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of Allah’s mercy, His good pleasure, and His Paradise, he yearns to meet Allah, so Allah yearns to meet him. But when the unbeliever is given the tidings of Allah’s punishment and wrath, he loathes to meet Allah, and Allah loathes to meet him.” Reported by Muslim.

1858 – The Mother of the Believers, Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy (may Allah be pleased with her), said: “The Prophet ﷺ was observing iʿtikāf, and I went to visit him one night. I spoke with him for a while, then rose to return home, (1) and he stood to accompany me. Two men from the Anṣār (may Allah be pleased with them) passed by; when they saw the Prophet ﷺ they quickened their pace. He ﷺ said, ‘Take it easy, (2) she is Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy.’ They replied, ‘Glory be to Allah, O Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Satan courses through the son of Adam as blood courses through him, and I feared he might cast some evil—or, he said, something—into your hearts.’” Agreed upon.

1859 – Abū al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of Ḥunayn. Abū Sufyān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and I stayed close to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and did not leave him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was riding a white mule of his. When the Muslims and the idolaters confronted each other, the Muslims turned and fled. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began prodding his mule (3) toward the unbelievers, while I held its bridle, restraining it so it would not surge forward, and Abū Sufyān held the Prophet’s stirrup. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, ‘ʿAbbās, call out to the Companions of the samurah-tree!’ (4) ʿAbbās—who had a powerful voice—(5) continues: “I shouted at the top of my lungs, ‘Where are the Companions of the samurah-tree?’ By Allah, their response on hearing my voice was like a cow turning back to protect her calf. They cried, ‘Here we are! Here we are!’ and engaged the unbelievers. The rallying cry among the Anṣār was, ‘O assembly of the Anṣār, O assembly of the Anṣār!’ Then the cry was narrowed to the clan of Banū al-Ḥārith ibn al-Khazraj. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked on while still mounted upon his mule…"

(1) That is: “I will return to my house.” (2) With the ra pronounced with a kasra, i.e., walking in the same manner as you two. (3) That is: he taps it with his blessed foot on its flank so that it will move faster. (4) That is: the Companions who participated in Bayat al-ridwan (the Pledge of Ridwan); the pledge was taken beneath a samura tree (a type of acacia). (5) That is: he had a powerful voice.

اللَّهُ وَرِضْوَانُهُ وَجَنَّتُهُ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ فَأَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ ، وَإِنَّ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا بَشَّرَ بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَسَخَطِهِ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ وَكَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ » رواه مسلم . ١٨٥٨ - وَعَنْ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ، مُعْتَكِفًا فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَزُورُهُ لَيْلًا ، فَحَدَّثْتُهُ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لِأَنْقَلِبَ (١) فَقَامَ مَعِي لِيَقْلِبَنِي ، فَمَرَّ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَسْرَعَا . فَقَالَ ﷺ : « عَلَى رِسْلِكُمَا (٢) ، إِنَّهَا صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ » فَقَالَا : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ : « إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنْ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ ، وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَقْذِفَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمَا شَرًّا - أَوْ قَالَ شَيْئًا - » متفق عليه . ١٨٥٩ - وَعَنْ أَبِي الْفَضْلِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ، فَلَزِمْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَلَمْ نُفَارِقْهُ ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ لَهُ بَيْضَاءَ ، فَلَمَّا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ ، وَلَّى الْمُسْلِمُونَ مُدْبِرِينَ ، فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، يَرْكُضُ بَغْلَتَهُ (٣) قَبْلَ الْكُفَّارِ ، وَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِ بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، أَكُفُّهَا إِرَادَةَ أَنْ لَا تُسْرَعَ ، وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ آخِذٌ بِرِكَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : « أَيُّ عَبَّاسٍ ، نَادِ أَصْحَابَ السَّمُرَةِ (٤) » . قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ - وَكَانَ رَجُلًا صَيِّتًا - (٥) فَقُلْتُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِي : أَيْنَ أَصْحَابُ السَّمُرَةِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ عَطْفَتَهُمْ حِينَ سَمِعُوا صَوْتِي عَطْفَةَ الْبَقَرِ عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَا ، فَقَالُوا : يَا لَبَّيْكَ يَا لَبَّيْكَ ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا هُمْ وَالْكُفَّارُ ، وَالدَّعْوَةُ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ يَقُولُونَ : يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، ثُمَّ قَصُرَتِ الدَّعْوَةُ عَلَى بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ ، فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ

(١) أي : أرجع إلى منزلي . (٢) بكسر الراء ، أي : على هيئتكما في المشي . (٣) أي : يضربها برجله الشريفة على كبدها لتسرع . (٤) أي : أصحاب بيعة الرضوان وكانت عند سمرة . (٥) أي : قوي الصوت .