Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SiZHnBAH @,\j"&3 (Vol-3) 555
Hadhrat Yazeed bin Aamir Suwaa'ee %3Gw reports that Rasulullaah @@ took a
handful of soil, faced the enemy and then threw it saying, "Get back! May your
faces be disfigured." Thereafter, when any of the Mushrikeen met their
companions, they would always be complaining of dust in their eyes."
The Enemy Appearing Few in Number to the Muslims
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood ~,EWj says, "The enemy appeared so few in our
eyes during the Battle of Badr that my companion standing beside me said, 'Do
you think that they number seventy?' I said, 'I would estimate that they are only a
hundred.' It was only when we captured one of them and questioned him that we
discovered that they were a thousand strong." (2)
Assistance by the Winds
Hadhrat Sa'eed bin Jubayr reports that on the occasion of the Battle of Khandaq,
those who marched to Madinah were Abu Sufyaan bin Harb and the Quraysh and
Kinaanah whom he led, Uyaynah bin Hisn and the Banu Ghitfaan tribe whom he
led, Tulayha and the Banu Asad tribe whom he led and Abu A'war and the Sulaym
tribe whom he led. Also assisting the Mushrikeen was the (Jewish) Banu
Qurayzah tribe, who actually contravened the pact they had made with the
Muslims. It was with reference to this that Allaah revealed the verse:
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He (AUaah) made those people of the Book (the Jewish Banu Qurayzah
tribe) who assisted them (the combined Mushrikeen armies) descend
from their fortresses (and surrender to the Muslims). {Surah Ahzaab,
verse 26)
Hadhrat Jibra'eel @& then appeared with the winds, which he unleashed against
the Mushrikeen. When Rasulullaah @%% saw Hadhrat Jibra'eel $%$ arrive, he
thrice said (to the Sahabah BEWj), "Behold! It is time to rejoice!" The wind tore
open their tents, overturned their large pots, buried their carriages, severed the
tent ropes and caused them to run about in such confusion that not one even
turned to look at another. It was with reference to this that Allaah revealed the
verse:
(0 you who have Imaan! Remember Allaah k favour to you) When the
(combined Jewish and Mushrikeen) armies approached you, against
which We sent (in your defence) a (fierce) wind and troops (of angels)
that you could not see (thus causing fear in the hearts of the enemy).
{Surah Ahzaab, verse 9)
After this, Rasulullaah @?& returned to Madinah. (3)
(1) Bayhaqi, as quoted in AlBidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.4 Pg.333).
(2) Tabraani, as quoted in Majma'uzZawaa'id (Vol.6 Pg.84). Ibn Abi Haatim and Ibn Jareer have
reported a similar narration from Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood %GWj, as quoted in the Tafseer
of Ibn Katheer (Vol.2 Pg.315).
(3) Ibn Sa'd (Vol.2 Pg.71).