Then he -saww Umar Bin Al-Khattab with a flag of the Emigrants.
Then he -saww Umar Bin Al-Khattab with a flag of the Emigrants. They had come back with Sa’ad having been injured, and Umar came accusing his companions of cowardice and they accused him of cowardice. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ قَالَ لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا لَيْسَ بِفَرَّارٍ يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ .
Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Like this the Emigrants and the Helpers are doing? – until he -saww had said it thrice. Then he -saww said: ‘I -saww will give the flag to a man who isn’t a fleer. Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww love him -asws , and he -asws loves Allah -azwj and His -azwj Rasool -saww ’’.
[5] Killing of Marhab by the Hands of Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws : الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَاهَانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَرْحَبٌ وَ كَانَ طَوِيلَ الْقَامَةِ عَظِيمَ الْهَامَةِ وَ كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تُقَدِّمُهُ لِشَجَاعَتِهِ وَ يَسَارِهِ (The book) ‘Al-Amaali’ of the Sheykh Al-Tusi Al-Mefeed, from Al-Husayn Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Tammar, from Ali Bin Mahan, from his uncle, from Muhammad Bin Umar, from Sowr Bin Yazeed, from Mak’howl who said, ‘When it was the day of Khyber, a man from the Jews called Marhab came out, and he was of a tall stature, large body, and the Jews used to send him forward due to his bravery and his affluence.
قَالَ فَخَرَجَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَمَا واقَفَهُ قِرْنٌ إِلَّا قَالَ أَنَا مَرْحَبٌ ثُمَّ حَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ لَهُ قَالَ وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ ظِئْرٌ وَ كَانَتْ كَاهِنَةً تَعْجَبُ بِشَبَابِهِ وَ عِظَمِ خَلْقِهِ وَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ لَهُ قَاتِلْ كُلَّ مَنْ قَاتَلَكَ وَ غَالِبْ كُلَّ مَنْ غَالَبَكَ إِلَّا مَنْ تَسَمَّى عَلَيْكَ بِحَيْدَرَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ وَقَفْتَ لَهُ هَلَكْتَ He said, ‘He came out during that day to the companions of Rasool-Allah -saww , and he did not stop by anyone except he said, ‘I am Marhab’, then attacked upon him, and not one withstood him.
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