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260 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Ibn Ishaq continued, "There he received the news that Quraysh had set out to protect their caravan. "He told his men about this, and asked their opinion. "Aba Bakr arose and spoke, giving good advice. '"Umar b. d-Khattah arose and spoke, giving good advice. "Al-Miqdad h. cAmr then got up and said, 'Carry on as ever God tells you, O Messenger of God. We are with you. We will certainly not say to you what the people of Israel said to Moses - that is, "Yon and your Lord go and fight together; we are staying here!" Rather, (we say) you and your Lord go and fight together, and we will fight along with you! By Him who sent you with the truth, if you were to take us even to Bark al-Ghim~d,~~ we would fight with you all over the place until you reached it!' "The Messenger of God (SAAS) expressed his appreciation and blessed him. He then said, 'Now you advise me, men!' He was really addressing the Helpers, because they were the majority and because, when they had given him allegiance at alLcAqaba they had told him, 'We are free of responsibility for you until you reach our territory. When you join us, you will be under our protection, and we will then protect you as we do our own sons and women.' The Messenger of God (SAAS) was therefore apprehensive that they would feel obliged to help him only against those enemies attacking him in Medina, and that they had no duty to proceed against an enemy beyond their lands. "When he said this, SaCd h. Musdh responded, 'Is it us you are asking, 0 Messenger of God?' When he said that it was, Sa'd affirmed, 'We do believe in you and hear witness that you bring the truth. We have given you our oaths and agreement to listen to and to obey all your commands. Proceed as ever you decide, for we are with you. I swear, if you were to plunge into the sea, we would do so with you, not one of us would remain behind. We would have no reluctance to accompany you in confronting our enemy tomorrow. We are stoic in battle, trustworthy in the fray. Let us hope that God will give you pleasure in us. Go forward with God's blessings!' "The Messenger of God (SAAS) was delighted with Sa'd's words and they spurred him on. He then said, LGo forward in good spirits! God has promised me I shall take one of the two parties. I swear by God I feel I can already see their destruction!"' This was how Ibn Ishaq, God have mercy on him, related it. And there are various testimonies to it. One such is what d-Bukhzri related in his ~ahih collection. He stated that, "Aba Nucaym related to him, quoting Ism'il, from Mukhzriq, from Taiq h. Shihab, who quoted Ibn Masciid as having said, 'I witnessed a scene involving al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad such as to make me more his friend than I would have 59. Apparently the reference is to a place same five days' journey away from Mecca towards Yemen; presumably the name is used to imply a distant and inaccessible place.
IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA'EL IBN KATHFR 261 been from what was reported of him. He went to the Prophet (SAAS) while he was praying against the polytheists. Al-Miqdzd said, "We will not say as Miisa's people did to him, 'Yon go off with your Lord and fight along with Him; we're staying here!' Instead, we will fight on your right and your left, and in front of you and behind you!"' "(Ibn MasLiid went on) 'At that I saw the face of the Prophet (SAAS) light up in delight.'" Al-Bukh- alone gave this; Muslim did not. The former related it several places in the ~ahih collection, from a hadith of Mukhzriq. Al-Nass1i also recounted it from his hadirh; his version states, "At the battle of Badr, Miqdad rode a horse." He then related it. Imm Ahmad stated, "Wbayda related it to us, he being the son of Humayd, from Humayd al-Tawil, from Anas, who said, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) sought advice concerning going to battle at Badr. First Abii Bakr gave him advice and again he sought it from all. Then Wmar gave him advice and again he sought it. One of the Helpers observed, 'The Messenger of God (SAAS) wants your advice, 0 Helpers.' "One of them said, 'Well, 0 Messenger of God, we'll not speak as the people of Israel did to Moses, that is, "Go off with your Lord and fight; we're staying here!" If yon were to race all the way to Bark al-Ghimad, we'd follow yon!"' Twwthids of this chain of authorities meets the conditions for being considered ~ahih, "authentic". Abad also stated, "'Affan related to us, quoting Hammiid, from Thiibit, from Anas b. Mdik, that the Messenger of God (SAAS) sought advice when he learned of the approach of Abii Sufyan. Abii Bakr spoke, and he turned away from him. Then Wmar spoke, and he turned away from him. Sa'd b. Wbada then said, 'It's to us the Messenger of God (SAAS) is wanting to respond. By Hi in whose hand is my soul, if you were to order us to plunge into the sea we would do so. And if you told us to race all the way to Bark al-Ghimad we would do so.' "And so the Messenger of God (SAAS) urged his men forward. "They set off and reached Badr. People came to them with reports of Quraysh, and one of these was a black youth of the Banii al-Hajjiij whom they captured. The Companions of the Messenger of God (SAAS) asked him about Abii Sufyan and those men with him. He would respond, 'I have no knowledge of Abii Snfym. But it was Abii Jahl b. Hisham, 'Utba b. Rabica and Umayya b, Khalaf.' When he said this they beat him. When they did so, he would then say, 'Yes, I will tell you! It was Abn Sufyan.' When they let him go and asked him, he said, 'I have no knowledge ofAbii Sufyan. But it was Abii Jahl, Wtba, Shayba and Umayya.' When he said this too, they would beat him. "Meanwhile the Messenger of God (SAAS) was standing there praying. When he saw this scene, he left, saying, 'By Him who holds my soul in His hands, you beat him when he speaks the truth, and you leave him alone if he lies!"
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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ABOUT THIS SERIES THIS series of Ar
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