The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 140
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 140 case that Madīnah was attacked. Hence, despite such passionate addresses, the Holy Prophet sa would continue to seek counsel as to what should be done. Sa‘d bin Mu‘ādh ra , chieftain of the Aus, understood this desire of the Holy Prophet sa and submitted on behalf of the Anṣār : “O Messenger of Allāh! Perhaps it is our counsel that you seek. By God!, when we have believed in you as being truthful, and have placed our hands in your hand, then go forth wherever you desire, we are with you. We swear by that Being, Who has sent you with the truth, that if you order us to dive into the sea, we shall dive into it, and not a single one of us shall hold back. God-willing, you shall find us steadfast in battle and shall witness from us that which shall be the delight of your eyes. ” When the Holy Prophet sa heard this address he was overjoyed and said: ٰ أبْشِرُوْا فَاِن َّ اللّٰه َ تَعَالی ٰ قَد ْ وَعَدَنِی ْ اِحْدَی الطَّائِفَتَیْن ِ وَاللّٰه ِ لَكَاَنِّی ْ اَنْظُر ُ اِلی ا سِیْرُوْا وَ ِ مَصَارِع ِ الْقَوْم “Go forth then in the name of Allāh, because Allāh has promised me that He shall definitely grant us victory over one of these two parties (i. e. , the army and the caravan). I swear by God that at this very time I am witnessing the places where the enemy men shall fall after being slain. ” 1 Upon hearing these words of the Holy Prophet sa , the Companions were pleased, but they also submitted in astonishment: ُ أھَّب َ لَه ا َ ا ذَكَرْت َ لَنَا الْقِتَال َ حَتّٰی نَت َّ ھَل “O Messenger of Allāh! If you had known of the army of the Quraish from before, why then did you not mention to us the prospect of war in Madīnah, so 1 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 421, Dhikru Ru’yā ‘Ātikah. . . . . / Istīthāqur-Rasūlillāhi Min Amril-Anṣār, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 255, Ghazwatu Badr, Dāru Iḥyā’it- Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)