Sahih al-Bukhari 65. Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) hadith 175 within the section
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السُّلَمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ خِرِّيتٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رضى الله عنهما قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ} شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ حِينَ فُرِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ لاَ يَفِرَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ، فَجَاءَ التَّخْفِيفُ فَقَالَ الآنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضُعْفًا فَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ}. قَالَ فَلَمَّا خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ نَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا خُفِّفَ عَنْهُمْ.
isnad (chain of narrators) text
Chain of Narrators (Isnad)
The chain reads from the compiler towards the source of the saying; each link transmits from the next. Click a narrator to list every hadith in which he appears.
- Compiler Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
- حدثنا haddesenâ يحيي بن عبد الله السلمي Yahyâ b. Abdullah es-Sülemî (2)
- اخبرنا ahberanâ عبد الله بن المبارك Abdullah b. Mübârek (3)
- اخبرنا ahberanâ جرير بن حازم Cerîr b. Hâzim (33)
- اخبرني ahberanî الزبير بن خريت Zübeyr b. Hirrît (2)
- عن an عكرمه İkrime (134)
- عن an ابن عباس İbn Abbâs (534) Source of the saying
Chain length: 6 narrators. Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity matching and biographies (death year, jarh wa ta'dil) are being added progressively.
Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1997)
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Verse:--'If there are twenty steadfast amongst you (Muslims), they will overcome twohundred (non-Muslims).' was revealed, it became hard on the Muslims when it became compulsory that one Muslim ought not to flee (in war) before ten (non-Muslims). So (Allah) lightened the order by revealing: '(But) now Allah has lightened your (task) for He knows that there is weakness in you. So if there are of you one-hundred steadfast, they will overcome (two-hundred (non-Muslims).' (8.66) So when Allah reduced the number of enemies which Muslims should withstand, their patience and perseverance against the enemy decreased as much as their task was lightened for them.
