English
As-Sa’ib ibn Yazid narrated: On the day of Uhud, the Prophet (ﷺ) was 1 wearing two coats of mail, one over the other.
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- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 2590 (unverified) 96% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 2806 (unverified) 85% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.682
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: "was wearing two coats of mail, one over the other": This means he wore one over the other, from tadhahir, meaning cooperation and assistance. As stated in (An-Nihayah). It indicates the permissibility of exerting effort in the means of jihad and that it does not contradict reliance and submission to decreed matters. As stated in (Al-Mirqat).
Note 1
(١)قوله: كان عليه يوم أحُد درعان قد ظاهر بينهما: بأن لبس أحدهما فوق الآخر، من التظاهر بمعنى التعاون والتساعد. كذا في (النهاية). وفيه إشارة إلى جواز المبالغة في أسباب المجاهدة، وأنه لا ينافي التوكل والتسليم بالأمور الواقعة المقدرة. كذا في (المرقاة).