Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ وَكَانَ كَاتِبًا لَهُ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ حِينَ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْحَرُورِيَّةِ فَقَرَأْتُهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ أَيَّامِهِ الَّتِي لَقِيَ فِيهَا الْعَدُوَّ انْتَظَرَ حَتَّى مَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تَتَمَنَّوْا لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ وَاسْأَلُوا اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاصْبِرُوا وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ وَمُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ وَهَازِمَ الْأَحْزَابِ اهْزِمْهُمْ وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَعَا فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّهُمْ وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ وَهُمْ عَبِيدُكَ وَنَوَاصِينَا وَنَوَاصِيهِمْ بِيَدِكَ فَاهْزِمْهُمْ وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan the judge informed us, from Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Mu'awiyah ibn Amr, from Abu Ishaq, from Musa ibn Uqbah, from Salim Abu al-Nadr, the freedman of Umar ibn Ubaydullah who was his scribe. He said: Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to him when he went out against the Kharijites, and I read it. It said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), on one of the days he faced the enemy, waited until the sun declined, then stood among the people and said: O people, do not wish to encounter the enemy and ask Allah for well-being. But when you encounter them, stand firm, and know that Paradise is beneath the shade of swords. Then he said: O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Mover of the clouds, Defeater of the Confederates — defeat them and grant us victory over them. Abu al-Nadr said: It reached us that the Prophet (peace be upon him) also supplicated in such a situation, saying: You are our Lord and their Lord; we are Your servants and they are Your servants; our forelocks and their forelocks are in Your Hand. Defeat them and grant us victory over them.