We ask You -azwj for goodness of this town and goodness of...
We ask You -azwj for goodness of this town and goodness of its people and goodness of what is in it, and we seek Refuge with You -azwj from the evil of this town and evil of its people and evil of what is therein, (then said) ‘Go ahead!’ وَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَسِرْنَا لَيْلًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ لِعَامِرِ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ أَ لَا تُسْمِعُنَا مِنْ هُنَيْهَاتِكَ وَ كَانَ عَامِرٌ رَجُلًا شَاعِراً فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لَاهُمَّ لَوْ لَا أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَ لَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَ لَا صَلَّيْنَا فَاغْفِرْ فِدَاءٌ لَكَ مَا اقْتَنَيْنَا وَ ثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا وَ أَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا إِذَا صِيحَ بِنَا أَنَيْنَا وَ بِالصِّيَاحِ عَوَّلُوا عَلَيْنَا And from Salama Bin Al-Akwy who said, ‘We went out with Rasool-Allah -saww to Khyber, and we travelled at night.
A man from the people said to Aamir Bin Al-Akwy, ‘Will you not make us listen from your felicitation?’ And Aamir was a poetic man, so he went on say (a poem), ‘ No worries, had it not been for you -saww we would not have been guided, nor ratified, nor prayed Salat. Forgive your redemption what we have acquired, and the feet are steadfast if we meet (in battle), and send down tranquillity upon us, we when shout assist us, and with the shout, ululate upon us ’.
He -saww said: ‘May Allah -azwj have Mercy on him’, and he was upon a camel and answered, O Rasool-Allah -saww ! If we had not enjoyed with it’, and that is that Rasool-Allah -saww did not seek Forgiveness for any man at all except he was martyred’. They said, ‘When the war started and the people formed rows, a Jew came out and he was saying (a poem), ‘ Khyber has known I am Marhab, the weapon complains I am an experienced hero, when there are wars there will be flames ’.