Al-Bara’ reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of the battle with the confederates, while he was carrying so much earth for the trench that his stomach was covered in mud. The Prophet was saying, “O Allah, had You not guided us, we would not have given charity or performed prayer. Send tranquility upon us and make our stance firm if we encounter the enemy. Verily, they were the first to transgress against us. If they intend persecution, we have refused.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3034
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
Imam al-Biqa’i commented, “In this is a notification to this nation that it should not seek war in the first place. Indeed, it only defends itself from those who obstruct the establishment of its religion… Thus, it is a duty upon the believer to refuse war and not to seek it.”
Source: Naẓm al-Durar fī Tanāsub al-Āyāt wal-Suwar 3/406
عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ يَنْقُلُ التُّرَابَ وَقَدْ وَارَى التُّرَابُ بَيَاضَ بَطْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَوْلَا أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا وَلَا تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلَا صَلَّيْنَا فَأَنْزِل السَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا وَثَبِّتِ الْأَقْدَامَ إِنْ لَاقَيْنَا إِنَّ الْأُلَى قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا إِذَا أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا
3034 صحيح البخاري كتاب الجهاد والسير باب حفر الخندق
قال البقاعي ففيه إشعار لهذه الأمة بأن لا تطلب الحرب ابتداء وإنما تدافع عن منعها من إقامة دينها … فحق المؤمن أن يأبى الحرب ولا يطلبه
3/406 نظم الدرر في تناسب الآيات والسور
