الغَزوَة

THE BATTLES (Fought by the Prophet)

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2. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I was indeed looking at us all in the battle of Badr while we all sought refuge with the Prophet (SAWA) when he was the closest one from among us to the enemy, and he was the bravest of people on that day.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29943]

3. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When we came to Badr, the only horse rider among us was MiqdÁd b. Aswad. I had been watching us all on the eve of Badr, and all of us slept apart from the Prophet (SAWA). Verily he stood by the roots of a tree, praying and supplicating until morning.’
[al-Irshad, v. 1, p. 73]

4. Ibn Mas`ud narrated: Verily on the day of the battle of `Uhud, your women were behind the Muslims delivering the last strokes to the wounded from among the polytheists … when Abu Sufyan came and said, ‘I esteem Hubal!’ So the Prophet (SAWA) told
[the Muslims] to say, ‘Allah is the Most Sublime and The Most Exalted’, so they said, ‘Allah is the Most Sublime and the Most Exalted!’ Then Abu Sufyan said, ‘We have `Uzza
[Hubal and `Uzza were two of the idol gods that the pagan Arabs worshipped (ed.)] on our side and you do not!’ So the Prophet told them to say, ‘Allah is our Guardian and the disbelievers have no guardian.’
[al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 2, p. 345]

5. Anas narrated: Verily on the day of the battle of `Uhud, the Prophet (SAWA)’s incisors were broken and his head was wounded, so while taking out the blood from it, he said, ‘How will a people who wounded their prophet and broke his teeth ever succeed, whilst he only calls them to Allah?!’ So Allah revealed the verse: “You have no hand in the matter”
[ Qur’an 3:128].
[ Sahih Muslim, no. 1791]

6. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘On the day of `Uhud, when the number of people around the Prophet (SAWA) was diminishing, I looked at the dead and could not see the Prophet (SAWA) among them, so I said
[to myself], ‘By Allah, he would never have run away, and I do not see him among the dead, but I can see Allah being angry with us for what we have done and has therefore taken His prophet away from us. I see nothing better for myself, therefore, than to fight until I am killed, so I broke the sheath of my sword and went to attack the people, and they cleared the way for me, when suddenly I came upon the Prophet (SAWA) right in their midst.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30027]

7. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘In the battle of Dhat al-Riqa`, the Prophet (SAWA) descended under a tree on the side of a valley when a flood came and separated him from his companions. A man from among the polytheists saw him whilst the Muslims were standing on the side of the valley waiting for the flood to subside. One of the polytheists said to his people, ‘I will kill Muhammad! So he came and drew his sword against the Prophet (SAWA), saying, ‘Who will save you now from me O Muhammad?!’ to which he replied, ‘My Lord and your Lord’, upon which the archangel Gabriel (AS) threw him down from his horse and he fell onto his back. The Prophet (SAWA) then stood up, took the sword and sat on his chest, saying, ‘Who will save you now from me, O Ghawrith?’ to which he replied, ‘Your magnanimity and generosity O Muhammad’ at which he left him. The man stood up, saying, ‘By Allah, you are indeed better and nobler than me.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 20, p. 179, no. 6]

8. Yazid b. al-Asamm narrated: ‘When Allah, Mighty and Exalted, exposed the factions
[to be vanquished by the Muslims], the Prophet (SAWA) returned home to wash his head, when Gabriel came to him, saying, ‘May Allah pardon you! You put down your weapons whilst the angels of the heavens have not! Come and join us at the fortress of Bani Qurayza.’ So the Prophet (SAWA) called
[his companions] and they joined them at the fortress.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30115]

9. Imam al-Baqir (AS), with regards to the verse: “He says, I have squandered immense wealth”
[ Qur’an 90:6], said, ‘This refers to `Amr b. `Abd Wudd when Ali b. Abu talib proposed to him to submit to Allah
[i.e. embrace Islam] on the day of al-Khandaq
[the trench], to which he retorted, ‘And what about the immense wealth I have spent on you?!’ for he had spent great wealth in obstructing the cause of Allah, so Ali (AS) killed him.’
[Tafsir al-Qummi, v. 2, p. 422]

10. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘When the Prophet (SAWA) was digging the trench
[with his companions], they hit upon a large rock, so the Prophet (SAWA) took the pickaxe from the Commander of the Faithful Ali (AS)’s hand or Salman’s hand and hit the rock with a blow that shattered it into three pieces. So the Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘With this blow of mine, the treasures of the Khosrau and the Caesar have been opened to me’, upon which one man said to his companions, ‘He gives us promises of the treasures of the Khosrau and the Caesar
[with his strength], whilst neither one of us even has the ability to go and relieve himself.’
[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 216, no. 264]

11. Burayda narrated, ‘On the day of Khaybar, Abu Bakr took the flag
[in order to attempt the conquest of the fortress of Khaybar] but returned without having conquered it. Then the next day, `Umar took it and did not conquer it, and instead Ibn Muslima was killed so the people retreated even further. So the Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘I will deposit this flag of mine with a man who loves Allah and His Prophet, and whom Allah and His Prophet love, and he will not return without conquering it.’ So we rested ourselves assured that the conquest would be tomorrow. So the Prophet (SAWA) performed the morning prayer then called for the flag, and stood up. And every single one of us who held a position with the Prophet (SAWA) hoped that it would be him, until I myself stretched forward and craned my neck due to the position I had near him. Then he called Ali b. Abu Talib, who was afflicted with pain his eyes. So the Prophet (SAWA) wiped his hands over them, deposited the flag with him, and he conquered it!’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30120]

12. `Umar b. al-Khattab narrated, ‘On the day of the conquest
[of Makkah], when the Prophet (SAWA) entered Makkah, he sent for Safwan b. Umayya, Abu Sufyan b. Harb and Harith b. Hisham.
[`Umar said], ‘I said, ‘Allah has placed them in our grip, and I will make them taste the consequences of what they have done.’ The Prophet (SAWA), however, said, ‘My stance with you is as the stance that Joseph
[Joseph: known as Prophet Yusuf (AS) in the Arabic tradition (ed.)] took with his brothers when he said to them, “There shall be no reproach on you today. Allah will forgive you, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.”
[Qur’an 12:92]
[`Umar narrated], ‘I turned away from the Prophet (SAWA) in shame and disgust at what had escaped from my mouth. And the Prophet (SAWA) said to them what he had to say.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 30158]

13. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily the Prophet (SAWA) marched to Badr in the month of Ramazan, and conquered Makkah in the month of Ramazan too.’
[Amali al-Tusi, p. 342, no. 701]

14. Imam al-Riza (AS) narrated, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) entered Makkah on the day of the conquest of Makkah and there were idols around the Ka’ba, three hundred and sixty of them in total. He started to knock them over with a baton he held in his hand, saying, “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed falsehood is bound to vanish”
[ Qur’an 17:81]. The truth has come and falsehood will not resurface or return.’ Then he started to throw them
[the idols] down on their faces.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 21, p. 116, no. 11]

15. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) did not encounter a worse day that the day of the battle of Hunayn, and that was because the Arabs revolted against him.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 180, no. 16]