72. The expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1230No grade recorded
غَزْوَةُ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ [ وَقْتُهَا ]: قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَأَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ بَعْضَ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ وَرَجَبًا، ثُمَّ غَزَا بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ، فِي شَعْبَانَ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ. [ اسْتِعْمَالُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ؛ وَيُقَالُ: نُمَيْلَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ اللَّيْثِيُّ.
✧ The expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq [its time]: Ibn Isḥāq said: The Messenger of God ﷺ stayed in al-Madinah for part of Jumādā al-Ākhirah and Rajab, then he raided Banū al-Muṣṭaliq of Khuzāʿah, in Shaʿbān of the year six. [The appointment of Abū Dharr over al-Madinah] Ibn Hishām said: He appointed Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī over al-Madinah; and it is also said: Numaylah b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Laythī.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1231No grade recorded
قَالَ [ سَبَبُ غَزْوِ الرَّسُولِ لَهُمْ غزوة بني المصطلق ] ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حِبَّانَ، كُلٌّ قَدْ حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضَ حَدِيثِ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ، قَالُوا: بَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ يَجْمَعُونَ لَهُ، وَقَائِدُهُمْ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي ضِرَارٍ أَبُو جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ، زَوْجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِهِمْ خَرَجَ إلَيْهِمْ، حَتَّى لَقِيَهُمْ عَلَى مَاءٍ لَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْمُرَيْسِيعُ، مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ قَدِيدٍ إلَى السَّاحِلِ، فَتَزَاحَفَ النَّاسُ وَاقْتَتَلُوا، فَهَزَمَ اللَّهُ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ، وَقُتِلَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ، وَنَفَّلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَنِسَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ، فَأْفَاءَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ.
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah, ʿAbdallāh b. Abī Bakr, and Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥibbān, each having related to me part of the story of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq, said: The Messenger of God ﷺ learned that Banū al-Muṣṭaliq were gathering against him, their leader being al-Ḥārith b. Abī Ḍirār, the father of Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith, wife of the Messenger of God ﷺ. When the Messenger of God ﷺ heard of them, he went out against them until he met them at a watering-place of theirs called al-Muraysīʿ, on the side toward Qudayd and the coast. The people advanced against one another and fought, and God defeated Banū al-Muṣṭaliq. Some of them were killed, and the Messenger of God ﷺ gave their children, women, and property as spoils, and he granted them to him.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1232No grade recorded
[ مَوْتُ ابْنِ صُبَابَةَ في غزوة بني المصطلق ] وَقَدْ أُصِيبَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ بَنِي كَلْبِ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ لَيْثِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: هِشَامُ بْنُ صُبَابَةَ، أَصَابَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ رَهْطِ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ مِنْ الْعَدُوِّ، فَقَتَلَهُ خَطَأٍ
✧ [The death of Ibn Ṣubābah in the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq] A man from the Muslims of Banū Kalb b. ʿAwf b. ʿĀmir b. Layth b. Bakr, called Hishām b. Ṣubābah, was struck by a man from the Anṣār, of the clan of ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit, who thought he was one of the enemy, and killed him inadvertently.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1233No grade recorded
[ جَهْجَاهُ وَسِنَانٌ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ في غزوة بني المصطلق ] فَبَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ، وَرَدَتْ وَارِدَةُ النَّاسِ، وَمَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَجِيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: جَهْجَاهُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُودُ فَرَسَهُ، فَازْدَحَمَ جَهْجَاهُ وَسِنَانُ بْنُ وَبَرٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، حَلِيفُ بَنِي عَوْفِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، فَاقْتَتَلَا، فَصَرَخَ الْجُهَنِيُّ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَصَرَخَ جَهْجَاهُ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ؛ فَغَضِبَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ وَعِنْدَهُ رَهْطٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فِيهِمْ: زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ، غُلَامٌ حَدَثٌ، فَقَالَ: أَوَقَدْ فَعَلُوهَا، قَدْ نَافَرُونَا وَكَاثَرُونَا فِي بِلَادِنَا، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعَدَّنَا وَجَلَابِيبَ قُرَيْشٍ إلَّا كَمَا قَالَ الْأَوَّلُ: سَمِّنْ كَلْبَكَ يَأْكُلْكَ، أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ، أَحْلَلْتُمُوهُمْ بِلَادَكُمْ، وَقَاسَمْتُوهُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ، أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ مَا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ لَتَحَوَّلُوا إلَى غَيْرِ دَارِكُمْ. فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ، فَمَشَى بِهِ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ، وَعِنْدَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: مُرْ بِهِ عَبَّادَ بْنِ بِشْرٍ فَلْيَقْتُلْهُ؛ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَكَيْفَ يَا عُمَرُ إذَا تَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَقْتُلُ أَصْحَابَهُ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَذَّنَ بِالرَّحِيلِ وَذَلِكَ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْتَحِلُ فِيهَا، فَارْتَحَلَ النَّاسُ
✧ [Jahjāh and Sinān and what happened with Ibn Ubayy in the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq] While the Messenger of God ﷺ was at that water, the people’s watering parties came down. With ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb was a hired man of his from Banū Ghifār called Jahjāh b. Masʿūd, leading his horse. Jahjāh and Sinān b. Wabar al-Juhanī, an ally of Banū ʿAwf b. al-Khazraj, crowded each other at the water and fought. The Juhanī cried out, “O company of the Anṣār!” and Jahjāh cried out, “O company of the Muhājirūn!” ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy b. Salūl became angry, and with him was a group of his people, among them Zayd b. Arqam, a young lad. He said, “Have they really done it? They have challenged us and outnumbered us in our own land. By God, we and the rabble of Quraysh are only as the first one said: ‘Fatten your dog and it will eat you.’ By God, if we return to Madinah, the mightier will surely expel the meaner from it.” Then he turned to those of his people who were present and said to them, “This is what you have done to yourselves. You have let them settle in your land and shared your wealth with them. By God, if you withheld from them what is in your hands, they would move to other than your abode.” Zayd b. Arqam heard that and went with it to the Messenger of God ﷺ, at the time when the Messenger of God ﷺ had finished with his enemy, and told him the news. With him was ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, who said, “Order ʿAbbād b. Bishr to kill him.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him, “How would it be, ʿUmar, if people talked that Muḥammad kills his companions? No, but give the call to depart.” That was at an hour when the Messenger of God ﷺ did not usually set out, and the people departed.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1234No grade recorded
[ اعْتِذَارُ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ لِلرَّسُولِ في غزوة بني المصطلق ] وَقَدْ مَشَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حِينَ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ قَدْ بَلَّغَهُ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْهُ، فَحَلَفَ بِاَللَّهِ: مَا قُلْتُ مَا قَالَ، وَلَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ وَكَانَ فِي قَوْمِهِ شَرِيفًا عَظِيمًا فَقَالَ مَنْ حَضَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ الْغُلَامُ قَدْ أَوْهَمَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ، وَلَمْ يَحْفَظْ مَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ، حَدَبًا عَلَى ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ، وَدَفْعًا عَنْهُ
✧ [Ibn Ubayy's apology to the Messenger during the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq] ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy b. Salūl went to the Messenger of God ﷺ when he learned that Zayd b. Arqam had informed him of what he had heard from him. He swore by God: "I did not say what he said, nor did I speak it." He was a noble and great man among his people. Those of the Anṣār among the companions who were present with the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "O Messenger of God, perhaps the boy imagined in his account and did not remember what the man said," out of affection for Ibn Ubayy b. Salūl and in his defense.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1235No grade recorded
[ الرَّسُولُ وَأُسَيْدٌ وَمَقَالَةُ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ في غزوة بني المصطلق ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَلَمَّا اسْتَقَلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَارَ، لَقِيَهُ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ، فَحَيَّاهُ بِتَحِيَّةِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ رُحْتَ فِي سَاعَةٍ مُنْكَرَةٍ، مَا كُنْتَ تَرُوحُ فِي مِثْلِهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَوْ مَا بَلَغَكَ مَا قَالَ صَاحِبُكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: وَأَيُّ صَاحِبٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ؛ قَالَ: وَمَا قَالَ ؟ قَالَ: زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ إنْ رَجَعَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ، قَالَ: فَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاَللَّهِ تُخْرِجُهُ مِنْهَا إنْ شِئْتُ. هُوَ وَاَللَّهِ الذَّلِيلُ وَأَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ؛ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. اُرْفُقْ بِهِ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَاءَنَا اللَّهُ بِكَ، وَإِنَّ قَوْمَهُ لَيَنْظِمُونَ لَهُ الْخَرَزَ لِيُتَوِّجُوهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَيَرَى أَنَّكَ قَدْ اسْتَلَبْتَهُ مُلْكًا
✧ [THE MESSENGER, USAYD AND THE STATEMENT OF IBN UBAYY in the expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq] Ibn Ishaq said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ arose and departed, Usayd b. Hudayr met him and greeted him with the greeting of prophethood and gave him salutation, then said: O Prophet of God, by God, you have set forth at a detested hour, the like of which you have not set forth before. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: Has not the saying of your companion reached you? He said: Which companion, O Messenger of God? He said: Abd Allah b. Ubayy. He said: And what did he say? He said: He claimed that if he returns to Madinah, the mightier will indeed expel the meaner from it. He said: Then you, O Messenger of God, by God, will expel him from it if you wish. He, by God, is the mean one and you are the mighty one. Then he said: O Messenger of God, be gentle with him, for by God, God has brought you to us while his people were stringing beads for him to crown him, and indeed he thinks that you have robbed him of a kingdom.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1236No grade recorded
