al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 6480
✧ Ka'b and Bujair sons of Zuhair
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كَمَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْجِرَاحِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا قَالَا أَنْبَأَ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ
لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ مُنْصَرَفَهُ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ وَكَتَبَ بُجَيْرُ بْنُ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلْمَى إِلَى أَخِيهِ كَعْبِ بْنِ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلْمَى يُخْبِرُهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَتَلَ رِجَالًا بِمَكَّةَ مِمَّنْ كَانَ يَهْجُوهُ وَيُؤْذِيهِ» وَأَنَّهُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ شُعَرَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ ابْنِ الزِّبَعْرَى وَهُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ أَبِي وَهْبٍ قَدْ هَرَبُوا فِي كُلِّ وَجْهٍ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ حَاجَةً فَطِرْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَقْتُلُ أَحَدًا جَاءَهُ تَائِبًا وَإِنْ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَانْجُ بِنَفْسِكَ إِلَى نَجَائِكَ وَقَدْ كَانَ كَعْبٌ قَالَ أَبْيَاتًا نَالَ فِيهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى رُوِيَتْ عَنْهُ وَعُرِفَتْ وَكَانَ الَّذِي قَالَ [البحر الطويل] أَلَا أَبْلِغَا عَنِّي بُجَيْرًا رِسَالَةً وَهَلْ لَكَ فِيمَا قُلْتُ وَيْلَكَ هَلَكَا فَخَبَّرْتَنِي إِنْ كُنْتُ لَسْتُ بِفَاعِلٍ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ وَيْحَ غَيْرِكَ دَلَّكَا عَلَى خَلْقٍ لَمْ تُلْفِ أَمًّا وَلَا أَبًا عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ تُلِفِ عَلَيْهِ أَبًا لَكَا فَإِنْ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَلَسْتَ بِآسِفٍ وَلَا قَائِلٍ لَمَّا عَثَرْتَ لِعَالِكَا سَقَاكَ بِهَا الْمَأْمُونُ كَأْسًا رَوِيَّةً فَأَنْهَلَكَ الْمَأْمُونُ مِنْهَا وَعَلَّكَا قَالَ وَإِنَّمَا قَالَ كَعْبٌ الْمَأْمُونُ لِقَوْلِ قُرَيْشٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُهُ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ كَعْبٌ ذَلِكَ ضَاقَتْ بِهِ الْأَرْضُ وَأَشْفَقَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَأَرْجَفَ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ فِي حَاضِرِهِ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَقَالُوا هُوَ مَقْتُولٌ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَجِدْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَدَا قَالَ قَصِيدَتَهُ الَّتِي يَمْدَحُ فِيهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ خَوْفَهُ وَإِرْجَافَ الْوُشَاةِ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَزَلَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ مَعْرِفَةٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةٍ كَمَا ذُكِرَ لِي فَغَدَا بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فَصَلَّى مَعَ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ أَشَارَ لَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْتَأْمِنْهُ فَذَكَرَ لِي أَنَّهُ قَامَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي يَدِهِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَعْرِفُهُ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ زُهَيْرٍ جَاءَ لِيَسْتَأْمِنَ مِنْكَ تَائِبًا مُسْلِمًا هَلْ تَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ إِنْ أَنَا جِئْتُكَ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا كَعْبُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
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Chain of narrators
- [Chain 1] Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb
- Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār
- Yūnus b. Bukayr
- Ibn Isḥāq [Chain 2] al-Shaykh Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh and ʿAlī b. al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl al-Jirāḥī Wa-al-Lafẓ Lahumā
- Anbaʾ Abū Shuʿayb al-Ḥarrānī
- Abū Jaʿfar al-Nufaylī
- Muḥammad b. Salamah
- Muḥammad b. Isḥāq
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah upon his return from al-Ta'if, Bujayr b. Zuhayr b. Abi Salma wrote to his brother Ka'b b. Zuhayr b. Abi Sulma, informing him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ "had killed men in Makkah who had satirized and harmed him," and that the remaining poets of Quraysh — Ibn al-Ziba'ra and Hubayra b. Abi Wahb — had fled in every direction. "So if you have any need for yourself, hasten to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for he does not kill anyone who comes to him repentant. But if you do not do so, then save yourself by any means of escape." Ka'b had composed some verses in which he had spoken against the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so much so that they were reported from him and became well-known. What he said was: "Will you two convey a message from me to Bujayr? And woe to you, is there any good in what I said? You told me — though I was not going to do it — upon what basis, woe to you, did someone other than you guide you? To a created being for whom you will find neither mother nor father, and you will not find a father for yourself upon him. If you do not do it, you will not be regretful, nor will you say, when you stumble, 'May he be raised!' With it the trusted one gave you a satisfying cup to drink, and the trusted one made you drink from it and gave you a second draught." He said: Ka'b only said "the trusted one" because Quraysh used to call the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that. When this reached Ka'b, the earth became constrained for him, he feared for his life, and his enemies among those present began to spread rumors about him, saying, "He is as good as killed." When he found no way out, he composed his ode in which he praises the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned his fear and the rumors the slanderers spread about him. Then he set out until he arrived in Madinah and stayed with a man from Juhayna with whom he had an acquaintance, as was mentioned to me. The man brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after he had prayed the morning prayer, and he prayed with the people. Then he pointed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; go to him and ask for protection." It was mentioned to me that he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and placed his hand in his, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not recognize him. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, Ka'b b. Zuhayr has come to ask for your protection, repentant and Muslim. Will you accept him if I bring him to you?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am Ka'b b. Zuhayr." [Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis]
Grades by grader
| al-Dhahabi | Remains Silent | hadithunlocked |
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Narrators
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 150 AHمُحَمَّد بْن إِسْحَاقصدوقعن
- حدثناtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 199 AH
- حدثناضعيفd. 270 AH
- حدثناd. 346 AH
- d. 403 AH
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.