Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1724
A summary of the expeditions
خَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ لِخَمْسٍ خَلَوْنَ مِنَ الْمُحَرَّمِ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ شَهْرًا مِنْ مُهَاجِرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ لِقَتْلِ خَالِدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ [ مَقْتَلُ ابْنُ نَبِيحٍ ] وَغَزْوَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ خَالِدَ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ، بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَيْهِ وَهُوَ بِنَخْلَةَ أَوْ بِعُرَنَةَ، يَجْمَعُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ لِيَغْزُوهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ: دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ابْنَ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ الْهُذَلِيَّ يَجْمَعُ لِي النَّاسَ لِيَغْزُونِي، وَهُوَ بِنَخْلَةَ أَوْ بِعُرَنَةَ، فَأْتِهِ فَاقْتُلْهُ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، انْعَتْهُ لِي حَتَّى أَعْرِفَهُ. قَالَ: إنَّكَ إذَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَذْكَرَكَ الشَّيْطَانَ، وَآيَةُ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ أَنَّكَ إذَا رَأَيْتُهُ وَجَدْتُ لَهُ قُشَعْرِيرَةً. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ مُتَوَشِّحًا سَيْفِي، حَتَّى دُفِعْتُ إلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي ظُعُنٍ يَرْتَادُ لَهُنَّ مَنْزِلًا، وَحَيْثُ كَانَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ؛ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ وَجَدْتُ مَا قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ الْقُشَعْرِيرَةِ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ نَحْوَهُ، وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مُجَاوَلَةٌ تَشْغَلُنِي عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ، فَصَلَّيْتُ وَأَنَا أَمْشِي نَحْوَهُ، أُومِئُ بِرَأْسِي، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إلَيْهِ، قَالَ: مَنْ الرَّجُلُ ؟ قُلْتُ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ سَمِعَ بِكَ وَبِجَمْعِكَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَجَاءَكَ لِذَلِكَ. قَالَ: أَجَلْ، إنِّي لَفِي ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ شَيْئًا، حَتَّى إذَا أَمْكَنَنِي حَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ، فَقَتَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ، وَتَرَكْتُ ظَعَائِنَهُ مُنْكَبَّاتٌ عَلَيْهِ؛ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَآنِي، قَالَ: أَفْلَحَ الْوَجْهُ؛ قُلْتُ: قَدْ قَتَلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: صَدَقْتُ. [ إهْدَاءُ الرَّسُولِ عَصًا لَابْنِ أُنَيْسٍ ] ثُمَّ قَامَ بِي، فَأَدْخَلَنِي بَيْتَهُ، فَأَعْطَانِي عَصًا، فَقَالَ: أَمْسِكْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا عِنْدَكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالُوا: مَا هَذِهِ الْعَصَا ؟ قُلْتُ: أَعْطَانِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُمْسِكَهَا عِنْدِي. قَالُوا: أَفَلَا تَرْجِعُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَسْأَلَهُ لِمَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لِمَ أَعْطَيْتنِي هَذِهِ الْعَصَا ؟ قَالَ: آيَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ. إنَّ أَقَلَّ النَّاسِ الْمُتَخَصِّرُونَ يَوْمئِذٍ، قَالَ: فَقَرَنَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ بِسَيْفِهِ، فَلَمْ تَزَلْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَضُمَّتْ فِي كَفَنِهِ، ثُمَّ دُفِنَا جَمِيعًا. [ شِعْرُ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ فِي قَتْلِهِ ابْنَ نُبَيْحٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ فِي ذَلِكَ: تَرَكْتُ ابْنَ ثَوْرٍ كَالْحُوَارِ وَحَوْلَهُ نَوَائِحُ تَفْرِي كُلَّ جَيْبٍ مُقَدَّدِ تَنَاوَلْتُهُ وَالظُّعْنُ خَلْفِي وَخَلْفَهُ بِأَبْيَضَ مِنْ مَاءِ الْحَدِيدِ مُهَنَّدِ عَجُومٍ لِهَامِ الدَّارِعِينَ كَأَنَّهُ شِهَابٌ غَضًى مِنْ مُلْهَبٍ مُتَوَقِّدِ أَقُولُ لَهُ وَالسَّيْفُ يَعْجُمُ رَأْسَهُ أَنَا ابْنُ أُنَيْسٍ فَارِسًا غَيْرَ قُعْدُدِ أَنَا ابْنُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُنْزِلْ الدَّهَرُ قِدْرَهُ رَحِيبُ فِنَاءِ الدَّارِ غَيْرُ مُزَنَّدِ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ خُذْهَا بِضَرْبَةِ مَاجِدٍ حَنِيفٍ عَلَى دِينِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ وَكُنْتُ إذَا هَمَّ النَّبِيُّ بِكَافِرٍ سَبَقْتُ إلَيْهِ بِاللِّسَانِ وَبِالْيَدِ تَمَّتْ الْغَزَاةُ، وَعُدْنَا إلَى خَبَرِ الْبُعُوثِ. قُلْتُ -ابن كثير رحمه الله تعالى-: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ حَرَامٍ، أَبُو يَحْيَى الْجُهَنِيُّ، صَحَابِيٌّ مَشْهُورٌ كَبِيرُ الْقَدْرِ، كَانَ فِيمَنْ شَهِدَ الْعَقَبَةَ، وَشَهِدَ أُحُدًا وَالْخَنْدَقَ وَمَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَتَأَخَّرَ مَوْتُهُ بِالشَّامِ إِلَى سَنَةِ ثَمَانِينَ عَلَى الْمَشْهُورِ وَقِيلَ: تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَقَدْ فَرَّقَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَخَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ أَبِي عِيسَى الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، الَّذِي رَوَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ دَعَا يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ بِإِدَاوَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ، فَخَنَثَ فَمَهَا وَشَرِبَ مِنْهَا، كَمَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ، مِنْ طَرِيقِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعُمَرِيِّ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ يَصِحُّ