[ سَيْرُ الرَّسُولِ بِالنَّاسِ لِيُشْغِلَهُمْ عَنْ الْفِتْنَةِ في غزوة بني المصطلق ] ثُمَّ مَشَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ يَوْمَهُمْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَمْسَى، وَلَيْلَتَهُمْ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، وَصَدْرَ يَوْمِهِمْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى آذَتْهُمْ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ بِالنَّاسِ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ وَجَدُوا مَسَّ الْأَرْضِ فَوَقَعُوا نِيَامًا، وَإِنَّمَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيَشْغَلَ النَّاسَ عَنْ الْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي كَانَ بِالْأَمْسِ، مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ
✧ [THE MESSENGER’S MARCH WITH THE PEOPLE TO DISTRACT THEM FROM THE STRIFE IN THE EXPEDITION OF BANŪ AL-MUṢṬALIQ] Then the Messenger of God ﷺ marched with the people during that day of theirs until evening, and during their night until morning, and through the early part of that day of theirs until the sun distressed them. Then he halted with the people, and they had hardly tarried before they found the touch of the ground, and they fell asleep. The Messenger of God ﷺ did that only to distract the people from the talk that had taken place the day before, from the talk of ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1237No grade recorded
[ تَنَبُّؤُ الرَّسُولِ بِمَوْتِ رِفَاعَةَ في غزوة بني المصطلق ] ثُمَّ رَاحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ، وَسَلَكَ الْحِجَازَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَلَى مَاءٍ بِالْحِجَازِ فُوَيْقَ النَّقِيعِ؛ يُقَالُ لَهُ: بَقْعَاءُ. فَلَمَّا رَاحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَبَّتْ عَلَى النَّاسِ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ آذَتْهُمْ وَتَخَوَّفُوهَا؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَا تَخَافُوهَا، فَإِنَّمَا هَبَّتْ لِمَوْتِ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْكُفَّارِ. فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدُوا رِفَاعَةَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ التَّابُوتِ، أَحَدَ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ، وَكَانَ عَظِيمًا مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ يَهُودَ، وَكَهْفًا لِلْمُنَافِقِينَ، مَاتَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ
✧ [The Messenger's foretelling of the death of Rifāʿah during the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq] Then the Messenger of God ﷺ departed with the people, and he took the Hijāz route until he halted at a watering place in the Hijāz a little above al-Naqīʿ, called Baqʿāʾ. When the Messenger of God ﷺ departed, a strong wind blew upon the people, harming them, and they feared it. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Do not fear it, for it has blown only for the death of a great one among the great ones of the unbelievers. When they arrived in Madinah, they found that Rifāʿah b. Zayd b. al-Tābūt, one of the Banū Qaynuqāʿ—and he was a great one among the great ones of the Jews and a refuge for the hypocrites—had died on that day.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1238No grade recorded
[ مَا نَزَلَ فِي ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ ] وَنَزَلَتْ السُّورَةُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ فِيهَا الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَى مِثْلِ أَمْرِهِ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأُذُنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا الَّذِي أَوْفَى اللَّهُ بِأُذُنِهِ. وَبَلَغَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ الَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أَبِيهِ
✧ [What was revealed in the Qurʾān concerning Ibn Ubayy] And the sūrah in which God mentioned the hypocrites was revealed concerning Ibn Ubayy and those who were in a situation like his. When it was revealed, the Messenger of God ﷺ took hold of the ear of Zayd b. Arqam, then said: This is the one whose ear God has fulfilled. And the matter of his father reached ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1239No grade recorded
[ طَلَبُ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى هُوَ قَتْلَ أَبِيهِ وَعَفْوَ الرَّسُولِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ: أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تُرِيدُ قَتْلَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ فِيمَا بَلَغَكَ عَنْهُ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَمُرْنِي بِهِ، فَأَنَا أَحْمِلُ إلَيْكَ رَأْسَهُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَتْ الْخَزْرَجُ مَا كَانَ لَهَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَبَرَّ بِوَالِدِهِ مِنِّي، وَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِهِ غَيْرِي فَيَقْتُلَهُ، فَلَا تَدَعُنِي نَفْسِي أَنْظُرُ إلَى قَاتِلِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ يَمْشِي فِي النَّاسِ، فَأَقْتُلَهُ فَأَقْتُلَ ( رَجُلًا ) مُؤْمِنًا بِكَافِرِ، فَأَدْخُلَ النَّارَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: بَلْ نَتَرَفَّقُ بِهِ، وَنُحْسِنُ صُحْبَتَهُ مَا بَقِيَ مَعَنَا
✧ The request of Ibn ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy to undertake the killing of his father himself, and the Messenger's pardon Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah related to me that ʿAbd Allāh came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, it has reached me that you intend to kill ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy because of what has reached you about him. If you must do it, then command me, and I will bring you his head. By God, the Khazraj know that there was no man among them more dutiful to his father than I. I fear that you will command someone else to kill him, and then my soul will not allow me to look upon the killer of ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy walking among the people without my killing him—killing a believer for a disbeliever—and thereby entering the Fire. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Rather we will treat him gently and keep good company with him as long as he remains with us.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1240No grade recorded
تَوَلِّي قَوْمِ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ مُجَازَاتَهُ وَجَعَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إذَا أَحْدَثَ الْحَدَثَ كَانَ قَوْمُهُ هُمْ الَّذِينَ يُعَاتِبُونَهُ وَيَأْخُذُونَهُ وَيُعَنِّفُونَهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعُمَرِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، حِينَ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ: كَيْفَ تَرَى يَا عُمَرُ؛ أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَوْ قَتَلْتُهُ يَوْمَ قُلْتَ لِي اُقْتُلْهُ، لَأُرْعِدَتْ لَهُ آنُفٌ، لَوْ أَمَرْتهَا الْيَوْمَ بِقَتْلِهِ لَقَتَلْتُهُ؛ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: قَدْ وَاَللَّهِ عَلِمْتُ لَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً مِنْ أَمْرِي.
✧ Ibn Ubayy's people taking over his punishment. Thereafter, whenever he committed an offense, his people were the ones who reproached him, seized him, and rebuked him. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb when that about their conduct reached him: 'How do you see it, O ʿUmar? By God, had I killed him on the day you said to me, "Kill him," noses would have quivered for him; if I ordered them today to kill him, they would kill him.' He said: ʿUmar said: 'By God, I knew that the command of the Messenger of God ﷺ is greater in blessing than my command.'
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1241No grade recorded
[ مِقْيَسُ بْنُ صُبَابَةَ وَحِيلَتُهُ فِي الْأَخْذِ بِثَأْرِ أَخِيهِ وَشَعْرِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَدِمَ مِقْيَسُ بْنُ صُبَابَةَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُسْلِمًا، فِيمَا يَظْهَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، جِئْتُكَ مُسْلِمًا، وَجِئْتُكَ أَطُلُبُ دِيَةَ أَخِي، قُتِلَ خَطَأً. فَأَمَرَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِدِيَةِ أَخِيهِ هِشَامِ بْنِ صُبَابَةَ؛ فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَيْرَ كَثِيرٍ، ثُمَّ عَدَا عَلَى قَاتِلِ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إلَى مَكَّةَ مُرْتَدًّا فَقَالَ فِي شِعْرٍ يَقُولُهُ: شَفَى النَّفْسَ أَنْ قَدْ مَاتَ بِالْقَاعِ مُسْنَدًا تُضَرَّجُ ثَوْبَيْهِ دِمَاءُ الْأَخَادِعِ وَكَانَتْ هُمُومُ النَّفْسِ مِنْ قَبْلِ قَتْلِهِ تُلِمُّ فَتَحْمِينِي وِطَاءَ الْمَضَاجِعِ حَلَلْتُ بِهِ وِتْرِي وَأَدْرَكْتُ ثؤرتي وَكُنْتُ إلَى الْأَوْثَانِ أَوَّلَ رَاجِعٍ ثَأَرْتُ بِهِ فِهْرًا وَحَمَلْتُ عَقْلَهُ سَرَاةَ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أَرْبَابَ فَارِعِ وَقَالَ مِقْيَسُ بْنُ صُبَابَةَ أَيْضًا: جَلَّلْتُهُ ضَرْبَةً بَاءَتْ لَهَا وَشَلٌ مِنْ نَاقِعِ الْجَوْفِ يَعْلُوهُ وَيَنْصَرِمُ فَقُلْتُ وَالْمَوْتُ تَغْشَاهُ أَسِرَّتُهُ لَا تَأْمَنَنَّ بَنِي بَكْرٍ إذَا ظُلِمُوا [ شِعَارُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَكَانَ شِعَارُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ: يَا مَنْصُورُ، أَمِتْ أَمِتْ
✧ [Miqyas b. Subabah and his ruse in seeking vengeance for his brother and his poetry about that] Ibn Ishaq said: Miqyas b. Subabah came from Makkah as a Muslim, as it appeared, and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you as a Muslim, and I have come to seek the blood-money of my brother, who was killed by mistake. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered for him the blood-money of his brother Hisham b. Subabah. He stayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a short while, then he attacked the killer of his brother and killed him, then he departed to Makkah as an apostate. He said in poetry he composed: He healed the soul that he died at al-Qaʿ, propped up, his two garments stained with the blood of the veins of the neck. The anxieties of the soul before his killing used to visit and deny me the softness of the beds. By it I resolved my vengeance and attained my revenge, and I was the first to return to the idols. By him I avenged Fihr and carried his blood-money to the nobles of Banu al-Najjar, lords of Fariʿ. Miqyas b. Subabah also said: I covered him with a blow that brought upon him a flow of gushing blood from the chest, rising over him and ceasing. I said while death was covering him, its lines upon him: Never feel secure from Banu Bakr when they are wronged. [The war cry of the Muslims] Ibn Hisham said: The war cry of the Muslims on the day of Banu al-Mustaliq was: O Mansur, kill, kill.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1242No grade recorded
[ قَتْلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَأُصِيبَ مِنْ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاسٌ، وَقَتَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلَيْنِ، مَالِكًا وَابْنَهُ، وَقَتَلَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ رَجُلًا مِنْ فُرْسَانِهِمْ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: أَحْمَرُ، أَوْ أُحَيْمِرٌ
✧ [The slain of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq] Ibn Isḥāq said: Some people of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq were slain that day. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib killed two of their men, Mālik and his son. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf killed a man of their horsemen called Aḥmar, or Uḥaymir.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1243No grade recorded
[ أَمْرُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ ] وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَصَابَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْيًا كَثِيرًا، فَشَا قَسْمُهُ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ؛ وَكَانَ فِيمَنْ أُصِيبَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ السَّبَايَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ضِرَارٍ، زَوْجُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: لَمَّا قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبَايَا بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ، وَقَعَتْ جُوَيْرِيَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ فِي السَّهْمِ لِثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ الشَّمَّاسِ، أَوْ لِابْنِ عَمٍّ لَهُ، فَكَاتَبَتْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا، وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً حُلْوَةً مُلَّاحَةً، لَا يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ إلَّا أَخَذَتْ بِنَفْسِهِ فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسْتَعِينُهُ فِي كِتَابَتِهَا؛ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُهَا عَلَى بَابِ حُجْرَتِي فَكَرِهْتهَا، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيَرَى مِنْهَا ﷺ مَا رَأَيْتُ، فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ضِرَارٍ، سَيِّدِ قَوْمِهِ، وَقَدْ أَصَابَنِي مِنْ الْبَلَاءِ، مَا لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْكَ، فَوَقَعْتُ فِي السَّهْمِ لِثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ الشَّمَّاسِ، أَوْ لِابْنِ عَمٍّ لَهُ، فَكَاتَبْتُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِي، فَجِئْتُكَ أَسْتَعِينُكَ عَلَى كِتَابَتِي، قَالَ: فَهَلْ لَكَ فِي خَيْرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَتْ: وَمَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَقْضِي عَنْكَ كِتَابَتكَ وَأَتَزَوَّجُكَ؛ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؛ قَالَ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ. قَالَتْ: وَخَرَجَ الْخَبَرُ إلَى النَّاسِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ تَزَوَّجَ جُوَيْرِيَةَ ابْنَةَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ضِرَارٍ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: أَصْهَارُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَأَرْسَلُوا مَا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ؛ قَالَتْ: فَلَقَدْ أُعْتِقَ بِتَزْوِيجِهِ إيَّاهَا مِئَةُ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ، فَمَا أَعْلَمُ امْرَأَةً كَانَتْ أَعْظَمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهَا بَرَكَةً مِنْهَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: لَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَةِ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَمَعَهُ جُوَيْرِيَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ، وَكَانَ بِذَاتِ الْجَيْشِ، دَفَعَ جُوَيْرِيَةَ إلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَدِيعَةً، وَأَمَرَهُ بِالِاحْتِفَاظِ بِهَا، وَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ؛ فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُوهَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي ضِرَارٍ بِفِدَاءِ ابْنَتِهِ؛ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِالْعَقِيقِ نَظَرَ إلَى الْإِبِلِ الَّتِي جَاءَ بِهَا لِلْفِدَاءِ، فَرَغِبَ فِي بَعِيرَيْنِ مِنْهَا، فَغَيَّبَهُمَا فِي شِعْبٍ مِنْ شِعَابِ الْعَقِيقِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى إلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَصَبْتُمْ ابْنَتِي، وَهَذَا فِدَاؤُهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَأَيْنَ الْبَعِيرَانِ اللَّذَانِ غَيَّبْتهمَا بِالْعَقِيقِ، فِي شِعْبِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنَّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا اطَّلَعَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إلَّا اللَّهُ، فَأَسْلَمَ الْحَارِثُ، وَأَسْلَمَ مَعَهُ ابْنَانِ لَهُ، وَنَاسٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، وَأَرْسَلَ إلَى الْبَعِيرَيْنِ، فَجَاءَ بِهِمَا، فَدَفَعَ الْإِبِلَ إلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَدُفِعَتْ إلَيْهِ ابْنَتُهُ جُوَيْرِيَةُ، فَأَسْلَمَتْ: وَحَسُنَ إسْلَامُهَا؛ فَخَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَى أَبِيهَا، فَزَوَّجَهُ إيَّاهَا، وَأَصْدَقَهَا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ دِرْهَمٍ
✧ [The affair of Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith] The Messenger of God ﷺ had taken from them many captives, and their distribution among the Muslims spread. Among those taken as captives that day was Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith b. Abī Ḍirār, the wife of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ distributed the captives of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq, Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith fell to the share of Thābit b. Qays b. al-Shammās, or to a paternal cousin of his. She made a contract with him for her ransom. She was a sweet and beautiful woman; no one saw her but she captivated his soul. She came to the Messenger of God ﷺ to seek his help in her ransom. ʿĀʾishah said: By God, no sooner did I see her at the door of my chamber than I disliked her, knowing that he ﷺ would see in her what I saw. She entered upon him and said: O Messenger of God, I am Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith b. Abī Ḍirār, the chief of his people. Affliction has befallen me, as is not hidden from you, and I fell to the share of Thābit b. Qays b. al-Shammās, or to a paternal cousin of his. I made a contract with him for my ransom, and I have come to you seeking help with my ransom. He said: Would you like something better than that? She said: What is it, O Messenger of God? He said: I will pay your ransom and marry you. She said: Yes, O Messenger of God. He said: I have done it. She said: The news went out to the people that the Messenger of God ﷺ had married Juwayriyah, the daughter of al-Ḥārith b. Abī Ḍirār. The people said: The in-laws of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and they released what they had in their hands. She said: By his marrying her, a hundred households of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq were set free. I know of no woman who was greater in blessing upon her people than she. Ibn Hishām said: It is said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ returned from the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq with Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith, and he was at Dhāt al-Jaysh, he handed Juwayriyah to a man of the Anṣār as a trust and ordered him to guard her, and the Messenger of God ﷺ arrived in Madinah. Her father al-Ḥārith b. Abī Ḍirār came with the ransom for his daughter. When he was at al-ʿAqīq, he looked at the camels he had brought for ransom and coveted two of them, so he hid them in a ravine of the ravines of al-ʿAqīq. Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Muḥammad, you have taken my daughter, and this is her ransom. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Where are the two camels you hid in al-ʿAqīq, in such-and-such a ravine? Al-Ḥārith said: I bear witness that there is no god but God, and that you are Muḥammad, the Messenger of God. By God, none but God was aware of that. Al-Ḥārith became a Muslim, and with him two of his sons and people of his tribe became Muslims. He sent for the two camels and brought them, and handed over the camels to the Prophet ﷺ, and his daughter Juwayriyah was handed over to him. She became a Muslim, and her Islam was good. The Messenger of God ﷺ asked her father for her hand, and he married her to him, giving her a dowry of four hundred dirhams.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1244No grade recorded
[ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ وَبَنُو الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَمَا نَزَلَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ إلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ إسْلَامِهِمْ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِهِ رَكِبُوا إلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بِهِمْ هَابَهُمْ، فَرَجَعَ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ قَدْ هَمُّوا بِقَتْلِهِ، وَمَنَعُوهُ مَا قِبَلَهُمْ مِنْ صَدْقِهِمْ، فَأَكْثَرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي ذِكْرِ غَزْوِهِمْ، حَتَّى هَمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأَنْ يَغْزُوَهُمْ، فَبَيْنَا هُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَدِمَ وَفْدُهُمْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، سَمِعْنَا بِرَسُولِكَ حِينَ بَعَثْتَهُ إلَيْنَا، فَخَرَجْنَا إلَيْهِ لِنُكْرِمَهُ، وَنُؤَدِّيَ إلَيْهِ مَا قِبَلَنَا مِنْ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَانْشَمَرَ رَاجِعًا، فَبَلَغْنَا أَنَّهُ زَعَمَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّا خَرَجْنَا إلَيْهِ لِنَقْتُلَهُ، وَوَاللَّهِ مَا جِئْنَا لِذَلِكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِ وَفِيهِمْ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنْ تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ إلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَقَدْ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ ذَلِكَ، كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ لَا أَتَّهِمُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَانَتْ مَعَهُ عَائِشَةُ فِي سَفَرِهِ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ فِيهَا أَهْلُ الْإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا
✧ Al-Walīd b. ʿUqbah and Banū al-Muṣṭaliq, and what was revealed in the Qurʾān concerning that. Ibn Isḥāq said: Yazīd b. Rūmān narrated to me that after their conversion to Islam, the Messenger of God ﷺ sent al-Walīd b. ʿUqbah b. Abī Muʿayṭ to them. When they heard of him, they rode out to meet him. When he heard of them, he feared them and returned to the Messenger of God ﷺ, telling him that the people had intended to kill him and had withheld from him the alms (ṣadaqah) that they owed. The Muslims then spoke much about raiding them, until the Messenger of God ﷺ resolved to raid them. While matters stood thus, their delegation came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, we heard of your messenger when you sent him to us, and we went out to him to honor him and to deliver to him the alms we owed. But he turned back and departed, and we have learned that he claimed to the Messenger of God ﷺ that we went out to kill him. By God, we did not come for that.' Then God (Exalted is He) revealed concerning him and them: 'O you who believe, if a disobedient person comes to you with news, verify it, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and then become regretful over what you have done. And know that among you is the Messenger of God; if he obeyed you in much of the matter, you would suffer hardship...' to the end of the verse. The Messenger of God ﷺ had returned from that journey, as narrated to me by someone I do not suspect, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah ؓ, until when he was near Madinah—and ʿĀʾishah was with him on that journey—the people of the slander said what they said.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1245No grade recorded
خَبَرُ الْإِفْكِ فِي غَزْوَةِ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ ( سَنَةَ سِتٍّ ) قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَعَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، قَالَ: كُلٌّ قَدْ حَدَّثَنِي بَعْضَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، وَبَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ كَانَ أَوْعَى لَهُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ، وَقَدْ جَمَعْتُ لَكَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي الْقَوْمُ.
