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(3). 3081. Ibn 'Abbās narrated from 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, who said: "The Prophet of Allāh ﷺ looked over the idolaters, and there were a thousand of them, while his Companions were three-hundred and ten and some odd number of men. So the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ faced the Qiblah, stretched forth his hands and began beseeching his Lord: 'O Allāh! Fulfill what You promised for me.
[O Allāh! Bring about what You promised for me] O Allāh! If you destroy this band of adherents to Islam, you will not be worshipped upon the earth.' He continued beseeching his Lord with his hands stretched, facing the Qiblah until his Ridā fell from his shoulders. Abū Bakr came to him, took his Ridā and placed it back upon his shoulders, then embraced him from behind and said: 'O Prophet of Allāh! You have sufficiently beseeched your Lord, indeed He shall fulfill what He promised you.' So Allāh, Blessed and Most High, revealed: When you sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): 'I will help you with a thousand of the angels in succession.'[1] (Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh Gharīb. We do not know of it as a Hadīth of 'Umar, except through the narration of 'Ikrimah bin 'Ammār, from Abū Zumail, and Abū Zumail's name is Simāk Al-Ḥanafi. And this was on the Day of Badr.
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The number of Muslims in the battle of Badr was 313 and they had insufficient arms and horses, camels and war equipment, whereas the disbelievers were nearly a thousand in number and they were fully armed with all types of weapons and war equipment. In these circumstances, Allāh's help and assistance was the only reliance of the Muslims; the Prophet ﷺ implored and begged help of Allāh with full humbleness and humility, so this invocation was granted.
