3. The death of Āminah and the state of the Messenger of God ﷺ with his grandfather ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib thereafter
Sirat Ibn Hisham 195No grade recorded
وَفَاةُ آمِنَةَ وَحَالُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بَعْدَهَا [ وَفَاةُ آمِنَةَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَ أُمِّهِ آمِنَةَ بِنْتِ وَهْبٍ وَجَدِّهِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ فِي كَلَاءَةِ اللَّهِ وَحِفْظِهِ، يُنْبِتُهُ اللَّهُ نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا لِمَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ مِنْ كَرَامَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ سِنِينَ، تُوُفِّيَتْ أُمُّهُ آمِنَةُ بِنْتُ وَهْبٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ: أَنَّ أُمَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ آمِنَةُ تُوُفِّيَتْ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ابْنُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ، بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ، كَانَتْ قَدْ قَدِمَتْ بِهِ عَلَى أَخْوَالِهِ مِنْ بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ النَّجَّارِ، تُزِيرُهُ إيَّاهُمْ، فَمَاتَتْ وَهِيَ رَاجِعَةٌ بِهِ إلَى مَكَّةَ.
✧ The death of Āminah and the state of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his grandfather ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib after her [The death of Āminah] Ibn Isḥāq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with his mother Āminah bt. Wahb and his grandfather ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim under Allah's guardianship and protection. Allah was causing him to grow in a fine manner because of the honour He intended for him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached six years of age, his mother Āminah bt. Wahb died. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd Allah b. Abī Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm related to me that the mother of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Āminah, died when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was six years old at al-Abwāʾ, between Makkah and Madinah. She had brought him to visit his maternal uncles of the Banū ʿAdī b. al-Najjār, and she died while returning with him to Makkah.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 196No grade recorded
[ سَبَبُ خُؤُولَةِ بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ النَّجَّارِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أُمُّ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ: سَلْمَى بِنْتُ عَمْرٍو النَّجَّارِيَّةُ. فَهَذِهِ الْخُؤُولَةُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِمْ
✧ [The reason for the maternal kinship of Banū ʿAdī b. al-Najjār to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ] Ibn Hishām said: The mother of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim was Salmā bt. ʿAmr of the Najjār clan. This is the maternal kinship that Ibn Isḥāq mentioned for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among them.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 197No grade recorded
[ إكْرَامُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لَهُ ﷺ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ، وَكَانَ يُوضَعُ لِعَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فِرَاشٌ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَكَانَ بَنُوهُ يَجْلِسُونَ حَوْلَ فِرَاشِهِ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَخْرَجَ إلَيْهِ، لَا يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِيهِ إجْلَالًا لَهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي وَهُوَ غُلَامٌ جَفْرٌ، حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ عَلَيْهِ، فَيَأْخُذَهُ أَعْمَامُهُ لِيُؤَخِّرُوهُ عَنْهُ، فَيَقُولُ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ، إذَا رَأَى ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ: دَعُوا ابْنِي، فَوَاَللَّهِ إنَّ لَهُ لَشَأْنًا، ثُمَّ يُجْلِسُهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ، وَيَمْسَحُ ظَهْرَهُ بِيَدِهِ، وَيَسُرُّهُ مَا يَرَاهُ يَصْنَعُ
✧ [ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib's honoring of him ﷺ when he was small] Ibn Isḥāq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with his grandfather ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim, and a bed was placed for ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in the shade of the Kaʿbah. His sons would sit around that bed of his until he came out to it, none of his sons sitting on it out of reverence for him. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would come, while he was a weaned boy, until he sat on it, and his paternal uncles would take hold of him to move him away from it, and ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib would say, when he saw that from them: "Leave my son, for by Allah, he has a great affair." Then he would seat him with him on the bed, and wipe his back with his hand, and it pleased him what he saw him do.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 198No grade recorded
وَفَاةُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَمَا رُثِيَ بِهِ مِنْ الشِّعْرِ [ وَفَاةُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَمَا قِيلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ ]: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَمَانِي سِنِينَ هَلَكَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ. وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ الْفِيلِ بِثَمَانِي سِنِينَ: قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ: أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ تُوُفِّيَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ابْنُ ثَمَانِي سِنِينَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ: أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ وَعَرَفَ أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ جَمَعَ بَنَاتِهِ وَكُنَّ سِتَّ نِسْوَةٍ: صَفِيَّةَ، وَبَرَّةَ، وَعَاتِكَةَ، وَأُمَّ حَكِيمٍ الْبَيْضَاءَ، وَأُمَيْمَةَ، وَأَرْوَى، فَقَالَ لَهُنَّ: ابْكِينَ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ مَا تَقُلْنَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالشِّعْرِ يَعْرِفُ هَذَا الشِّعْرَ، إلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا رَوَاهُ عَنْ مُحَمِّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ كَتَبْنَاهُ.