✧ The report of the slander (al-ifk) in the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq (year six) Ibn Isḥāq said: al-Zuhrī narrated to us, from ʿAlqamah b. Waqqāṣ, and from Saʿīd b. Jubayr and from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr, and from ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUtbah; he said: Each one narrated to me part of this tradition, and some of the people were more retentive of it than others, and I have collected for you what the people narrated to me.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1246No grade recorded
[ شَأْنُ الرَّسُولِ مَعَ نِسَائِهِ فِي سَفَرِهِ ] قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ نَفْسِهَا، حِينَ قَالَ فِيهَا أَهْلُ الْإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا، فَكُلٌّ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِي حَدِيثِهَا عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ جَمِيعًا يُحَدِّثُ بَعْضُهُمْ مَا لَمْ يُحَدِّثْ صَاحِبَهُ، وَكُلٌّ كَانَ عَنْهَا ثِقَةً، فَكُلُّهُمْ حَدَّثَ عَنْهَا مَا سَمِعَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ، فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا مَعَهُ؛ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ غَزْوَةُ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ، كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ، فَخَرَجَ سَهْمِي عَلَيْهِنَّ مَعَهُ، فَخَرَجَ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ [The Messenger's conduct with his wives on his journey] Muḥammad b. Isḥāq said: Yaḥyā b. ʿAbbād b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr narrated to me, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah; and ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Bakr, from ʿAmrah bt. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from ʿĀʾishah, from herself, when the people of the slander said about her what they said. Each one entered into her account from all of these, some of them relating what his companion did not relate, and each was trustworthy regarding her. All of them related from her what they heard. She said: The Messenger of God ﷺ, when he intended a journey, cast lots among his wives. Whichever of them her arrow came out, he took her with him. When it was the expedition of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq, he cast lots among his wives, as he used to do, and my arrow came out over theirs with him. So the Messenger of God ﷺ took me out.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1247No grade recorded
[ سُقُوطُ عِقْدِ عَائِشَةَ وَتَخَلُّفُهَا لِلْبَحْثِ عَنْهُ ] قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ النِّسَاءُ إذْ ذَاكَ إنَّمَا يَأْكُلْنَ الْعُلَقَ لَمْ يَهِجْهُنَّ اللَّحْمُ فَيَثْقُلْنَ، وَكُنْتُ إذَا رَحَلَ لِي بَعِيرِي جَلَسْتُ فِي هَوْدَجِي، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ يُرَحِّلُونَ لِي وَيَحْمِلُونَنِي، فَيَأْخُذُونَ بِأَسْفَلَ الْهَوْدَجِ، فَيَرْفَعُونَهُ، فَيَضَعُونَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَيُشِدُّونَهُ بِحِبَالِهِ، ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُونَ بِرَأْسِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ بِهِ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ ذَلِكَ، وَجَّهَ قَافِلًا، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَبَالَ بِهِ بَعْضَ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ فِي النَّاسِ بِالرَّحِيلِ، فَارْتَحَلَ النَّاسُ، وَخَرَجْتُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِي، وَفِي عُنُقِي عِقْدٌ لِي، فِيهِ جَزْعُ ظِفَارٍ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ انْسَلَّ مِنْ عُنُقِي وَلَا أَدْرِي، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إلَى الرَّحْلِ ذَهَبْتُ أَلْتَمِسُهُ فِي عُنُقِي، فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَ النَّاسُ فِي الرَّحِيلِ، فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى مَكَانِي الَّذِي ذَهَبْتُ إلَيْهِ، فَالْتَمَسْتُهُ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُهُ. وَجَاءَ الْقَوْمُ خِلَافِي، الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُرَحِّلُونَ لِي الْبَعِيرَ، وَقَدْ فَرَغُوا مِنْ رِحْلَتِهِ، فَأَخَذُوا الْهَوْدَجَ، وَهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي فِيهِ، كَمَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ، فَاحْتَمَلُوهُ، فَشَدُّوهُ عَلَى الْبَعِيرِ، وَلَمْ يَشُكُّوا أَنِّي فِيهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا بِرَأْسِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَانْطَلَقُوا بِهِ؛ فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى الْعَسْكَرِ وَمَا فِيهِ مِنْ دَاعٍ وَلَا مُجِيبٍ، قَدْ انْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ
✧ [The falling of ʿĀʾishah's necklace and her staying behind to search for it] She said: At that time the women used to eat only morsels; meat had not stirred them so that they became heavy. When my camel was saddled for me, I would sit in my howdah; then the men who saddled it for me would come and carry me. They would take hold of the lower part of the howdah, lift it, and place it on the camel's back, then tie it with its ropes. Then they would take the camel's head and lead it away. She said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ had finished that journey of his, he turned homeward, until when he was near Madinah he halted at a stopping-place, and he passed the night there. Then he announced to the people the departure, and the people set off. I went out for some need of mine, and on my neck was a necklace of mine containing beads of Ẓifār onyx. When I had finished, it slipped from my neck without my knowing. When I returned to the baggage, I went to feel for it on my neck and did not find it. The people had already begun to depart, so I went back to the place where I had gone and searched for it until I found it. The men who used to saddle the camel for me came to my place, and they had finished saddling it. They took the howdah, thinking that I was in it, as I used to do. They lifted it up and tied it onto the camel, not doubting that I was in it. Then they took the camel's head and led it away. So I returned to the camp, and there was no caller in it and no answerer; the people had departed.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1248No grade recorded
[ مُرُورُ ابْنِ الْمُعَطَّلِ بِهَا وَاحْتِمَالُهُ إيَّاهَا عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ ] قَالَتْ: فَتَلَفَّفْتُ بِجِلْبَابِي، ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعْتُ فِي مَكَانِي، وَعَرَفْتُ أَنْ لَوْ قَدْ اُفْتُقِدْتُ لَرُجِعَ إلَيَّ. قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَمُضْطَجِعَةٌ إذْ مَرَّ بِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ السُّلَمِيُّ، وَقَدْ كَانَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ الْعَسْكَرِ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ، فَلَمْ يَبِتْ مَعَ النَّاسِ، فَرَأَى سَوَادِي، فَأَقْبَلَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيَّ، وَقَدْ كَانَ يَرَانِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يُضْرَبَ عَلَيْنَا الْحِجَابُ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ: إنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، ظَعِينَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مُتَلَفِّفَةٌ فِي ثِيَابِي، قَالَ: مَا خَلَّفَكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَمَا كَلَّمَتْهُ، ثُمَّ قَرَّبَ الْبَعِيرَ، فَقَالَ: ارْكَبِي، وَاسْتَأْخَرَ عَنِّي. قَالَتْ: فَرَكِبْتُ، وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَانْطَلَقَ سَرِيعًا، يَطْلُبُ النَّاسَ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا أَدْرَكْنَا النَّاسَ، وَمَا افْتَقَدْتُ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ، وَنَزَلَ النَّاسُ، فَلَمَّا اطْمَأَنُّوا طَلَعَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُودُ بِي، فَقَالَ أَهْلُ الْإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا، فَارْتَعَجَ الْعَسْكَرُ، وَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ بِشَيْءِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
✧ [The passing of Ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal by her and his carrying her on his camel] She said: So I wrapped myself in my outer garment, then lay down in my place, and knew that if I were missed, they would return to me. She said: By God, while I was lying down, Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal al-Sulamī passed by me. He had fallen behind the army for some need of his, so he did not spend the night with the people. He saw my black shape, approached, and stood over me. He used to see me before the veil was imposed upon us. When he saw me, he said: “We belong to God, and to Him we return—the wife of the Messenger of God ﷺ!”—while I was wrapped in my clothes. He said: “What kept you behind, may God have mercy on you?” She said: I did not speak to him. Then he brought the camel close and said: “Mount,” and he withdrew from me. She said: So I mounted, and he took the camel’s head and set off quickly, seeking the people. By God, we did not catch up with the people, and I was not missed until morning came. The people halted, and when they had settled, the man appeared leading me. Then the people of the slander said what they said, and the army was thrown into confusion. By God, I knew nothing of any of that.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1249No grade recorded
[ إعْرَاضُ الرَّسُولِ عن عائشة في حادثة الإفك عَنْهَا ] ثُمَّ قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَمْ أَلْبَثَ أَنْ اشْتَكَيْتُ شَكْوَى شَدِيدَةً، وَلَا يَبْلُغُنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ، وَقَدْ انْتَهَى الْحَدِيثُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِلَى أَبَوَيَّ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ لِي مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا وَلَا كَثِيرًا، إلَّا أَنِّي قَدْ أَنْكَرْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْضَ لُطْفِهِ بِي، كُنْتُ إذَا اشْتَكَيْتُ رَحِمَنِي، وَلَطَفَ بِي، فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ بِي فِي شَكْوَايَ تِلْكَ، فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ، كَانَ إذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ وَعِنْدِي أُمِّي تُمَرِّضُنِي - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَهِيَ أُمُّ رُومَانَ، وَاسْمُهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ دُهْمَانَ، أَحَدُ بَنِي فِرَاسِ بْنِ غَنَمِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ - قَالَ: كَيْفَ تِيكُمْ لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ
✧ [The Messenger's turning away from ʿĀʾishah in the incident of the slander (peace be upon her)] Then we arrived in Madinah, and I had hardly stayed before I fell ill with a severe illness, and none of that reached me. The talk had reached the Messenger of God ﷺ and my parents, but they did not mention to me of it little or much, except that I perceived from the Messenger of God ﷺ some lack of his usual kindness toward me. When I was ill, he used to be compassionate to me and kind to me, but he did not do that for me in that illness of mine, so I perceived that from him. When he entered upon me while my mother was with me nursing me—Ibn Hishām said: she is Umm Rūmān, and her name is Zaynab bt. ʿAbd Duhmān, one of the Banū Firās b. Ghanam b. Mālik b. Kinānah—he said: "How is that one of yours?" and did not add to that.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1250No grade recorded
