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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

so turn away from them; they are filth (1), and their abode is Hell—a recompense for what they used to earn. They will swear to you so that you may be pleased with them; but even if you are pleased with them, Allah is never pleased with a defiantly disobedient people.” (al-Tawbah 95–96)

Kaʿb went on: We three were set apart from the case of those whose excuses the Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted when they swore to him; he took their pledge and sought forgiveness for them, whereas the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deferred our matter until Allah, Exalted is He, decreed concerning it. Allah the Exalted said, “And (He also turned in mercy) to the three who were left behind.” What He mentioned about our being “left behind” does not mean that we stayed back from the campaign itself; rather, it refers to his keeping us apart and postponing judgment on us, unlike those who swore to him, offered excuses, and were pardoned. Agreed upon (2).

In one narration: The Prophet ﷺ set out for the Tabuk expedition on a Thursday, and he preferred to depart on Thursdays.

In another narration: He never arrived from a journey except in the forenoon; when he came, he would begin with the mosque, pray two rakʿahs there, and then sit down.

Abū Najīd—pronounced with a ḍammah on the nūn and a fatḥah on the jīm—ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn al-Khuzāʿī, may Allah be pleased with both of them, reported that a woman of Juhaynah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while she was pregnant from adultery and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a prescribed penalty; carry it out on me.” The Prophet of Allah ﷺ summoned her guardian and said, “Treat her kindly, and when she gives birth, bring her to me.” He did so. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ then ordered that her clothes be secured tightly around her (3), after which she was stoned. He then performed the funeral prayer over her. ʿUmar said, “O Messenger of Allah, you pray over her even though she committed adultery?” He replied, “She has repented with a repentance that, if distributed among seventy people of Madinah, would suffice them all. Have you found any act better than her sacrificing her very life for Allah, Mighty and Majestic?!”

Narrated by Muslim.

(1) That is, it was decreed because of the impurity hidden within them. (2) See: Nadhir Atmeh, al-Mukhalafun wa Ghazwat Tabuk (The Ones Who Stayed Behind and the Tabuk Expedition), Islamic Office, n.d. (3) This is how the wording appears in the copies at our disposal and in some manuscripts of Sahih Muslim; other manuscripts read fa shakkat (with a k), meaning she gathered the edges of her garment to cover herself so that she would not be exposed during the stoning. — N

عَنْهُمْ فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ رِجْسٌ (١) وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ . يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ تَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ ﴿ [ سورة التوبة : ٩٥ - ٩٦ ] قَالَ كَعْبٌ : كُنَّا خُلِّفْنَا أَيُّهَا الثَّلَاثَةُ عَنْ أَمْرِ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ قَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ حَلَفُوا لَهُ فَبَايَعَهُمْ وَأَسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمْ وَأَرْجَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمْرَنَا حَتَّى قَضَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِ بِذَلِكَ . قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : ﴿ وَعَلَى الثَّلَاثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا ﴾ وَلَيْسَ الَّذِي ذَكَرَ مِمَّا خَلَفْنَا تَخَلُّفَنَا عَنِ الْغَزْوِ ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ تَخْلِيفُهُ إِيَّانَا وَإِرْجَاؤُهُ أَمْرَنَا عَمَّنْ حَلَفَ لَهُ وَاعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ (٢) . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : وَكَانَ لَا يَقْدَمُ مِنْ سَفَرٍ إِلَّا نَهَارًا فِي الضُّحَى ، فَإِذَا قَدِمَ بَدَأَ بِالْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فِيهِ . ٢٣ - وَعَنْ أَبِي نَجِيدٍ « بِضَمِّ النُّونِ وَفَتْحِ الْجِيمِ » عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ الْخُزَاعِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَى فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمُهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَدَعَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلِيَّهَا فَقَالَ : « أُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَأْتِنِي » فَفَعَلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَشُدَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا (٣) ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ : تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ زَنَتْ ؟ قَالَ : « لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ ، وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ؟ ! » رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ .

(١) أي : قدر لخبث باطنهم . (٢) انظر كتاب : « المخلفون وغزوة تبوك » للأستاذ نذير عتمة ، طبع المكتب الإسلامي . (٣) كذا في النسخ التي بين أيدينا ، وهي كذلك في بعض نسخ مسلم ، وفي بعضها : « فشكت » بالكاف : أي جمعت أطرافها لتستتر لئلا تنكشف في أثناء رجمها . - ن -