Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1251
The Expedition of Banu Qurayzah in the Year Five
[ مَقْتَلُ ابْنِ أَخْطَبَ وَشِعْرُ ابْنِ جَوَّالٍ فِيهِ ] وَأُتِيَ بِحُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ عَدُوِّ اللَّهِ، وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ لَهُ فَقَّاحِيَّةٌ - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: فَقَّاحِيَّةٌ: ضَرْبٌ مِنْ الْوَشَى - قَدْ شَقَّهَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ قَدْرَ أُنْمُلَةٍ ( أُنْمُلَةٍ ) لِئَلَّا يُسْلَبَهَا، مَجْمُوعَةٌ يَدَاهُ إلَى عُنُقِهِ بِحَبْلِ. فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا لُمْتُ نَفْسِي فِي عَدَاوَتِكَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ مَنْ يَخْذُلُ اللَّهَ يُخْذَلْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ، كِتَابٌ وَقَدَرٌ وَمَلْحَمَةٌ كَتَبَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَضُرِبَتْ عُنُقُهُ. فَقَالَ جَبَلُ بْنُ جَوَّالٍ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ: لَعَمْرُكَ مَا لَامَ ابْنُ أَخْطَبَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ مَنْ يَخْذُلُ اللَّهُ يُخْذَلْ لَجَاهَدَ حَتَّى أَبْلَغَ النَّفْسَ عُذْرَهَا وَقَلْقَلَ يَبْغِي الْعِزَّ كُلَّ مُقَلْقَلِ
Translation
✧ [The Killing of Ibn Akhtab and the Poetry of Ibn Jawwal About It] Huyayy b. Akhtab, the enemy of Allah, was brought, wearing a fustian robe of his—Ibn Hisham said: faqqāḥiyya is a kind of embroidered cloth—which he had slit on every side to the extent of a finger-joint (unmula) so that it would not be plundered from him, his hands tied to his neck with a rope. When he looked at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: 'By Allah, I do not blame myself for enmity toward you, but he whom Allah forsakes is forsaken.' Then he turned to the people and said: 'O people, there is no harm in Allah's decree: a book, a destiny, and a battle that Allah has written against the Children of Israel.' Then he sat down and his neck was struck. Jabal b. Jawwal al-Thaʿlabi said: By your life, Ibn Akhtab did not blame himself, But he whom Allah forsakes is forsaken. He strove until he gave his soul its full excuse, And he stirred up every restless one seeking glory.
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