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Musnad Ahmad 15789

✧ The remainder of the conversation of Ka'b bin Malik al-Ansari.

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حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَكَانَ قَائِدَ كَعْبٍ مِنْ بَنِيهِ حِينَ عَمِيَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ حَدِيثَهُ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ

مَا خَلَّفَكَ؟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ قَدِ اسْتَمَرَّ ظَهْرُكَ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي لَوْ جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ غَيْرِكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا لَرَأَيْتُ أَنِّي أَخْرُجُ مِنْ سَخْطَتِهِ بِعُذْرٍ، لَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ جَدَلًا، وَلَكِنَّهُ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ لَئِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيثَ كَذِبٍ تَرْضَى عَنِّي بِهِ لَيُوشِكَنَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى يُسْخِطُكَ عَلَيَّ، وَلَئِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ الْيَوْمَ بِصِدْقٍ تَجِدُ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو قُرَّةَ عَيْنِي عَفْوًا مِنَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ لِي عُذْرٌ، وَاللهِ مَا كُنْتُ قَطُّ أَفْرَغَ وَلَا أَيْسَرَ مِنِّي حِينَ تَخَلَّفْتُ عَنْكَ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمَّا هَذَا فَقَدْ صَدَقَ، فَقُمْ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِيكَ. فَقُمْتُ وَبَادَرَتْ رِجَالٌ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَاتَّبَعُونِي، فَقَالُوا لِي: وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْنَاكَ كُنْتَ أَذْنَبْتَ ذَنْبًا قَبْلَ هَذَا، وَلَقَدْ عَجَزْتَ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ اعْتَذَرْتَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَا اعْتَذَرَ بِهِ الْمُتَخَلِّفُونَ، لَقَدْ كَانَ كَافِيَكَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ اسْتِغْفَارُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَكَ، قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا زَالُوا يُؤَنِّبُونِي حَتَّى أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ فَأُكَذِّبَ نَفْسِي، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: هَلْ لَقِيَ هَذَا مَعِي أَحَدٌ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، لَقِيَهُ مَعَكَ رَجُلَانِ، قَالَا مَا قُلْتَ، فَقِيلَ لَهُمَا مِثْلُ مَا قِيلَ لَكَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: مَنْ هُمَا؟ قَالُوا: مُرَارَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْعَامِرِيُّ، وَهِلَالُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ الْوَاقِفِيُّ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرُوا لِي رَجُلَيْنِ صَالِحَيْنِ قَدْ شَهِدَا بَدْرًا، لِي فِيهِمَا أُسْوَةٌ، قَالَ: فَمَضَيْتُ حِينَ ذَكَرُوهُمَا لِي. قَالَ: وَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَنْ كَلَامِنَا أَيُّهَا الثَّلَاثَةُ مِنْ بَيْنِ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ، فَاجْتَنَبَنَا النَّاسُ. قَالَ: وَتَغَيَّرُوا لَنَا حَتَّى تَنَكَّرَتْ لِي مِنْ نَفْسِي الْأَرْضُ فَمَا هِيَ بِالْأَرْضِ الَّتِي كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ، فَلَبِثْنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ خَمْسِينَ لَيْلَةً. فَأَمَّا صَاحِبَايَ فَاسْتَكَنَا وَقَعَدَا فِي بُيُوتِهِمَا يَبْكِيَانِ، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَكُنْتُ أَشَبَّ الْقَوْمِ وَأَجْلَدَهُمْ، فَكُنْتُ أَشْهَدُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَطُوفُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُنِي أَحَدٌ، وَآتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ، فَأُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي: حَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ بِرَدِّ السَّلَامِ أَمْ لَا. ثُمَّ أُصَلِّي قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ وَأُسَارِقُهُ النَّظَرَ، فَإِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ عَلَى صَلَاتِي نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ، فَإِذَا الْتَفَتُّ نَحْوَهُ أَعْرَضَ. حَتَّى إِذَا طَالَ عَلَيَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ هَجْرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَشَيْتُ حَتَّى تَسَوَّرْتُ حَائِطَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّي وَأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَوَاللهِ مَا رَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا قَتَادَةَ، أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ، هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ؟ قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ. قَالَ: فَعُدْتُ فَنَشَدْتُهُ، فَسَكَتَ. فَعُدْتُ فَنَشَدْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ! فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَايَ، وَتَوَلَّيْتُ حَتَّى تَسَوَّرْتُ الْجِدَارَ. فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي بِسُوقِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِذَا نَبَطِيٌّ مِنْ أَنْبَاطِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ مِمَّنْ قَدِمَ بِطَعَامٍ يَبِيعُهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يَدُلُّنِي عَلَى كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ؟ قَالَ: فَطَفِقَ النَّاسُ يُشِيرُونَ لَهُ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى جَاءَ، فَدَفَعَ إِلَيَّ كِتَابًا مِنْ مَلِكِ غَسَّانَ وَكُنْتُ كَاتِبًا، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ صَاحِبَكَ قَدْ جَفَاكَ، وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْكَ اللهُ بِدَارِ هَوَانٍ وَلَا مَضْيَعَةٍ، فَالْحَقْ بِنَا نُوَاسِكَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ حِينَ قَرَأْتُهَا: وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ! قَالَ: فَتَيَمَّمْتُ بِهَا التَّنُّورَ فَسَجَرْتُهُ بِهَا. حَتَّى إِذَا مَضَتْ أَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً مِنَ الْخَمْسِينَ إِذَا بِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَعْتَزِلَ امْرَأَتَكَ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أُطَلِّقُهَا ؟ أَمْ مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ؟ قَالَ: بَلِ اعْتَزِلْهَا، فَلَا تَقْرَبْهَا. قَالَ: وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى صَاحِبَيَّ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِامْرَأَتِي: الْحَقِي بِأَهْلِكِ، فَكُونِي عِنْدَهُمْ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ اللهُ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ. قَالَ: فَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ هِلَالِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ هِلَالًا شَيْخٌ ضَائِعٌ، لَيْسَ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَهَلْ تَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَخْدُمَهُ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَقْرَبَنَّكِ، قَالَتْ: فَإِنَّهُ وَاللهِ مَا بِهِ حَرَكَةٌ إِلَى شَيْءٍ، وَاللهِ مَا يَزَالُ يَبْكِي مِنْ لَدُنْ أَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ مَا كَانَ إِلَى يَوْمِهِ هَذَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ أَهْلِي: لَوِ اسْتَأْذَنْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي امْرَأَتِكَ فَقَدْ أَذِنَ لِامْرَأَةِ هِلَالِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ أَنْ تَخْدُمَهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَا أَسْتَأْذِنُ فِيهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ. قَالَ: فَلَبِثْنَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَشْرَ لَيَالٍ كَمَالُ خَمْسِينَ لَيْلَةً حِينَ نَهَى عَنْ كَلَامِنَا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ صَبَاحَ خَمْسِينَ لَيْلَةً عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِنَا، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مِنَّا قَدْ ضَاقَتْ عَلَيَّ نَفْسِي وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيَّ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ، سَمِعْتُ صَارِخًا أَوْفَى عَلَى جَبَلِ سَلْعٍ يَقُولُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَبْشِرْ، قَالَ: فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدًا، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ جَاءَ فَرَجٌ، وَآذَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِتَوْبَةِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَيْنَا حِينَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فَذَهَبَ يُبَشِّرُونَنَا، وَذَهَبَ قِبَلَ صَاحِبَيَّ مُبَشِّرُونَ، وَرَكَضَ إِلَيَّ رَجُلٌ فَرَسًا وَسَعَى سَاعٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ وَأَوْفَى الْجَبَلَ، فَكَانَ الصَّوْتُ أَسْرَعَ مِنَ الْفَرَسِ. فَلَمَّا جَاءَنِي الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَهُ يُبَشِّرُنِي نَزَعْتُ لَهُ ثَوْبَيَّ فَكَسَوْتُهُمَا إِيَّاهُ بِبِشَارَتِهِ، وَاللهِ مَا أَمْلِكُ غَيْرَهُمَا يَوْمَئِذٍ. فَاسْتَعَرْتُ ثَوْبَيْنِ فَلَبِسْتُهُمَا، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَؤُمُّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ. يَلْقَانِي النَّاسُ فَوْجًا فَوْجًا يُهَنِّئُونِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ، يَقُولُونَ: لِيَهْنِكَ تَوْبَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْكَ، حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَوْلَهُ النَّاسُ، فَقَامَ إِلَيَّ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ يُهَرْوِلُ حَتَّى صَافَحَنِي وَهَنَّأَنِي، وَاللهِ مَا قَامَ إِلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ غَيْرُهُ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ كَعْبٌ لَا يَنْسَاهَا لِطَلْحَةَ. قَالَ كَعْبٌ: فَلَمَّا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ وَهُوَ يَبْرُقُ وَجْهُهُ مِنَ السُّرُورِ: أَبْشِرْ بِخَيْرِ يَوْمٍ مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ مُنْذُ وَلَدَتْكَ أُمُّكَ ! قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَمِنْ عِنْدِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ أَمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سُرَّ اسْتَنَارَ وَجْهُهُ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ قِطْعَةُ قَمَرٍ حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا جَلَسْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ مِنْ تَوْبَتِي أَنْ أَنْخَلِعَ مِنْ مَالِي صَدَقَةً إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمْسِكْ بَعْضَ مَالِكَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي أُمْسِكُ سَهْمِي الَّذِي بِخَيْبَرَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا اللهُ تَعَالَى نَجَّانِي بِالصِّدْقِ، وَإِنَّ مِنْ تَوْبَتِي أَنْ لَا أُحَدِّثَ إِلَّا صِدْقًا مَا بَقِيتُ، قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَبْلَاهُ اللهُ مِنَ الصِّدْقِ فِي الْحَدِيثِ مُذْ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْسَنَ مِمَّا أَبْلَانِي اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَاللهِ مَا تَعَمَّدْتُ كَذِبَةً مُذْ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا، وَإِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَحْفَظَنِي فِيمَا بَقِيَ. قَالَ: وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: لَقَدْ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعُسْرَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَزِيغُ قُلُوبُ فَرِيقٍ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّهُ بِهِمْ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ وَعَلَى الثَّلاثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا حَتَّى إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوا أَنْ لا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللهِ إِلا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوا إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ. قَالَ كَعْبٌ: فَوَاللهِ مَا أَنْعَمَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَيَّ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ قَطُّ بَعْدَ أَنْ هَدَانِي أَعْظَمَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ صِدْقِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ كَذَبْتُهُ فَأَهْلِكُ كَمَا هَلَكَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوهُ حِينَ كَذَبُوهُ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَالَ لِلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوهُ حِينَ كَذَبُوهُ شَرَّ مَا يُقَالُ لِأَحَدٍ فَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: سَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللهِ لَكُمْ إِذَا انْقَلَبْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لِتُعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْ فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ رِجْسٌ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَإِنْ تَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لا يَرْضَى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ. قَالَ: وَكُنَّا خُلِّفْنَا أَيُّهَا الثَّلَاثَةُ عَنْ أَمْرِ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ قَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ حَلَفُوا فَبَايَعَهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمْ، فَأَرْجَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْرَنَا حَتَّى قَضَى اللهُ تَعَالَى فَبِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: وَعَلَى الثَّلاثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا وَلَيْسَ تَخْلِيفُهُ إِيَّانَا وَإِرْجَاؤُهُ أَمْرَنَا الَّذِي ذَكَرَ مِمَّا خُلِّفْنَا بِتَخَلُّفِنَا عَنِ الْغَزْوِ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ عَمَّنْ حَلَفَ لَهُ وَاعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وما بين المعقوفين غير موجود في طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة زيادة: قادما. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: يبشرون. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: لتهنك. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: إني.

