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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

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The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah),

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Authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid Al-Azimi,

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May Allah preserve him.

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'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) leading the prayer.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) encamped with his formidable army at a stopping place

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While on their way to Tabuk.

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And shortly before dawn,

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went to answer the call of nature

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And was delayed from returning to the Muslims,

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Until the time for the Fajr prayer was nearly running out.

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So the Muslims put forward 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with him).

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Thus, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) caught up for one rak'ah,

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While missing one rak'ah.

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For Imam Muslim recorded in his Sahih,

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And Imam Ahmad in his Musnad,

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And Abu Dawud in his Sunan—

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And the wording is from Abu Dawud—

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On the authority of Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) turned aside [from the path],

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And I was with him during the expedition of Tabuk before dawn,

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So I turned aside with him.

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Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) made his mount kneel,

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And relieved himself.

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Then he returned,

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And I poured water over his hands from the leather vessel.

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He washed his hands,

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Then washed his face,

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And then tried to uncover his forearms,

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But the sleeves of his jubbah were too narrow.

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So he tucked his hands inside and pulled them out from beneath the jubbah,

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Washing both of them up to the elbows.

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He wiped his head,

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And then performed ablution by wiping over his leather socks.

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He then mounted up,

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And we set off riding

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Until we reached the people while they were already in prayer,

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Having put forward 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with him).

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He had led them when the time for prayer arrived,

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And we found 'Abd al-Rahman having already completed one rak'ah of the Fajr prayer with them.

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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stood,

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Joined the row with the Muslims,

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And prayed behind 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (may Allah be pleased with him)

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The second rak'ah.

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Then 'Abd al-Rahman concluded with the taslim,

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Whereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up to complete his prayer.

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The Muslims were alarmed at this,

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And began repeating tasbih frequently,

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Because they had preceded the Prophet (peace be upon him) in starting the prayer.

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When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) concluded with the taslim,

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He said to them:

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'You have done right,'

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Or, 'You have done well.'"

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The arrival of the Messenger (peace be upon him) at Tabuk.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) informed the Muslims shortly before their arrival at Tabuk

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That the water of the spring at Tabuk was scarce,

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So no one should draw anything from it.

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However, some hypocrites who were among his army

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Did not comply with the Prophetic command;

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They reached the water before him and drew from it.

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For Imam Ahmad recorded in his Musnad with an authentic chain of transmission,

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On the authority of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) set out on the day of the expedition of Tabuk,

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And news reached him that water was scarce at the place they were heading to.

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So he ordered a herald to proclaim among the people:

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'Let no one precede me to the water!'

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Yet when he reached the water,

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Some people had already preceded him, and he invoked Allah's curse upon them."

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And Imam Muslim recorded in his Sahih,

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On the authority of Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"We set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in the year of the expedition of Tabuk,

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And he used to combine the prayers:

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He prayed Dhuhr and 'Asr together,

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And Maghrib and 'Isha' together.

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Until one day he delayed the prayer,

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Then came out and prayed Dhuhr and 'Asr together;

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Then he went in, and later came out

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And prayed Maghrib and 'Isha' together.

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Then he said:

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'Tomorrow, if Allah wills, you will reach the spring of Tabuk,

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But you will not reach it until the heat of mid-morning sets in.

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So whoever among you arrives at it

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Must not touch any of its water until I arrive.'

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So we reached it, and two men had already preceded us there,

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While the spring was like a shoelace, dripping only a trickle of water.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) asked them:

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'Have you touched any of its water?'

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They said, 'Yes.'

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So the Prophet (peace be upon him) rebuked them severely

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And said to them whatever Allah willed that he say.

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Then they scooped water from the spring little by little with their hands

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Until some was gathered in a vessel.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) washed his hands and face in it,

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And then poured it back into the spring.

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Thereupon the spring gushed forth with an abundant flow of water—

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Or he said: copiously—

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Until all the people had drawn water.

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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

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'It is near, O Mu'adh, that if your life is prolonged,

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You will see what is here filled with lush gardens.'"

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The stay of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in Tabuk

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And his most prominent actions there.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stayed in Tabuk for twenty days.

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For Imam Ahmad recorded in his Musnad and Abu Dawud in his Sunan with an authentic chain of transmission,

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On the authority of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stayed in Tabuk for twenty days, shortening the prayer."

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And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not encounter an enemy,

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Dispatching delegations and expeditions to the tribes surrounding Tabuk.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) made peace with Yuhannah ibn Ru'bah, the ruler of Aylah,

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And dispatched Khalid ibn al-Walid in an expedition to Ukaydir of Dumah,

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Concluding a peace treaty with him.

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For the two Shaykhs [al-Bukhari and Muslim] recorded in their Sahihs,

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On the authority of Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"We went on the expedition of Tabuk with the Prophet (peace be upon him),

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And the king of Aylah presented the Prophet (peace be upon him) with a white mule

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And gave him a cloak to wear,

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And he wrote a treaty securing their territory for them,"

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Meaning their land and dominion.

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And Abu Dawud recorded in his Sunan,

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On the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)

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And 'Uthman ibn Abi Sulayman:

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"That the Prophet (peace be upon him) dispatched Khalid ibn al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him)

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To Ukaydir of Dumah.

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They captured him and brought him,

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So he spared his life

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And made peace with him in exchange for the jizyah."

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And Imam Ahmad recorded in his Musnad, and al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban with a good chain of transmission,

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On the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) dispatched an army to Ukaydir of Dumah,

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Who then sent to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) a jubbah made of brocade

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Woven with gold.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) put it on,

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And stood upon the pulpit—or sat—

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Without speaking,

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Then stepped down.

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The people then began touching the jubbah and marveling at it,

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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

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'Do you marvel at this?'

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They said:

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'We have never seen any garment finer than this!'

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) replied:

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'The kerchiefs of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh in Paradise are far finer than what you see.'"

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The return of the Prophet (peace be upon him) to Medina.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stayed in Tabuk for twenty days

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Without encountering an enemy,

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Then he returned to Medina.

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For Ibn Abi 'Asim recorded in Al-Sunnah with a good chain of transmission,

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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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"The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stood among us on the day of Tabuk,

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Praised and glorified Allah the Exalted,

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And then said:

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'Indeed, Allah permitted this march for you,

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And He has now permitted you to return.'"

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The Abridgment of the Prophetic Biography (Seerah).

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Though the longing of people for one another may last long,

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The longing toward you knows no bounds.

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May Allah shower blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised,

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And lips continue to move with what remains.