[ انْتِقَالُهَا إلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا وَعِلْمُهَا بِمَا قِيلَ فِيهَا عائشة ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَتْ: حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حِينَ رَأَيْتُ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ جَفَائِهِ لِي: لَوْ أَذِنْتَ لِي، فَانْتَقَلْتُ إلَى أُمِّي، فَمَرَّضْتنِي ؟ قَالَ: لَا عَلَيْكَ. قَالَتْ: فَانْتَقَلْتُ إلَى أُمِّي، وَلَا عِلْمَ لِي بِشَيْءِ مِمَّا كَانَ، حَتَّى نَقِهْتُ مِنْ وَجَعِي بَعْدَ بِضْعٍ وَعَشْرَيْنِ لَيْلَةً، وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا عَرَبًا، لَا نَتَّخِذُ فِي بُيُوتِنَا هَذِهِ الْكُنُفَ الَّتِي تَتَّخِذُهَا الْأَعَاجِمُ، نَعَافُهَا وَنَكْرَهُهَا، إنَّمَا كُنَّا نَذْهَبُ فِي فُسَحِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَتْ النِّسَاءُ يَخْرُجْنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فِي حَوَائِجِهِنَّ، فَخَرَجْتُ لَيْلَةً لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِي وَمَعِي أُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ بِنْتُ أَبِي رُهْمِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهَا بِنْتَ صَخْرِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمٍ، خَالَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنَّهَا لَتَمْشِي مَعِي إذْ عَثَرْتُ فِي مِرْطِهَا؛ فَقَالَتْ: تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ وَمِسْطَحٌ لَقَبٌ وَاسْمُهُ عَوْفٌ قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: بِئْسَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ مَا قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، قَالَتْ: أَوْ مَا بَلَغَكَ الْخَبَرُ يَا بِنْتَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؟ قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: وَمَا الْخَبَرُ ؟ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي بِاَلَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ قَوْلِ أَهْلِ الْإِفْكِ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: أَوَ قَدْ كَانَ هَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَانَ. قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَى أَنْ أَقْضِيَ حَاجَتِي، وَرَجَعْتُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا زِلْتُ أَبْكِي حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ الْبُكَاءَ سَيَصْدَعُ كَبِدِي؛ قَالَتْ: وَقُلْتُ لِأُمِّي: يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ، تَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ بِمَا تَحَدَّثُوا بِهِ، وَلَا تَذْكُرِينَ لِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا قَالَتْ: أَيْ بُنَيَّةُ، خَفِّضِي عَلَيْكَ الشَّأْنَ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَقَلَّمَا كَانَتْ امْرَأَةٌ حَسْنَاءُ، عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّهَا، لَهَا ضَرَائِرُ، إلَّا كَثَّرْنَ وَكَثَّرَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا
✧ [Her moving to her father’s house and her learning what was said about her — ʿĀʾishah] Ibn Isḥāq said: She said: Until I found uneasiness in my soul, so I said, when I saw what I saw of his coldness toward me: O Messenger of God, would you permit me, so that I may move to my mother and she may nurse me? He said: No harm upon you. She said: So I moved to my mother, having no knowledge of anything that had happened, until I recovered from my ailment after twenty-some nights. We were an Arab people; we did not have in our houses these latrines that the non-Arabs have, which we found disgusting and disliked; we would only go out to the open areas of Madinah. The women used to go out every night for their needs. I went out one night for some need of mine, and with me was Umm Misṭaḥ bt. Abī Ruhm b. al-Muṭṭalib b. ʿAbd Manāf — her mother was the daughter of Ṣakhr b. ʿĀmir b. Kaʿb b. Saʿd b. Taym, the maternal aunt of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq ؓ. She said: By God, while she was walking with me, she stumbled over her cloak and said: May Misṭaḥ perish! — Misṭaḥ is a nickname, and his name is ʿAwf. She said: I said: By God’s life, what a bad thing you have said about a man of the Emigrants who was present at Badr. She said: Or has not the news reached you, O daughter of Abū Bakr? She said: I said: What news? Then she told me what had happened from the talk of the people of the slander. She said: I said: Has this really happened? She said: Yes, by God, it has. She said: By God, I was not able to relieve my need, and I returned. By God, I did not cease weeping until I thought that weeping would split my liver. She said: I said to my mother: May God forgive you. The people have talked about what they have talked about, and you have not mentioned any of that to me. She said: O my little daughter, lighten the matter upon yourself, for by God, rarely is there a beautiful woman, married to a man who loves her and who has co-wives, except that they talk much and the people talk much against her.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1251No grade recorded
[ خُطْبَةُ الرَّسُولِ فِي النَّاسِ يُذَكِّرُ إيذَاءَ قَوْمٍ لَهُ فِي عِرْضِهِ ] قَالَتْ: وَقَدْ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي النَّاسِ يَخْطُبُهُمْ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يُؤْذُونَنِي فِي أَهْلِي وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُمْ إلَّا خَيْرًا، وَيَقُولُونَ ذَلِكَ لِرَجُلِ وَاَللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ إلَّا خَيْرًا، وَمَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا مِنْ بُيُوتِي إلَّا وَهُوَ مَعِي
✧ [The Messenger’s sermon to the people, reminding them of a people’s harming him regarding his honor] She said: The Messenger of God ﷺ stood among the people addressing them, and I did not know about that. He praised God and extolled Him, then said: O people, what is the matter with men who harm me concerning my family and say about them other than the truth? By God, I have known nothing from them but good. And they say that about a man — by God, I have known nothing from him but good. And he does not enter any house of my houses except that he is with me.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1252No grade recorded
[ أَثَرُ ابْنِ أُبَيٍّ وَحَمْنَةُ فِي إشَاعَةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ] قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ كَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ فِي رِجَالٍ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ مَعَ الَّذِي قَالَ مِسْطَحٌ وَحَمْنَةُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أُخْتَهَا زَيْنَبَ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ امْرَأَةٌ تُنَاصِينِي فِي الْمَنْزِلَةِ عِنْدَهُ غَيْرُهَا؛ فَأَمَّا زَيْنَبُ فَعَصَمَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِدِينِهَا فَلَمْ تَقُلْ إلَّا خَيْرًا وَأَمَّا حَمْنَةُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ، فَأَشَاعَتْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا أَشَاعَتْ، تُضَادُّنِي لِأُخْتِهَا، فَشَقِيَتْ بِذَلِكَ
✧ [The trace of Ibn Ubayy and Ḥamnah in spreading this report] She said: That weighed heavily upon ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy b. Salūl among men of the Khazraj, along with what Misṭaḥ and Ḥamnah bt. Jaḥsh said. That was because her sister Zaynab bt. Jaḥsh was with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and among his wives there was no woman who rivaled me in standing with him other than her. As for Zaynab, God Almighty protected her through her religion, so she said nothing but good. As for Ḥamnah bt. Jaḥsh, she spread of that what she spread, opposing me on account of her sister, and she became wretched through that.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1253No grade recorded
[ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَعْدَ خُطْبَةِ الرَّسُولِ ] فَلَمَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الْمَقَالَةَ، قَالَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنْ يَكُونُوا مِنْ الْأَوْسِ نَكْفِكَهُمْ، وَإِنْ يَكُونُوا مِنْ إخْوَانِنَا مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ، فَمُرْنَا بِأَمْرِكَ، فَوَاَللَّهِ إنَّهُمْ لَأَهْلٌ أَنْ تُضْرَبَ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ. قَالَتْ: فَقَامَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، وَكَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ يَرَى رَجُلًا صَالِحًا، فَقَالَ: كَذَبْتُ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ، لَا نَضْرِبُ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ، أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا قُلْتَ هَذِهِ الْمَقَالَةَ إلَّا أَنَّكَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُمْ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ وَلَوْ كَانُوا مِنْ قَوْمِكَ مَا قُلْتَ هَذَا، فَقَالَ أُسَيْدٌ: كَذَبْتُ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ، وَلَكِنَّكَ مُنَافِقٌ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ الْمُنَافِقِينَ؛ قَالَتْ: وَتَسَاوَرَ النَّاسُ، حَتَّى كَادَ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْحَيَّيْنِ مِنْ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ شَرٌّ. وَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ
✧ [What happened among the Muslims after the Messenger's sermon] When the Messenger of God ﷺ made that statement, Usayd b. Ḥuḍayr said: O Messenger of God, if they are from the Aws, we will spare you from them; and if they are from our brothers of the Khazraj, then command us with your order, for by God, they are deserving that their necks be struck. She said: Then Saʿd b. ʿUbādah stood up—and before that he was considered a righteous man—and said: You lie, by the life of God, we will not strike their necks. By God, you did not say this statement except because you knew that they are from the Khazraj; and had they been from your own people, you would not have said this. Usayd said: You lie, by the life of God, but you are a hypocrite, arguing on behalf of the hypocrites. She said: The people rose against one another until evil was about to occur between these two tribes, the Aws and the Khazraj. And the Messenger of God ﷺ came down and entered upon me.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1254No grade recorded
[ اسْتِشَارَةُ الرَّسُولِ لِعَلِيِّ وَأُسَامَةَ ] ( قَالَتْ ) فَدَعَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ - وَأُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، فَاسْتَشَارَهُمَا؛ فَأَمَّا أُسَامَةُ فَأَثْنَى عَلَيَّ خَيْرًا وَقَالَهُ؛ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَهْلُكَ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ مِنْهُمْ إلَّا خَيْرًا، وَهَذَا الْكَذِبُ وَالْبَاطِلُ وَأَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إنَّ النِّسَاءَ لَكَثِيرٌ، وَإِنَّكَ لَقَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ تَسْتَخْلِفَ، وَسَلْ الْجَارِيَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا سَتُصْدِقُكَ. فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَرِيرَةَ لِيَسْأَلَهَا؛ قَالَتْ: فَقَامَ إلَيْهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَضَرَبَهَا ضَرْبًا شَدِيدًا، وَيَقُولُ: اُصْدُقِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ: فَتَقُولُ وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ إلَّا خَيْرًا، وَمَا كُنْتُ أَعِيبُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ شَيْئًا، إلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْجِنُ عَجِينِي، فَآمُرُهَا أَنْ تَحْفَظَهُ، فَتَنَامُ عَنْهُ، فَتَأْتِي الشَّاةُ فَتَأْكُلُهُ
✧ [The Messenger's consultation of ʿAlī and Usāmah] (She said:) He called ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (may God be pleased with him) and Usāmah b. Zayd, and consulted them. As for Usāmah, he praised me well and said so; then he said: "O Messenger of God, they are your family, and we know nothing of them but good, and this is falsehood and vanity." As for ʿAlī, he said: "O Messenger of God, women are many, and you are able to take a replacement. Ask the slave girl, for she will tell you the truth." The Messenger of God ﷺ called Barīrah to ask her. (She said:) ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib rose to her and struck her with a severe beating, saying: "Tell the truth to the Messenger of God ﷺ." (She said:) She would say: "By God, I know nothing but good, and I have never found fault with ʿĀʾishah in anything, except that I used to knead my dough and would tell her to watch it, but she would fall asleep over it, and a sheep would come and eat it."
