Hadith 3041

Shouting, "Yā Ṣabāḥāh!"(1) as loudly as possible on seeing the enemy to let the people hear it.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3041 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 66

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English translation

3041. Narrated Salama: I went out of Al-Madīna towards Al-Ghāba. When I reached the mountain path of Al-Ghāba, a slave of 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Aūf met me. I said to him "Woe to you! What brought you here?" (1) (Ch. 166) This is an exclamation indicating an appeal for help. He replied, "The she-camels of the Prophet ﷺ have been taken away." I said, "Who took them?" He said, "Ghāṭa'n and Fazāra." So, I shouted thrice, "Yā Ṣabāḥāh! Yā Ṣabāḥāh!" so loudly that I made the people in between its (i.e., Al-Madīna's) two mountains hear me. Then I rushed till I met them after they had taken the camels away. I started throwing arrows at them saying, "I am the son of Al-Akwa'; and today perish the mean people!" So, I saved the she-camels from them before they (i.e., the robbers) could drink. When I returned driving the camels, the Prophet ﷺ met me, I said, "O Allāh's Messenger ﷺ! Those people are thirsty and I have prevented them from drinking, so send some people to chase them." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O son of Al-Akwa', you have gained power (over your enemy), so forgive (them). (Besides) those people are now being entertained by their folk."

Arabic text

3041 - حَدَّثَنَا المَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ ذَاهِبًا نَحْوَ الغَابَةِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ بِثَنِيَّةِ الغَابَةِ، لَقِيَنِي غُلاَمٌ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قُلْتُ: وَيْحَكَ مَا بِكَ؟ قَالَ: أُخِذَتْ لِقَاحُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قُلْتُ: مَنْ أَخَذَهَا؟ قَالَ: غَطَفَانُ، وَفَزَارَةُ فَصَرَخْتُ ثَلاَثَ صَرَخَاتٍ أَسْمَعْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا: يَا صَبَاحَاهْ يَا صَبَاحَاهْ، ثُمَّ انْدَفَعْتُ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُمْ، وَقَدْ أَخَذُوهَا، فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِمْ، وَأَقُولُ: أَنَا ابْنُ الأَكْوَعِ ... وَاليَوْمُ يَوْمُ الرُّضَّعْ فَاسْتَنْقَذْتُهَا مِنْهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا، فَأَقْبَلْتُ بِهَا أَسُوقُهَا، فَلَقِيَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ القَوْمَ عِطَاشٌ، وَإِنِّي أَعْجَلْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا سِقْيَهُمْ، فَابْعَثْ فِي إِثْرِهِمْ، فَقَالَ: " يَا ابْنَ الأَكْوَعِ: مَلَكْتَ، فَأَسْجِحْ إِنَّ القَوْمَ يُقْرَوْنَ فِي قَوْمِهِمْ "

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