Hadith 19

(The book) ‘Alaam Al-Wara’ – ‘Then there was the military expedition of Khyber during Zilhajj of the year six, and Al-Waqidy (wahabi Imam) mentioned that it happened at the beginning of the year seven from the Emigration, and Rasool-Allah-saww besieged them for about twenty nights and there were fourteen thousand Jews at Khyber in their fortress. Rasool-Allah-saww went on opening it, fortress by fortress, and the one, which was the most difficult of their fortresses and one with most people was Al-Qamous. Abu Bakr took the flag of the Emigrants and fought with it them returned defeated. Then Umar took it the next morning and he returned defeated accusing the people of cowardice and they accused him of cowardice, until Rasool-Allah-saww was saddened and he-saww said: ‘I-saww will give the flag tomorrow morning to an attacking man not a fleer, who loves Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww loves him. He-asws will not return until Allah-azwj Grants victory upon his-asws hands’. Quraysh woke upon in the morning saying to each other, ‘As for Ali-asws, we are suffice of him-asws for he-asws is with sore eyes. He-asws cannot even see the place of his-asws feet. And Ali-asws said: ‘When Rasool-Allah-saww heard the words he-saww said: ‘O Allah-azwj! There is no gain of what You-azwj Prevent, nor any prevent to what You-azwj Give’. Rasool-Allah-saww woke up in the morning and gathered the people to him-saww. Sa’ad said, ‘I sat fixing my eyes, then I knelt upon my knees, then I stood up on my feet standing hopefully that he-saww would called me. He-saww said: ‘Call Ali-asws for me-saww’. The people shouted from every side, ‘He-asws is with sore eyes. He-asws cannot even see the place of his-asws feet’. He-saww said: ‘Send a message to him-asws and call him-asws’. They came with him-asws being guided. He-saww placed his-asws head upon his-saww thigh. Then he-saww applied his-saww spittle in his-asws eyes. He-asws stood up and it was as if his-asws eyes were two bright lights. Then he-saww gave him-asws the flag and supplicated for him-asws. He-asws went out sprinting with a sprint. By Allah-azwj! The last of them had not even reach until he-asws had entered the fortress. Jabir said, ‘We hastened to wear our weapons and Sa’ad shouted, ‘Wait for the people to catch up with you-asws! ’ He-asws went until he-asws focussed on it near from the fortress. Marhab came out to him-asws in his habit with the Jews. He-asws duelled him and struck his legs and cut them and he fell down, and Ali-asws and the Muslims attacked upon them and defeated (them)’’. Aban said, ‘And it is narrated to me by Zurara who said, ‘Al-Baqir-asws said: ‘He (Ali-asws) ended up to the door of the fortress and it had been locked in his-asws face, so he-asws pulled it off with a pulling and shielded with it. Then carried it upon his-asws back and broke into the fortress with a breaking, and the Muslims stormed in (stampeding upon the door over the trench) while the door was upon his-asws back ‘. He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! Ali-asws did not face from the people anything more difficult than what he-asws faced from the door. Then he-asws threw the door and a person came out giving good news to Rasool-Allah-saww, ‘Ali-asws has entered the fortress! ’ Rasool-Allah-saww came, and Ali-asws came out (of the fort) and they-asws both met. He-saww said: ‘It reache