Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1008
The Great Expedition of Badr
نَوْحِ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ عَلَى قَتْلَاهُمْ ثُمَّ مَنْعِهِمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ رَوَى ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: نَاحَتْ قُرَيْشٌ عَلَى قَتْلَاهَا بِمَكَّةَ -زَادَ ابْنُ عُقْبَةَ وَصَاحِبُ الْإِمْتَاعِ: شَهْرًا- وَجَزَّ النِّسَاءُ شُعُورَهُنَّ، وَكَانَ يُؤْتَى بِرَاحِلَةِ الرَّجُلِ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ بِفَرَسِهِ وَتُوقَفُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِ النِّسَاءِ، وَيَسْتُرْنَهَا بِالسُّتُورِ حَوْلَهَا [وَيَنُحْنَ حَوْلَهَا] وَيَخْرُجْنَ إِلَى الْأَزِقَّةِ. انْتَهَى. ثُمَّ قَالُوا: لَا تَفْعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَيَبْلُغَ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَيَشْمَتُوا بِكُمْ، وَلَا تَبْعَثُوا فِي أَسْرَاكُمْ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْنُوا بِهِمْ، لَا يَأْرُبُ عَلَيْكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فِي الْفِدَاءِ، فَكَانَ الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَدْ أُصِيبَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ: زَمْعَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَعَقِيلُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ، وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَبْكِيَ عَلَى بَنِيهِ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَائِحَةً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ لِغُلَامٍ لَهُ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ: انْظُرْ هَلْ أَحَدٌ انْتَحَبَ ؟ هَلْ بَكَتْ قُرَيْشٌ عَلَى قَتْلَاهَا ؟ لَعَلِّي أَبْكِي عَلَى أَبِي حُكَيْمَةَ -بِضَمِّ الْحَاءِ الْمُهْمَلَةِ وَفَتْحِ الْكَافِ- يَعْنِي زَمْعَةَ؛ فَإِنَّ جَوْفِي قَدِ احْتَرَقَ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْغُلَامُ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا هِيَ امْرَأَةٌ تَبْكِي عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا أَضَلَّتْهُ. قَالَ عَبَّادٌ: فَذَاكَ حِينَ يَقُولُ الْأَسْوَدُ: تُبَكِّي أَنْ يَضِلَّ لَهَا بَعِيرٌ وَيَمْنَعُهَا مِنَ النَّوْمِ السُّهُودُ فَلَا تَبْكِي عَلَى بَكْرٍ وَلَكِنْ عَلَى بَدْرٍ تَقَاصَرَتِ الْجُدُودُ عَلَى بَدْرٍ سَرَاةِ بَنِي هُصَيْصٍ وَمَخْزُومٍ وَرَهْطِ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ وَبَكِّي إِنْ بَكَيْتِ عَلَى عَقِيلٍ وَبَكِّي حَارِثًا أَسَدَ الْأُسُودِ وَبَكِّيهِمْ وَلَا تَسَمِي جَمِيعًا وَمَا لِأَبِي حُكَيْمَةَ مِنْ نَدِيدِ أَلَا قَدْ سَادَ بَعْدَهُمُ رِجَالٌ وَلَوْلَا يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ لَمْ يَسُودُوا قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ: يُرِيدُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ، كَانَ رَأْسَ قُرَيْشٍ فِي سَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى أُحُدٍ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَعَا عَلَى الْأَسْوَدِ هَذَا بِأَنْ يُعْمِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بَصَرَهُ، وَيُثْكَلَ وَلَدَهُ، فَاسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى سَبْقَ الْعَمَى إِلَى الْبَصَرِ أَوَّلًا، ثُمَّ أُصِيبَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ بِمَنْ نَفَاهُ مِنْ وَلَدَهُ، فَتَمَّتْ إِجَابَةُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ ﷺ فِيهِ.
Translation
✧ The lamentation of the people of Makkah over their slain, then their prevention from that Ibn Isḥāq related, from ʿAbbād b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr, who said: Quraysh lamented over their slain in Makkah—Ibn ʿUqbah and the author of al-Imtāʿ added: for a month—and the women cut their hair. A man's riding camel or his horse would be brought and stood among the women, and they would screen it with curtains around it [and lament around it] and go out into the alleys. End. Then they said: Do not do that, lest it reach Muḥammad and his companions and they gloat over you; and do not send [anything] for your captives until you seek to learn their condition, lest Muḥammad and his companions gain advantage over you in the ransom. Al-Aswad b. al-Muṭṭalib had had three of his sons struck down: Zamʿah b. al-Aswad, ʿAqīl b. al-Aswad, and al-Ḥārith b. Zamʿah. He wished to weep over his sons. While he was in that state, he heard a wailing woman at night. He said to a slave of his—his sight had gone—: "Look, has anyone lamented? Has Quraysh wept over their slain? Perhaps I may weep over Abū Ḥukaymah"—with ḍammah on the unpointed ḥāʾ and fatḥah on the kāf—meaning Zamʿah, "for my chest is burning." When the slave returned to him, he said: "It is only a woman weeping over a camel of hers that she has lost." ʿAbbād said: That is when al-Aswad says: She weeps that a camel of hers has gone astray, And sleeplessness prevents her from sleep. So do not weep over a young camel, but rather Over Badr, where the fortunes fell short. Over Badr, the nobles of Banū Huṣayṣ, And Makhzūm, and the clan of Abū al-Walīd. And weep, if you weep, over ʿAqīl, And weep for Ḥārith, lion of lions. And weep for them, and do not name all together, For Abū Ḥukaymah has no equal. Indeed, after them men have risen to lordship, And were it not for the day of Badr, they would not have become lords. Al-Zubayr b. Bakkār said: He means Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb, who was the head of Quraysh in their march to Uḥud. The Messenger of God ﷺ had supplicated against this al-Aswad that God Most High would blind his sight and bereave him of his children. God Most High answered, with blindness preceding to the sight first, then on the day of Badr he was struck with the loss of those of his children whom he sent away, and so the answer of God Most High to His Messenger ﷺ concerning him was fulfilled.
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