Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29329

Sufyan bin Waki’ told us, Ubayy and Ishaq bin Yusuf Al-Azraq told us, on the authority of Sufyan Al-Thawri, on the authority of Al-A’mash, on the authority of Muslim Al-Batin, on the authority of Saeed bin Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, said: When the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was expelled from Mecca, Abu Bakr said: They expelled their Prophet to destroy us. So God revealed: (Permission is given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Powerful to grant them victory.) Then Abu Bakr said, “Indeed, I knew that there would be a fight. He said: This is a hasan hadith. It was narrated by Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi and others, on the authority of Sufyan, on the authority of al-A’mash, on the authority of Muslim Al-Bateen on the authority of Saeed bin Jubayr, mursal, but not on the authority of Ibn Abbas.