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502. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Al-Husayn Abu Al-A’ala Al-Khaffaf, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام has said: ‘When the people were defeated on the Day of Ohad and fled from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم turned towards them with his صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم face and was saying: ‘I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم am Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم! I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم am the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم! I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم have neither been killed nor have I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم died’. So and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) turned towards him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم saying, ‘Now he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم is mocking with us as well and we have been defeated. And there remained with him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام and Samaak Bin Kharsha Abu Dujana (ar), may Allah عز وجل have Mercy on him. So the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم called him (ar) over and said: ‘O Abu Dujana! Leave, for you (ar) are free from your pledge of allegiance. As for Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام, so I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم am him عليه الصلاة والسلام and he عليه الصلاة والسلام is me صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم’. So he came over and sat down in front of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and wept, and said, ‘No, by Allah عز وجل!’ And he (ar) raised his (ar) head towards the sky and said, ‘No, by Allah عز وجل! I (ar) will not make myself free from my pledge of allegiance. I (ar) gave my (ar) pledge of allegiance to you صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, so where shall I (ar) go, to a wife who will die, or a son who will die, or a house which will be ruined and wealth which will be destroyed, and a term (death) which comes nearer?’ So the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم left him (ar), and he (ar) did not stop fighting until he was weakened by the wounds and he (ar) was on one side of him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام was on the other side of him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. So when he (ar) dropped, Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام carried him (ar) to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and placed him (ar) in his صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم presence. So he (ar) said, ‘O Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, have I (ar) been loyal to my (ar) pledge of allegiance?’ He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Yes’. And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said good things for him (ar). And the people were attacking the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم from the right, so Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام defended him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. So when he عليه الصلاة والسلام defended him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, they attacked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم from the left. That situation did not cease until his عليه الصلاة والسلام sword broke into three pieces. So he عليه الصلاة والسلام came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. He عليه الصلاة والسلام displayed it in front him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and said: ‘This is my عليه الصلاة والسلام sword which has broken. Thus, it was on that day that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم gave him عليه الصلاة والسلام Za Al-Fiqar (Zulfiqar). And when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم saw that (Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام) was exhausted due to the frequency of the fighting, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم raised his صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم head towards the sky and he wept and said: ‘O Lord عز وجل! You عز وجل Promised me صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم that You عز وجل would be Making Your عز وجل Religion to prevail, and if You عز وجل so Desire, it would not Tire You عز وجل’. Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام turned towards the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and said: ‘O Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم! I عليه الصلاة والسلام heard a loud rumble and heard the galloping of Hayzoum (Horse of Jibraeel), and I عليه الصلاة والسلام did not attack to strike anyone except that he would fall dead before I عليه الصلاة والسلام struck him. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘This was Jibraeel and Mikaeel, and Israfeel among the Angels’. Then Jibraeel عليه السلام went and paused to the side of the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. He said: ‘O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, this is the comfort’. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام is from me عليه الصلاة والسلام, and I صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم am from him عليه الصلاة والسلام’. So Jibraeel said: ‘And I am from both of you عليه الصلاة والسلام. Then the people (enemy) were defeated. So the Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said to Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام: ‘O Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام! Go with your عليه الصلاة والسلام sword until you are opposite to them. If you عليه الصلاة والسلام see them riding the camels and the horses are by their side, then they are intending to go to Makkah. And if you عليه الصلاة والسلام see them to be riding the horses and their camels are by their sides, so they are intending to go to Al-Medina. Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام came up to them, and they were upon their camels, so Abu Sufyan said to Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘O Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام! What do you عليه الصلاة والسلام want. That is where we are going, to Makkah. So leave and go to your عليه الصلاة والسلام companion صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم’. Jibraeel followed them, and when they heard the galloping of his horse, they strived to move faster, and he kept following them. So when they moved, they said, ‘It is the army of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم which is coming’. Abu Sufyan entered Makkah and informed them of the news. The shepherds and the woodcutters came. So they entered Makkah. They said, ‘We saw the army of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم!’ All of them left. Abu Sufyan descended at Makkah and followed their footsteps horse to the horse. The people of Makkah came and addressed Abu Sufyan and reproached him. And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم moved and the flag was with Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام and he عليه الصلاة والسلام was in front of him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. So when he عليه الصلاة والسلام came up with the flag while moving in front and when they reached ‘Al-Uqba’, and the people saw him عليه الصلاة والسلام, Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام called out: ‘O you people! This is Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم never died and he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was never killed!’ So the one who had said, ‘He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم is mocking us and we have been defeated’ (Abu Bakr or Umar)’, said, ‘This is Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام and flag is in his عليه الصلاة والسلام hands’, until the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم moved towards them, and the women of the Helpers were in their courtyards and on the doorways of their houses, and the men came out to him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم returning from their flight and escape. The women of the Helpers had scratched their faces, and spread their hair, and placed dust upon their foreheads, and had torn the sides of their dresses, and tied their abdomens for (the grief for) Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. So when he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم saw them, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said good things for them and told them to cover themselves up and enter their respective houses. And he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Allah عز وجل Promised me صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم that He عز وجل would Make His عز وجل Religion to prevail over all the Religions’. And Allah عز وجل Revealed unto Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم: “[3:144] Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least”, the Verse.