✧ The death of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and what was said in poetry about him: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached eight years of age, ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim died. That was eight years after the Elephant. Ibn Isḥāq said: al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Maʿbad b. al-ʿAbbās narrated to me from some of his family that ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib died when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was eight years old. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib narrated to me that when death came to ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and he knew that he was dying, he gathered his daughters—they were six women: Ṣafiyyah, Barrah, ʿĀtikah, Umm Ḥakīm al-Bayḍāʾ, Umaymah, and Arwā—and said to them: 'Weep over me so that I may hear what you say before I die.' Ibn Hishām said: I have not seen anyone among the people of knowledge of poetry who knows this poetry, but since he narrated it from Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib, we have written it down.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 199No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ صَفِيَّةَ لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] فَقَالَتْ صَفِيَّةُ ابْنَةُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: أَرِقْتُ لِصَوْتِ نَائِحَةٍ بِلَيْلٍ عَلَى رَجُلٍ بِقَارِعَةِ الصَّعِيدِ فَفَاضَتْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكُمْ دُمُوعِي عَلَى خَدِّي كَمُنْحَدِرِ الْفَرِيدِ عَلَى رَجُلٍ كَرِيمٍ غَيْرِ وَغْلٍ لَهُ الْفَضْلُ الْمُبِينُ عَلَى الْعَبِيدِ عَلَى الْفَيَّاضِ شَيْبَةَ ذِي الْمَعَالِي أَبِيكِ الْخَيْرِ وَارِثِ كُلِّ جُودِ صَدُوقٍ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ غَيْرِ نِكْسٍ وَلَا شَخْتِ الْمَقَامِ وَلَا سَنِيدٍ طَوِيلِ الْبَاعِ أَرْوَعَ شَيْظَمِيٌّ مُطَاعٍ فِي عَشِيرَتِهِ حَمِيدٍ رَفِيعِ الْبَيْتِ أَبْلَجَ ذِي فُضُولٍ وَغَيْثِ النَّاسِ فِي الزَّمَنِ الْحَرُودِ كَرِيمِ الْجَدِّ لَيْسَ بِذِي وُصُومِ يَرُوقُ عَلَى الْمُسَوَّدِ وَالْمَسُودِ عَظِيمِ الْحِلْمِ مِنْ نَفَرٍ كِرَامٍ خَضَارِمَةٍ مَلَاوِثَةٍ أُسُودٍ فَلَوْ خَلَدَ امْرُؤٌ لِقَدِيمِ مَجْدٍ وَلَكِنْ لَا سَبِيلَ إلَى الْخُلُودِ لَكَانَ مُخَلِّدًا أُخْرَى اللَّيَالِي لِفَضْلِ الْمَجْدِ وَالْحَسَبِ التَّلِيدِ
✧ [Ṣafiyyah's lament for her father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Ṣafiyyah bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: I lay awake at the voice of a wailing woman at night, mourning a man on the edge of the hard ground. Then my tears overflowed at that, down my cheek like the sliding of pierced pearls, For a noble man, no base intruder, whose surpassing merit over all servants is clear, For the bountiful Shaybah, possessor of lofty deeds—your father, the good, heir of every generosity— Truthful in every trial, no weakling, nor feeble in standing, nor one who leans on others; Long of reach, noble in bearing, tall and lean, obeyed among his kinsmen, praiseworthy; Lofty of house, bright of face, possessed of abundant virtues, the rain of men in the barren season; Generous of fortune, free of all blemish, surpassing both the chieftain and the one made chieftain; Great of forbearance, of a noble band, lords of plenty, fierce as lions. If any man could live forever through ancient glory—but there is no way to immortality— He would have been made immortal through the rest of the nights, for the excellence of his glory and his ancient, inherited nobility.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 200No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ بَرَّةَ لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ بَرَّةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: أَعَيْنَيَّ جُودَا بِدَمْعٍ دِرَرْ عَلَى طَيِّبِ الْخِيمِ وَالْمُعْتَصَرْ عَلَى مَاجِدِ الْجِدِّ وَارَى الزِّنَادَ جَمِيلِ الْمُحَيَّا عَظِيمِ الخَطَرْ عَلَى شَيْبَةِ الْحَمْدِ ذِي الْمَكْرُمَاتِ وَذِي الْمَجْدِ وَالْعِزِّ والمُفْتَخَرْ وَذِي الْحِلْمِ وَالْفَصْلِ فِي النَّائِبَاتِ كَثِيرِ الْمَكَارِمِ جَمِّ الْفَجَرْ لَهُ فَضْلُ مَجْدٍ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ مُنِيرٍ يَلُوحُ كَضَوْءِ القَمَرْ أَتَتْهُ الْمَنَايَا فَلَمْ تُشْوِهِ بِصَرْفِ اللَّيَالِي وَرَيْبِ القَدَرْ
