3498 - he Messenger of God PBUH said: “Tomorrow I will give the banner to a man through whose hands God will grant victory

3498 حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد حدثنا عبد العزيز عن أبي حازم عن سهل بن سعد رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لأعطين الراية غدا رجلا يفتح الله على يديه قال فبات الناس يدوكون ليلتهم أيهم يعطاها فلما أصبح الناس غدوا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كلهم يرجو أن يعطاها فقال أين علي بن أبي طالب فقالوا يشتكي عينيه يا رسول الله قال فأرسلوا إليه فأتوني به فلما جاء بصق في عينيه ودعا له فبرأ حتى كأن لم يكن به وجع فأعطاه الراية فقال علي يا رسول الله أقاتلهم حتى يكونوا مثلنا فقال انفذ على رسلك حتى تنزل بساحتهم ثم ادعهم إلى الإسلام وأخبرهم بما يجب عليهم من حق الله فيه فوالله لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك من أن يكون لك حمر النعم

3498 Qutaybah bin Saeed narrated to us, Abd al-Aziz narrated to us, on the authority of Abu Hazim, on the authority of Sahl bin Saad, may God be pleased with him, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Tomorrow I will give the banner to a man through whose hands God will grant victory.” So the people spent the night groaning, Which of them will be given it? When morning came, the people rushed to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, all of them hoping to be given it. He said, “Where is Ali ibn Abi Talib?” They said, “He is complaining of his eyes, O Messenger of God.” He said, “Send for him and bring him to me.” When he came, he spat in his eyes and prayed for him, and he was healed, as if he had never been afflicted. Then he gave him the banner. Ali said, “O Messenger of God, I will fight them until they are like us. He said, “Proceed at your leisure until you reach their courtyard, then call them to Islam and inform them of what is required of them from the right of God in it. By God, if God guides one man through you, that is better for you than having red camels.”