Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3958
وَعَن ابنِ عُمر قَالَ: بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً فَأَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَاخْتَفَيْنَا بِهَا وَقُلْنَا: هَلَكْنَا ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُول الله نَحن الفارون. قَالَ: «بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ وَأَنَا فِئَتُكُمْ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ. وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ: «لَا بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ» قَالَ: فَدَنَوْنَا فَقَبَّلْنَا يَده فَقَالَ: «أَنا فِئَة من الْمُسْلِمِينَ»
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ʿUmar reported: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us on a military detachment. The people then retreated in a rout, so we came to Medina, hid there, and said, ‘We are lost.’ Then we came to the Messenger of God and said, ‘Messenger of God, we are fugitives.’ He replied, ‘Rather, you are those who return to the fight, and I am your refuge.’ Narrated by al-Tirmidhi. Abu Dawud’s version is similar and says, ‘No, rather you are those who return to the fight.’ He said: We came close and kissed his hand, and he said, ‘I am a refuge for the Muslims.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The term al-ʿakkarun refers to those who turn back toward the fight; rendered descriptively.