Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1506
The Expedition of Ḥunayn (Hawāzin)
ذِكْرُ الْآيَةِ فِي حِفْظِهِ ﷺ مِمَّنْ أَرَادَ الْفَتْكَ بِهِ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ شُيُوخِهِ قَالُوا: قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ - بِضَمِّ الْمُوَحَّدَةِ، وَسُكُونِ الرَّاءِ وَبِالدَّالِ الْمُهْمَلَةِ - بْنُ نَيَّارٍ ؓ لَمَّا كُنَّا بِأَوْطَاسَ نَزَلْنَا تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ وَنَظَرْنَا إِلَى شَجَرَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَحْتَهَا وَعَلَّقَ سَيْفَهُ وَقَوْسَهُ، وَكُنْتُ أَقْرَبَ أَصْحَابِي إِلَيْهِ، فَمَا رَاعَنِي إِلَّا صَوْتُهُ: يَا أَبَا بُرْدَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ سَرِيعًا فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ جَاءَنِي وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ، فَسَلَّ سَيَفِي، وَقَامَ بِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِي، فَانْتَبَهْتُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ يَمْنَعُكَ مِنِّي ؟ فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُ تَعَالَى، قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ: فَسَلَلْتُ سَيْفِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: شِمَّ سَيْفَكَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ عَدُوِّ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ عُيُونِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ. فَقَالَ لِي: «اسْكُتْ يَا أَبَا بُرْدَةَ”. قَالَ: فَمَا قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا وَلَا عَاقَبَهُ. قَالَ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَصِيحُ بِهِ فِي الْعَسْكَرِ لِأُشْهِرَهُ لِلنَّاسِ فَيَقْتُلَهُ قَاتِلٌ بِغَيْرِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدَ كَفَّنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَتْلِهِ، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «يَا أَبَا بُرْدَةَ كُفَّ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بُرْدَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَانِعِي وَحَافِظِي حَتَّى يُظْهِرَ دِينَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ”.
Translation
✧ Mention of the verse concerning His protection ﷺ from one who intended to assassinate him Muḥammad b. ʿUmar related from his shaykhs; they said: Abū Burdah—with ḍammah on the unpointed bāʾ, sukūn on the rāʾ, and the unpointed dāl—b. Niyār ؓ said: When we were at Awṭās, we alighted beneath a tree and looked toward a great tree. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ alighted beneath it and hung up his sword and his bow. I was the closest of my companions to him, and nothing startled me except his voice: “O Abū Burdah.” I said, “At your service, O Messenger of Allah,” and I came quickly. There was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sitting with a man sitting beside him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “This man came to me while I was sleeping, drew my sword, and stood with it over my head. I awoke while he was saying, ‘O Muḥammad, who will protect you from me?’ I said, ‘Allah Almighty.’” Abū Burdah said: I drew my sword, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Sheathe your sword.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, let me strike the neck of the enemy of Allah, for he is one of the spies of the polytheists.” He said to me: “Be quiet, O Abū Burdah.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said nothing to him and did not punish him. He said: I began shouting about him in the camp to make him known to the people so that someone might kill him without the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. As for me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had restrained me from killing him. The Prophet ﷺ kept saying: “O Abū Burdah, leave the man alone.” So I returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: “O Abū Burdah, Allah is my protector and my guardian until He makes His religion prevail over all religion.”
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