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What Has Been Ordered Regarding Keeping The Army Close Together (When Camping)

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

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الحديث: 2628 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 41

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2628. It was reported from Abū حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ Tha'labah Al-Khushanī, who said: "When the people dismounted to camp" — 'Amr (one of the narrators) said: "When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ dismounted to camp, the people" — "used to break up in mountain paths and valleys. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Your scattering in these mountain passes and valleys is only from Shaiṭān.' So after that, they would not halt to camp, except that they were so close together that it would be said: 'If a piece of cloth was spread over them, it would cover them all.'" (Sahih)

Arabic text

2628 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ قُبَيْسٍ - مِنْ أَهْلِ جَبَلَةَ سَاحِلِ حِمْصَ، وَهَذَا لَفْظُ يَزِيدَ - قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ مِشْكَمٍ أَبَا عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيُّ، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا نَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا - قَالَ عَمْرٌو: كَانَ النَّاسُ إِذَا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْزِلًا - تَفَرَّقُوا فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ تَفَرُّقَكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ، إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ». فَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا انْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، حَتَّى يُقَالَ: لَوْ بُسِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبٌ لَعَمَّهُمْ

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Travelers' and fighters' action of keeping close together (especially during an expedition) has many apparent and hidden (moral and spiritual) advantages but only as long as they do not cause inconvenience to one another, as will be evident from the following Hadith.