Umar said, ‘Is it a victory, O Rasool-Allah -saww ?
Umar said, ‘Is it a victory, O Rasool-Allah -saww ?’ He -saww said: ‘Yes, by the One -azwj in Whose Hand is my -saww soul, it is surely a victory’. (The booty of) Khyber was distributed upon the people of Al-hudaybiya, no one (else) was included in it except the ones who had attended it.
Dismantling the Door of the Fort of Khyber: ، الخرائج و الجرائح مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ ص أَنَّهُ لَمَّا سَارَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ أَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الرَّايَةَ إِلَى بَابِ الْحِصْنِ فَحَارَبَهُمْ فَحَمَلَتِ الْيَهُودُ فَرَجَعَ مُنْهَزِماً يُجَبِّنُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَ يُجَبِّنُونَهُ وَ لَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَخَذَ عُمَرُ الرَّايَةَ فَخَرَجَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يُجَبِّنُ النَّاسَ (The book) ‘Al-Kharaij Wa Al-Jaraih’ – ‘From his -saww military expeditions – when he -saww travelled to Khyber Abu Bakr took the flag to the door of Khyber and battled them, but the Jews attacked and he returned defeated accusing his companions of cowardice and they accused him of cowardice.
And when it was the next morning, Umar took the flag and went out with them, then he returned accusing the people of cowardice.
فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْجِعُونَ مُنْهَزِمِينَ يُجَبِّنُونَ أَصْحَابَهُمْ أَمَا لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَداً رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ كَرَّاراً غَيْرَ فَرَّارٍ لَا يَرْجِعُ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ Rasool-Allah -saww was angered and said: ‘What is the matter with the people returning defeated accusing their companions of being cowards?
But 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 , a man who is an attacker not a fleer. He -asws will not return until Allah -azwj Grants victory upon his -asws hands’.
وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع أَرْمَدَ الْعَيْنِ فَتَطَاوَلَ جَمِيعُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالُوا أَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُبْصِرُ شَيْئاً لَا سَهْلًا وَ لَا جَبَلًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنَ الْخَيْمَةِ وَ الرَّايَةُ فِي يَدِهِ فَرَكَزَهَا وَ قَالَ أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُوَ رَمِدٌ مَعْصُوبُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ قَالَ هَاتُوهُ إِلَيَّ And Ali -asws was with sore eyes, so the entirety of the Emigrants and the Helpers elongated (their necks) and said, ‘As for Ali -asws , he -asws cannot see anything, neither a coast nor a mountain’.
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