Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3008
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ، قَالَ غُشِينَا وَنَحْنُ فِي مَصَافِّنَا يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ حَدَّثَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِيمَنْ غَشِيَهُ النُّعَاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ سَيْفِي يَسْقُطُ مِنْ يَدِي وَآخُذُهُ وَيَسْقُطُ مِنْ يَدِي وَآخُذُهُ وَالطَّائِفَةُ الأُخْرَى الْمُنَافِقُونَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ هَمٌّ إِلاَّ أَنْفُسُهُمْ أَجْبَنُ قَوْمٍ وَأَرْعَبُهُ وَأَخْذَلُهُ لِلْحَقِّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas reported from Abu Talhah: ‘On the day of Uhud, while we were in our ranks, we were overcome by drowsiness. I was among those whom sleep overcame that day. My sword kept falling from my hand; I would pick it up, and it would fall again, and I would pick it up. The other group were the hypocrites, who cared only for themselves—the most cowardly and terrified of people, the ones who most abandoned the truth.’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This report gives a first-person account of the drowsiness at Uhud and contrasts the believers with the hypocrites.