عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ» قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: مَا أَحْبَبْتُ الْإِمَارَةَ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ، قَالَ فَتَسَاوَرْتُ لَهَا رَجَاءَ أَنْ أُدْعَى لَهَا، قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا، وَقَالَ: «امْشِ، وَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ، حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ» قَالَ فَسَارَ عَلِيٌّ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ وَقَفَ وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ، فَصَرَخَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلَى مَاذَا أُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ: «قَاتِلْهُمْ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ مَنَعُوا مِنْكَ دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ، إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ».
Imesimuliwa kutoka kwa Abuu Huraira, Mwenyezi Mungu amridhie, kwamba Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, rehema na amani ziwe juu yake, alisema siku ya (vita vya) Khaibar: "Hakika nitampa bendera hii mtu anayempenda Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake na Mwenyezi Mungu ataleta ufunguzi kupitia mikono yake". Akasema Omari -radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake- sikuwa napenda uongozi wakati huo, fikra zikanipelekea kuwa na matarajio ya kuitwa kwa ajili ya bendera hiyo, akamuita Mtume -rehema na amani ziwe juu yake- Ally bin Abii Twalib -radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake- akampa bendera hiyo, na akasema: "Nenda na usigeuke mpaka Mwenyezi Mungu akufungulie" Akatembea Ally mwendo kidogo kisha akasimama na wala hakugeuka kisha akazungumza kwa sauti ya juu: Ewe Mjumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu, kwa lipi niwapige watu? Akasema: "Pigana nao mpaka washuhudie kuwa hapana mola apasaye kuabudiwa kwa haki isipokuwa Mwenyezi Mungu, nakuwa Muhammadi ni Mjumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu, wakifanya hivyo watakuwa wamekinga kwako damu zao na mali zao isipokuwa kwa haki yake, na hesabu yao iko juu ya Mwenyezi Mungu".
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said on the Day of Khaybar: "Verily, I shall give this banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah will grant victory at his hands." ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb said: I never liked leadership except on that day. He said: I kept showing myself in the hope that I might be called for it. He said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) called ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib and gave it to him and said: "Proceed and do not look back until Allah grants you victory." He said: ‘Ali walked for a while and then stopped without looking back and shouted: O Messenger of Allah, on what should I fight the people? He said: "Fight them until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they do so, their blood and properties become inviolable for you, except what is rightly justified, and their reckoning is with Allah."
Maswahaba walikuwa wakichukia uongozi kwa sababu ndani yake kuna majukumu makubwa.
Inafaa kuchunguza na kufuatilia kwa ajili ya kuhakiki uzuri wa jambo.
Kiongozi mkuu anatakiwa kumpa maelekezo kamanda wa jeshi katika namna ya kuchukua maamuzi katika kiwanja cha mapambano.
Maswahaba wa Mtume kushikamana na usia wake na kwenda mbio kuutekeleza.
Anayetatizwa na jambo katika yale aliyoelekezwa basi anauliza.
Miongoni mwa dalili za unabii wake rehema na amani ziwe juu yake ni kutoa kwake habari ya ushindi juu ya Mayahudi, kiasi ambacho alieleza kuhusu kuufungua mji wa Khaibar na ikatokea kama alivyoeleza.
Himizo la kuyaendea haraka yale aliyoyaamrisha Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake.
Hairuhusiwi kumuua aliyetamka shahada mbili isipokuwa yakionekana kwake yanayopelekea kuuawa.
Hukumu za Uislamu zinakwenda katika yale yanayodhihiri kwa watu, na Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye anayesimamia siri zao.
Lengo kubwa la Jihadi ni watu kuingia katika Uislamu.