Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1572
What Has Been Reported Regarding the Arrival of the Thaqīf Delegation to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Their Conversion
[ إسْلَامُ أَبِي مُلَيْحٍ وَقَارِبٍ ] وَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُو مُلَيْحِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ وَقَارِبُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ قَدِمَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ، حِينَ قُتِلَ عُرْوَةُ، يُرِيدَانِ فِرَاقَ ثَقِيفٍ، وَأَنْ لَا يُجَامِعَاهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا، فَأَسْلَمَا؛ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَلَّيَا مَنْ شِئْتُمَا؛ فَقَالَا: نَتَوَلَّى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: وَخَالَكُمَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ، فَقَالَا: وَخَالَنَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ. [ سُؤَالُهُمَا الرَّسُولُ قَضَاءَ دَيْنٍ مِنْ أَمْوَالِ الطَّاغِيَةِ ] فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَ أَهْلُ الطَّائِفِ وَوَجَّهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَالْمُغِيرَةَ إلَى هَدْمِ الطَّاغِيَةِ، سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبُو مُلَيْحِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عُرْوَةَ دَيْنًا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِ الطَّاغِيَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ قَارِبُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَعَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَاقْضِهِ، وَعُرْوَةُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ أَخَوَانِ لِأَبٍ وَأُمٍّ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إنَّ الْأَسْوَدَ مَاتَ مُشْرِكًا. فَقَالَ قَارِبٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَكِنْ تَصِلُ مُسْلِمًا ذَا قَرَابَةٍ، يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ، إنَّمَا الدَّيْنُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا الَّذِي أُطْلَبُ بِهِ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ دَيْنَ عُرْوَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ مِنْ مَالِ الطَّاغِيَةِ، فَلَمَّا جَمَعَ الْمُغِيرَةُ مَالَهَا قَالَ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ: إنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَقْضِيَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ دَيْنَهُمَا، فَقَضَى عَنْهُمَا.
Translation
✧ [ The Conversion of Abū Mulayḥ and Qārib ] Abū Mulayḥ b. ʿUrwah and Qārib b. al-Aswad had come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ before the delegation of Thaqīf, when ʿUrwah was killed, seeking to part with Thaqīf and never to join them in anything ever. They converted, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them: "Ally yourselves with whomever you wish." They said: "We ally ourselves with Allah and His Messenger." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "And your maternal uncle Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb." They said: "And our maternal uncle Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb." [ Their Asking the Messenger to Settle a Debt from the Funds of the Idol ] When the people of al-Ṭāʾif converted and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abū Sufyān and al-Mughīrah to demolish the idol, Abū Mulayḥ b. ʿUrwah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to settle on behalf of his father ʿUrwah a debt that he owed from the funds of the idol. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Yes." Then Qārib b. al-Aswad said to him: "And on behalf of al-Aswad, O Messenger of Allah, settle it—ʿUrwah and al-Aswad are full brothers, sharing the same father and mother." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Al-Aswad died a polytheist." Qārib said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "O Messenger of Allah, but you would be maintaining a tie with a Muslim relative—meaning himself—for the debt is upon me, and I am the one who is sought for it." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered Abū Sufyān to settle the debt of ʿUrwah and al-Aswad from the funds of the idol. When al-Mughīrah collected its funds, he said to Abū Sufyān: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has ordered you to settle the debt of ʿUrwah and al-Aswad on their behalf." So he settled it on their behalf.
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