Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي فِي دِرْعٍ حَصِينَةٍ وَرَأَيْتُ بَقَرًا مُنَحَّرَةً فَأَوَّلْتُ أَنَّ الدِّرْعَ الْحَصِينَةَ الْمَدِينَةُ وَأَنَّ الْبَقَرَ هُوَ وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ لَوْ أَنَّا أَقَمْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِنْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْنَا فِيهَا قَاتَلْنَاهُمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا دُخِلَ عَلَيْنَا فِيهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَكَيْفَ يُدْخَلُ عَلَيْنَا فِيهَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَقَالَ شَأْنَكُمْ إِذًا قَالَ فَلَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ رَدَدْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأْيَهُ فَجَاءُوا فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ شَأْنَكَ إِذًا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ إِذَا لَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ أَنْ يَضَعَهَا حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ.
English Translation
Abd al-Samad and Affan told us, they said: Hammad told us - Affan said in his narration "Abu al-Zubayr informed us," and Abd al-Samad said in his narration "Abu al-Zubayr told us" - from Jabir ibn Abdullah: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I saw myself, as it were, in a strong coat of mail, and I saw cattle being slaughtered. I interpreted the strong coat of mail as Madinah, and the cattle - by Allah - as good." He said to his companions: "What if we stayed in Madinah, so that if they enter it against us, we fight them there?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, no one ever entered against us in it during the Jahiliyyah - so how could anyone enter against us in it during Islam?" Affan said in his narration: he then said: "Do as you see fit, then." So he put on his armor. Then the Ansar said: "We have overridden the opinion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." So they came and said: "O Prophet of Allah, do as you see fit." He said: "It is not fitting for a prophet, once he has put on his armor, to take it off until he has fought."