Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1548
The Expedition of Tabūk
قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي أَبِي رُهْمٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا رُهْمٍ كُلْثُومَ بْنَ الْحُصَيْنِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الشَّجَرَةِ يَقُولُ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ، فَسِرْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَهُ وَنَحْنُ بِالْأَخْضَرِ، وَأَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ النُّعَاسَ، فَطَفِقْتُ أَسْتَيْقِظُ وَقَدْ دَنَتْ رَاحِلَتِي مِنْ رَاحِلَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَيُفْزِعُنِي دُنُوُّهَا مِنْهُ ; مَخَافَةَ أَنْ أُصِيبَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ فَطَفِقْتُ أَحُوزُ رَاحِلَتِي عَنْهُ حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ فَزَاحَمَتْ رَاحِلَتِي رَاحِلَتَهُ وَرِجْلُهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ، فَلَمْ أَسْتَيْقِظْ إِلَّا بِقَوْلِهِ: " حَسِّ ". فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. قَالَ: " سِرْ ". فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُنِي عَمَّنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَأُخْبِرُهُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ وَهُوَ يَسْأَلُنِي: " مَا فَعَلَ النَّفَرُ الْحُمْرُ الطِّوَالُ الثِّطَاطُ الَّذِينَ لَا شَعْرَ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ ؟ " فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِتَخَلُّفِهِمْ قَالَ: " فَمَا فَعَلَ النَّفَرُ السُّودُ الْجِعَادُ الْقِصَارُ ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَّا. قَالَ: " بَلَى، الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ نَعَمٌ بِشَبَكَةِ شَدَخٍ ". فَتَذَكَّرْتُهُمْ فِي بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْهُمْ، حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُ أَنَّهُمْ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ كَانُوا حُلَفَاءَ فِينَا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُولَئِكَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ حُلَفَاءُ فِينَا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: " مَا مَنَعَ أَحَدَ أُولَئِكَ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مِنْ إِبِلِهِ امْرَأً نَشِيطًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ؟ إِنَّ أَعَزَّ أَهْلِي عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفَ عَنِّي ; الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ وَغِفَارٌ وَأَسْلَمُ ".
Translation
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī mentioned from Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī, from the nephew of Abū Ruhm al-Ghifārī, that he heard Abū Ruhm Kulthūm b. al-Ḥuṣayn, who was one of the people of the tree, saying: I went on the expedition of Tabūk with the Messenger of God ﷺ. I traveled with him one night while we were at al-Akhḍar, and God cast drowsiness upon me. I kept waking up when my riding camel had drawn near the riding camel of the Prophet ﷺ, and its nearness to him startled me, for fear that I might strike his foot in the stirrup. I kept turning my camel away from him until sleep overcame me in part of the road, and my camel jostled his camel while his foot was in the stirrup. I did not wake except at his saying, "Ḥass." I said, "O Messenger of God, ask forgiveness for me." He said, "Move on." Then the Messenger of God ﷺ began asking me about those who had stayed behind from Banū Ghifār, and I informed him of them. While asking me, he said, "What did the company of the ruddy, tall, thick-bearded men—those with no hair on their faces—do?" I told him that they had stayed behind. He said, "And what did the company of the black, curly-haired, short men do?" He said: I said, "By God, I do not know these to be from among us." He said, "Indeed, those who have livestock at Shabakat Shadakh." Then I recalled them among Banū Ghifār but did not remember them, until I remembered that they were a group from Aslam who were allies among us. I said, "O Messenger of God, those are a group from Aslam who are allies among us." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "What prevented any of those, when he stayed behind, from carrying on one of his camels an active man in the way of God? The dearest of my people to me that they should stay behind from me are the Muhājirūn, the Anṣār, Ghifār, and Aslam."
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