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1255No grade recorded
[ نُزُولُ الْقُرْآنِ بِبَرَاءَةِ عَائِشَةَ ] قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدِي أَبَوَايَ، وَعِنْدِي امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَنَا أَبْكِي، وَهِيَ تَبْكِي مَعِي، فَجَلَسَ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ. إنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ مَا قَدْ بَلَغَكَ مِنْ قَوْلِ النَّاسِ، فَاتَّقِي اللَّهَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ قَارَفْتُ سُوءًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فَتُوبِي إلَى اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إلَّا أَنْ قَالَ لِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَلَصَ دَمْعِي، حَتَّى مَا أُحِسَّ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، وَانْتَظَرْتُ أَبَوَيَّ أَنْ يُجِيبَا عَنِّي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمَا. قَالَتْ: وَاَيْمُ اللَّهِ لَأَنَا كُنْتُ أَحْقَرَ فِي نَفْسِي، وَأَصْغَرَ شَأْنًا مِنْ أَنْ يُنْزِلَ اللَّهُ فِيَّ قُرْآنًا يُقْرَأُ بِهِ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ، وَيُصَلَّى بِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَرَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي نَوْمِهِ شَيْئًا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ اللَّهُ عَنِّي، لِمَا يَعْلَمُ مِنْ بَرَاءَتِي، أَوْ يُخْبِرُ خَبَرًا؛ فَأَمَّا قُرْآنٌ يَنْزِلُ فِيَّ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَنَفْسِي كَانَتْ أَحْقَرَ عِنْدِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا لَمْ أَرَ أَبَوَيَّ يَتَكَلَّمَانِ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ لَهُمَا: أَلَا تُجِيبَانِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقَالَا: وَاَللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي بِمَاذَا نُجِيبُهُ؛ قَالَتْ: وَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا دَخَلَ عَلَى آلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامِ؛ قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا أَنْ اسْتَعْجَمَا عَلَيَّ، اسْتَعْبَرْتُ فَبَكَيْتُ؛ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: وَاَللَّهِ لَا أَتُوبُ إلَى اللَّهِ مِمَّا ذَكَرْتُ أَبَدًا. وَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ لَئِنْ أَقْرَرْتُ بِمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ، وَاَللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْهُ بَرِيئَةٌ، لَأَقُولَنَّ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ، وَلَئِنْ أَنَا أَنْكَرْتُ مَا يَقُولُونَ لَا تُصَدِّقُونَنِي. قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ الْتَمَسْتُ اسْمَ يَعْقُوبَ فَمَا أَذْكُرُهُ؛ فَقُلْتُ: وَلَكِنْ سَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ أَبُو يُوسُفَ: فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا بَرِحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَجْلِسَهُ حَتَّى تَغَشَّاهُ مِنْ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ يَتَغَشَّاهُ، فَسُجِّيَ بِثَوْبِهِ وَوُضِعَتْ لَهُ وِسَادَةُ مِنْ أَدَمٍ تَحْتُ رَأْسِهِ، فَأَمَّا أَنَا حِينَ رَأَيْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا رَأَيْتُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا فَزِعْتُ وَلَا بَالَيْتُ، قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَيْرُ ظَالِمِي. وَأَمَّا أَبَوَايَ، فَوَاَلَّذِي نَفْسُ عَائِشَةَ بِيَدِهِ، مَا سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ لَتَخْرُجَنَّ أَنَفْسُهُمَا، فَرَقًا مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ مِنْ اللَّهِ تَحْقِيقُ مَا قَالَ النَّاسُ قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَلَسَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَحَدَّرُ مِنْهُ مِثْلُ الْجُمَانِ فِي يَوْمٍ شَاتٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الْعَرَقَ عَنْ جَبِينِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: أَبْشِرِي يَا عَائِشَةُ، فَقَدْ أَنَزَلَ اللَّهُ بَرَاءَتَكَ؛ قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إلَى النَّاسِ، فَخَطَبَهُمْ، وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَنَزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فِي ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِمِسْطَحِ بْنِ أُثَاثَةَ، وَحَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، وَحَمْنَةَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، وَكَانُوا مِمَّنْ أَفْصَحَ بِالْفَاحِشَةِ، فَضُرِبُوا حَدَّهُمْ
✧ [The revelation of the Qurʾān declaring ʿĀʾishah's innocence] She said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ came in to me while my parents were with me, and with me was a woman of the Anṣār, and I was weeping and she was weeping with me. He sat down, praised God, and extolled Him, then said: O ʿĀʾishah, there has come to you what has reached you of the people's talk, so fear God; and if you have committed any evil of what the people say, then repent to God, for God accepts repentance from His servants. She said: By God, no sooner had he said that to me than my tears dried up, so that I felt nothing of them. I waited for my parents to answer the Messenger of God ﷺ on my behalf, but they did not speak. She said: By God's oath, I deemed myself too insignificant and too small in rank for God to send down Qurʾān concerning me that would be recited in the mosques and prayed with. But I had hoped that the Messenger of God ﷺ would see something in his sleep by which God would give him the lie concerning me, because He knew my innocence, or that he would be given some report. But as for Qurʾān being sent down concerning me, by God, my soul was more insignificant in my sight than that. She said: When I saw that my parents would not speak, I said to them: Will you not answer the Messenger of God ﷺ? She said: They said: By God, we do not know how to answer him. She said: By God, I know of no household upon which there entered what entered upon the family of Abū Bakr in those days. She said: When they both withheld speech from me, I broke into tears and wept. Then I said: By God, I will never repent to God of what you have mentioned ever. By God, I know that if I were to admit what the people say—and God knows that I am innocent of it—I would be saying what never happened; and if I deny what they say, you will not believe me. She said: Then I sought the name of Jacob, but I could not remember it. So I said: But I shall say as the father of Joseph said: "So patience is most fitting, and God is the one whose help is sought against what you describe." She said: By God, the Messenger of God ﷺ had not left his seat before he was overtaken by what used to overtake him from God. He was covered with his garment, and a leather cushion was placed under his head. As for me, when I saw that of which I saw, by God, I was not frightened nor did I care; I knew that I was innocent and that God, Mighty and Majestic, would not wrong me. And as for my parents, by Him in whose hand is the soul of ʿĀʾishah, the Messenger of God ﷺ was not relieved before I thought their souls would depart, out of fear lest there come from God confirmation of what the people had said. She said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ was relieved, and he sat up, and sweat was rolling off him like pearls on a cold day. He began wiping the sweat from his forehead and saying: Rejoice, O ʿĀʾishah, for God has sent down your innocence. She said: I said: With the praise of God. Then he went out to the people and addressed them, and he recited to them what God had sent down upon him of the Qurʾān concerning that. Then he commanded that Misṭaḥ b. Uthāthah, Ḥassān b. Thābit, and Ḥamnah bt. Jaḥsh—they being among those who had openly uttered the foul slander—be given their prescribed punishment, so they were flogged.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1256No grade recorded
[ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ وَذِكْرُهُ طُهْرَ عَائِشَةَ لِزَوْجِهِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي إسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ: أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبٍ خَالِدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، قَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ أُمُّ أَيُّوبَ: يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ، أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ فِي عَائِشَةَ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَذَلِكَ الْكَذِبُ، أَكُنْتُ يَا أُمَّ أَيُّوبَ فَاعِلَةٌ ؟ قَالَتْ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَفْعَلَهُ؛ قَالَ: فَعَائِشَةُ وَاَللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ. [ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فِي ذَلِكَ ] قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ بِذِكْرِ مَنْ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفَاحِشَةِ مَا قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِفْكِ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِالْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَكُمْ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ وَالَّذِي تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ وَذَلِكَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَصْحَابُهُ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا مَا قَالُوا. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: وَذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ وَأَصْحَابُهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَاَلَّذِي تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَبْلَ هَذَا. ثُمَّ قَالَ تَعَالَى: لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا أَيْ فَقَالُوا كَمَا قَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ وَصَاحِبَتُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ مَا لَيْسَ لَكُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ
✧ [Abū Ayyūb and his mention of ʿĀʾishah's purity to his wife] Ibn Isḥāq said: My father Isḥāq b. Yasār narrated to me, from one of the men of Banū al-Najjār: that Abū Ayyūb Khālid b. Zayd, his wife Umm Ayyūb said to him: "O Abū Ayyūb, do you not hear what the people are saying about ʿĀʾishah?" He said: "Yes, and that is a lie. Would you, O Umm Ayyūb, have done it?" She said: "No, by God, I would never do it." He said: "Then ʿĀʾishah, by God, is better than you." [What was revealed of the Qurʾān concerning that] She said: When the Qurʾān came down mentioning those of the people of indecency who said what they said from the people of the slander, He, Exalted is He, said: "Indeed, those who came with the slander are a group among you. Do not consider it an evil for you; rather, it is good for you. For every one of them is what he earned of sin, and he who took upon himself the greater part of it among them—for him is a great punishment" (Q 24:11). That is Ḥassān b. Thābit and his companions who said what they said. Ibn Hishām said: It is also said: That is ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy and his companions. Ibn Hishām said: The one who took upon himself the greater part of it is ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy, and Ibn Isḥāq has mentioned that in this tradition before this. Then He, Exalted is He, said: "Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and believing women not think good of themselves and say, 'This is obvious slander'?" (Q 24:12)—that is, and so they said as Abū Ayyūb and his wife said. Then He said: "When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of God, tremendous" (Q 24:15).
