Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 2804

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The Statement of Allāh عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: "Say: Do you wait for us (anything) except one of the two best things (martyrdom or victory)?..." (V.9:52)

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

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الحديث: 2804 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 19

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2804. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Abbās: "Abū Sufyān told me that Heraclius said to him, 'I asked you about the outcome of your battles with him (i.e., the Prophet ﷺ) and you told me that the outcome is undecided and victory is shared by us in turns." So the Messengers عليهم السلام are put to trials in this way but the ultimate victory is always theirs.

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2804 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ قَالَ لَهُ: سَأَلْتُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ قِتَالُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ؟، فَزَعَمْتَ «أَنَّ الحَرْبَ سِجَالٌ وَدُوَلٌ، فَكَذَلِكَ الرُّسُلُ تُبْتَلَى ثُمَّ تَكُونُ لَهُمُ العَاقِبَةُ»

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