Hadith #538
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ أَيَّامَ حُنَيْنٍ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ نَكُنْ نَرَاهُ يَفْعَلُهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ تَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَفْعَلُهُ فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيًّا فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ كَثْرَةُ أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ لَنْ يَرُومَ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَي
ْهِ أَنْ خَيِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ إِمَّا أَنْ نُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ أَوْ الْجُوعَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْمَوْتَ فَشَاوَرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا أَمَّا الْعَدُوُّ فَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِمْ وَأَمَّا الْجُوعُ فَلَا صَبْرَ لَنَا عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ الْمَوْتُ فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْمَوْتَ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ حَيْثُ رَأَى كَثْرَتَهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أُحَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُصَاوِلُ وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ
Isnad Chain
عفان
حماد ي
ابن سلمة
ثابت
عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى
صهيب
English Translation
ʿAffān narrated to us, Ḥammād — meaning ibn Salamah — narrated to us, Thābit narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā, from Ṣuhayb, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to move his lips during the days of Ḥunayn after the Fajr prayer with something they had not seen him do before. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we see you doing something you did not used to do — what is this that you move your lips with?" He said: "A prophet among those before you was impressed by the great numbers of his ummah and said: 'Nothing shall challenge these.' So Allah revealed to him: 'Give your ummah a choice of three: either I unleash upon them an enemy from others who will devastate them, or hunger, or that I send upon them death.' He consulted them, and they said: 'As for the enemy, we have no strength for them. As for hunger, we have no patience for it. But death.' So death was sent upon them, and seventy thousand of them died in three days. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'So now I say — when he saw their great numbers — O Allah, by You I strive, by You I attack, and by You I fight.'"
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 538
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18176
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54566