Kaab bin Malik reported,

Abdullah bin Kaab bin Malik, who was the son who guided Kaab when he became blind, said, "I heard Kaab bin Malik narrate his story of when he stayed behind from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Battle of Tabuk."Kaab bin Malik said, "I never stayed behind from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in any expedition he undertook except for the Battle of Tabuk, though I had also stayed behind during the Battle of Badr. But no one was reproached for staying behind from Badr, since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had set out only intending to intercept the caravan of Quraysh, and Allah brought him and his enemy together unexpectedly. I was present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of Aqaba when we pledged ourselves to Islam, and I would not exchange that occasion for being present at Badr, even though Badr is more frequently mentioned among people and more renowned than it.The story of how I stayed behind from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Battle of Tabuk is this. I had never been stronger or better off than I was at the time I stayed behind from him on that expedition. By Allah, I had never possessed two riding camels at once before, but I had two for that expedition.Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to undertake an expedition, he would conceal it by hinting at another destination, until that expedition came. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for it in severe heat, facing a long journey, a desert to cross, and a numerous enemy. So he made the matter clear to the Muslims, that they might prepare adequately for their enemy, and informed them of the direction he intended to take. The Muslims with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were many, and no register could hold their names."Kaab continued, "Few were the men who wished to absent themselves who did not suppose that this would remain hidden, so long as no revelation came from Allah about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ undertook that expedition when the fruits had ripened and the shade was pleasant, and I was inclined toward those things. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the believers with him made their preparations, and I would set out in the morning to prepare with them, then return without having accomplished anything, saying to myself, 'I am able to do it whenever I wish.' I kept doing this until people grew serious and the day came when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out in the morning with the Muslims, while I had not finished any of my preparations. I told myself, 'I will prepare a day or two later, then catch up with them.' I went out in the morning after they had departed to make my preparations, but returned without having done anything. Then I went out again the next morning, and again returned without having done anything. This kept dragging on until they had advanced quickly and the expedition slipped past me. I considered setting out to overtake them, and would that I had done so, but it was not decreed for me.After the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had departed, whenever I went out among the people, it grieved me that I saw only men suspected of hypocrisy or men whom Allah had excused. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not mention me until he reached Tabuk. While he was sitting among the people at Tabuk, he asked, 'What has Kaab bin Malik done?'A man from Banu Salama said, 'Messenger of Allah, his fine cloaks and his self-admiration have detained him.'Muaz bin Jabal said to him, 'What an evil thing you have said. By Allah, Messenger of Allah, we know nothing about him except good.'