✧ [Barrah's lament for her father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Barrah bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: Aʿyaynī jūdā bi-damʿin dirar ʿalā ṭayyibi al-khīmi wa-l-muʿtaṣar ʿalā mājidi al-jiddi wārī al-zinādi jamīli al-muḥayyā ʿaẓīmi al-khaṭar ʿalā Shaybata al-ḥamdi dhī al-makrumāti wa-dhī al-majdi wa-l-ʿizzi wa-l-muftakhar wa-dhī al-ḥilmi wa-l-faṣli fī al-nāʾibāti kathīri al-makārimi jammi al-fajar lahu faḍlu majdun ʿalā qawmihi munīrin yalūḥu ka-ḍawʾi al-qamar atathu al-manāyā fa-lam tushwihi bi-ṣarfi al-layālī wa-raybi al-qadar
Sirat Ibn Hisham 201No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ عَاتِكَةَ لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ عَاتِكَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: أَعَيْنِيَّ جُودَا وَلَا تَبْخَلَا بِدَمْعِكُمَا بَعْدَ نَوْمِ النِّيَامِ أَعَيْنِيَّ وَاسْحَنْفِرَا وَاسْكُبَا وَشُوبَا بُكَاءَكُمَا بِالْتِدَامِ أَعَيْنِيَّ وَاسْتَخْرِطَا وَاسْجُمَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ غَيْرِ نِكْسٍ كَهَامِ عَلَى الْجَحْفَلِ الْغَمْرِ فِي النَّائِبَاتِ كَرِيمِ الْمَسَاعِي وَفِيِّ الذِّمَامِ عَلَى شَيْبَةِ الْحَمْدِ وَارَى الزِّنَادِ وَذِي مَصْدَقٍ بَعْدُ ثَبْتِ الْمَقَامِ وَسَيْفٍ لَدَى الْحَرْبِ صَمْصَامَةٍ وَمُرْدَى الْمُخَاصِمِ عِنْدَ الخِصامِ وَسَهْلِ الْخَلِيقَةِ طَلْقِ الْيَدَيْنِ وَفِي عَدْمَلِيٍّ صَمِيمٍ لُهَامِ تَبَنَّكَ فِي بَاذِخٍ بَيْتُهُ رَفِيعُ الذُّؤَابَةِ صَعْبُ المَرَامِ
✧ ʿĀtikah bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: Aʿīnī jūdā wa-lā tabkhalā bi-damʿikumā baʿda nawmi l-niyām aʿīnī wa-sḥanfirā wa-skubā wa-shūbā bukāʾakumā bi-l-tidām aʿīnī wa-stakhriṭā wa-sjumā ʿalā rajulin ghayri niksi kahām ʿalā l-jaḥfali l-ghamri fī l-nāʾibāti karīmi l-masāʿī wa-fiyyi l-dhimām ʿalā shaybati l-ḥamdi wārī l-zinādi wa-dhī maṣdaqi baʿdu thabti l-maqām wa-sayfin ladā l-ḥarbi ṣamṣāmati wa-murdā l-mukhāṣimi ʿinda l-khiṣām wa-sahli l-khalīqati ṭalqi l-yadayni wa-fī ʿadmalīyi ṣamīmi luhām tabannaka fī bādhikhin baytuhu rafīʿu l-dhuʾābati ṣaʿbu l-marām
Sirat Ibn Hisham 202No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ أُمِّ حَكِيمٍ لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ أُمُّ حَكِيمٍ الْبَيْضَاءِ بنتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: أَلَا يَا عَيْنُ جُودِي وَاسْتَهِلِّي وَبَكِّي ذَا النَّدَى وَالْمَكْرُمَاتِ أَلَا يَا عَيْنُ وَيْحَكَ أَسْعِفِينِي بِدَمْعٍ مِنْ دُمُوعٍ هَاطِلَاتٍ وَبَكِّي خَيْرَ مَنْ رَكِبَ الْمَطَايَا أَبَاكِ الْخَيْرُ تَيَّارَ الْفُرَاتِ طَوِيلَ الْبَاعِ شَيْبَةَ ذَا الْمَعَالِي كَرِيمَ الْخِيمِ مَحْمُودَ الْهِبَاتِ وَصُولًا لِلْقَرَابَةِ هِبْرَزِيّا وَغَيْثًا فِي السِّنِينَ الْمُمْحِلَاتِ وَلَيْثًا حَيْنَ تَشْتَجِرُ الْعَوَالِي تَرُوقُ لَهُ عُيُونُ النَّاظِرَاتِ عَقِيلَ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ وَالْمُرَجَّى إذَا مَا الدَّهْرُ أَقْبَلَ بِالْهَنَاتِ وَمَفْزَعَهَا إذَا مَا هَاجَ هَيْجٌ بِدَاهِيَةٍ وَخَصْمَ الْمُعْضِلَاتِ فَبَكِّيهِ وَلَا تسمي بِحُزْنٍ وَبَكِّي، مَا بَقِيَتْ، الْبَاكِيَاتُ
