حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ أَنَّ عَمَّهُ غَابَ عَنْ قِتَالِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ غِبْتُ عَنْ أَوَّلِ قِتَالٍ قَاتَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُشْرِکِينَ لَئِنْ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدَنِي قِتَالًا لَلْمُشْرِکِينَ لَيَرَيَنَّ اللَّهُ کَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَلَمَّا کَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ انْکَشَفَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْکَ مِمَّا جَائَ بِهِ هَؤُلَائِ يَعْنِي الْمُشْرِکِينَ وَأَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْکَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ هَؤُلَائِ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَهُ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ فَلَقِيَهُ سَعْدٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَخِي مَا فَعَلْتَ أَنَا مَعَکَ فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ مَا صَنَعَ فَوُجِدَ فِيهِ بِضْعٌ وَثَمَانُونَ مِنْ ضَرْبَةٍ بِسَيْفٍ وَطَعْنَةٍ بِرُمْحٍ وَرَمْيَةٍ بِسَهْمٍ فَکُنَّا نَقُولُ فِيهِ وَفِي أَصْحَابِهِ نَزَلَتْ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَی نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ قَالَ يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَاسْمُ عَمِّهِ أَنَسُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3201
Narrated Anas bin Malik: My paternal uncle was absent from the fighting of Badr, so he said: 'I was absent from the first fight the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fought with idolaters, so if Allah grants me to participate in a fight with the idolaters, then Allah will see what I will do!' So on the Day of Uhud, when the Muslims were driven back he said: 'O Allah! Indeed I am innocent before you of what these people - meaning the idolaters - have done, and I beg of You to excuse these people for what they have done - meaning the Companions. Then he went forward and met up with Sa'd. He said: 'O my brother! Whatever you do, I am with you!' But he was not able to do the same as him. He was found with more than eighty wounds, between blows with the sword, thrusts of a spear, or arrow wounds. We would say: 'It was about him and his companions that (the following) was revealed: 'Of them some have fulfilled their vow, and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed in the least (33:23). (One of the narrators) Yazid said: Meaning this Ayah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020