1111 – Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “This verse was revealed about us, the maʿshar al-Ansar (company of the Helpers)—namely His words: ‘And do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction’ (Qur’an 2:195).” He made this statement in response to those who criticized a man who had charged single-handedly into the ranks of al-Rūm (the Byzantines) until he was deep among them. Reported by the three compilers, and declared authentic by al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Ḥibbān, and al-Ḥākim ⦗1⦘.

Hadith grading
The hadith is ṣaḥīḥ (authentic).
Ibn Kathīr states in his Tafsīr: It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasā’ī, ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd, Ibn Abī Ḥātim, Ibn Jarīr, Ibn Mardawayh, Abū Yaʿlā, Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ, and al-Ḥākim in his Mustadrak.
Al-Tirmidhī said: “ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ gharīb,” while al-Ḥākim said: “It meets the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim,” and al-Dhahabī agreed with his authentication.

Glossary of terms
• maʿshar al-Ansār: accusative of specification; maʿshar means “group,” plural maʿāshir.
• la tulqū bi-aydīkum: a figure of speech meaning “your own selves.”
• at-tahlukah: verbal noun from halaka—“to perish”; denotes death or anything leading to it.
• al-Rūm: a people who possessed a state, civilization, and power before Islam.