Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory" [Surah al-Fath: 1] , that what is meant by it is "the conquest of Khaybar." And when this verse was revealed, "That Allah may forgive you your past and future shortcomings" [Surah al-Fath: 2] , the Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, congratulations to you (this is a favour for you)." Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "That He may admit the believing men and the believing women into gardens beneath which rivers flow" [Surah al-Fath: 5] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording; Imam Muslim, however, recorded only this much: that what is meant by "Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory" is the conquest of Khaybar.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When we returned from Hudaybiyah, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were overcome with grief and sadness, because (the terms of the treaty had seemingly been agreed from a position of weakness, and) they had slaughtered their sacrificial animals in the very place (where they were). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A verse has been revealed to me that is dearer to me than the whole world." He (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this three times. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is it?" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited: "Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory, that Allah may forgive you your past and future shortcomings, complete His favour upon you and guide you to a straight path" [Surah al-Fath: 1-2] , to the end of the two verses. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, congratulations to you, but what is there for us?" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "That He may admit the believing men and the believing women into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever, and remove from them their misdeeds; and that is, in the sight of Allah, a great success" [Surah al-Fath: 5] . Then when we reached Khaybar and its people saw the khamis, that is, the army, of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), they turned their backs and fled to their fortresses. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Khaybar is ruined! Indeed, when we descend upon the courtyard of a people, evil is the morning of those who were warned."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "It is He who sent down tranquillity (sakinah) into the hearts of the believers" [Surah al-Fath: 4] , that he said: "The sakinah has a face like the face of a human being, and after that it is like a gentle, soft breeze." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) what is meant by this saying of Allah Almighty, "and honour him (wa tu'azziruhu)" [Surah al-Fath: 9] . He replied: "It means striking with the sword (against the enemies) before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: On the occasion of the Treaty of Hudaybiyah we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) beneath the tree which Allah Almighty mentioned in the Qur'an. A branch of that tree was (bending) over the blessed back of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I kept it lifted (up) off his blessed back, while Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib and Suhayl bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) were sitting before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Write." Then the narrator mentioned those lines of the hadith concerning the mention of Suhayl bin Amr which are narrated in the two Sahihs (Bukhari and Muslim). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: While we were in that state, thirty armed young men suddenly came out before us and rushed at our faces (or suddenly fell upon us). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invoked Allah against them, and Allah Almighty took away their sight. Then we went towards them and seized them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: "Have you come under anyone's covenant?" or he said: "Has anyone given you a guarantee of safety?" They said: "(O Messenger of Allah,) by Allah, no." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) let them go, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah, after He had given you victory over them; and Allah is All-Seeing of what you do" [Surah al-Fath: 24] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), since it is not unlikely that Thabit al-Bunani heard from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him), for the two Shaykhs agreed upon the narrations of Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah and Humayd bin Hilal from him, and Thabit is a more reliable narrator with a higher chain than both of them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "And Allah made binding upon them the word of taqwa" [Surah al-Fath: 26] , that he said: (What is meant by this word of taqwa is) "La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar" (There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Khaythamah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that a man recited Surah al-Fath before Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). When he reached this verse, "Like a crop that puts forth its shoot, then strengthens it, then it grows thick and stands straight upon its stalk, delighting the sowers, so that He may enrage the disbelievers through them" [Surah al-Fath: 29] , Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "So that Allah Almighty may enrage the disbelievers through the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions." Then he said: "You are the crop whose harvest time has drawn near." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "So that He may enrage the disbelievers through them" [Surah al-Fath: 29] , that she said: (What is meant by it is) the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); (those who came later) were commanded to seek forgiveness (pray for forgiveness) for them (the Companions), but instead they began to revile them. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this verse was revealed, "Indeed, those who lower their voices in the presence of the Messenger of Allah" [Surah al-Hujurat: 3] , Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, by the One who revealed the Book to you, from now on I will speak to you only as one who whispers a most confidential secret, until I meet Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the deeds we do: is it a matter that has already been decided (in destiny), or something we are beginning anew?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every person is enabled to do that for which he was created." Then Yunus bin Maysarah (may Allah have mercy on him) turned to Sa'id bin Abd al-Aziz and said to him: "The confirmation of this hadith is in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." Sa'id asked: "O Ibn Halbas, where is it?" He said: "Do you not hear this saying of Allah: 'And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty; but Allah has made faith beloved to you and adorned it in your hearts, and has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience hateful to you. Those are the rightly guided, as a bounty from Allah and a favour' [Surah al-Hujurat: 7-8] ." Then Yunus said: "O Sa'id, what do you think: if these people had been left to themselves, as these wicked people (the deniers of destiny) claim, in which direction would they have gone? Towards that which was made beloved and adorned for them (faith), or towards that which was made hateful to them (disbelief and disobedience)?" This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.