و حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَکَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا لِيَغْفِرَ لَکَ اللَّهُ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا مَرْجِعَهُ مِنْ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَهُمْ يُخَالِطُهُمْ الْحُزْنُ وَالْکَآبَةُ وَقَدْ نَحَرَ الْهَدْيَ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ آيَةٌ هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 4637
It has been narrated through a different chain of transmitters on the authority of Abu Wa'il who said: I heard Sahl b. Hunaif say at Siffin: Blame (the hollowness) of your views about your religion. I thought to myself on the day of Abu Jandal that if I could turn down the order of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), I would. The situation was so difficult that if we mended it at one place, it was rent at another.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020