✧ [Umm Ḥakīm's elegy for her father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Umm Ḥakīm al-Bayḍāʾ bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: Alas, O eye, be generous and begin to flow; weep for this man of munificence and noble deeds. Alas, O eye, woe to you, assist me with tears from abundant, pouring weepings. Weep for the best of those who have ridden mounts: your father, goodness itself, the abundant flood of the Euphrates. Tall of reach, Shaybah of lofty aspirations, noble of nature, praised in his gifts. One who maintains kinship ties, a lordly man, and a rain-laden cloud in barren years. A lion when spears clash, at whom the eyes of beholders gaze with delight. The chieftain of the sons of Kinānah and the one hoped for when the age brings misfortunes. Its refuge when a calamity stirs with a grave disaster, and the adversary of intractable difficulties. So weep for him, and do not desist in sorrow; weep, as long as the weepers remain.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 203No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ أُمَيْمَةَ لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ أُمَيْمَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: أَلَا هَلَكَ الرَّاعِي الْعَشِيرَةَ ذُو الْفَقْدِ وَسَاقِي الْحَجِيجِ وَالْمُحَامِي عَنْ الْمَجْدِ وَمَنْ يُؤْلَفُ الضَّيْفَ الْغَرِيبَ بُيُوتَهُ إذَا مَا سَمَاءُ النَّاسِ تَبْخَلُ بِالرَّعْدِ كَسَبْتَ وَلَيَدًا خَيْرَ مَا يَكْسِبُ الْفَتَى فَلَمْ تَنْفَكِكْ تَزْدَادُ يَا شَيْبَةَ الْحَمْدِ أَبُو الْحَارِثِ الْفَيَّاضُ خَلَّى مَكَانَهُ فَلَا تُبْعِدَنْ فَكُلُّ حَيٍّ إلَى بُعْدٍ فَإِنِّي لَبَاكٍ مَا بَقِيتُ وَمُوجَعٌ وَكَانَ لَهُ أَهْلًا لِمَا كَانَ مِنْ وَجْدِي سَقَاكَ وَلِيُّ النَّاسِ فِي القَبرُ مُمْطِرًا فَسَوْفَ أُبَكِّيهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَقَدْ كَانَ زَيْنًا لِلْعَشِيرَةِ كُلِّهَا وَكَانَ حَمِيدًا حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ حَمْدٍ
✧ [Umaymah's Elegy for Her Father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Umaymah bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: Alas, the shepherd of the clan, the one of loss, has perished, And the waterer of the pilgrims, and the defender of glory, And he to whose houses the stranger guest is brought When the sky of the people is stingy with thunder. You earned as a child the best that a young man earns, And you did not cease to increase, O Shaybah of praise. Abū al-Ḥārith al-Fayyāḍ has left his place, So be not far, for every living thing goes to distance. Indeed I am weeping as long as I live, and in pain, And he was worthy of it because of my grief. May the Guardian of the people water you in the grave with rain, And I shall weep for him, even though he is in the tomb. He was an ornament for the entire clan, And he was praiseworthy wherever there was praise.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 204No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ أَرِوَى لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ أَرْوَى بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: بَكَتْ عَيْنَيَّ وَحُقَّ لَهَا الْبُكَاءُ عَلَى سَمْحٍ سَجِيَّتُهُ الْحَيَاءُ عَلَى سَهْلِ الْخَلِيقَةِ أبْطَحيٍّ كَرِيمِ الْخِيمِ نِيَّتُهُ الْعَلَاءُ عَلَى الْفَيَّاضِ شَيْبَةَ ذِي الْمَعَالِي أَبِيكِ الْخَيْرِ لَيْسَ لَهُ كِفَاءُ طَوِيلِ الْبَاعِ أَمْلَسَ شَيْظميٌّ أَغَرَّ كَأَنَّ غُرَّتَهُ ضِيَاءُ أَقَبِّ الْكَشْحِ أَرُوعَ ذِي فُضُولٍ لَهُ الْمَجْدُ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَالسَّنَاءُ أَبِيِّ الضَّيْمِ أَبْلَجَ هِبْرَزِيٌّ قَدِيمِ الْمَجْدِ لَيْسَ لَهُ خَفَا وَمَعْقِلِ مَالِكٍ وَرَبِيعِ فِهْرٍ وَفَاصِلِهَا إذَا اُلْتُمِسَ الْقَضَاءُ وَكَانَ هُوَ الْفَتَى كَرَمًا وَجُودًا وَبَأْسًا حَيْنَ تَنْسَكِبُ الدِّمَاءُ إذَا هَابَ الْكُمَاةُ الْمَوْتَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّ قُلُوبَ أَكْثَرِهِمْ هَوَاءُ مَضَى قُدُمًا بِذِي رُبَدٍ خَشِيبٍ عَلَيْهِ حَيْنَ تُبْصِرهُ الْبَهَاءُ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَزَعَمَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ أَشَارَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَقَدْ أَصْمَتَ: أَنَّ هَكَذَا فَابْكِينَنِي. [ نَسَبُ الْمُسَيِّبِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: [ وَ ] الْمُسَيِّبُ بْنُ حَزْنِ بْنِ أَبِي وَهْبِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَائِذِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مَخْزُومٍ
