Le Jour d'Uhud, confronté à la défaite...

502. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Al-Husayn Abu Al-A’ala Al-Khaffaf, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘When the people were defeated on the Day of Ohad and fled from the Prophet (saww), he (saww) turned towards them with his (saww) face and was saying: ‘I (saww) am Muhammad (saww)! I (saww) am the Rasool Allah (saww)! I (saww) have neither been killed nor have I (saww) died’. So and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) turned towards him (saww) saying, ‘Now he (saww) is mocking with us as well and we have been defeated. And there remained with him (saww) Ali (asws) and Samaak Bin Kharsha Abu Dujana (ar), may Allah (azwj) have Mercy on him. So the Prophet (saww) called him (ar) over and said: ‘O Abu Dujana! Leave, for you (ar) are free from your pledge of allegiance. As for Ali (asws), so I (saww) am him (asws) and he (asws) is me (saww)’. So he came over and sat down in front of the Prophet (saww) and wept, and said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj)!’ And he (ar) raised his (ar) head towards the sky and said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj)! I (ar) will not make myself free from my pledge of allegiance. I (ar) gave my (ar) pledge of allegiance to you (saww), so where shall I (ar) go, to a wife who will die, or a son who will die, or a house which will be ruined and wealth which will be destroyed, and a term (death) which comes nearer?’ So the Prophet (saww) left him (ar), and he (ar) did not stop fighting until he was weakened by the wounds and he (ar) was on one side of him (saww) and Ali (asws) was on the other side of him (saww). So when he (ar) dropped, Ali (asws) carried him (ar) to the Prophet (saww) and placed him (ar) in his (saww) presence. So he (ar) said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), have I (ar) been loyal to my (ar) pledge of allegiance?’ He (saww) said: ‘Yes’. And the Prophet (saww) said good things for him (ar). And the people were attacking the Prophet (saww) from the right, so Ali (asws) defended him (saww). So when he (asws) defended him (saww), they attacked the Prophet (saww) from the left. That situation did not cease until his (asws) sword broke into three pieces. So he (asws) came to the Prophet (saww). He (asws) displayed it in front him (saww) and said: ‘This is my (asws) sword which has broken. Thus, it was on that day that the Prophet (saww) gave him (asws) Za Al-Fiqar (Zulfiqar). And when the Prophet (saww) saw that (Ali (asws)) was exhausted due to the frequency of the fighting, he (saww) raised his (saww) head towards the sky and he wept and said: ‘O Lord (azwj)! You (azwj) Promised me (saww) that You (azwj) would be Making Your (azwj) Religion to prevail, and if You (azwj) so Desire, it would not Tire You (azwj)’. Ali (asws) turned towards the Prophet (saww) and said: ‘O Rasool Allah (saww)! I (asws) heard a loud rumble and heard the galloping of Hayzoum (Horse of Jibraeel), and I (asws) did not attack to strike anyone except that he would fall dead before I (asws) struck him. So he (saww) said: ‘This was Jibraeel and Mikaeel, and Israfeel among the Angels’. Then Jibraeel (as) went and paused to the side of the Rasool Allah (saww). He said: ‘O Muhammad (saww), this is the comfort’. So he (saww) said: ‘Ali (asws) is from me (asws), and I (saww) am from him (asws)’. So Jibraeel said: ‘And I am from both of you (asws). Then the people (enemy) were defeated. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to Ali (asws): ‘O Ali (asws)! Go with your (asws) sword until you are opposite to them. If you (asws) see them riding the camels and the horses are by their side, then they are intending to go to Makkah. And if you (asws) see them to be riding the horses and their camels are by their sides, so they are intending to go to Al-Medina. Ali (asws) came up to them, and they were upon their camels, so Abu Sufyan said to Ali (asws), ‘O Ali (asws)! What do you (asws) want. That is where we are going, to Makkah. So leave and go to your (asws) companion (saww)’. Jibraeel followed them, and when they heard the galloping of his horse, they strived to move faster, and he kept following them. So when they moved, they said, ‘It is the army of Muhammad (saww) which is coming’. Abu Sufyan entered Makkah and informed them of the news. The shepherds and the woodcutters came. So they entered Makkah. They said, ‘We saw the army of Muhammad (saww)!’ All of them left. Abu Sufyan descended at Makkah and followed their footsteps horse to the horse. The people of Makkah came and addressed Abu Sufyan and reproached him. And the Prophet (saww) moved and the flag was with Ali (asws) and he (asws) was in front of him (saww). So when he (asws) came up with the flag while moving in front and when they reached ‘Al-Uqba’, and the people saw him (asws), Ali (asws) called out: ‘O you people! This is Muhammad (saww). He (saww) never died and he (saww) was never killed!’ So the one who had said, ‘He (saww) is mocking us and we have been defeated’ (Abu Bakr or Umar)’, said, ‘This is Ali (asws) and flag is in his (asws) hands’, until the Prophet (saww) moved towards them, and the women of the Helpers were in their courtyards and on the doorways of their houses, and the men came out to him (saww) returning from their flight and escape. The women of the Helpers had scratched their faces, and spread their hair, and placed dust upon their foreheads, and had torn the sides of their dresses, and tied their abdomens for (the grief for) Prophet (saww). So when he (saww) saw them, he (saww) said good things for them and told them to cover themselves up and enter their respective houses. And he (saww) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Promised me (saww) that He (azwj) would Make His (azwj) Religion to prevail over all the Religions’. And Allah (azwj) Revealed unto Muhammad (saww): “[3:144] Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least”, the Verse.

