Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Aal-i-Imraan, Ayah 121

Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 121 · View Ayah
وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَٰعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
And [remember] when you, [O Muhammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uhud] - and Allah is Hearing and Knowing -

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And mention O Muhammad (s) when you went forth at dawn from your family at Medina to assign the believers to have them occupy their places stations for them to stand at for battle and God hears what you say knows your circumstances this was the day of the battle of Uhud. The Prophet s set out with 1000 or 950 men while the idolaters numbered 3000. The Prophet pitched camp at the ravine on Saturday 7th of Shawwāl in year 3 of the Hijra. He had his back and that of his troops to Uhud. He arranged their lines and placed a group of archers under the command of ‘Abd Allāh b. Jubayr at the foot of the mountain and said to them ‘Defend us with your arrows in case they come up from behind us and remain here whether we are being defeated or on the verge of victory’.

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(And remember when thou settedst forth at daybreak from thy housefolk) when you left Medina for Uhud (to assign to the believers their positions for the battle) against their enemies, (Allah was Hearer) of your speech, (Knower) of what befell you and of your leaving the positions which were assigned to you.

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Narrated by Ibn Abbas narrated:
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the Prophet sent his family ahead, and told them not to stone the Jamrah until the sun had risen. (Daif)

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Narrated by Abu Hurairah reported:
Sahih al-Bukhari#3896Sahih

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That the Prophet prayed Zuhr and Fajr in Mina, then he left in the morning to Arafat.

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Narrated by Abdullah b. Abu Mulaika reported that Abdullah b. Jafar said to Ibn Zubair:
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On the day of the battle of Uhud the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned for me both his parents (i.e. saying, "Let my parents be sacrificed for you.").

Narrated by Narrated Sa`d:
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“The Prophet (ﷺ) set out before daybreak, on the night of departure, from Batha’.”

Narrated by It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:
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I as among those whom the Prophet (ﷺ) sent on the night of Al-Muzdalifa early being among the weak members of his family.

Narrated by Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

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