Translation
✧ ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays set out from al-Madīnah on Monday, five nights having passed in al-Muḥarram, at the head of thirty-five months from the Messenger of Allāh’s ﷺ emigration: the expedition of ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays to kill Khālid b. Sufyān b. Nubayḥ al-Hudhalī. [The Slaying of Ibn Nubayḥ] And the expedition of ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays against Khālid b. Sufyān b. Nubayḥ: the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent him to him while he was at Nakhlah or at ʿUranah, gathering people against the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ to raid him, so he killed him. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ summoned me and said: “It has reached me that Ibn Sufyān b. Nubayḥ al-Hudhalī is gathering people against me to raid me, and he is at Nakhlah or at ʿUranah. Go to him and kill him.” I said: “O Messenger of Allāh, describe him to me so that I may recognize him.” He said: “When you see him, he will remind you of Satan, and the sign between you and him is that when you see him you will feel a shuddering.” He said: So I went out with my sword slung over my shoulder, until I reached him while he was among women in howdahs, seeking a stopping place for them, and it was the time of the afternoon prayer. When I saw him, I felt what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had told me of the shuddering. I approached him, and I feared that there might be between me and him some engagement that would distract me from the prayer, so I prayed while I was walking toward him, making gestures with my head. When I reached him, he said: “Who is the man?” I said: “A man from the Arabs who has heard of you and of your gathering against this man, so he has come to you for that.” He said: “Yes, I am indeed engaged in that.” He said: So I walked with him for a while, until when I had the opportunity, I attacked him with the sword and killed him. Then I departed, leaving his women bending over him. When I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he saw me, he said: “May the face prosper.” I said: “I have killed him, O Messenger of Allāh.” He said: “You have spoken the truth.” [The Messenger’s Gift of a Staff to Ibn Unays] Then he rose with me and brought me into his house and gave me a staff, saying: “Keep this staff with you, O ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays.” He said: So I went out with it among the people, and they said: “What is this staff?” I said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ gave it to me and commanded me to keep it with me.” They said: “Will you not return to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and ask him why that is?” He said: So I returned to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allāh, why did you give me this staff?” He said: “A sign between me and you on the Day of Resurrection. The fewest people that day will be those who carry staffs.” He said: So ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays fastened it to his sword, and it remained with him until he died. Then he ordered that it be placed in his shroud, and they were buried together. [The Poetry of Ibn Unays on His Killing of Ibn Nubayḥ] Ibn Hishām said: And ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays said concerning that: I left Ibn Thawr like a young camel, while around him Wailing women tore every slit collar, I reached him while the howdahs were behind me and behind him With a white blade from the water of iron, Indian-made, A biter of the crowns of the armored, as if it were A meteor of ghaḍā wood from a blazing fire. I say to him while the sword bites his head: I am Ibn Unays, a horseman, not one who sits back, I am the son of one whose pot time has never lowered, Spacious is the courtyard of his house, not narrow. And I said to him: take it from the stroke of a noble one, A ḥanīf upon the religion of the Prophet Muḥammad, And when the Prophet was concerned about an unbeliever, I preceded to him with tongue and with hand. The expedition is complete, and we return to the account of the missions. I—Ibn Kathīr, may God Almighty have mercy on him—say: ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays b. Asʿad b. Ḥarām, Abū Yaḥyā al-Juhanī, was a well-known Companion of great standing. He was among those who attended al-ʿAqabah, and he witnessed Uḥud, the Trench, and what followed. His death was delayed in Syria until the year eighty according to the well-known view, though it is said he died in the year fifty-four; and God knows best. ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ distinguished between him and ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays Abū ʿĪsā al-Anṣārī, who narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that on the day of Uḥud he called for a small vessel containing water, then bent its mouth and drank from it, as related by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, through the transmission of ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿUmarī, from ʿĪsā b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays, from his father. Then al-Tirmidhī said: its chain is not sound.
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