✧ [Arwā's Elegy for Her Father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Arwā bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: My eyes wept—and weeping was their due— for a generous man whose disposition is modesty, for an easy-natured Abṭaḥī, noble of character, whose intention is loftiness, for the overflowing Shaybah, possessor of high virtues, your father, the good, who has no equal, long of reach, smooth, a tall sturdy one, more radiant, as if the blaze on his forehead were light, lean-flanked, awe-inspiring, possessed of merits, to whom belongs foremost glory and eminence, refusing humiliation, bright-faced, a lion-like chief, of ancient glory, with no obscurity in him. He was the refuge of Mālik and the spring of Fihr, and its arbiter when judgment was sought. He was the youth in generosity, munificence, and courage when blood is shed, when the brave feared death until the hearts of most of them were as air. He advanced boldly on a dappled, sharpened steed, on him, when you see him, splendor. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib asserted to me that he gestured with his head while he had become speechless: “Like this, then weep for me.” [The Lineage of al-Musayyib] Ibn Hishām said: [And] al-Musayyib b. Ḥazn b. Abī Wahb b. ʿAmr b. ʿĀʾidh b. ʿImrān b. Makhzūm.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 205No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ حُذَيْفَةَ لِعَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ غَانِمٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ يَبْكِي عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنَ هَاشِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، وَيَذْكُرُ فَضْلَهُ وَفَضْلَ قُصَيٍّ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ، وَفَضْلَ وَلَدِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ أُخِذَ بِغُرْمِ أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ بِمَكَّةَ، فَوَقَفَ بِهَا فَمَرَّ بِهِ أَبُو لَهَبٍ عَبْدُ الْعُزَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَافْتَكَّهُ:: أَعَيْنِيَّ جُودَا بِالدُّمُوعِ عَلَى الصَّدْرِ وَلَا تَسْأَمَا أُسْقِيتُمَا سَبَلَ الْقَطْرِ وَجُودَا بِدَمْعٍ وَاسْفَحَا كُلَّ شَارِقٍ بُكَاءَ امْرِئٍ لَمْ يُشْوِهِ نَائِبُ الدَّهْرِ ( وَسُحَّا وَجُمَّا وَاسْجُمَا مَا بَقِيتُمَا عَلَى ذِي حَيَاءٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَذِي سِتْرِ ) عَلَى رَجُلٍ جَلْدِ الْقُوَى ذِي حَفِيظَةٍ جَمِيلِ الْمُحَيَّا غَيْرِ نِكْسٍ وَلَا هَذْرِ عَلَى الْمَاجِدِ الْبُهْلُولِ ذِي الْبَاعِ وَالنَّدَى رَبِيعِ لُؤَى فِي الْقُحُوطِ وَفِي الْعُسْرِ عَلَى خَيْبَرِ حَافٍ مِنْ مُعَدٍّ وَنَاعِلٍ كَرِيمَ الْمَسَاعِي طَيِّبَ الْخِيمِ وَالنَّجْرِ وَخَيْرُهُمْ أَصْلًا وَفَرْعًا وَمَعْدِنًا وَأَحْظَاهُمْ بِالْمُكْرَمَاتِ وَبِالذِّكْرِ وَأَوْلَاهُمْ بِالْمَجْدِ وَالْحِلْمِ وَالنُّهَى وَبِالْفَضْلِ عِنْدَ الْمُجْحِفَاتِ مِنْ الْغُبْرِ عَلَى شَيْبَةِ الْحَمْدِ الَّذِي كَانَ وَجْهُهُ يُضِيءُ سَوَادَ اللَّيْلِ كَالْقَمَرِ الْبَدْرِ وَسَاقِي الْحَجِيجِ ثُمَّ لِلْخَيْرِ هَاشِمٍ وَعَبْدُ مَنَافٍ ذَلِكَ السَّيِّدُ الفِهْري طَوَى زَمزَما عِنْدَ الْمَقَامِ فَأَصْبَحَتْ سِقَايَتُهُ فَخْرًا عَلَى كُلِّ ذِي فَخْرٍ لِيَبْكِ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ عَانٍ بِكُرْبَةٍ وَآلُ قُصَيٍّ مِنْ مُقِلٍّ وَذِي وَفْرٍ بَنُوهُ سَرَاةَ كَهْلُهُمْ وَشَبَابُهُمْ تَفَلَّقَ عَنْهُمْ بَيْضَةُ الطَّائِرِ الصَّقْرِ قُصَيُّ الَّذِي عَادَى كِنَانَةَ كُلَّهَا وَرَابَطَ بَيْتَ اللَّهِ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ فَإِنْ تَكُ غَالَتْهُ الْمَنَايَا وَصَرْفُهَا فَقَدْ عَاشَ مَيْمُونَ النَّقِيبَةِ وَالْأَمْرِ وَأَبْقَى رِجَالًا سَادَةً غَيْرَ عُزَّلٍ مَصَالِيتُ أَمْثَالَ الرُّدَيْنِيَّةِ السُّمْرِ أَبُو عُتْبَةَ الْمُلْقَى إلَيَّ حِبَاؤُهُ أَغَرُّ هِجَانُ اللَّوْنِ مِنْ نَفَرِ غُرٍّ وَحَمْزَةُ مِثْلُ الْبَدْرِ يَهْتَزُّ لِلنَّدَى نَقِيُّ الثِّيَابِ وَالذِّمَامِ مِنْ الْغَدْرِ وَعَبْدُ مَنَافٍ مَاجِدٌ ذُو حَفِيظَةٍ وَصُولٌ لِذِي الْقُرْبَى رَحِيمٌ بِذِي الصِّهْرِ كُهُولُهُمْ خَيْرُ الْكُهُولِ وَنَسْلُهُمْ كَنَسْلِ الْمُلُوكِ لَا تَبُورُ وَلَا تَحَرَّى مَتَى مَا تُلَاقِي مِنْهُمْ الدَّهْرَ نَاشِئًا تَجِدْهُ بِإِجْرِيَّا أَوَائِلِهِ بَجْرَى هُمْ مَلَئُوا الْبَطْحَاءَ مَجْدًا وَعِزَّةً إذَا اُسْتُبِقَ الْخَيْرَاتُ فِي سَالِفِ الْعَصْرِ وَفِيهِمْ بُنَاةٌ لِلْعُلَا وَعِمَارَةٌ وَعَبْدُ مَنَافٍ جَدُّهُمْ جَابِرُ الْكَسْرِ بِإِنْكَاحِ عَوْفٍ بِنْتَهُ لِيُجِيرَنَا مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا إذْ أَسْلَمَتْنَا بَنُو فِهْرِ فَسِرْنَا تهامي الْبِلَادِ وَنَجْدَهَا بِأَمْنِهِ حَتَّى خَاضَتْ الْعِيرُ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَهُمْ حَضَرُوا وَالنَّاسُ بَادٍ فَرِيقُهُمْ وَلَيْسَ بِهَا إلَّا شُيُوخُ بَنِي عَمْرِو بَنَوْهَا دِيَارًا جَمَّةً وَطَوَوْا بِهَا بِئَارًا تَسُحُّ الْمَاءَ مِنْ ثَبَجِ بَحْرِ لَكَيْ يَشْرَبَ الْحُجَّاجُ مِنْهَا وَغَيْرُهُمْ إذَا ابْتَدَرُوهَا صُبْحَ تَابِعَةِ النَّحْرِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ تَظَلُّ رِكَابُهُمْ مُخَيَّسَةً بَيْنَ الْأَخَاشِبِ وَالْحِجْرِ وَقِدْمًا غَنِيّنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ حِقْبَةً وَلَا نَسْتَقِي إلَّا بِخُمَّ أَوْ الْحَفْرِ وَهُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ الذَّنْبَ يُنْقَمُ دُونَهُ وَيَعْفُونَ عَنْ قَوْلِ السَّفَاهَةِ وَالْهُجْرِ وَهُمْ جَمَعُوا حِلْفَ الْأَحَابِيشِ كلِّها وَهُمْ نَكَّلُوا عَنَّا غُوَاةَ بَنِي بَكْرِ فَخَارِجَ، إمَّا أَهْلكُنَّ فَلَا تَزَلْ لَهُمْ شَاكِرًا حَتَّى تُغَيَّبَ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَلَا تَنْسَ مَا أَسُدَى ابْنُ لُبْنَى فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَسْدَى يَدًا مَحْقُوقَةً مِنْكَ بِالشُّكْرِ وَأَنْتَ ابْنُ لُبْنَى مِنْ قُصَيٍّ إذَا انْتَمَوْا بِحَيْثُ انْتَهَى قَصْدُ الْفُؤَادِ مِنْ الصَّدْرِ وَأَنْتَ تَنَاوَلْتَ الْعُلَا فَجَمَعْتَهَا إلَى مَحْتِدٍ لِلْمَجْدِ ذِي ثَبَجِ جَسْرِ سَبَقْتَ وَفُتَّ الْقَوْمَ بَذْلًا وَنَائِلًا وَسُدْتُ وَلَيَدًا كُلَّ ذِي سُوْدُدِ غَمْرِ وَأُمُّكَ سِرٌّ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ جَوْهَرِ إذَا حَصَّلَ الْأَنْسَابَ يَوْمًا ذَوُو الْخُبْرِ إلَى سَبَأِ الْأَبْطَالِ تُنَمَّى وَتَنْتَمِي فَأَكْرِمْ بِهَا مَنْسُوبَةً فِي ذُرَا الزُّهْرِ أَبُو شَمَرٍ مِنْهُمْ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَذُو جَدَنٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهَا وَأَبُو الْجَبْرِ وَأَسْعَدُ قَادَ النَّاسَ عِشْرِينَ حِجَّةً يُؤَيَّدُ فِي تِلْكَ الْمَوَاطِنِ بِالنَّصْرِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أُمُّكَ سِرٌّ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ، يَعْنِي أَبَا لَهَبٍ، أُمُّهُ لُبْنَى بِنْتُ هَاجِرٍ الْخُزاَعِيِّ. وَقَوْلُهُ: بِإِجْرِيّا أَوَائِلُهُ عَنْ غَيْرِ ابْنِ إسْحَاقَ
✧ [The Elegy of Ḥudhayfah for ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Ibn Isḥāq said: Ḥudhayfah b. Ghānim, the brother of the Banū ʿAdī b. Kaʿb b. Luʾayy, said, weeping for ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim b. ʿAbd Manāf, and mentioning his excellence and the excellence of Quṣayy over Quraysh, and the excellence of his descendants after him over them—that is, because he was seized for a fine of four thousand dirhams in Makkah, and he stood there, and Abū Lahab ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib passed by him and ransomed him: My two eyes, flow generously with tears upon the chest, And do not weary; may you be given the pouring rain of the downpour. And flow with tears and shed them every morning, The weeping of a man whom the calamity of time has not marred. (And pour and stream and shed as long as you remain alive, For a man of