we were spared, and that is what is meant by His statement:
“Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their fury, so that they gained no advantage. Allah was sufficient for the believers in the fighting, and Allah is All-Strong, All-Mighty.” (Q 33:25)
He continued: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then called for Bilāl and ordered him to pronounce the iqāmah. Bilāl did so, and the Prophet prayed Ẓuhr exactly as he would pray it in its proper time. Bilāl then gave the iqāmah again and he prayed ʿAṣr in the same manner; Bilāl gave the iqāmah again and he prayed Maghrib likewise; Bilāl gave the iqāmah yet again and he prayed ʿIshāʾ likewise. This occurred before the verse concerning the Prayer of Fear was revealed—Ḥajjāj said, “with regard to the Prayer of Fear”—
“Should you fear [an enemy], then [pray] on foot or mounted; but when you are secure, remember Allah as He has taught you what you did not know.” (Q 2:239)
Al-Nasāʾī (1) relates this through al-Fallās, from Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, from Ibn Abī Dhʾīb with the same chain: “On the Day of the Trench the idolaters kept us from the Ẓuhr prayer until the sun had set,” and so on.
Aḥmad (2) said: Hushaym narrated to us; Abū al-Zubayr narrated to us; from Nāfiʿ ibn Jubayr; from Abū ʿUbaydah ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd; from his father, that the polytheists kept the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of the Trench from four prayers until as much of the night passed as Allah willed. He then ordered Bilāl to call the adhān and give the iqāmah, and he prayed Ẓuhr; Bilāl gave the iqāmah and he prayed ʿAṣr; Bilāl gave the iqāmah and he prayed Maghrib; Bilāl gave the iqāmah and he prayed ʿIshāʾ.
Hāfiẓ Abū Bakr al-Bazzār (3) said: Muḥammad ibn Maʿmar narrated to us; Muʾammal—that is, Ibn Ismāʿīl—narrated to us; Ḥammād—that is, Ibn Salamah—told us; from ʿAbd al-Karīm—that is, Ibn Abī al-Mukhāriq; from Mujāhid; from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, that the Prophet ﷺ was kept on the Day of the Trench from the Ẓuhr, ʿAṣr, Maghrib, and ʿIshāʾ prayers. He therefore ordered Bilāl to call the adhān and give the iqāmah, whereupon he prayed Ẓuhr; then he ordered him to give the adhān and iqāmah again, and he prayed ʿAṣr; again he ordered him, and he prayed Maghrib; again he ordered him, and he prayed ʿIshāʾ. He then said:
“There is no people on the face of the earth who are remembering Allah at this moment other than you.”
This narration is unique to al-Bazzār, who remarked: “We do not know it except through this chain.” Some have transmitted it from ʿAbd al-Karīm, from Mujāhid, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from ʿAbd Allāh.
[Section: His ﷺ supplication against the confederates]
And how Allah the Exalted turned them away by His might and power in answer to His Messenger ﷺ (4) and in protection of his noble stronghold: He shook their hearts and then sent against them a violent wind that shook their very bodies.