أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ :" رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي فِي دِرْعٍ حَصِينَةٍ، وَرَأَيْتُ بَقَرًا يُنْحَرُ، فَأَوَّلْتُ أَنَّ الدِّرْعَ الْمَدِينَةُ ، وَأَنَّ الْبَقَرَ نَفَرٌ، وَاللَّهِ خَيْرٌ، وَلَوْ أَقَمْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ ، فَإِنْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْنَا، قَاتَلْنَاهُمْ ".
فَقَالُوا : وَاللَّهِ مَا دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَفَتُدْخَلُ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ؟ قَالَ : " فَشَأْنَكُمْ إِذًا ".
وَقَالَتْ الْأَنْصَارُ بَعْضُهَا لِبَعْضٍ : رَدَدْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأْيَهُ، فَجَاؤُوا، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَأْنُكَ، فَقَالَ : " الْآنَ؟ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ إِذَا لَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ أَنْ يَضَعَهَا حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ "

Al-Hajjaj bin Minhal told us, Hammad bin Salamah told us, Abu Al-Zubayr told us, on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, He said: “I saw as if I was wearing a strong shield, and I saw cows being slaughtered, so I interpreted that the shield was the city, and that the cows were a group, and God is better, even if we remain In the city, if they enter upon us, we will fight them.”
They said: By God, you did not enter upon us during the pre-Islamic era. Will you enter upon us during Islam? He said: “Then it is your business.”
The Ansar said to one another: We responded to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, his opinion. So they came and said: O Messenger of God, what is your matter? He said: “Now? It is not for a prophet, if he wears clothes for his female slave, to wear them until he fights.”