Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي الْعَنْقَزِيَّ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ وَأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ مُخَارِقٍ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ شَهِدْتُ مِنْ الْمِقْدَادِ قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ابْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ مَشْهَدًا لَأَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا صَاحِبَهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا عُدِلَ بِهِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَدْعُو عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَا نَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى { اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَاتِلَا إِنَّا هَاهُنَا قَاعِدُونَ } وَلَكِنْ نُقَاتِلُ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَعَنْ يَسَارِكَ وَمِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْكَ وَمِنْ خَلْفِكَ فَرَأَيْتُ وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُشْرِقُ وَسَرَّهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَسْوَدُ فَرَأَيْتُ وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُشْرِقُ لِذَلِكَ وَسَرَّهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَشْرَقَ وَجْهُهُ وَسَرَّهُ ذَاكَ.
English Translation
Amr ibn Muhammad Abu Sa’id, that is al-Anqazi, told us: Isra’il and Aswad ibn Amir informed us — Isra’il told us — and Abu Nu’aym told us: Isra’il told us, from Mukharriq, from Tariq ibn Shihab, who said: Abdullah said: I witnessed from al-Miqdad — Abu Nu’aym said: Ibn al-Aswad — a scene such that for me to have been its owner would be more beloved to me than anything comparable. He came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was praying against the polytheists, and said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we will not say as the Children of Israel said to Moses, {Go, you and your Lord, and fight; indeed, we are sitting here}, but rather we will fight on your right, on your left, before you, and behind you." He said: I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, light up, and it pleased him. Aswad said: I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, light up at that and it pleased him. Abu Nu’aym said: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, his face lit up and it pleased him.