Concerning what is reported about the dedication of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in worship.He said, We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and in another version, We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a military expedition toward Najd. We came upon one of the dwellings of the polytheists and captured the wife of one of their men. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned back to return.Her husband, who had been away, came and was told what had befallen her. He swore he would not turn back until he had shed blood among the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was somewhere along the way, he stopped in one of the mountain passes and said, "Who are two men who will stand guard over us this night against our enemy?"A man from the Emigrants and a man from the Helpers said, "We will guard you, Messenger of Allah."The two went out to the mouth of the pass, beyond the camp.Then the Helper said to the Emigrant, "Will you take the first part of the night for me while I take the last part for you, or shall I take the last part while you take the first?"The Emigrant replied, "Take the first part for me, and I will take the last part for you."So the Emigrant slept, while the Helper stood praying. He began reciting a surah from the Quran. While he was reciting it, the woman's husband arrived. When he saw the man standing there, he recognized him as a sentry for the people, so he loosed an arrow at him and struck him. The Helper pulled it out and placed it aside, while still standing reciting the surah he was in, and he did not move, unwilling to interrupt his recitation.Then the woman's husband shot another arrow at him and struck him with it. He pulled it out and placed it aside, still standing in prayer, and he did not move, unwilling to interrupt his recitation.Then the woman's husband shot a third arrow at him and struck him with it. He pulled it out and placed it aside. Then he bowed and prostrated, then said to his companion, "Get up, for I have been overcome."The Emigrant rose. When the woman's husband saw the two of them, he fled, realizing he had been detected.The Helper was streaming with blood from the wounds the woman's husband had inflicted.His brother the Emigrant said to him, "May Allah forgive you. Why did you not alert me the first time he shot you?"He replied, "I was reciting a surah from the Quran which I had begun in my prayer, and I disliked cutting it short. By Allah, were it not that I would have abandoned a post the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to guard, I would rather have given up my life than cut short my recitation."
حدثنا يعقوب حدثنا أبي عن محمد بن إسحاق حدثني صدقة بن يسار عن عقيل بن جابر
فيما يذكر من اجتهاد أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ في العبادة قال خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ وفي موضع آخر خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ في غزوة من نجد فأصاب امرأة رجل من المشركين إلى نجد فغشينا دارا من دور المشركين قال فأصبنا امرأة رجل منهم قال ثم انصرف رسول الله ﷺ راجعا وجاء صاحبها وكان غائبا فذكر له مصابها فحلف لا يرجع حتى يهريق في أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ دما قال فلما كان رسول الله ﷺ ببعض الطريق نزل في شعب من الشعاب وقال من رجلان يكلآنا في ليلتنا هذه من عدونا قال فقال رجل من المهاجرين ورجل من الأنصار نحن نكلؤك يا رسول الله قال فخرجا إلى فم الشعب دون العسكر ثم قال الأنصاري للمهاجري أتكفيني أول الليل وأكفيك آخره أم تكفيني آخره وأكفيك أوله قال فقال المهاجري بل اكفني أوله وأكفيك آخره فنام المهاجري وقام الأنصاري يصلي قال فافتتح سورة من القرآن فبينا هو فيها يقرأ إذ جاء زوج المرأة قال فلما رأى الرجل قائما عرف أنه ربيئة القوم فينتزع له بسهم فيضعه فيه قال فينزعه فيضعه وهو قائم يقرأ في السورة التي هو فيها ولم يتحرك كراهية أن يقطعها قال ثم عاد له زوج المرأة بسهم آخر فوضعه فيه فانتزعه فوضعه وهو قائم يصلي ولم يتحرك كراهية أن يقطعها قال ثم عاد له زوج المرأة الثالثة بسهم فوضعه فيه فانتزعه فوضعه ثم ركع فسجد ثم قال لصاحبه اقعد فقد أوتيت قال فجلس المهاجري فلما رآهما صاحب المرأة هرب وعرف أنه قد نذر به قال وإذا الأنصاري يموج دما من رميات صاحب المرأة قال فقال له أخوه المهاجري يغفر الله لك ألا كنت آذنتني أول ما رماك قال فقال كنت في سورة من القرآن قد افتتحتها أصلي بها فكرهت أن أقطعها وايم الله لولا أن أضيع ثغرا أمرني به رسول الله ﷺ بحفظه لقطع نفسي قبل أن أقطعها