Hadith 87

(The book) ‘Amaan’ of Al-Akhtaar – ‘We saw and reported from one of the histories of the journeys of the Prophet-saww that he-saww aimed for a group from the people of the Book before their entry into the responsibility. He-saww triumphed from them with a woman, a relative of the bride of her husband, and he-saww returned from his-saww journey. He-saww spent the night in his-saww way and indicated to Ammar bin Yassser and Abbad Bin Bishr to guard him-saww. The divided the night into portions and for Abbad Bin Bishr was the first half and for Ammar Bin Yasser was the second half. Ammar Bin Yasser slept and Abbad Bin Bishr stood to pray Salat, and the Jew had pursued them seeking his wife, or to take advantage of any negligence in the protection and assassinate the Prophet-saww. The Jew looked at Abbad bin Bishr praying Salat in the place of the transit, but he did not know in the darkness of the night whether he was a tree, or a mound or an animal or a human being. He shot at him with an arrow and it lodged in him, but he did not terminate the Salat. Then he shot at him with another, so he lightened the Salat and Ammar Bin Yasser woke up and he saw the two arrows in his body, so he blamed him and said, ‘Why didn’t you wake me up during the first arrow? ’ He said, ‘I had begun in Surah Al-Kahf and I disliked to cut it, and had it not been for the fear that the enemy might come over myself and arrive to Rasool-Allah-saww, and I would have wasted a gap from the gaps of the Muslims, I would not have even lightened from my Salat, and even if he