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1257No grade recorded
[ هَمُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِعَدِمِ الْإِنْفَاقِ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ ثُمَّ عُدُولُهُ ] فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ هَذَا فِي عَائِشَةَ، وَفِيمَنْ قَالَ لَهَا مَا قَالَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ لِقَرَابَتِهِ وَحَاجَتِهِ: وَاَللَّهِ لَا أُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا، وَلَا أَنْفَعُهُ بِنَفْعِ أَبَدًا بَعْدَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ، وَأَدْخَلَ عَلَيْنَا قَالَتْ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَنْ يُؤْتُوا أُولِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ. [ تَفْسِيرُ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ بَعْضَ الْغَرِيبِ ] [ تَفْسِيرُ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ بَعْضَ الْغَرِيبِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: يُقَالُ: كِبْرُهُ وَكُبْرُهُ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ، وَأَمَّا فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَكِبْرُهُ بِالْكَسْرِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَلَا يَأْلُ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ. قَالَ امْرُؤُ الْقَيْسِ بْنُ حِجْرٍ الْكِنْدِي: أَلَا رُبَّ خَصْمٌ فِيكَ أَلْوَى رَدَدْتُهُ نَصِيحٌ عَلَى تَعْذَالِهِ غَيْرُ مُؤْتَلِ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ، وَيُقَالُ: وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُولُوا الْفَضْلِ: وَلَا يَحْلِفُ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ، فِيمَا بَلَغْنَا عَنْهُ. وَفِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: لِلَّذِينَ يُؤْلُونَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ وَهُوَ مِنْ الْأَلْيَةِ، وَالْأَلْيَةُ: الْيَمِينُ. قَالَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ: آلَيْتُ مَا فِي جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ مُجْتَهِدًا مِنِّي أَلِيَّةَ بِرٍّ غَيْرَ إفْنَادِ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ، سَأَذْكُرُهَا إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فِي مَوْضِعِهَا. فَمَعْنَى: أَنْ يُؤْتَوْا فِي هَذَا الْمَذْهَبِ: أَنْ لَا يُؤْتَوْا، وَفِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ -: يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَضِلُّوا يُرِيدُ: أَنْ لَا تَضِلُّوا؛ وَيُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ مُفَرَّغٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ: لَا ذَعَرْتُ السَّوَامَ فِي وَضَحِ الصُّبْحِ مُغِيرًا وَلَا دُعِيتُ يَزِيدَا يَوْمَ أُعْطَى مَخَافَةَ الْمَوْتِ ضَيْمًا وَالْمَنَايَا يَرْصُدْنَنِي أَنْ أَحِيدَا يُرِيدُ: أَنْ لَا أَحِيدَ وَهَذَانِ الْبَيْتَانِ فِي أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: بَلَى وَاَللَّهِ: إنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لِي، فَرَجَّعَ إلَى مِسْطَحٍ نَفَقَتَهُ الَّتِي كَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَا أَنْزِعُهَا مِنْهُ أَبَدًا
✧ [Abū Bakr's intention not to spend on Misṭaḥ and then his changing his mind] When this was revealed concerning ʿĀʾishah and those who said about her what they said, Abū Bakr — who used to spend on Misṭaḥ because of his kinship and his need — said: 'By God, I shall never spend anything on Misṭaḥ, nor shall I ever benefit him with any benefit after what he said about ʿĀʾishah and brought upon us.' She said: Then God revealed concerning that: 'And let not those of virtue among you and affluence swear not to give to the near of kin, the needy, and the emigrants in the way of God; and let them pardon and overlook. Do you not love that God should forgive you? And God is forgiving, merciful.' [Ibn Hishām's explanation of some uncommon words] [Ibn Hishām's explanation of some uncommon words] Ibn Hishām said: One says kibruhu and kubruhu in the narrative, but in the Qurʾān it is kibruhu with kasrah. Ibn Hishām said: 'And let not those of virtue among you swear' and 'let not those of virtue among you refrain.' Imruʾ al-Qays b. Ḥijr al-Kindī said: 'Many an opponent concerning you who was crooked I repelled, a sincere adviser despite his reproach, not refraining.' This verse is in a poem of his. And it is said: 'Let not those of virtue swear' means 'let not those of virtue take an oath.' This is the saying of al-Ḥasan b. Abī al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, as has reached us from him. And in the Book of God, exalted is He: 'For those who swear off from their women' — it is from al-alyah, and al-alyah is the oath. Ḥassān b. Thābit said: 'I swore an oath — among all people, striving from me, an oath of piety, not of dotage.' This verse is in verses of his which I shall mention, God willing, in their proper place. So the meaning of 'that they give' in this interpretation is 'that they do not give.' And in the Book of God, mighty and majestic is He: 'God makes clear to you lest you go astray' — He means: that you not go astray; 'and He withholds the sky from falling upon the earth' — He means: that it not fall upon the earth. And Ibn Mufarrigh al-Ḥimyarī said: 'I did not frighten the grazing beasts in the bright dawn as a raider, nor was I called Yazīd on the day I was given, through fear of death, injustice, while the fates watch me that I should turn aside' — he means: that I not turn aside. These two verses are in verses of his. Ibn Isḥāq said: She said: Abū Bakr said: 'Yes, by God, indeed I love that God should forgive me,' and he restored to Misṭaḥ his allowance which he used to give him, and he said: 'By God, I shall never take it away from him.'
