يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ خُذُوا۟ حِذْرَكُمْ فَٱنفِرُوا۟ ثُبَاتٍ أَوِ ٱنفِرُوا۟ جَمِيعًۭا
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo khuzoo hizrakum fanfiroo subaain awin firoo jamee'aa
O you who have believed, take your precaution and [either] go forth in companies or go forth all together.
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Striving in Allah's way
4:71Ayah 1176
15 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about striving in Allah's way. This is one of them.
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O you who believe take your precautions against your enemy that is be wary of him and be vigilant against him; then move forward prepare to fight him in companies in separate groups one raiding party followed by the next; or move forward all together in one assembly.
Related Hadiths
Once the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to go on an expedition. He said: O group of the emigrants (Muhajirun) and the helpers (Ansar), among your brethren there are people who have neither property nor family. So one of you should take with him two or three persons; with me. I also rode on my camel by turns like one of them.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said
concerning the fear prayer: “The Imam should lead one group in
prayer, and they should perform one prostration, and there should be
another group between them and the enemy (guarding them). Then those
who did the prostration with their leader should move away, and take
the place of those who have not yet prayed. Then those who have not
yet prayed should come forward and perform one prostration with their
leader. Then their leader should move away, and his prayer will be
complete. Then each group should perform one prostration by itself.
If
the fear is too great, then (they should pray) on foot or
riding.’” He
said: What is meant by prostration here is a Rak’ah.
Proceed on, it is Jumdan, Mufarradun have gone ahead. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Allah's Messenger, who are Mufarradun? He said: They are those males and females who remember Allah much.
We were commanded to go out as well as the hidden away ladies and those unmarried. She said menstruating women were to come out amongst you, but remain behind people and pronounce takbir (Allah-o-Akbar) along with them.
AbuAyyub heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Capitals will be conquered at your hands, and you will have to raise companies in large armies. A man will be unwilling to join a company, so he will escape from his people and go round the tribes offering himself to them, saying: Whose place may I take in such and such expedition? Whose place may I take in such and such expedition? Beware: That man is a hireling to the last drop of his blood.
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