Al-Furūsiyya - Ibn al-Qayyim - (الكتاب/87)

noble one, with the sword; for it is the splendor of your face and the praise that prevails over you, so that you may ride forth for the word of truth and the mien of godliness. Your Law and statutes are attended by the awe of your right hand, your arrows are sharpened, and peoples hurry beneath your sway.’ (1)

No prophet after David ever girded on the sword—before whom nations were humbled and whose ordinances were linked to awe—save our Prophet ﷺ, as he said, ‘I have been helped by awe at a distance of one month’s march.’ (2)

And in the Zabur, describing his community, it says: ‘Let him whom God has chosen rejoice in his nation; He granted him victory and guided the righteous among them with honor. They praise Him upon their beds and magnify Allah with raised voices; in their hands are double-edged swords, that He may take vengeance through them upon the nations who do not worship Him.’

These descriptions fit Muhammad ﷺ and his community exactly. (3)

(1) In MS (Ẓ) the reading is bi-yadayhi (“with his two hands”), which is incorrect. (2) Reported by al-Bukhari, no. 2815, and by Muslim, Sahih, no. 523, with the wording “nusirtu bil-ruʿb” (“I was aided by awe”); Muslim adds in one transmission the phrase “ʿala al-ʿaduww” (“against the enemy”), all on the authority of Abu Hurayra. Muslim also narrates it, no. 521, on the authority of Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah in an extended version that contains: “… wa nusirtu bil-ruʿb bayna yaday masirata shahr” (“and I was aided by awe that precedes me by a month’s march”). (3) MS (Ẓ) reads: ʿala sayyidina Muhammad sallallahu ʿalayhi wa-sallam wa ʿala ummatihi (“upon our master Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him, and upon his community”).

الخيار السيف؛ لأنه البهاء لوجهك، والحمد الغالب عليك، لتركب كلمة الحق، وسَمْتَ التألُّه، فإن ناموسك وشرائعك مقرونةٌ بهيبة (١) يمينك، وسهامك مسنونة، والأمم يجرون تحتك". وليس من الأنبياء مَن تقلَّد السيف بعد داود، وخرت الأمم تحته، وقُرِنت شرائعه بالهيبة؛ سوى نبيِّنا ﷺ؛ كما قال: "نُصِرْتُ بالرُّعب مسيرة شهر" (٢). وفي صفة أمته في "الزبور": "وليفرح مَن اصطفى الله أمَّته، وأعطاه النصر، وسدَّد الصالحين منهم بالكرامة، يسبِّحونه على مضاجعهم، ويكبِّرون الله تعالى بأصوات مرتفعة، بأيديهم سيوف ذات شفرتين، لينتقم بهم من الأمم الذين لا يعبدونه". وهذه الصفات منطبقة على محمد ﷺ وأُمَّته (٣).

(١) في (ظ) (بيديه) وهو خطأ. (٢) أخرجه البخاري رقم (٢٨١٥) ومسلم في صحيحه رقم (٥٢٣) بلفظ (نصرت بالرعب) وزاد مسلم في رواية (على العدو) من حديث أبي هريرة ﵁. وأخرجه مسلم رقم (٥٢١) من حديث جابر بن عبد الله ﵄ مطولًا وفيه ( … ونصرت بالرعب بين يدي مسيرة شهر). (٣) في (ظ) (على سيدنا محمد ﷺ وعلى أمته).