Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:3536 حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ الْفِهْرِيُّ وَكَانَ مُسْتَجَابًا أَنَّهُ أُمِّرَ عَلَى جَيْشٍ فَدَرَّبَ الدُّرُوبَ فَلَمَّا لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ قَالَ لِلنَّاسِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَجْتَمِعُ مَلَأٌ فَيَدْعُو بَعْضُهُمْ وَيُؤَمِّنُ سَائِرُهُمْ إِلَّا أَجَابَهُمُ اللهُ» ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ حَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ احْقِنْ دِمَاءَنَا وَاجْعَلْ أُجُورَنَا أُجُورَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فَبَيْنَا هُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِذْ نَزَلَ الْهِنْبَاطُ أَمِيرُ الْعَدُوِّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى حَبِيبٍ سُرَادِقَهُ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ «الْهِنْبَاطُ بِالرُّومِيَّةِ صَاحِبُ الْجَيْشِ»
English Translation
Habib ibn Maslamah al-Fihri, whose prayers were answered, was appointed over an army and he passed through the mountain passes. When he encountered the enemy, he said to the people: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: No group gathers where some of them supplicate and the rest say Amin except that Allah answers them.' Then he praised Allah and glorified Him and said: 'O Allah, preserve our blood and make our reward the reward of martyrs.' While they were like that, the hinbat (commander) of the enemy came down and entered Habib's pavilion. Abu al-Qasim said: 'Al-hinbat in Byzantine means the commander of the army.'