Sahih Muslim, 4588

Rapporté par Omar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه : Le jour de la bataille de Badr, le Messager d’Allah ﷺ regarda les mécréants : ils étaient mille, alors que ses compagnons n’étaient que trois cent dix-neuf. Le Prophète ﷺ se tourna alors vers la Qibla, leva les mains et invoqua son Seigneur : « Ô Allah, accomplis ce que Tu m’as promis. Ô Allah, réalise ce que Tu m’as promis. Ô Allah, si ce petit groupe de musulmans est anéanti, Tu ne seras plus adoré sur cette terre. » Il continua à supplier son Seigneur, les mains levées vers la Qibla, jusqu’à ce que son manteau tombe de ses épaules. Abou Bakr vint alors, ramassa le manteau et le remit sur les épaules du Prophète ﷺ, puis l’enlaça par derrière et dit : « Ô Prophète d’Allah, cette prière que tu adresses à ton Seigneur te suffit, Il accomplira ce qu’Il t’a promis. » Alors Allah, le Glorieux et le Très-Haut, révéla ce verset : « Lorsque vous imploriez votre Seigneur, Il vous a exaucés : “Je vais vous aider avec mille anges qui se succéderont.” » Ainsi, Allah l’a aidé avec des anges. Abou Zoumaïl rapporte qu’Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه lui raconta : Ce jour-là, un musulman poursuivait un mécréant qui courait devant lui, quand il entendit au-dessus de lui le sifflement d’un fouet et la voix d’un cavalier disant : « Avance, Haïzoum ! » Il vit alors le polythéiste tomber sur le dos. En s’approchant, il remarqua une marque sur son nez et son visage était comme lacéré par un coup de fouet, devenu vert à cause du poison. Un Ansar raconta cela au Messager d’Allah ﷺ, qui lui dit : « Tu as dit vrai. C’est une aide venue du troisième ciel. » Ce jour-là, les musulmans tuèrent soixante-dix ennemis et en capturèrent soixante-dix. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ demanda à Abou Bakr et Omar رضي الله عنهما : « Quel est votre avis concernant ces prisonniers ? » Abou Bakr répondit : « Ce sont nos proches. Je pense qu’il faudrait les relâcher contre une rançon, cela nous renforcera face aux mécréants. Peut-être qu’Allah les guidera vers l’islam. » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ demanda : « Et toi, Ibn al-Khattab, qu’en penses-tu ? » Il répondit : « Ô Messager d’Allah, je ne partage pas l’avis d’Abou Bakr. Je pense que tu devrais nous les confier pour que nous leur tranchions la tête. Confie Aqil à Ali pour qu’il lui tranche la tête, et tel parent à moi pour que je lui tranche la tête. Ce sont les chefs des mécréants et leurs anciens combattants. » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ approuva l’avis d’Abou Bakr et non le mien. Le lendemain, je trouvai le Messager d’Allah ﷺ et Abou Bakr assis en train de pleurer. Je demandai : « Ô Messager d’Allah, pourquoi pleures-tu, toi et ton compagnon ? Dis-le-moi, je pleurerai aussi, ou du moins je ferai semblant de pleurer par solidarité. » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ répondit : « Je pleure pour ce qui est arrivé à tes compagnons à cause de la rançon prise sur les prisonniers. J’ai vu le châtiment auquel ils étaient exposés, il m’a été montré aussi près que cet arbre. » (Il montra un arbre proche de lui.) Puis Allah révéla le verset : « Il n’appartient pas à un prophète de faire des prisonniers tant que la force des mécréants n’a pas été écrasée… » jusqu’à la fin du verset : « Mangez donc des butins de guerre, ils sont licites et purs. » Ainsi, Allah a rendu le butin licite pour eux

It has been narrated on the authority of `Umar b. al-Khattab who said:When it was the day on which the Battle of Badr was fought, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cast a glance at the infidels, and they were one thousand while his own Companions were three hundred and nineteen. The Prophet (ﷺ) turned (his face) towards the Qibla. Then he stretched his hands and began his supplication to his Lord: "O Allah, accomplish for me what Thou hast promised to me. O Allah, bring about what Thou hast promised to me. O Allah, if this small band of Muslims is destroyed. Thou will not be worshipped on this earth." He continued his supplication to his Lord, stretching his hands, facing the Qibla, until his mantle slipped down from his shoulders. So Abu Bakr came to him, picked up his mantle and put it on his shoulders. Then he embraced him from behind and said: Prophet of Allah, this prayer of yours to your Lord will suffice you, and He will fulfill for you what He has promised you. So Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, revealed (the Qur'anic verse): "When ye appealed to your Lord for help, He responded to your call (saying): I will help you with one thousand angels coming in succession." So Allah helped him with angels. Abu Zumail said that the hadith was narrated to him by Ibn `Abbas who said: While on that day a Muslim was chasing a disbeliever who was going ahead of him, he heard over him the swishing of the whip and the voice of the rider saying: Go ahead, Haizum! He glanced at the polytheist who had (now) fallen down on his back. When he looked at him (carefully he found that) there was a scar on his nose and his face was torn as if it had been lashed with a whip, and had turned green with its poison. An Ansari came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and related this (event) to him. He said: You have told the truth. This was the help from the third heaven. The Muslims that day (i.e. the day of the Battle of Badr) killed seventy persons and captured seventy. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Abu Bakr and `Umar (Allah be pleased with them): What is your opinion about these captives? Abu Bakr said: They are our kith and kin. I think you should release them after getting from them a ransom. This will be a source of strength to us against the infidels. It is quite possible that Allah may guide them to Islam. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: What is your opinion, Ibn Khattab? He said: Messenger of Allah, I do not hold the same opinion as Abu Bakr. I am of the opinion that you should hand them over to us so that we may cut off their heads. Hand over `Aqil to `Ali that he may cut off his head, and hand over such and such relative to me that I may cut off his head. They are leaders of the disbelievers and veterans among them. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) approved the opinion of Abu Bakr and did not approve what I said. The next day when I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I found that both he and Abu Bakr were sitting shedding tears. I said: Messenger of Allah, why are you and your Companion shedding tears? Tell me the reason. For I will weep, or I will at least pretend to weep in sympathy with you. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I weep for what has happened to your companions for taking ransom (from the prisoners). I was shown the torture to which they were subjected. It was brought to me as close as this tree. (He pointed to a tree close to him.) Then God revealed the verse: "It is not befitting for a prophet that he should take prisoners until the force of the disbelievers has been crushed..." to the end of the verse: "so eat ye the spoils of war, (it is) lawful and pure. So Allah made booty lawful for them