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent."Kaab bin Malik continued, "When I learned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his way back from Tabuk, my distress overwhelmed me. I began thinking up lies, saying to myself, 'How shall I escape his anger tomorrow?' I sought help in this from every wise person in my family. But when it was said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was about to arrive, all falsehood vanished from me, and I knew I would never escape from him by anything but the truth. So I resolved to be truthful with him.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in the morning. Whenever he returned from a journey, he would begin with the mosque and pray two units of prayer there, then sit for the people. When he had done so, those who had stayed behind came to him and began making excuses and swearing oaths to him. They were over eighty men. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted their outward statements, asked forgiveness for them, and entrusted their inner intentions to Allah , until I came.When I greeted him, he smiled the smile of an angry man, then said to me, 'Come here.' I came walking until I sat before him. He said to me, 'What kept you behind? Had you not purchased your mount?'I said, 'Messenger of Allah, by Allah, if I were sitting before anyone other than you among the people of this world, I would think I could escape his anger with an excuse, for I have been given the gift of argument. But by Allah, I know that if I tell you a false story today that pleases you, Allah will soon make you angry with me. And if I tell you the truth today and you become angry with me over it, I still hope for a good outcome from Allah . By Allah, I had no excuse. By Allah, I was never freer or better off than when I stayed behind from you.'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'As for this one, he has spoken the truth. So get up until Allah decides about you.'I got up, and some men from Banu Salama hurried after me. They said to me, 'By Allah, we never knew you to have committed any sin before this. Yet you were unable to offer the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same kind of excuse the others who stayed behind offered. The forgiveness sought for you by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would have sufficed for your sin.'By Allah, they kept reproaching me until I wanted to go back and contradict myself. Then I asked them, 'Has anyone else faced what I am facing?'They said, 'Yes, two men have said what you said and were given the same response you were given.'I asked, 'Who are they?'They said, 'Murara bin Rabi al-Amiri and Hilal bin Umaya al-Waqifi.'They mentioned to me two righteous men who had been at Badr, in whom I had a model. So I went my way when they named them.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the Muslims from speaking to the three of us out of all those who had stayed behind. So the people avoided us and changed toward us, until the earth itself seemed strange to me, no longer the earth I had known. We continued like this for fifty nights.As for my two companions, they submitted and sat in their houses weeping. But I was the youngest and most resilient of them. I would attend the prayer with the Muslims, walk through the markets, and no one would speak to me. I would come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he sat among his companions after the prayer and greet him, asking myself, 'Did his lips move to return the greeting or not?' Then I would pray near him, stealing glances at him. When I turned to my prayer, he would look at me, but when I looked toward him, he would turn away.When this shunning by the Muslims had gone on long enough, I went and climbed over the wall of Abu Qatada's garden. He was my cousin and the dearest