Hadith 12

d–saww and his–saww Progeny–asws that He–azwj should Feed them. A large caravan from the food caravans came over – of about a thousand camels, and mules, and donkeys, with a heavy load of wheat, and flour, and they were not aware of the soldiers being there. They ended up to them while they were sleeping, and they (soldiers) were not aware of them, because Allah–azwj had Deepened their sleeps – until they entered the town, and they (soldiers) could not prevent them, and laid down therein their loads and sold from these. Then they left and went afar, and left the soldiers sleeping – there wasn’t an eye among them which fluttered. When they were distant, they became alert and called for the war against the Jews, and went on saying to each other, ‘Hurry, hurry, hurry, for the hunger would be intense with them and they would be humiliated to us’. The Jews said to them: ‘Far be it! But our Lord–azwj has Fed us and you were all sleeping. Such and such from the foodstuff came to us, and had we wanted to kill you all during your state of sleep, it would have been easy for us – but we disliked the unfairness upon us. Leave from us, or else we will supplicate against you all by Muhammad–saww and his–saww Progeny–asws, and seek help through them–asws that He–azwj Humiliates you just as He–azwj has Fed us and Quenched us’. But they refused except for tyranny, and they supplicated to Allah–azwj by Muhammad–saww and his–saww Progeny–asws, and sought Help through them–asws. Then the three hundred (Jewish horsemen) went to duel the people and they killed from them and took captives, and broke them, and took a covenant from them with their captives. Thus they (Jews) did not face any abhorrence from their direction (of the clans of Asad and Gatfaan) due to their fear upon the ones of theirs who were in the hands of the Jews. So when Muhammad–saww appeared, they envied him–saww, when he was from the Arabs, and they belied him–saww. Then Rasool-Allah–saww said: ‘This is the Help of Allah–azwj the Exalted to the Jews upon the polytheists, by their mentioning of Muhammad–saww and his–saww Progeny–asws. Indeed! O community of Muhammad–saww! Mention Muhammad–saww and his–saww Progeny–asws during your misfortunes and your difficulties, for Allah–azwj to Help you all by His–azwj Angels against the satans–la who are aiming for you’. For each one of you there is an Angel with him on his right, recording his good deeds, and an Angel on his left recording his evil deeds, and with him there is a satan–la from Iblees–la straying him. So whenever he–la insinuates in his heart, he mentions Allah–azwj and says, ‘There is neither any might nor strength except with Allah–azwj the Magnificent, and send Salawaat upon Muhammad–saww and his–saww goodly Progeny–asws – the two Satans–la weaken, then they come to Iblees–la and they complain to him–la and say to him–la, ‘His matter has exhausted us–la, there