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(4). 3171. Ibn 'Abbās narrated: "When the Prophet ﷺ was expelled from Makkah, Abū Bakr said: 'They have driven out their Prophet to their own doom.' So Allāh, Most High, revealed:
'Permission (to fight) is given to those who are fought against, because they have been wronged; and surely, Allāh is able to give them victory.'[1] So Abū Bakr said: 'Then I knew that there would be fighting.'" (Saḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan, ['Abdur-Raḥmān bin Maḥdī] and others reported it from Sufyān from Al-A'mash, from Muslim Al-Baṭīn, from Sa'eed bin Jubair in Mursal form, and it does not contain: "From Ibn 'Abbās."
(Another chain) from Sa'eed bin Jubair in Mursal form, and it does not contain: "From Ibn 'Abbās."
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Commentary
This is the first battle, for which the Muslims were allowed to fight in self-defence. Because immediately after the emigration, the Muslims were yet not so powerful to fight beyond their defence, this Verse also brought glad tidings of Allāh's help for the Muslims; and later when Muslims emerged as a force, they were then allowed to wage battles beyond their defence.