of people to me. I greeted him, but by Allah, he did not return my greeting. I said to him, 'Abu Qatada, I implore you by Allah, do you know that I love Allah and His Messenger?'He remained silent. I repeated my appeal, and he remained silent. I appealed again, and he said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.'My eyes overflowed with tears, and I turned away and climbed back over the wall.While I was walking through the market of Madinah, a Nabataean from among the Nabataeans of Sham who had come to sell food in Madinah was saying, 'Who will direct me to Kaab bin Malik?' People began pointing me out to him until he came and handed me a letter from the king of Ghassan. I could read, and it said, 'To proceed. We have heard that your companion has treated you harshly. Allah has not placed you in a house of humiliation or neglect. Come and join us, and we will console you.'When I read it, I said, 'This too is part of the trial.' I took it to the oven and burned it in the fire.When forty of the fifty nights had passed, a messenger from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ orders you to keep apart from your wife.'I asked, 'Shall I divorce her, or what shall I do?'He said, 'Just keep apart from her and do not approach her.'He sent the same message to my two companions. So I said to my wife, 'Go to your family and stay with them until Allah decides this matter.'The wife of Hilal bin Umaya came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said to him, 'Messenger of Allah, Hilal is a helpless old man with no servant. Would you object to my serving him?'He said, 'No, but he must not approach you.'She said, 'By Allah, he has no inclination toward anything. By Allah, he has done nothing but weep from the day this happened to him until this very day.'Some of my family said to me, 'Why don't you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission concerning your wife? He has given the wife of Hilal bin Umaya permission to serve him.'I said, 'By Allah, I will not ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission concerning her, and I do not know what he might say if I asked him, since I am a young man.'We continued like this for ten more nights, completing fifty nights since we had been forbidden to be spoken to.Then I prayed the dawn prayer on the morning of the fiftieth night on the roof of one of our houses. While I was sitting in the state Allah described, my soul confined and the earth narrowed for me despite its vastness, I heard a caller who had climbed Mount Sala calling at the top of his voice, 'Kaab bin Malik, rejoice!'I fell prostrate, knowing that relief had come. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had announced Allah's acceptance of our repentance after praying the dawn prayer, and people had gone out to bring us the good news. Some had gone to my two companions to give them the good news, and a man galloped a horse toward me, while a runner from Aslam climbed the mountain. The voice was faster than the horse. When the man whose voice I had heard came to me with the good news, I took off my two garments and clothed him in them as a reward for his news. By Allah, I owned no other garments that day, so I borrowed two garments and put them on.I set out toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. People met me in groups, congratulating me on the acceptance of my repentance, saying, 'Congratulations on Allah's acceptance of your repentance.' Until I entered the mosque, where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting surrounded by people. Talha bin Ubaydullah got up and hurried to me, shook my hand, and congratulated me. By Allah, no man among the Muhajirin rose to me except him."Kaab never forgot that of Talha.Kaab said, "When I greeted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his face was glowing with joy. He said, 'Receive good news of the best day you have had since your mother bore you.'I said, 'Is it from you, Messenger of Allah, or from Allah?'He said, 'No, it is from Allah.'When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was pleased, his face would shine until it was as if it were a piece of the moon, and we would recognize his joy by it.When I sat before him, I said, 'Messenger of Allah, as part of my repentance, I shall give up all my wealth as charity to Allah and His Messenger.'