Volume 4, Book 52, Number 265:
Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib:
Allah’s Apostle sent a group of the Ansar to Abu Rafi. Abdullah bin Atik entered his house at night
and killed him while he was sleeping.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 266l:
Narrated Salim Abu An-Nadr:
(the freed slave of ‘Umar bin ‘Ubaidullah) I was Umar’s clerk. Once Abdullah bin Abi Aufa wrote a
letter to ‘Umar when he proceeded to Al-Haruriya. I read in it that Allah’s Apostle in one of his milit –
ary expeditions against the enemy, waited till the sun declined and then he got up amongst the
people saying, “O people! Do not wish to meet the enemy, and ask Allah for safety, but when you face
the enemy, be patient, and remember that Paradise is under the shades of swords.” Then he said, “O
Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book, and the Mover of the clouds and the Defeater of the clans, de –
feat them, and grant us victory over them.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 266c:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said: “Do not wish to meet the enemy, but when you meet face) the enemy, be patient.”