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm
  2. Ibn Akhī al-Zuhrī Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh
  3. ʿAmmih Muḥammad b. Muslim al-Zuhrī
  4. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik
  5. ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb b. Mālik And Kān Qāʾid Kaʿb Min Banīh Ḥīn ʿAmī
  6. Kaʿb b. Mālik Yuḥaddith Ḥadīthah Ḥīn Takhallaf

✧ What kept you back? Had you not already made ready your mount? He said: I said: 'O Messenger of God, if I were sitting before anyone else from the people of this world, I would think that I could escape his displeasure with an excuse, for I have been given skill in argument. But by God, I know that if I told you today a lie that you would be pleased with, God would soon make you displeased with me, and if I told you today the truth, you would be angry with me for it, I hope for the delight of my eyes through forgiveness from God, Blessed and Exalted. By God, I had no excuse. By God, I was never stronger or more prosperous than when I stayed behind from you.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'As for this one, he has spoken the truth. Arise until God, Exalted, decides your case.' So I arose, and men of Banū Salimah hurried and followed me. They said to me: 'By God, we did not know you had committed any sin before this. You were unable to excuse yourself to the Messenger of God ﷺ with what those who stayed behind excused themselves. The Messenger of God's ﷺ seeking forgiveness for you would have sufficed for your sin.' He said: 'By God, they kept rebuking me until I wanted to go back and give the lie to myself.' He said: 'Then I said to them: Has anyone met with this along with me?' They said: 'Yes, two men met it with you, who said what you said, and it was said to them the like of what was said to you.' He said: 'I said to them: Who are they?' They said: 'Murārah b. al-Rabīʿ al-ʿĀmirī and Hilāl b. Umayyah al-Wāqifī.' He said: 'They mentioned to me two righteous men who had witnessed Badr, in whom I had a good example.' He said: 'So I went on when they mentioned them to me.' He said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade the Muslims from speaking to us, the three, from among those who stayed behind from him. So the people avoided us.' He said: 'They changed towards us until the earth became unrecognizable to me in my own eyes, not the earth I used to know. We remained in that state for fifty nights. As for my two companions, they submitted and stayed in their houses weeping. As for me, I was the youngest and most resilient of the people. I would attend prayer with the Muslims and roam the markets, but no one would speak to me. I would come to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in his gathering after prayer and greet him, and say to myself: Did he move his lips to return the greeting or not? Then I would pray near him and steal glances at him. When I turned to my prayer, he would look at me; when I turned towards him, he would turn away. Until when that prolonged from the Muslims' boycotting, I walked until I scaled the wall of Abū Qatādah, who was my cousin and the most beloved of people to me. I greeted him, and by God, he did not return my greeting. I said to him: 'O Abū Qatādah, I adjure you by God, do you know that I love God and His Messenger?' He said: 'He remained silent.' He said: 'I repeated the adjuration, and he remained silent. I repeated the adjuration, and he said: God and His Messenger know best!' My eyes overflowed, and I turned away until I scaled the wall. While I was walking in the market of Madinah, a Nabataean from the Nabataeans of al-Shām, one of those who had brought food to sell in Madinah, said: 'Who can direct me to Kaʿb b. Mālik?' He said: 'The people began pointing him to me until he came and handed me a letter from the king of Ghassān, for I was a scribe. In it was: 'To proceed: We have heard that your companion has treated you harshly, and God has not placed you in an abode of humiliation or ruin. Join us and we will console you.' He said: 'When I read it, I said: This too is from the trial!' He said: 'I took it to the oven and kindled the oven with it.' Until when forty nights of the fifty had passed, a messenger from the Messenger of God ﷺ came to me and said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ commands you to withdraw from your wife.' He said: 'I said: Should I divorce her, or what should I do?' He said: 'Rather, withdraw from her, and do not approach her.' He said: 'He sent the like of that to my two companions.' He said: 'I said to my wife: Join your family and stay with them until God decides this matter.' He said: 'The wife of Hilāl b. Umayyah came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, Hilāl is a helpless old man with no servant. Would you dislike that I serve him?' He said: 'No, but he must not approach you.' She said: 'By God, he has no inclination towards anything. By God, he has not stopped weeping from the time your matter occurred until this day of his.' He said: 'Some of my family said to me: If only you would seek permission of the Messenger of God ﷺ concerning your wife, for he permitted the wife of Hilāl