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Keep some of your wealth, that is better for you.'I said, 'I will keep my share at Khaybar.' Then I said, 'Messenger of Allah, Allah has saved me through truthfulness, and as part of my repentance I shall not speak anything but the truth as long as I live.'By Allah, I do not know any Muslim whom Allah has tested with truthfulness in speech better than He tested me from the time I said that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, I have not deliberately lied since the day I said that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until this day of mine, and I hope that Allah will preserve me in what remains.Allah revealed, "Allah has already turned in mercy to the Prophet and the Muhajirin and the Ansar who followed him in the hour of difficulty after the hearts of a party of them had nearly deviated. Then He turned to them. Indeed, He is to them Kind and Merciful. And to the three who were left behind, until the earth, vast as it is, became narrow for them, and their souls became straitened for them, and they realized that there was no refuge from Allah except in Him. Then He turned to them so that they might repent. Indeed, Allah is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful. You who have believed, fear Allah and be with the truthful" [Tawba 9:117–119]."Kaab said, "By Allah, Allah never bestowed any favor upon me, after guiding me to Islam, greater in my own estimation than my truthfulness with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that day, that I did not lie to him and so perish as those who lied perished. For Allah said about those who lied to him when they lied the worst that has been said of anyone. Allah said, "They will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you might leave them alone. So leave them alone. Indeed, they are defilement, and their refuge is Hell as recompense for what they used to earn. They swear to you so that you might be pleased with them. But if you should be pleased with them, indeed, Allah is not pleased with a defiantly disobedient people" [Tawba 9:95–96].We three had been set apart from the affair of those whose excuses the Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted when they swore to him, so he took their pledge and asked forgiveness for them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ postponed our case until Allah decided. About this Allah said, "And to the three who were left behind" [Tawba 9:118]. His leaving us behind and postponing our affair, which was mentioned, was not about our staying behind from the expedition. Rather, it was about him deferring us compared to those who swore oaths to him and made excuses, which he accepted from them."

حدثنا يعقوب بن إبراهيم حدثنا ابن أخي الزهري محمد بن عبد الله عن عمه محمد بن مسلم الزهري قال أخبرني عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن

كعب بن مالك

