حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ خِرِّيتٍ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ إِنْ يَکُنْ مِنْکُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ فَشَقَّ ذَلِکَ عَلَی الْمُسْلِمِينَ حِينَ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ جَائَ تَخْفِيفٌ فَقَالَ الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْکُمْ قَرَأَ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی عَنْهُمْ مِنْ الْعِدَّةِ نَقَصَ مِنْ الصَّبْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا خَفَّفَ عَنْهُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2646
Ibn Abbas said “When the verse “If there are twenty amongst you patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred” was revealed. It was heavy and troublesome for Muslims when Allaah prescribed for them that one (fighting Muslim) should not fly from ten (fighting Non-Muslims). Then a light commandment was revealed saying “For the present Allaah hath lightened your (task). ” The narrator Abu Tawbah recited the verse to “they will vanquish two hundred. ” When Allaah lightened the number, patient and perseverance also decreased according to the number lightened from them. ”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020