b. Umayyah to serve him.' He said: 'I said: By God, I will not seek permission concerning her from the Messenger of God ﷺ, and I do not know what the Messenger of God ﷺ would say if I sought permission, for I am a young man.' He said: 'We remained after that ten nights, completing fifty nights since he forbade speaking to us.' He said: 'Then I prayed the dawn prayer on the morning of the fiftieth night on a roof of one of our houses. While I was sitting in the condition God, Blessed and Exalted, mentioned of us, my soul constrained and the earth constrained despite its vastness, I heard a crier on top of Mount Salʿ saying at the top of his voice: O Kaʿb b. Mālik, rejoice!' He said: 'I fell down in prostration, and I knew that relief had come. The Messenger of God ﷺ had announced at dawn prayer that God, Blessed and Exalted, had accepted our repentance, so people went to give us glad tidings. Some went to my two companions to give glad tidings, and a man galloped a horse to me, and a runner from Aslam hurried, and the one on the mountain topped it. The voice was swifter than the horse. When the one whose voice I had heard came to me with glad tidings, I took off my two garments and gave them to him for his good news. By God, I owned nothing else that day. I borrowed two garments and put them on, and set off making my way to the Messenger of God ﷺ. People met me in groups, congratulating me on the repentance, saying: May God's repentance to you be pleasing! Until I entered the mosque, and there was the Messenger of God ﷺ sitting in the mosque with people around him. Ṭalḥah b. ʿUbayd Allāh stood up to me, hurrying until he shook my hand and congratulated me. By God, no man from the Emigrants stood up to me other than him.' He said: 'Kaʿb never forgot it of Ṭalḥah.' Kaʿb said: 'When I greeted the Messenger of God ﷺ, he said while his face was radiant with joy: Rejoice in the best day that has passed over you since your mother gave birth to you!' He said: 'I said: From you, O Messenger of God, or from God?' He said: 'No, rather from God.' He said: 'When the Messenger of God ﷺ was pleased, his face would shine as if it were a piece of the moon, until that was recognizable from him.' He said: 'When I sat before him, I said: O Messenger of God, part of my repentance is that I divest myself of my wealth as charity to God, Exalted, and to His Messenger. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Keep some of your wealth, for it is better for you.' He said: 'I said: Then I will keep my share at Khaybar.' He said: 'I said: O Messenger of God, God, Exalted, saved me only through truthfulness, and part of my repentance is that I will never speak anything but truth as long as I live.' He said: 'By God, I do not know anyone among the Muslims whom God has tested with truthfulness in speech since I said that to the Messenger of God ﷺ better than what God, Blessed and Exalted, has tested me with. By God, I have not deliberately uttered a lie since I said that to the Messenger of God ﷺ to this day of mine, and I hope that He will preserve me in what remains.' He said: 'God, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: God has turned in mercy to the Prophet and the Emigrants and the Helpers who followed him in the hour of hardship, after the hearts of a party of them had almost swerved; then He turned to them in mercy; indeed He is to them Kind, Merciful. And to the three who were left behind, until, when the earth became straitened for them despite its vastness, and their own souls became straitened for them, and they were certain that there is no refuge from God except in Him; then He turned to them in mercy, that they might repent; indeed God is the Oft-Returning, Merciful. O you who believe, fear God and be with the truthful.' Kaʿb said: 'By God, God, Blessed and Exalted, has not bestowed on me any blessing after He guided me that is greater in my own eyes than my truthfulness to the Messenger of God ﷺ on that day, that I did not lie to him and thus perish as those who lied to him perished when they lied to him. Indeed, God, Blessed and Exalted, said concerning those who lied to him when they lied, the worst thing said to anyone. God, Exalted, said: They will swear by God to you when you return to them, that you may turn away from them. So turn away from them; indeed they are filth, and their abode is Hell, as a recompense for what they used to earn. They swear to you so that you may be pleased with them. But even if you are pleased with them, God is not pleased with the defiantly disobedient people.' He said: 'We three were left behind, apart from the affair of those from whom the Messenger of God ﷺ accepted when they swore oaths, for he pledged allegiance to them and sought forgiveness for them. The Messenger of God ﷺ deferred our affair until God, Exalted, decided. Thus God, Exalted, said: And to the three who were left behind. His leaving us behind and deferring our affair, which He mentioned, is not about our being left behind by staying away from the raid; rather, it is about those who swore to him and excused themselves to him, and he accepted from them.'

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