أن عبد الله بن كعب بن مالك وكان قائد كعب من بنيه حين عمي قال سمعت كعب بن مالك يحدث حديثه حين تخلف عن رسول الله ﷺ في غزوة تبوك فقال كعب بن مالك لم أتخلف عن رسول الله ﷺ في غزوة غيرها قط إلا في غزوة تبوك غير أني كنت تخلفت في غزوة بدر ولم يعاتب أحدا تخلف عنها إنما خرج رسول الله ﷺ يريد عير قريش حتى جمع الله بينهم وبين عدوهم على غير ميعاد ولقد شهدت مع رسول الله ﷺ ليلة العقبة حين توافقنا على الإسلام ما أحب أن لي بها مشهد بدر وإن كانت بدر أذكر في الناس منها وأشهر وكان من خبري حين تخلفت عن رسول الله ﷺ في غزوة تبوك لأني لم أكن قط أقوى ولا أيسر مني حين تخلفت عنه في تلك الغزاة والله ما جمعت قبلها راحلتين قط حتى جمعتها في تلك الغزاة وكان رسول الله ﷺ قلما يريد غزاة يغزوها إلا ورى بغيرها حتى كانت تلك الغزاة فغزاها رسول الله ﷺ في حر شديد واستقبل سفرا بعيدا ومفازا واستقبل عدوا كثيرا فجلا للمسلمين أمره ليتأهبوا أهبة عدوهم فأخبرهم بوجهه الذي يريد والمسلمون مع رسول الله ﷺ كثير لا يجمعهم كتاب حافظ يريد الديوان فقال كعب فقل رجل يريد يتغيب إلا ظن أن ذلك سيخفى له ما لم ينزل فيه وحي من الله عز وجل وغزا رسول الله ﷺ تلك الغزوة حين طابت الثمار والظل وأنا إليها أصعر فتجهز إليها رسول الله ﷺ والمؤمنون معه وطفقت أغدو لكي أتجهز معه فأرجع ولم أقض شيئا فأقول في نفسي أنا قادر على ذلك إذا أردت فلم يزل كذلك يتمادى بي حتى شمر بالناس الجد فأصبح رسول الله ﷺ غاديا والمسلمون معه ولم أقض من جهازي شيئا فقلت الجهاز بعد يوم أو يومين ثم ألحقهم فغدوت بعد ما فصلوا لأتجهز فرجعت ولم أقض شيئا من جهازي ثم غدوت فرجعت ولم أقض شيئا فلم يزل ذلك يتمادى بي حتى أسرعوا وتفارط الغزو فهممت أن أرتحل فأدركهم وليت أني فعلت ثم لم يقدر ذلك لي فطفقت إذا خرجت في الناس بعد خروج رسول الله ﷺ فطفت فيهم يحزنني أن لا أرى إلا رجلا مغموصا عليه في النفاق أو رجلا ممن عذره الله ولم يذكرني رسول الله ﷺ حتى بلغ تبوك فقال وهو جالس في القوم بتبوك ما فعل كعب بن مالك قال رجل من بني سلمة حبسه يا رسول الله برداه والنظر في عطفيه فقال له معاذ بن جبل بئسما قلت والله يا رسول الله ما علمنا عليه إلا خيرا فسكت رسول الله ﷺ فقال كعب بن مالك فلما بلغني أن رسول الله ﷺ قد توجه قافلا من تبوك حضرني بثي فطفقت أتفكر الكذب وأقول بماذا أخرج من سخطه غدا أستعين على ذلك كل ذي رأي من أهلي فلما قيل إن رسول الله ﷺ قد أظل قادما زاح عني الباطل وعرفت أني لن أنجو منه بشيء أبدا فأجمعت صدقه وصبح رسول الله ﷺ وكان إذا قدم من سفر بدأ بالمسجد فركع فيه ركعتين ثم جلس للناس فلما فعل ذلك جاءه المتخلفون فطفقوا يعتذرون إليه ويحلفون له وكانوا بضعة وثمانين رجلا فقبل منهم رسول الله ﷺ علانيتهم ويستغفر لهم ويكل سرائرهم إلى الله تبارك وتعالى حتى جئت فلما سلمت عليه تبسم تبسم المغضب ثم قال لي تعال فجئت أمشي حتى جلست بين يديه فقال لي ما خلفك ألم تكن قد استمر ظهرك قال فقلت يا رسول الله إني لو جلست عند غيرك من أهل الدنيا لرأيت أني أخرج من سخطته بعذر لقد أعطيت جدلا ولكنه والله لقد علمت لئن حدثتك اليوم حديث كذب ترضى عني به ليوشكن الله تعالى يسخطك علي ولئن حدثتك اليوم بصدق تجد علي فيه إني لأرجو قرة عيني عفوا من الله تبارك وتعالى والله ما كان لي عذر والله ما كنت قط أفرغ ولا أيسر مني حين تخلفت عنك قال رسول الله ﷺ أما هذا فقد صدق فقم حتى يقضي الله تعالى فيك فقمت وبادرت رجال من بني سلمة فاتبعوني فقالوا لي والله ما علمناك كنت أذنبت ذنبا قبل هذا ولقد عجزت أن لا تكون اعتذرت إلى رسول الله ﷺ بما اعتذر به المتخلفون لقد كان كافيك من ذنبك استغفار رسول الله ﷺ لك قال فوالله ما زالوا يؤنبوني حتى أردت أن أرجع فأكذب نفسي قال ثم قلت لهم هل لقي هذا معي أحد قالوا نعم لقيه معك رجلان قالا ما قلت فقيل لهما مثل ما قيل لك قال فقلت لهم من هما قالوا مرارة بن الربيع العامري وهلال بن أمية الواقفي قال فذكروا لي رجلين صالحين قد شهدا بدرا لي فيهما أسوة قال فمضيت حين ذكروهما لي قال ونهى رسول الله ﷺ المسلمين عن كلامنا أيها الثلاثة من بين من تخلف عنه فاجتنبنا الناس قال وتغيروا لنا حتى تنكرت لي من نفسي الأرض فما هي بالأرض التي كنت أعرف فلبثنا على ذلك خمسين ليلة فأما صاحباي فاستكانا وقعدا في بيوتهما يبكيان وأما أنا فكنت أشب القوم وأجلدهم فكنت أشهد الصلاة مع المسلمين وأطوف بالأسواق ولا يكلمني أحد وآتي رسول الله ﷺ وهو في مجلسه بعد الصلاة فأسلم عليه فأقول في نفسي حرك شفتيه برد السلام أم لا ثم أصلي قريبا منه وأسارقه النظر فإذا أقبلت على صلاتي نظر إلي فإذا التفت نحوه أعرض حتى إذا طال علي ذلك من هجر المسلمين مشيت حتى تسورت حائط أبي قتادة وهو ابن عمي وأحب الناس إلي فسلمت عليه فوالله ما رد علي السلام فقلت له يا أبا قتادة أنشدك الله هل تعلم أني أحب الله ورسوله قال فسكت قال فعدت فنشدته فسكت فعدت فنشدته فقال الله ورسوله أعلم ففاضت عيناي وتوليت حتى تسورت الجدار فبينما