Lorsque les gens furent vaincus le jour d'Uhud, le Prophète (que la prière et la paix d'Allah soient sur lui) se tourna vers eux en disant : "Je suis Muhammad, je suis le Messager d'Allah, je n'ai pas été tué, je ne suis pas mort." Puis il se tourna vers eux en pointant du doigt tel et tel, disant : "Maintenant, ils se moquent de nous aussi, alors que nous avons été vaincus. Seul Ali est resté avec lui, ainsi que Simak ibn Kharasha Abu Dujana. Le Prophète l'appela et lui dit : "Ô Abu Dujana, retourne chez toi, tu es exempt de ton serment. Quant à Ali, moi et lui sommes un." Ali se transforma, s'assit devant le Prophète, pleura et dit : "Par Allah, je ne me délierai pas de mon serment. J'ai fait serment de t'obéir." Le Prophète le laissa partir et il continua à combattre jusqu'à ce que les blessures l'affaiblissent, avec le visage en avant et Ali de même. Quand il fut blessé, Ali le soutint et l'amena au Prophète, qui le plaça devant lui et lui dit : "Ô Messager d'Allah, ai-je bien rempli mon serment ?" Il répondit : "Oui." Le Prophète lui souhaita le meilleur. Les gens portaient à droite du Prophète le bouclier, mais Ali le retirait. Chaque fois qu'il le retirait, le bouclier passait à gauche du Prophète. Cela continua jusqu'à ce que son épée se brise en trois morceaux. Il la présenta au Prophète en disant : "Voici mon épée, elle s'est brisée." Ce jour-là, le Prophète lui donna Zulfiqar. Lorsque le Prophète vit ses jambes enflées à cause de la bataille, il leva les yeux au ciel en pleurant et dit : "Ô Seigneur, tu m'as promis de manifester ta religion. Si tu veux, tu ne le feras pas." Ali s'approcha du Prophète et dit : "Ô Messager d'Allah, j'entends un bruit fort et je sens une odeur intense. Je ne frappe personne sans le voir tomber mort avant que je ne le frappe." Le Prophète dit : "C'est Gabriel, Michel et Israfil parmi les anges." Puis Gabriel vint se tenir aux côtés du Prophète et dit : "Ô Muhammad, ceci est un signe de réconfort." Le Prophète répondit : "Ali est de moi et je suis de lui." Gabriel ajouta : "Et je suis des deux." Les gens furent vaincus et le Prophète dit à Ali : "Ô Ali, prends ton épée et affronte-les. Si tu les vois monter à cheval et contourner les montagnes, ils veulent Makkah. Mais s'ils montent à cheval et évitent les montagnes, ils veulent Médine." Ali les rejoignit alors qu'ils montaient à cheval et dit à Abu Sufyan : "Nous allons à Makkah." Abu Sufyan retourna en arrière. Chaque fois qu'ils entendirent le bruit des sabots des chevaux, ils se retournèrent pour voir Muhammad. Abu Sufyan entra à Makkah et informa les gens. Les bergers et les bûcherons entrèrent à Makkah et dirent : "Nous avons vu l'armée de Muhammad. Chaque fois qu'Abu Sufyan partait, ils le suivaient. Gabriel les suivait et chaque fois qu'ils entendirent le bruit des sabots des chevaux, ils se retournèrent pour voir Muhammad. La bannière était avec Ali devant lui. Lorsqu'il arriva près