modesty among Quraysh and of protection.) For a man strong in powers, possessed of zeal, Beautiful of countenance, not ignoble and not babbling. For the noble, cheerful one, of ample reach and generosity, The spring of Luʾayy in drought and in hardship. For the best barefoot and sandaled one of Maʿadd, Generous in endeavors, good in nature and in origin. And the best of them in root and branch and source, And the most fortunate of them in honorable deeds and in remembrance. And the first of them in glory and forbearance and intelligence, And in excellence in the crushing disasters of the dust. For Shaybah of praise, whose face Would illuminate the darkness of night like the full moon. And the waterer of the pilgrims, then for the good of Hāshim And ʿAbd Manāf, that was the chief of Fihr. He filled in Zamzam near the Station, and so his watering-place became A source of pride over every possessor of pride. Let every captive in distress weep for him, And the family of Quṣayy, of the poor and the wealthy. His sons are chiefs, their elders and their youths; From them has hatched the egg of the falcon. Quṣayy, who opposed Kinānah entirely, And kept watch over the House of Allah in hardship and in ease. If death and its vicissitudes have taken him away, He lived fortunate in disposition and in command. And he left behind men, lords not defenseless, Fierce ones like Rudaynī spears of brown. Abū ʿUtbah, to whom his tent ropes are entrusted, Noble, pure of color, from a noble band. And Ḥamzah, like the full moon, who moves for generosity, Clean of garments and of the protection from treachery. And ʿAbd Manāf, noble, possessed of zeal, Keeping ties with the near of kin, merciful to the in-law. Their elders are the best of elders, and their offspring is Like the offspring of kings; it does not perish nor decline. Whenever you meet among them a young man of time, You find him following the course of his forerunners. They have filled the valley with glory and might When good things were competed for in the past age. Among them are builders of loftiness and ʿImārah, And ʿAbd Manāf their ancestor, mender of the break. By the marriage of ʿAwf to his daughter, so that he might protect us From our enemies when Banū Fihr abandoned us. So we traveled the lowlands of the lands and their highlands Under his protection, until the caravans waded into the sea. They were present while the people were in the desert, with only a portion [sedentary], And there were none there but the elders of Banū ʿAmr. They built many dwellings and dug in it Wells gushing water from the midst of a sea, So that the pilgrims and others might drink from them When they hastened to them in the morning of the day of sacrifice. For three days their riding camels remain Hobbled between al-Akhāshib and al-Ḥijr. And formerly we had been rich for a long time before that, And we did not draw water except from Khumm or al-Ḥafr. And they forgive the sin that is avenged besides it, And they pardon the word of foolishness and of obscenity. And they gathered the confederacy of all the Aḥābīsh, And they punished the transgressors of Banū Bakr on our behalf. So go forth, for if they perish, then never cease To be grateful to them until you are hidden in the grave. And do not forget what Ibn Lubnā did, for he Did a deed deserving of gratitude from you. And you are Ibn Lubnā from Quṣayy when they trace descent, To where the intention of the heart reaches from the chest. And you attained loftiness and gathered it To a root of glory, of broad and strong foundation. You preceded and surpassed the people in giving and bestowal, And you ruled as a child, surpassing every ruler of great abundance. And your mother is a secret of Khuzāʿah, a jewel, When the experts one day determine the lineages, To Sabaʾ of the heroes she is traced and belongs; So honor her as a relation among the heights of the shining ones. Abū Shamar is of them, and ʿAmr b. Mālik, And Dhū Jadan of her people, and Abū al-Jabr. And Asʿad led the people for twenty pilgrimages, Supported in those stations with victory. Ibn Hishām said: “Your mother is a secret of Khuzāʿah”—he means Abū Lahab; his mother is Lubnā bt. Hājir al-Khuzāʿī. And his saying “following the course of his forerunners” is from other than Ibn Isḥāq.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 206No grade recorded