أنا أمشي بسوق المدينة إذا نبطي من أنباط أهل الشام ممن قدم بطعام يبيعه بالمدينة يقول من يدلني على كعب بن مالك قال فطفق الناس يشيرون له إلي حتى جاء فدفع إلي كتابا من ملك غسان وكنت كاتبا فإذا فيه أما بعد فقد بلغنا أن صاحبك قد جفاك ولم يجعلك الله بدار هوان ولا مضيعة فالحق بنا نواسك قال فقلت حين قرأتها وهذا أيضا من البلاء قال فتيممت بها التنور فسجرته بها حتى إذا مضت أربعون ليلة من الخمسين إذا برسول رسول الله ﷺ يأتيني فقال إن رسول الله ﷺ يأمرك أن تعتزل امرأتك قال فقلت أطلقها أم ماذا أفعل قال بل اعتزلها فلا تقربها قال وأرسل إلى صاحبي بمثل ذلك قال فقلت لامرأتي الحقي بأهلك فكوني عندهم حتى يقضي الله في هذا الأمر قال فجاءت امرأة هلال بن أمية رسول الله ﷺ فقالت له يا رسول الله إن هلالا شيخ ضائع ليس له خادم فهل تكره أن أخدمه قال لا ولكن لا يقربنك قالت فإنه والله ما به حركة إلى شيء والله ما يزال يبكي من لدن أن كان من أمرك ما كان إلى يومه هذا قال فقال لي بعض أهلي لو استأذنت رسول الله ﷺ في امرأتك فقد أذن لامرأة هلال بن أمية أن تخدمه قال فقلت والله لا أستأذن فيها رسول الله ﷺ وما أدري ما يقول رسول الله ﷺ إذا استأذنته وأنا رجل شاب قال فلبثنا بعد ذلك عشر ليال كمال خمسين ليلة حين نهي عن كلامنا قال ثم صليت صلاة الفجر صباح خمسين ليلة على ظهر بيت من بيوتنا فبينما أنا جالس على الحال التي ذكر الله تبارك وتعالى منا قد ضاقت علي نفسي وضاقت علي الأرض بما رحبت سمعت صارخا أوفى على جبل سلع يقول بأعلى صوته يا كعب بن مالك أبشر قال فخررت ساجدا وعرفت أن قد جاء فرج وآذن رسول الله ﷺ بتوبة الله تبارك وتعالى علينا حين صلى صلاة الفجر فذهب الناس يبشروننا وذهب قبل صاحبي يبشرون وركض إلي رجل فرسا وسعى ساع من أسلم وأوفى الجبل فكان الصوت أسرع من الفرس فلما جاءني الذي سمعت صوته يبشرني نزعت له ثوبي فكسوتهما إياه ببشارته والله ما أملك غيرهما يومئذ فاستعرت ثوبين فلبستهما فانطلقت أتأمم رسول الله ﷺ يلقاني الناس فوجا فوجا يهنئوني بالتوبة يقولون ليهنك توبة الله عليك حتى دخلت المسجد فإذا رسول الله ﷺ جالس في المسجد حوله الناس فقام إلي طلحة بن عبيد الله يهرول حتى صافحني وهنأني والله ما قام إلي رجل من المهاجرين غيره قال فكان كعب لا ينساها لطلحة قال كعب فلما سلمت على رسول الله ﷺ قال وهو يبرق وجهه من السرور أبشر بخير يوم مر عليك منذ ولدتك أمك قال قلت أمن عندك يا رسول الله أم من عند الله قال لا بل من عند الله قال وكان رسول الله ﷺ إذا سر استنار وجهه كأنه قطعة قمر حتى يعرف ذلك منه قال فلما جلست بين يديه قال قلت يا رسول الله إن من توبتي أن أنخلع من مالي صدقة إلى الله تعالى وإلى رسوله قال رسول الله ﷺ أمسك بعض مالك فهو خير لك قال فقلت إني أمسك سهمي الذي بخيبر قال فقلت يا رسول الله إنما الله تعالى نجاني بالصدق وإن من توبتي أن لا أحدث إلا صدقا ما بقيت قال فوالله ما أعلم أحدا من المسلمين أبلاه الله من الصدق في الحديث مذ ذكرت ذلك لرسول الله ﷺ أحسن مما أبلاني الله تبارك وتعالى والله ما تعمدت كذبة مذ قلت ذلك لرسول الله ﷺ إلى يومي هذا وإني لأرجو أن يحفظني فيما بقي قال وأنزل الله تبارك وتعالى {لقد تاب الله على النبي والمهاجرين والأنصار الذين اتبعوه في ساعة العسرة من بعد ما كاد يزيغ قلوب فريق منهم ثم تاب عليهم إنه بهم رءوف رحيم وعلى الثلاثة الذين خلفوا حتى إذا ضاقت عليهم الأرض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم أنفسهم وظنوا أن لا ملجأ من الله إلا إليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبوا إن الله هو التواب الرحيم يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وكونوا مع الصادقين} قال كعب فوالله ما أنعم الله تبارك وتعالى علي من نعمة قط بعد أن هداني أعظم في نفسي من صدقي رسول الله ﷺ يومئذ أن لا أكون كذبته فأهلك كما هلك الذين كذبوه حين كذبوه فإن الله تبارك وتعالى قال للذين كذبوه حين كذبوه شر ما يقال لأحد فقال الله تعالى {سيحلفون بالله لكم إذا انقلبتم إليهم لتعرضوا عنهم فأعرضوا عنهم إنهم رجس ومأواهم جهنم جزاء بما كانوا يكسبون يحلفون لكم لترضوا عنهم فإن ترضوا عنهم فإن الله لا يرضى عن القوم الفاسقين} قال وكنا خلفنا أيها الثلاثة عن أمر أولئك الذين قبل منهم رسول الله ﷺ حين حلفوا فبايعهم واستغفر لهم فأرجأ رسول الله ﷺ أمرنا حتى قضى الله تعالى فبذلك قال الله تعالى {وعلى الثلاثة الذين خلفوا} وليس تخليفه إيانا وإرجاؤه أمرنا الذي ذكر مما خلفنا بتخلفنا عن الغزو وإنما هو عمن حلف له واعتذر إليه فقبل منه