Hadith 21

Sahih Bukhari

Book 56: Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)

Chapter 11

The Statement of Allah Aza wa'jal: "Say: Do you wait for us except one of the two best things (martyrdom or victory)?..."

بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلاَّ إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ}

Battles are always undecided and victory is shared by the opponents in turns.
وَالْحَرْبُ سِجَالٌ
Sahih al-Bukhari 2804
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ قَالَ لَهُ سَأَلْتُكَ كَيْفَ كَانَ قِتَالُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ فَزَعَمْتَ أَنَّ الْحَرْبَ سِجَالٌ وَدُوَلٌ، فَكَذَلِكَ الرُّسُلُ تُبْتَلَى ثُمَّ تَكُونُ لَهُمُ الْعَاقِبَةُ‏.‏
`Abdullah bin `Abbas:

That Abu Sufyan told him that Heraclius said to him, "I asked you about the outcome of your battles with him (i.e. the Prophet (ﷺ) ) and you told me that you fought each other with alternate success. So the Apostles are tested in this way but the ultimate victory is always theirs.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

ibn Abbas

عبد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب الحبر

2,209 narrations

follower
2

'Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba

عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود

352 narrations

follower
3

al-Zuhri ‎,

ابن شهاب الزهري محمد بن مسلم

3,342 narrations

successor
4

Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad

يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد

823 narrations

successor
5

al-Laith bin Sa'd

الليث بن سعد

1,313 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Yahya bin Yahya bin Bukayr

يحيى بن يحيى بن بكير

883 narrations