[ رِثَاءُ مَطْرُودٍ لِعَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وبني عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ مَطْرُودُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْخُزاَعِيُّ يَبْكِي عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ وبَني عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ:: يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ الْمُحَوِّلُ رَحْلَهُ هَلَّا سَأَلْتَ عَنْ آلِ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ هَبَلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ لَوْ حَلَلْتَ بِدَارِهِمْ ضَمِنُوكَ مِنْ جُرْمٍ وَمِنْ إقْرَافِ الْخَالِطِينَ غَنِيَّهُمْ بِفَقِيرِهِمْ حَتَّى يَعُودَ فَقِيرُهُمْ كَالْكَافِي الْمُنْعِمِينَ إذَا النُّجُومُ تَغَيَّرَتْ وَالظَّاعِنِينَ لِرِحْلَةِ الْإِيلَافِ وَالْمُطْعِمِينَ إذَا الرِّيَاحُ تَنَاوَحَتْ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ فِي الرَّجَّافِ إمَّا هَلَكْتَ أَبَا الْفِعَالِ فَمَا جَرَى مِنْ فَوْقِ مِثْلِكَ عَقْدُ ذَاتِ نِطَافِ إلَّا أَبِيكَ أَخِي الْمَكَارِمِ وَحْدَهُ وَالْفَيْضِ مُطَّلِبٍ أَبِي الْأَضْيَافِ
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: Maṭrūd b. Kaʿb al-Khuzāʿī said, weeping for ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and the Banū ʿAbd Manāf: O you man who is moving his saddle, why did you not ask about the family of ʿAbd Manāf? May your mother be bereft of you! Had you alighted at their abode, they would have protected you from crime and from disgrace. They mingle their rich with their poor, until their poor becomes like the sufficient one; They are gracious when the stars change, and they set out for the journey of the covenant; They feed when the winds strive together, until the sun sets in the trembling; Indeed, if you have perished, O father of deeds, no knot of a woman with a string has ever run above the like of you, Except your father, the brother of noble qualities, alone, and the overflowing Muṭṭalib, father of guests.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 207No grade recorded
[ وِلَايَةُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَلَى سِقَايَةِ زَمْزَمَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَلَمَّا هَلَكَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ وَلِيَ زَمْزَمَ وَالسِّقَايَةَ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَهُوَ يَوْمئِذٍ مِنْ أَحْدَثِ إخْوَتِهِ سِنًّا، فَلَمْ تَزَلْ إلَيْهِ حَتَّى قَامَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَهِيَ بِيَدِهِ. فَأَقَرَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَهُ عَلَى مَا مَضَى مِنْ وِلَايَتِهِ، فَهِيَ إلَى آلِ الْعَبَّاسِ، بِوِلَايَةِ الْعَبَّاسِ إيَّاهَا، إلَى ( هَذَا ) الْيَوْمِ
✧ [Al-ʿAbbās's Authority over the Watering of Zamzam] Ibn Isḥāq said: When ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim died, al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib took charge of Zamzam and the watering thereof after him. At that time he was the youngest of his brothers in age. It remained in his charge until Islam arose, and it was still in his hand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ confirmed it for him according to his previous authority. Thus it belongs to the family of al-ʿAbbās, by virtue of al-ʿAbbās's charge over it, to this day.