[42] Circumstances during the Revelation و قال علي بن إبراهيم...

[42] Circumstances during the Revelation و قال علي بن إبراهيم: «نزلت يوم بدر لما انهزم الناس، و كان أصحاب رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) على ثلاث فرق: فصنف كانوا عند خيمة النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، و صنف أغاروا على النهب، و فرقة طلبت العدو و أسروا و غنموا And Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘It was revealed on the Day of Badr when the people (enemies) were defeated, and the companions of Rasool-Allah -saww were upon three groups – a category who were by the tent of the Prophet -saww , and a category who were raiding upon the plundering, and a group pursuing the enemy and captivating and plundering.

فلما جمعوا الغنائم و الأسارى، تكلمت الأنصار في الأسارى، فأنزل الله تبارك و تعالى: ما كانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ أَسْرى حَتَّى يُثْخِنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ When the war booty and the prisoners were collected, the Helpers spoke regarding the prisoners, so Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: It was not for the Prophet that there should happen to be prisoners for him until he has triumphed in the land [8:67] .

فلما أباح الله لهم الأسارى و الغنائم تكلم سعد بن معاذ، و كان ممن أقام عند خيمة النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، فقال: يا رسول الله، ما منعنا أن نطلب العدو زهادة في الجهاد، و لا جبنا من العدو، و لكنا خفنا أن نعدو موضعك فتميل عليك خيل المشركين، و قد أقام عند الخيمة وجوه المهاجرين و الأنصار و لم يشك أحد منهم، و الناس كثير- يا رسول الله- و الغنائم قليلة، و متى تعطي هؤلاء لم يبق لأصحابك شي‏ء When Allah -azwj Legalised for them the prisoners and the war booty, Sa’ad Bin Muaz spoke, and he was from the ones who stood by the tent of the Prophet -saww , and he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !

We were not prevented in pursuing the enemy by the abstention regarding the Jihad, nor cowardice from the enemies, but we feared that we would return to your -saww place and the cavalry of the Polytheists would have pounced upon you -saww , and the faces of the Emigrants and the Helpers had stood by the tent and not one of them doubted, and the people are numerous, O Rasool-Allah -azwj , and the war booty is little, and when you -saww give them, there would not remain anything for your -saww companions’.