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Hadith 1551

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Regarding Nighttime And Surprise Attacks

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Darussalam · Volume 3

19. The Chapters On Military Expeditions From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 209

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1551. Abū Ṭalḥah narrated: "When the Prophet ﷺ overtook a people he would stay at the outskirts of their city for three nights." (Saḥīh) This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīh. The (previous) narration of Humaid from Anas is a Hasan Saḥīh Hadīth. Some of the people of knowledge permitted the surprise attack during the night. Some of them disliked it. Aḥmad and Ishāq said that there is no harm in attacking the enemy during the night. And the meaning of: "Muḥammad has come with the Khamīs" it means the army is with him.

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١٥٥١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ ‌وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ ، عَنْ ‌قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَنَسٍ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «كَانَ إِذَا ظَهَرَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ أَقَامَ بِعَرْصَتِهِمْ ثَلَاثًا». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَحَدِيثُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْغَارَةِ بِاللَّيْلِ، وَأَنْ يَبِيتُوا، وَكَرِهَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ. وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ: لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يُبَيَّتَ الْعَدُوُّ لَيْلًا. وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ: وَافَقَ مُحَمَّدٌ الْخَمِيسَ، يَعْنِي بِهِ الْجَيْشَ.

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    [1] See Aṣ-Ṣaffāt 37:177, and its explanation in the Tafsīr of Ibn Kathīr, and no. 371 of Al-Bukhārī.