Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 5954

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Mishkat al-Masabih 5954
Arabic hadith text

وَعَن ابْن عمر أَنَّ عُمَرَ بَعَثَ جَيْشًا وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا يُدْعَى سَارِيَةَ فَبَيْنَمَا عُمَرُ يَخْطُبُ فَجَعَلَ يَصِيحُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَقِيَنَا عَدُوُّنَا فَهَزَمُونَا فَإِذَا بِصَائِحٍ يَصِيحُ: يَا سَارِيَ الْجَبَلَ. فَأَسْنَدْنَا ظُهُورَنَا إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَهَزَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي دَلَائِل النُّبُوَّة

Translation

Ibn ‘Umar reported: ‘Umar sent out an army and appointed over them a man named Sariyah. While ‘Umar was delivering a sermon, he began shouting, ‘Commander of the Believers! The enemy has met us and defeated us!’ Then someone shouted, ‘Sariyah, to the mountain!’ We turned our backs to the mountain, and God, exalted is He, defeated them. [Al-Bayhaqi transmitted it in Dala’il al-Nubuwwah]