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1258No grade recorded
[ هَمُّ ابْنِ الْمُعَطَّلِ بِقَتْلِ حَسَّانَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ إنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ الْمُعَطَّلِ اعْتَرَضَ حَسَّانَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ بِالسَّيْفِ، حِينَ بَلَغَهُ مَا كَانَ يَقُولُ فِيهِ، وَقَدْ كَانَ حَسَّانُ قَالَ شِعْرًا مَعَ ذَلِكَ يُعَرِّضُ بِابْنِ الْمُعَطَّلِ فِيهِ، وَبِمَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ مِنْ مُضَرَ، فَقَالَ: أَمْسَى الْجَلَابِيبُ قَدْ عَزُّوا وَقَدْ كَثُرُوا وَابْنُ الْفُرَيْعَةَ أَمْسَى بَيْضَةَ الْبَلَدِ قَدْ ثَكِلَتْ أُمُّهُ مَنْ كُنْتَ صَاحِبَهُ أَوْ كَانَ مُنْتَشِبًا فِي بُرْثُنِ الْأَسَدِ مَا لِقَتِيلِي الَّذِي أَغْدُو فَآخُذُهُ مِنْ دِيَةٍ فِيهِ يُعْطَاهَا وَلَا قَوَدِ مَا الْبَحْرُ حِينَ تَهُبُّ الرِّيحُ شَامِيَّةً فَيَغْطَئِلُ وَيَرْمِي الْعِبْرَ بِالزَّبَدِ يَوْمًا بِأَغْلَبَ مِنِّي حِينَ تُبْصِرُنِي مِلْغَيِظٍ أَفْرِي كَفَرْيِ الْعَارِضِ الْبَرِدِ أُمَّا قُرَيْشٌ فَإِنِّي لَنْ أُسَالِمَهُمْ حَتَّى يُنِيبُوا مِنْ الْغِيَّاتِ لِلرُّشْدِ وَيَتْرُكُوا اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّى بِمَعْزِلَةٍ وَيَسْجُدُوا كُلُّهُمْ لِلْوَاحِدِ الصَّمَدِ وَيَشْهَدُوا أَنَّ مَا قَالَ الرَّسُولُ لَهُمْ حَقٌّ وَيُوفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَالْوُكُدِ فَاعْتَرَضَهُ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ، فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ: تَلَقَّ ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ عَنِّي فَإِنَّنِي غُلَامٌ إذَا هُوجِيتُ لَسْتُ بِشَاعِرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ: أَنَّ ثَابِتَ بْنَ قَيْسِ بْنِ الشَّمَّاسِ وَثَبَ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ الْمُعَطَّلِ، حِينَ ضَرَبَ حَسَّانَ، فَجَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ إلَى عُنُقِهِ بِحَبْلِ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِهِ إلَى دَارِ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ؛ فَلَقِيَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا أَعْجَبَكَ ضَرْبُ حَسَّانَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَرَاهُ إلَّا قَدْ قَتَلَهُ، قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ: هَلْ عَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءِ مِمَّا صَنَعْتُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ، قَالَ: لَقَدْ اجْتَرَأْتُ، أَطْلِقْ الرَّجُلَ، فَأَطْلَقَهُ. ثُمَّ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَدَعَا حَسَّانَ وَصَفْوَانَ بْنَ الْمُعَطَّلِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: آذَانِي وَهَجَانِي، فَاحْتَمَلَنِي الْغَضَبُ، فَضَرَبْتُهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِحَسَّانَ: أَحْسِنْ يَا حَسَّانُ، أَتَشَوَّهْتَ عَلَى قَوْمِي أَنْ هَدَاهُمْ اللَّهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَحْسِنْ يَا حَسَّانُ فِي الَّذِي أَصَابَكَ قَالَ: هِيَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: أَبَعْدَ أَنْ هُدَاكُمْ اللَّهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إبْرَاهِيمَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهُ عِوَضًا مِنْهَا بَيْرُحَاءَ، وَهِيَ قَصْرُ بَنِي حُدَيْلَةَ الْيَوْمَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَانَتْ مَالًا لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ تَصَدَّقَ بِهَا عَلَى آلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَسَّانَ فِي ضَرْبَتِهِ، وَأَعْطَاهُ سِيرِينَ، أَمَةً قِبْطِيَّةً، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ حَسَّانَ، قَالَتْ: وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَقُولُ: لَقَدْ سُئِلَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُعَطَّلِ، فَوَجَدُوهُ رَجُلًا حَصُورًا، مَا يَأْتِي النِّسَاءَ، ثُمَّ قُتِلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ شَهِيدًا
✧ [ The concern of Ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal to kill Ḥassān ] Ibn Isḥāq said: Then Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal confronted Ḥassān b. Thābit with the sword when word reached him of what he had been saying about him. Ḥassān had, along with that, recited poetry in which he alluded to Ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal and to those of the Arabs of Muḍar who had become Muslims. He said: The cloaked ones have grown mighty and numerous, while Ibn al-Furayʿah has become the town's byword. His mother is bereaved of the one you accompanied, or who was clinging to the lion's paw. What of my slain one, whom I set out for and seize— no blood-money for him will be given, nor retaliation. The sea, when the north wind blows, surges and casts the ships with foam— is not one day more overwhelming than I, when you see me in fury, tearing like the rending of a cold cloud. As for Quraysh, I will never make peace with them until they turn back from errors to right guidance, and leave al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā in a place apart, and all prostrate to the One, the Eternal, and bear witness that what the Messenger told them is true, and fulfill God's covenant and the binding oaths. Then Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal confronted him and struck him with the sword, then said—as Yaʿqūb b. ʿUtbah narrated to me: Receive the sword's edge from me, for I am a lad who, when satirized, is no poet. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī narrated to me that Thābit b. Qays b. al-Shammās leaped upon Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal when he struck Ḥassān, and bound his hands to his neck with a rope, then took him to the abode of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. al-Khazraj. ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah met him and said, "What is this?" He said, "Does it not amaze you that he struck Ḥassān with the sword? By God, I think he has killed him." ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah said to him, "Does the Messenger of God ﷺ know anything of what you have done?" He said, "No, by God." He said, "You have been bold. Release the man." So he released him. Then they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He summoned Ḥassān and Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal. Ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal said, "O Messenger of God, he harmed me and satirized me, so anger overcame me and I struck him." The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Ḥassān, "Do good, O Ḥassān. Have you become disfigured against my people after God guided them to Islam?" Then he said, "Do good, O Ḥassān, concerning what has befallen you." He said, "It is yours, O Messenger of God." Ibn Hishām said: It is also said: "Abʿda an hudākum Allāh lil-islām"—"Even after God guided you to Islam?" Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm narrated to me that the Messenger of God ﷺ gave him, as compensation for it, Bayruḥāʾ—which is the palace of the Banū Ḥudaylah today in Madinah. It had been property of Abū Ṭalḥah b. Sahl, who gave it as charity to the family of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Messenger of God ﷺ gave it to Ḥassān in return for the blow, and gave him Sīrīn, a Coptic slave woman, who bore him ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ḥassān. She said: ʿĀʾishah used to say: Ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal was asked about, and they found him to be a man who was impotent, not approaching women. Then he was killed after that as a martyr.
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1259No grade recorded
قَالَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يَعْتَذِرُ مِنْ الَّذِي كَانَ قَالَ فِي شَأْنِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ: حَصَانٌ رَزَانٌ مَا تُزَنُّ بِرِيبَةٍ وَتُصْبِحُ غَرْثَى مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَوَافِلِ عَقِيلَةُ حَيٍّ مِنْ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبٍ كِرَامِ الْمَسَاعِي مَجْدُهُمْ غَيْرُ زَائِلِ مُهَذَّبَةٌ قَدْ طَيَّبَ اللَّهُ خِيمَهَا وَطَهَّرَهَا مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ وَبَاطِلِ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ قُلْتُ الَّذِي قَدْ زَعَمْتُمْ فَلَا رَفَعَتْ سَوْطِي إلَيَّ أَنَامِلِي وَكَيْفَ وَوُدِّي مَا حَيِيتُ وَنُصْرَتِي لِآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ زَيْنُ الْمَحَافِلِ لَهُ رَتَبٌ عَالٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ تَقَاصَرَ عَنْهُ سَوْرَةُ الْمُتَطَاوِلِ فَإِنَّ الَّذِي قَدْ قِيلَ لَيْسَ بِلَائِطٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَوْلُ امْرِئٍ بِي مَاحِلِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: بَيْتُهُ: عَقِيلَةُ حَيٍّ وَاَلَّذِي بَعْدَهُ، وَبَيْتُهُ: لَهُ رَتَبٌ عَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مَدَحَتْ بِنْتَ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ حَصَانٌ رَزَانٌ مَا تُزَنُّ بِرِيبَةٍ وَتُصْبِحُ غَرْثَى مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَوَافِلِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: لَكِنْ أَبُوهَا.
✧ Ḥassān b. Thābit said, apologizing for what he had said concerning ʿĀʾishah ؓ: A chaste and dignified woman, not suspected of any flaw, she rises hungry from the flesh of the heedless. A noble lady of a clan of Luʾayy b. Ghālib, whose noble deeds and glory never cease. Refined, whose nature God has made good, and purified her from every evil and falsehood. If I have said what you have claimed, then may my whip never be raised by my fingers. How could I, while my love and support as long as I live are for the family of the Messenger of God, the ornament of assemblies? He has ranks high above all people, surpassed only by the assault of the overreacher. For what has been said does not stick, but it is the word of a man who slanders me. Ibn Hishām said: His verse “A noble lady of a clan” and the one after it, and his verse “He has high ranks” are from Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. Ibn Hishām said: Abū ʿUbaydah related to me that a woman praised Ḥassān b. Thābit’s daughter in the presence of ʿĀʾishah, saying: “A chaste and dignified woman, not suspected of any flaw, she rises hungry from the flesh of the heedless.” ʿĀʾishah said: “But her father…”
Sirat Ibn Hisham 1260No grade recorded
[ شِعْرٌ فِي هِجَاءِ حَسَّانَ وَمِسْطَحٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي ضَرْبِ حَسَّانَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فِي فِرْيَتِهِمْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: فِي ضَرْبِ حَسَّانَ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ -: لَقَدْ ذَاقَ حَسَّانُ الَّذِي كَانَ أَهْلَهُ وَحَمْنَةُ إذْ قَالُوا هَجِيرًا وَمِسْطَحُ تَعَاطَوْا بِرَجْمِ الْغَيْبِ زَوْجَ نَبِيِّهِمْ وَسَخْطَةَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ فَأُتْرِحُوا وَآذَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِيهَا فَجُلِّلُوا مَخَازِيَ تَبْقَى عُمِّمُوهَا وَفُضِّحُوا وَصُبَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مُحْصَدَاتٌ كَأَنَّهَا شَآبِيبُ قَطْرٍ مِنْ ذُرَا الْمُزْنِ تُسْفَحُ
✧ Poetry in satire of Ḥassān and Misṭaḥ Ibn Isḥāq said: A Muslim poet said concerning the flogging of Ḥassān and his companions for their slander against ʿĀʾishah — Ibn Hishām said: concerning the flogging of Ḥassān and his two companions —: Ḥassān has tasted what he deserved, and Ḥamnah and Misṭaḥ, when they uttered calumny. They assailed with stoning of the unseen the wife of their Prophet, and the wrath of the Lord of the Noble Throne, so they were grieved. They harmed the Messenger of God in her regard, so they were covered with lasting disgraces which they made universal, and they were exposed. And upon them were poured tightly woven scourges, as if they were showers of rain from the peaks of the clouds, shed forth.