Hushaym narrated to us: Husayn informed us, from Saʿd ibn ʿUbayda, from Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman—who was an ʿUthmani—who said to Ibn ʿAtiyya, who was an ʿAlawi: “I know what emboldened your companion regarding the shedding of blood. I heard him say: The Prophet (ﷺ) sent me and al-Zubayr and said, ‘Go to such-and-such a meadow; there you will find a woman to whom Hatib has given a letter.’ We went to the meadow and said, ‘The letter.’ She said, ‘He gave me no letter.’ We said, ‘You will bring it out, or we will strip you.’ She brought it out from her waist-wrap. He sent for Hatib and said, ‘Do not be hasty. By Allah, I have not disbelieved, and I have only grown in love for Islam. There was no one among your Companions who did not have someone in Mecca through whom Allah protected his family and property, but I had no one. So I wanted to secure a favor with them.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) believed him. ʿUmar said, ‘Let me strike his neck, for he has acted hypocritically.’ He said, ‘How do you know? Perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr and said, “Do whatever you wish.”’ That is what emboldened him.”

ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi al-Aswad narrated to us: Yazid ibn Zurayʿ and Humayd ibn al-Aswad narrated to us, from Habib ibn al-Shahid, from Ibn Abi Mulayka, who said: Ibn al-Zubayr said to Ibn Jaʿfar (may Allah be pleased with them): “Do you remember when you, Ibn ʿAbbas, and I went out to meet the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” He said, “Yes.” He carried us and left you behind.

Malik ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Ibn ʿUyayna narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, who said: al-Saʾib ibn Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went out with the boys to meet the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at the mountain pass of al-Wadaʿ.

Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Juwayriya narrated to us, from Nafiʿ, from ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him), that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) returned, he would say the takbir three times and then say: “Returning, if Allah wills; repenting; worshipping; praising our Lord; prostrating. Allah fulfilled His promise, supported His servant, and alone defeated the confederated forces.”

Abu Maʿmar narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Warith narrated to us, who said: Yahya ibn Abi Ishaq told me, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) on his return from ʿUsfan. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was riding his mount, with Safiyya bint Huyayy riding behind him. His camel stumbled, and both of them fell. Abu Talha sprang forward and said, “Messenger of Allah, may Allah make me your ransom!” He said, “Attend to the woman.” Abu Talha turned a garment over his own face and went to her; he cast it over her, adjusted their mount, and they both rode. We surrounded the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When we came into view of Medina, he said, “Returning, repenting, worshipping and praising our Lord.” He kept saying that until he entered Medina.

ʿAli narrated to us: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us: Yahya ibn Abi Ishaq narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), that he and Abu Talha came with the Prophet (ﷺ), and Safiyya was with the Prophet, riding behind him on his mount. When they were on part of the road, the camel stumbled, and the Prophet (ﷺ) and the woman were thrown down. Abu Talha—he said, I think, that Abu Talha sprang from his camel—came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “Prophet of Allah, may Allah make me your ransom! Has anything happened to you?” He said, “No, but attend to the woman.” Abu Talha cast his garment over his own face, went toward her, and cast it over her. The woman stood up. He tightened the saddle for them on their mount, and they rode and went on. When they reached the outskirts of Medina—or, he said, came into view of Medina—the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Returning, repenting, worshipping and praising our Lord.” He kept saying it until he entered Medina.

Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Muharib ibn Dithar, who said: I heard Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey. When we reached Medina, he said to me, “Enter the mosque and pray two rakʿas.”

Abu ʿAsim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ibn Shihab, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Kaʿb, from his father and his uncle—ʿUbayd Allah ibn Kaʿb—from Kaʿb (may Allah be pleased with him), that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) returned from a journey in the forenoon, he would enter the mosque and pray two rakʿas before sitting.

Muhammad told me: Wakiʿ informed us, from Shuʿba, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with them both), that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) arrived in Medina, he sacrificed a camel or a cow. Muʿadh added, from Shuʿba, from Muharib, who heard Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah say: The Prophet (ﷺ) bought a camel from me for two uqiyyas and one dirham—or two dirhams. When he arrived at Sirar, he ordered a cow to be slaughtered, and they ate from it. When he arrived in Medina, he ordered me to go to the mosque and pray two rakʿas, and he weighed out the price of the camel for me.

Abu al-Walid narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Jabir, who said: I returned from a journey and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Pray two rakʿas.” Sirar is a place in the vicinity of Medina.