وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَخَذَتْهُ الشَّقِيقَةُ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ حِينَ أَفَاقَ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ مَا فَعَلَ النَّاسُ بِخَيْبَرَ فَأُخْبِرَ فَقَالَ لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَداً رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ كَرَّاراً غَيْرَ فَرَّارٍ لَا يَرْجِعُ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ. And Rasool-Allah -saww was seized by headache and he -saww did not come out to the people.
He -saww said when he -saww awoke from his -saww pain and said: ‘What did the people do with Khyber?’ He -saww was informed. He -saww said: ‘Tomorrow morning I -saww will give the flag to a man who loves Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww , and Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww love him -asws , an attacker not a fleer, not returning until Allah -azwj Grants victory upon his -asws hands’.
وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُّ وَ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ غَداً رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ It is reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim – ‘From Quteyba Bin Saeed, from Yaqoub Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Iskandary, from Abu Hazim, from Saeed Bin Sahl, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said on the day of Khyber: ‘I -saww , Tomorrow morning, will give the flag to a man, Allah -azwj will Grant victory upon his hands.
He loves Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww , and Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww love him -asws ’.
قَالَ فَبَاتَ النَّاسُ يَدُوكُونَ بِجُمْلَتِهِمْ أَيُّهُمْ يُعْطَاهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ غَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص- كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُونَ أَنْ يُعْطَاهَا فَقَالَ أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُوَ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَيْهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَبَصَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَ دَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَأَ كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ وَجَعٌ He said, ‘The people, all of them spent the night contemplating which of them he -saww would give it to.
When it was morning, the people rushed to Rasool-Allah -saww , all of them hoping that he would be given it (the flag). He -saww asked: ‘Where is Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! He -asws has a complaint of his -saww eyes’. He -saww said: ‘Send for him -asws ’.