النساء
وَإِذَا كُنتَ فِيهِمْ فَأَقَمْتَ لَهُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَلْتَقُمْ طَائِفَةٌ مِّنْهُم مَّعَكَ وَلْيَأْخُذُوا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ فَإِذَا سَجَدُوا فَلْيَكُونُوا مِن وَرَائِكُمْ وَلْتَأْتِ طَائِفَةٌ أُخْرَىٰ لَمْ يُصَلُّوا فَلْيُصَلُّوا مَعَكَ وَلْيَأْخُذُوا حِذْرَهُمْ وَأَسْلِحَتَهُمْ ۗ وَدَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ تَغْفُلُونَ عَنْ أَسْلِحَتِكُمْ وَأَمْتِعَتِكُمْ فَيَمِيلُونَ عَلَيْكُم مَّيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن كَانَ بِكُمْ أَذًى مِّن مَّطَرٍ أَوْ كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَن تَضَعُوا أَسْلِحَتَكُمْ ۖ وَخُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا 102
OCCASION OF REVELATION. (VERSE NO. 102)
The prophet in accompany with a great many Muslims, set out of Medina with the intention of performing the rites of pilgrimage in Mecca. When they reached a land named HUDAYBIYEH, near the sacred town, the Meccan idolaters became aware of the prophet's approach, and decided to prevent them coming nearer. They mobilized a battalion, consisting of two hundred warriors commanded by KHALID- IBN- VALID, to stop Mohammad and his followers to come closer. KHALID concealed his forces behind the hills and beyond the rocks, waiting for the afternoon prayer to keep the Muslims busy in worship of God, so that they might make an assault on them at once to defeat them unexpectedly and by surprise attack. To this effect the above verse which is known as the verse of fear, revealed. The congregational prayer in danger and fear and close to enemy, rests on the principle that the congregation should be divided into two parties. Then those prayers that consist of four units (RAK'AT) are reduced to only two units. One party prays while the second party watches the enemy or attends the fights. The first party rehearse one unit of the prayer with the Imam, (HE WHO CONDUCTS THE PRAYER) and for the second unit they do it themselves and individually. When their prayer is finished they return urgently to the battle field, to release another shift to come and do the prayer in the same way. They all perform half of their pryer congregationally and the other half individually. Other methods of performance have also been recommended according to circumstances, that was actually done by the prophet at different times, but the above mentioned method is the most common way of doing that. Anyhow, in such prayers, all precautions are to be observed to prevent a surprise attack by the enemy. Therefore it is ordered that even in the prayer the armour and arms should be on, except when rain and illness is likely to cause inconvenience. THE PRAYER IN FEAR