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✧ The Boundaries: Explanation of the Hadith of Shurahbil b. Aws

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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ

كَانَ بَنُو أُبَيْرِقٍ رَهْطًا مِنْ بَنِي ظُفُرٍ وَكَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً بَشِيرٌ وَبِشْرٌ وَمُبَشِّرٌ وَكَانَ بَشِيرٌ يُكْنَى أَبَا طُعْمَةَ وَكَانَ شَاعِرًا وَكَانَ مُنَافِقًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ الشَّعْرَ يَهْجُو بِهِ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ قَالَهُ فُلَانٌ فَإِذَا بَلَغَهُمْ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا كَذَبَ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ مَا قَالَهُ إِلَّا هُوَ فَقَالَ [البحر الكامل] أَوَكُلَّمَا قَالَ الرِّجَالُ قَصِيدَةً ضَمُّوا إِلَيَّ بِأَنْ أُبَيْرِقَ قَالَهَا مُتَخَطِّمِينَ كَأَنَّنِي أَخْشَاهُمُ جَدَعَ الْإِلَهُ أُنُوفَهُمْ فَأَبَانَهَا وَكَانُوا أَهْلَ فَقْرٍ وَحَاجَةٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ وَكَانَ عَمِّي رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ رَجُلًا مُوسِرًا أَدْرَكَهُ الْإِسْلَامُ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَى أَنَّ فِي إِسْلَامِهِ شَيْئًا وَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَ لَهُ يَسَارٌ فَقَدِمَتْ عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الضَّافِطَةُ مِنَ السَّدَمِ تَحْمِلُ الدَّرْمَكَ ابْتَاعَ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا يَحِلُّ بِهِ فَأَمَّا الْعِيَالُ فَكَانَ يُقِيتُهُمُ الشَّعِيرَ فَقَدِمَتْ ضَافِطَةٌ وَهُمُ الْأَنْبَاطُ تَحْمِلُ دَرْمَكًا فَابْتَاعَ رِفَاعَةُ حِمْلَيْنِ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَجَعَلَهُمَا فِي عُلِّيَّةٍ لَهُ وَكَانَ فِي عُلِّيَّتِهِ دِرْعَانِ لَهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُمَا مِنْ آلَتِهِمَا فَطَرَقَهُ بَشِيرٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَخَرَقَ الْعُلِّيَّةَ مِنْ ظَهْرِهَا فَأَخَذَ الطَّعَامَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ السِّلَاحَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ عَمِّي بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ أُغِيرَ عَلَيْنَا هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ فَذُهِبَ بِطَعَامِنَا وَسِلَاحِنَا فَقَالَ بَشِيرٌ وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا صَاحِبُ مَتَاعِكُمْ إِلَّا لَبِيدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَّا كَانَ ذَا حَسَبٍ وَصَلَاحٍ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ قَالَ أُصْلِتُ وَاللَّهِ بِالسَّيْفِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيْ بَنِي الْأُبَيْرِقِ وَأَنَا أَسْرِقُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَيُخَالِطَنَّكُمْ هَذَا السَّيْفُ أَوْ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّ مَنْ صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ السَّرِقَةِ فَقَالُوا انْصَرِفْ عَنَّا فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَبَرِئٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّرِقَةِ فَقَالَ كَلَّا وَقَدْ زَعَمْتُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلْنَا فِي الدَّارِ وَتَجَسَّسْنَا حَتَّى قِيلَ لَنَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَوْقَدَ بَنُو أُبَيْرِقٍ اللَّيْلَةَ وَمَا نَرَاهُ إِلَّا عَلَى طَعَامِكُمْ فَمَا زِلْنَا حَتَّى كِدْنَا نَسْتَيْقِنُ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُهُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فِيهِمْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنَّا أَهْلَ جَفَاءٍ وَسَفَهٍ غَدَوْا عَلَى عَمِّي فَخَرَقُوا عُلِّيَّةً لَهُ مِنْ ظَهْرِهَا فَغَدَوْا عَلَى طَعَامٍ وَسِلَاحٍ فَأَمَّا الطَّعَامُ فَلَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيهِ وَأَمَّا السِّلَاحُ فَلْيَرُدَّهُ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَأَنْظُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ» وَكَانَ لَهُمُ ابْنُ عَمٍّ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَسِيرُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ فَجَمَعَ رِجَالَ قَوْمِهِ ثُمَّ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رِفَاعَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ وَابْنَ أَخِيهِ قَتَادَةَ بْنَ النُّعْمَانِ قَدْ عَمَدَا إِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مِنَّا أَهْلَ حَسَبِ وَشَرَفٍ وَصَلَاحٍ يَأْبِنُونَهُمْ بِالْقَبِيحِ وَيَأْبِنُونَهُمْ بِالسَّرِقَةِ بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ وَلَا شَهَادَةٍ فَوَضَعَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلِسَانِهِ مَا شَاءَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَلَّمْتُهُ فَجَبَهَنِي جَبْهًا شَدِيدًا وَقَالَ «بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتَ وَبِئْسَ مَا مَشَيْتَ فِيهِ عَمَدْتَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مِنْكُمْ أَهْلِ حَسَبٍ وَصَلَاحٍ تَرْمِيهِمْ بِالسَّرِقَةِ وَتَأْبِنُهُمْ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ وَلَا تَثَبُّتٍ» فَسَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَانْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي خَرَجْتُ مِنْ مَالِي وَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى الدَّارِ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ عَمِّي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي خَرَجْتُ مِنْ مَالِي وَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَا أَعُودُ إِلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ فَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ {إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِمَا أَرَاكَ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَكُنْ لِلْخَائِنِينَ خَصِيمًا} [النساء 105] أَيْ طُعْمَةَ بْنِ أُبَيْرِقٍ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ {ثُمَّ يَرِمْ بِهِ بَرِيئًا} [النساء 112] أَيْ لَبِيدَ بْنَ سَهْلٍ {وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَهَمَّتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُضِلُّوكَ} [النساء 113] يَعْنِي أَسِيرَ بْنَ عُرْوَةَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ {لَا خَيْرَ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنْ نَجْوَاهُمْ} [النساء 114] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ} [النساء 48] أَيًّا كَانَ ذَنْبُهُ دُونَ الشِّرْكِ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ هَرَبَ فَلَحِقَ بِمَكَّةَ وَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيَّ الدَّرْعَيْنِ وَأَدَاتَهُمَا فَرَدَّهُمَا عَلَى رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهُ بِهِمَا وَمَا مَعَهُمَا قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي هُمَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ فَرَجَوْتُ أَنَّ عَمِّي حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ وَكَانَ ظَنِّي بِهِ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ وَخَرَجَ ابْنُ أُبَيْرِقٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَلَى سَلَّامَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ أُخْتِ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ وَكَانَتْ عِنْدَ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ بِمَكَّةَ فَوَقَعَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ يَشْتُمُهُمْ فَرَمَاهُ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ بِأَبْيَاتٍ فَقَالَ [البحر الطويل] أَيَا سَارِقَ الدَّرْعَيْنِ إِنْ كُنْتَ ذَاكِرًا بِذِي كَرَمٍ بَيْنَ الرِّجَالِ أُوَادِعُهْ وَقَدْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ بِنْتُ سَعْدٍ فَأَصْبَحَتْ يُنَازِعُهَا جَلْدَ اسْتِهِ وَتُنَازِعُهْ فَهَلَّا أَسِيرًا جِئْتَ جَارَكَ رَاغِبًا إِلَيْهِ وَلَمْ تَعْمَدْ لَهُ فَتُدَافِعُهْ ظَنَنْتُمْ بِأَنْ يَخْفَى الَّذِي قَدْ فَعَلْتُمُ وَفِيكُمْ نَبِيٌّ عِنْدَهُ الْوَحْيُ وَاضِعُهْ فَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مِنْكُمُ تَشْتُمُونَهُمْ بِذَاكَ لَقَدْ حَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ طَوَالِعُهْ فَإِنْ تَذْكُرُوا كَعْبًا إِلَى مَا نَسَبْتُمُ فَهَلْ مِنْ أَدِيمٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَكَارِعُهْ وَجَدْتَهُمُ يَرْجُونَكُمْ قَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ كَمَا الْغَيْثُ يُرْجِيهِ السَّمِينُ وَتَابِعُهْ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهَا شِعْرُ حَسَّانَ أَخَذَتْ رَحْلَ أُبَيْرِقٍ فَوَضَعَتْهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا حَتَّى قَذَفَتْهُ بِالْأَبْطَحِ ثُمَّ حَلَقَتْ وَسَلَقَتْ وَخَرَقَتْ وَخَلَفَتْ إِنْ بِتَّ فِي بَيْتِي لَيْلَةً سَوْدَاءَ أَهْدَيْتَ لِي شِعْرَ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ مَا كُنْتَ لِتَنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ بِخَيْرٍ فَلَمَّا أَخْرَجَتْهُ لَحِقَ بِالطَّائِفِ فَدَخَلَ بَيْتًا لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَجَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَا يُفَارِقُ مُحَمَّدًا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb
  2. Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār
  3. Yūnus b. Bukayr
  4. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq
  5. ʿĀṣim b. ʿAmr b. Qatādah
  6. his father
  7. Jaddih Qatādah b. al-Nuʿmān

✧ The Banu Ubayriq were a clan from the Banu Zufar, and they were three: Bashir, Bishr, and Mubashshir. Bashir was called Abu Tu'mah; he was a poet and a hypocrite. He would compose poetry satirizing the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then say, “So-and-so said it.” When it reached them, they would say, “The enemy of Allah lied; none said it but he.” He said [in kamil meter]: “Is it whenever men utter a poem, they attribute it to me, saying Ubayriq said it, strutting as if I fear them—may Allah cut off their noses and sever them.” They were a people of poverty and need in the Jahiliyyah and Islam. My paternal uncle Rifa'ah b. Zayd was a wealthy man who had embraced Islam. By Allah, I used to think there was something lacking in his Islam. When he had plenty and a caravan of these Nabataeans arrived from al-Sadam carrying fine flour, he would buy for himself what suited him, while for the family he would provide barley. A caravan arrived—they were Nabataeans—carrying fine flour, and Rifa'ah bought two loads of barley and put them in an upper room of his, where there were also two of his coats of mail and the tools to repair them. Bashir came to him at night, tore open the upper room from its back, took the food, then took the weapons. When morning came, my uncle sent for me, and I came to him. He said, “We were raided last night; our food and weapons were taken.” Bashir and