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"O Prophet (Muḥammad ﷺ)! Urge the believers to fight..." (V.8:65)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4652 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 63

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4652. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: When the Verse: "...If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundreds..." (V.8:65) was revealed, then it became obligatory for the Muslims that one (Muslim) should not flee from ten (non-Muslims). Sufyān (the subnarrator) once said, "Twenty (Muslims) should not flee before two hundred (non-Muslims)." Then there was revealed: "Now Allāh has lightened your (task)..." (V.8:66). So it became obligatory that one hundred (Muslims) should not flee before two hundred (non-Muslims). Once Sufyān added, "The Verse: '...Urge the believers to the fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you (Muslims)... ' was revealed. Sufyān said, "Ibn Shubruma said, 'I see that this order is applicable to the obligation of enjoining Al-Ma'rūf (Islāmic Monotheism and all that Islām ordains) and forbidding Al-Munkar (disbelief, polytheism and all that Islām forbids).'"

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4652 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، " لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: {إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ}، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ فَكُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ لاَ يَفِرَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ " - فَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ: أَنْ لاَ يَفِرَّ عِشْرُونَ مِنْ مِائَتَيْنِ - " ثُمَّ نَزَلَتْ: {الآنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْكُمْ} [الأنفال: 66] الآيَةَ، فَكَتَبَ أَنْ لاَ يَفِرَّ مِائَةٌ مِنْ مِائَتَيْنِ " وَزَادَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً: نَزَلَتْ: {حَرِّضِ المُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى القِتَالِ، إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ} [الأنفال: 65]، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ: «وَأُرَى الأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيَ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ مِثْلَ هَذَا»

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