Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1150
The Detachment of al-Raji'
[ مَقْتَلُ مَرْثَدٍ وَابْنِ الْبُكَيْرِ وَعَاصِمٍ ] فَأُمَّا مَرْثَدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ، وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْبُكَيْرِ، وَعَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالُوا: وَاَللَّهِ لَا نَقْبَلُ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ عَهْدًا وَلَا عَقْدًا أَبَدًا؛ فَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ: مَا عِلَّتِي وَأَنَا جَلْدٌ نَابِلُ وَالْقَوْسُ فِيهَا وَتَرٌ عُنَابِلُ تَزَلُّ عَنْ صَفْحَتِهَا الْمَعَابِلُ الْمَوْتُ حَقٌّ وَالْحَيَاةُ بَاطِلُ وَكُلُّ مَا حَمَّ الْإِلَهُ نَازِلٌ بِالْمَرْءِ وَالْمَرْءُ إلَيْهِ آئِلُ إنْ لَمْ أُقَاتِلْكُمْ فَأُمِّي هَابِلُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: هَابِلُ: ثَاكِلُ. وَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَيْضًا: أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ وَرِيشُ الْمُقْعَدِ وَضَالَةٌ مِثْلَ الْجَحِيمِ الْمُوقَدِ إذَا النَّوَاجِي افْتُرِشْتِ لَمْ أُرْعَدْ وَمُجْنَأٌ مِنْ جَلَدٍ ثَوْرٍ أَجْرَدِ وَمُؤْمِنٌ بِمَا عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ وَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتُ أَيْضًا: أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ مِثْلِي رَامَى وَكَانَ قَوْمِي مَعْشَرًا كِرَامَا وَكَانَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يُكَنَّى: أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ. ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ الْقَوْمَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ وَقُتِلَ صَاحِبَاهُ. وكان قد قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: «أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا أَنْزِلُ فِي ذِمَّةِ كَافِرٍ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَحْمِي لَكَ الْيَوْمَ دِينَكَ فَاحْمِ لَحْمِي، اللَّهُمَّ أَخْبِرْ عَنَّا رَسُولَكَ». قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ كَمَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ: «فَاسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِعَاصِمٍ، فَأَخْبَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَبَرَهُ وَخَبَرَ أَصْحَابِهِ بِذَلِكَ يَوْمَ أُصِيبُوا».
Translation
✧ [The killing of Marthad, Ibn al-Bukayr, and ʿĀṣim] As for Marthad b. Abī Marthad, Khālid b. al-Bukayr, and ʿĀṣim b. Thābit, they said: By God, we will never accept from a polytheist a covenant or a pact, ever. ʿĀṣim b. Thābit said: What is my ailment, when I am tough and skilled with arrows, and the bow has a strong string; Broad-headed arrows slip from its face. Death is true, and life is vain; Everything God has decreed descends Upon a man, and man returns to Him. If I do not fight you, may my mother be bereft. Ibn Hishām said: “hābil” means “one who has lost a child.” ʿĀṣim b. Thābit also said: Abū Sulaymān, and the feathering of the miquʿad, and a stray arrow like a blazing fire; When the swift steeds spread forth, I do not tremble; And a shield of tough hide from a hairless bull, And a believer in what was given to Muḥammad. ʿĀṣim b. Thābit also said: Abū Sulaymān is like me in archery; My people were a noble company. ʿĀṣim b. Thābit was given the kunyah Abū Sulaymān. Then he fought the people until he was killed, and his two companions were killed. ʿĀṣim had said: “As for me, I will not come down under the protection of an unbeliever. O God, I protect Your religion today, so protect my flesh. O God, inform Your Messenger about us.” Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd, as narrated by Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī, said: “God, may He be exalted, answered ʿĀṣim, and the Messenger of God ﷺ was informed of his news and the news of his companions on the day they were struck.”
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