Jami at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 1688

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What Has Been Related About Standing Firm During The Time Of Fighting

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Chapters On Jihād From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 310

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1688. Abū Ishāq narrated from Al-Barā' bin 'Azīb who said: "A man said to us: 'Did you flee from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ O Abū 'Umārah?' He said: "No. By Allāh! I did not flee from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, but some hasty people fled and (the tribe of) Hawāzin assaulted them with arrows. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was on his white mule, and Abū Sufyān bin Al-Hārith bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib was holding its reigns. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was saying: 'I am the Prophet without lie, I am the son of 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib.'" (Sahīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, and Ibn 'Umar.

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١٦٨٨ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنِ ‌الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ، قَالَ: «قَالَ لَنَا رَجُلٌ»: أَفَرَرْتُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا عُمَارَةَ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَاللهِ مَا وَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلَكِنْ وَلَّى سَرَعَانُ النَّاسِ تَلَقَّتْهُمْ هَوَازِنُ بِالنَّبْلِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ، وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِهَا، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لَا كَذِبْ، ... أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبْ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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An army unit or contingent is only dubbed as vanquished or retreated if the commander has run away from the field. In case the chief is holding his ground in the field, the fleeing fighters can easily return to him, and the army cannot be described as retreated or defeated.