عَنْ سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ»، قَالَ: فَبَاتَ النَّاسُ يَدُوكُونَ لَيْلَتَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يُعْطَاهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ غَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطَاهَا، فَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟» فَقِيلَ: هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ، قَالَ: «فَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَيْهِ»، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَبَصَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ، فَبَرَأَ حَتَّى كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ وَجَعٌ، فَأَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أُقَاتِلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونُوا مِثْلَنَا؟ فَقَالَ: «انْفُذْ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ، ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ، وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ بِمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ حَقِّ اللَّهِ فِيهِ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللَّهُ بِكَ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا، خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ».
Kutoka kwa Sahli bin Sa'ad Radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake- hakika Mtume Rehema na Amani za Allah ziwe juu yake alisema siku ya vita vya Khaibari: "Kesho nitampa bendera hii mtu ambaye Mwenyezi Mungu ataleta ushindi kupitia mikononi mwake, ambaye anampenda Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, na Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake wanampenda." Akasema: Watu wakalala usiku kucha wakijadili hilo, ni nani kati yao atakayepewa! Palipopambazuka watu walikwenda kwa Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu rehema na amani ziwe juu yake wote wakitaraji kuwa atapewa, akasema: “Yuko wapi Ally bin Abi Twalib?" pakasemwa: Ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, anaumwa macho, akasema: “Basi mtumieni mtu akamuite.” Akaletwa, Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu rehema na amani ziwe juu yake akamtemea mate machoni mwake na akamuombea, akapona kana kwamba hakuwa na maradhi, hivyo akampa bendera, na Ally akasema: Ewe Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, nipigane nao mpaka wawe kama sisi? Akasema: “Songa mbele, mpaka utue kwenye uwanja wao, kisha uwaite kuja katika Uislamu, na uwafahamishe yale yaliyo wajibu juu yao katika haki za Mwenyezi Mungu kwake, Ninamuapa Mwenyezi Mungu, ikiwa Mwenyezi Mungu atamuongoza mtu mmoja kupitia kwako, hilo ni bora zaidi kwako kuliko ngamia wekundu."
Sahl ibn Sa‘d (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 tomorrow to a man at whose hands Allah will grant victory; He loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him." He said: People spent their night conversing and talking as to whom it would be given. In the morning, people went to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), all of them hoping to be given the banner. He said: "Where is ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib?" It was said: O Messenger of Allah, he is suffering from sore eyes. He said: "Send for him." He was, thus, brought, and the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) spat into his eyes and supplicated for him. Thereupon, he recovered as if he had suffered no pain at all, so he gave him the banner. ‘Ali said: O Messenger of Allah, should I fight them until they are like us? He said: "Proceed steadily until you reach their courtyard, then, call them to Islam and inform them of what is obligatory upon them from the rights of Allah therein, for by Allah, if Allah guides a single person through you, that will be better for you than red camels."
Ubora wa Ally bin Abi Twalib – Mwenyezi Mungu amuwie radhi – na ushahidi wa Mtume – Mwenyezi Mungu amfikishie rehema na amani – juu yake, wa mapenzi ya Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake juu yake, na mapenzi yake kwa Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume Wake.
Maswahaba walikuwa na shauku ya kufanya kheri na kulikimbilia kwao hilo.
Sheria ya adabu wakati wa vita na kuacha kutojali na kelele zenye kuudhi yasiyokuwa ya lazima.
Miongoni mwa dalili za utume wake, rehema na amani ziwe juu yake, ni kutoa habari ya ushindi dhidi ya Mayahudi, na kumponya kwake macho Ally bin Abi Twalib mikononi mwake, kwa idhini ya Mwenyezi Mungu.
Madhumuni makubwa ya Jihadi ni watu kuingia katika Uislamu.
Nikuwa wito wa kuwaita watu katika Uislamu hutolewa taratibu taratibu, kwanza kafiri ataombwa kusilimu kwa kutamka Shahada mbili, kisha ataamrishwa kutekeleza faradhi za Uislamu baada ya hapo.
Fadhila za kuwaita watu katika Uislamu na kheri zilizomo kwa mlinganiwaji na mlinganiaji, mlinganiwaji anaweza kuongoka, na mlinganiaji kwa hilo atalipwa malipo makubwa.