سورة آل عمران

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَ لا تَلْوُونَ عَلی أَحَدٍ وَ الرَّسُولُ یَدْعُوکُم [When you ran off precipitately and did not wait for anyone, and the Messenger was calling you]; on the day of Uhud, none of the people remained with the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) except Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) and a man from the Ansar.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) accepted the polytheists' request for peace at Hudaybiyyah, the general body of the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his family) companions objected to him, and Umar objected more than anyone else... When they increased their objections to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), he said to them: 'If you will not accept the peace, then fight them.' So, while being ready for battle, they went towards Quraysh and attacked them, and the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) suffered a shameful defeat and came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family). The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) smiled. Then he said: 'O Ali (peace be upon him)! Take this sword and face Quraysh!' Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) took his sword and attacked Quraysh; when they saw Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him), they retreated and said: 'O Ali (peace be upon him)! Has Muhammad's (peace be upon him and his family) view about the peace treaty he gave us changed?' Ali (peace be upon him) said: 'No!' The companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) returned ashamed and turned to apologising to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family). The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said to them: '... Are you not my companions on the day of Uhud, إِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَ لا تَلْوُونَ عَلی أَحَدٍ وَ الرَّسُولُ یَدْعُوکُمْ فِی أُخْراکُمْ [When you ran off precipitately and did not wait for any one, and the Apostle was calling you from your rear]. Are you not my companions on such-and-such a day? Are you not my companions on such-and-such a day?' They asked pardon of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) and regretted what they had done, and said: 'Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) know best; so do what you deem right!'

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Al-Waqidi has narrated in the story of Hudaybiyyah: 'That day Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! Did you not tell us that you would soon enter al-Masjid al-Haram and take the key of the Ka'bah and stand with the pilgrims at Arafat, while our sacrificial animals have not reached the House of the Ka'bah and have not been slaughtered?" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Did I tell you it would be on this journey of yours?" Umar said: "No." He said: "Soon you shall enter al-Masjid al-Haram, and I shall take the key of the Ka'bah, and shave my head in the heart of Makkah, and you shall shave your heads, and I shall stand with the pilgrims at Arafat." Then he turned to Umar and said: "Have you forgotten the day of Uhud, when you were climbing up the mountain and a group scattered in the middle of the desert and, out of the intensity of terror, you did not look back at those left behind, and I was calling you from your rear? Have you forgotten the day of al-Ahzab, when they came upon you from the upper and lower parts of the city and besieged Madinah, and when eyes were fixed in terror and hearts had reached the throats? Have you forgotten such-and-such a day?" — and he began to remind them of matters — "Have you forgotten such-and-such a day?" The Muslims said: "Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him and his family) have spoken the truth. O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family)! You are more aware than we are of Allah's will." When the year of the conquest of Makkah came, he said: "This is what I had promised you."'

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): As for the first grief, it was the defeat and being killed. And the other grief was Khalid ibn al-Walid's gaining the upper hand over them. He says: لِکَیْلا تَحْزَنُوا عَلی ما فاتَکُمْ [so that you might not grieve at what has escaped you] — that is, do not grieve over the war spoils that slipped from your hands — وَ لا ما أَصابَکُمْ [nor at what befell you] — meaning the killing of their brothers — وَ اللهُ خَبِیرٌ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ [and Allah is aware of what you do].