his brothers said, “By Allah, the only one who took your goods is Labid b. Sahl,” a man of ours of good lineage and righteousness. When that reached him, he said, “By Allah, I drew the sword.” Then he said, “O Banu al-Ubayriq, am I to steal? By Allah, either this sword will be mixed with you or you will make clear who the thief of this theft is.” They said, “Leave us; by Allah, you are innocent of this theft.” He said, “Not at all, while you have claimed it.” Then we asked around the neighborhood and spied until it was said to us, “By Allah, the Banu Ubayriq lit a fire last night, and we think it was only for your food.” We kept at it until we nearly became certain that they were its perpetrators. So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and spoke to him about them. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, a household among us of rudeness and folly raided my uncle, tore open an upper room of his from its back, and took food and weapons. As for the food, we have no need of it; as for the weapons, let him return them to us.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I will look into that.” They had a paternal cousin called Usayr b. 'Urwah, who gathered men of his people, then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “Rifa'ah b. Zayd and his nephew Qatadah b. al-Nu'man have gone to a household among us of good lineage, honor, and righteousness, accusing them of indecency and theft without evidence or testimony.” He said before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whatever he wished, then left. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and spoke to him, and he rebuked me severely, saying, “What an evil thing you have done and what an evil path you have walked in! You went to a household among you of good lineage and righteousness, accusing them of theft without evidence or verification.” I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what I disliked, so I left, and I wished I had gone out from my wealth and not spoken to him. When I returned home, my uncle sent to me: “O nephew, what did you do?” I said, “By Allah, I wish I had gone out from my wealth and not spoken to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. By Allah, I will never return to it.” He said, “Allah is the one whose help is sought.” Then the Qur'an was revealed: {Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book in truth so that you may judge between people by what Allah has shown you, and do not be an advocate for the treacherous} [al-Nisa' 105]—meaning Tu'mah b. Ubayriq. He recited until he reached {then he casts it upon an innocent person} [al-Nisa' 112]—meaning Labid b. Sahl—{And were it not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, a party of them would have resolved to mislead you} [al-Nisa' 113]—meaning Usayr b. 'Urwah and his companions. Then he said, {No good is there in much of their private conversation} [al-Nisa' 114] up to His saying {and He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills} [al-Nisa' 48]—whatever his sin short of idolatry. When the Qur'an was revealed, he fled and joined Makkah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me the two coats of mail and their tools, and I returned them to Rifa'ah. Qatadah said: When I brought them to him with what was with them, he said, “O nephew, they are in the cause of Allah, Exalted and Majestic.” I hoped that my uncle's Islam had become good, and my opinion of him had been otherwise. Ibn Ubayriq went out until he stayed with Salamah bt. Sa'd b. Sahl, sister of the Banu 'Amr b. 'Awf, and she was married to Talhah b. Abi Talhah in Makkah. He fell upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions, reviling them, and Hassan b. Thabit hit back at him with some verses, saying [in tawil meter]: “O stealer of the two coats of mail, if you remember one of noble standing among men, I befriend him. The daughter of Sa'd lodged you, and she began to dispute with the skin of his backside and he with her. Why did you not come to Usayr, your neighbor, seeking his favor, and not intend harm to him so that you might fend him off? You thought that what you did would remain hidden, while among you is a Prophet with revelation placed before him. Were it not for men among you whom you revile, for that its rising stars would have descended upon him. If you recall Ka'b, to what do you attribute? Is there any hide without its shanks? You found them hoping in you—you knew—as the fat one and his follower hope for rain.” When Hassan's poetry reached her, she took Ubayriq's saddle and placed it on her head until she threw it into al-Abtah, then she shaved, wailed, tore, and swore: “If you spend even one black night in my house, you would bring me Hassan b. Thabit's poetry; you would never have brought me any good.” When she expelled him, he joined al-Ta'if and entered a house with no one in it, and it fell upon him and killed him. Quraysh began to say, “By Allah, no one of Muhammad's companions leaves him while there is good in him.”

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