Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1813
The caliphate of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq ᴿᴬ
ذَكْرُ رِدَّةِ أَهْلِ الْبَحْرِينِ وَعَوْدِهِمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَ مِنْ خَبَرِهِمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ قَدْ بَعَثَ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ إِلَى مَلِكِهَا الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ سَاوَى الْعَبْدِيِّ، فَأَسْلَمَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ فِيهِمُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَالْعَدْلَ، فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تُوُفِّيَ الْمُنْذِرُ بَعْدَهُ بِقَلِيلٍ، وَكَانَ قَدْ حَضَرَ عِنْدَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا عَمْرُو، هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَجْعَلُ لِلْمَرِيضِ شَيْئًا مِنْ مَالِهِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، الثُّلُثَ. قَالَ: مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ تَصَدَّقَتْ بِهِ عَلَى أَقْرِبَائِكَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ عَلَى الْمَحَاوِيجِ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتَهُ صَدَقَةً مِنْ بَعْدِكَ حَبْسًا مُحَرَّمًا، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَجْعَلَهُ كَالْبَحِيرَةِ وَالسَّائِبَةِ وَالْوَصِيلَةِ وَالْحَامِي، وَلَكِنِّي أَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ. فَفَعَلَ، وَمَاتَ فَكَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ الْمُنْذِرُ ارْتَدَّ أَهْلُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ وَمَلَّكُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَرُورَ، وَهُوَ الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ. وَقَالَ قَائِلُهُمْ: لَوْ كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيًّا مَا مَاتَ. موقف قرية جواثي من الردة والجارود بن المعلى وَلَمْ يَبْقَ بِهَا بَلْدَةٌ عَلَى الثَّبَاتِ سِوَى قَرْيَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا: جُوَاثَى. كَانَتْ أَوَّلَ قَرْيَةٍ أَقَامَتِ الْجُمُعَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ، كَمَا ثَبَتَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَقَدْ حَاصَرَهُمُ الْمُرْتَدُّونَ وَضَيَّقُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، حَتَّى مُنِعُوا مِنَ الْأَقْوَاتِ وَجَاعُوا جَوْعًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَذَفٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي بَكْرِ بْنِ كِلَابٍ، وَقَدِ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْجُوعُ: أَلَا أَبْلِغْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَسُولًا وَفِتْيَانَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَجَمْعِينَا فَهَلْ لَكَمُ إِلَى قَوْمٍ كِرَامٍ قُعُودٍ فِي جُوَاثَى مُحْصَرِينَا كَأَنَّ دِمَاءَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ فَجٍّ شُعَاعُ الشَّمْسِ يَغْشَى النَّاظِرِينَا تَوَكَّلْنَا عَلَى الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا الصَّبْرَ لِلْمُتَوَكِّلِينَا وَقَدْ قَامَ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ، وَهُوَ الْجَارُودُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى، وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَطِيبًا، وَقَدْ جَمَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ، إِنِّي سَائِلُكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ، فَأَخْبِرُونِي إِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُ وَلَا تُجِيبُونِي إِنْ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوهُ. فَقَالُوا: سَلْ. قَالَ: أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْبِيَاءُ قَبْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: تَعْلَمُونَهُ أَمْ تَرَوْنَهُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعْلَمُهُ. قَالَ: فَمَا فَعَلُوا ؟ قَالُوا: مَاتُوا. قَالَ: فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ مَاتَ كَمَا مَاتُوا، وَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. فَقَالُوا: وَنَحْنُ أَيْضًا نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَأَنْتَ أَفْضَلُنَا وَسَيِّدُنَا، وَثَبَتُوا عَلَى إِسْلَامِهِمْ، وَتَرَكُوا بَقِيَّةَ النَّاسِ فِيمَا هُمْ فِيهِ. بعث العلاء بن الحضرمي إلى البحرين وَبَعَثَ الصِّدِّيقُ، ؓ، كَمَا قَدَّمْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ، جَاءَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أَثَالٍ فِي جَحْفَلٍ كَثِيرٍ، وَجَاءَ كُلُّ أُمَرَاءِ تِلْكَ النَّوَاحِي، فَانْضَافُوا إِلَى جَيْشِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، فَأَكْرَمَهُمُ الْعَلَاءُ وَتَرَحَّبَ بِهِمْ وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِمْ. كرامات العلاء بن الحضرمي وَقَدْ كَانَ الْعَلَاءُ مِنْ سَادَاتِ الصَّحَابَةِ الْعُلَمَاءِ الْعُبَّادِ مُجَابِي الدَّعْوَةِ، اتَّفَقَ لَهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْغَزْوَةِ أَنَّهُ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَلَمْ يَسْتَقِرَّ النَّاسُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى نَفَرَتِ الْإِبِلُ بِمَا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ زَادِ الْجَيْشِ وَخِيَامِهِمْ وَشَرَابِهِمْ، وَبَقُوا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ شَيْءٌ سِوَى ثِيَابِهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ لَيْلًا، وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهَا عَلَى بَعِيرٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَرَكِبَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْغَمِّ مَا لَا يُحَدُّ وَلَا يُوَصَفُ، وَجَعَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُوصِي إِلَى بَعْضٍ، فَنَادَى مُنَادِي الْعَلَاءِ فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَلَسْتُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ أَلَسْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ؟ أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْصَارَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَأَبْشِرُوا، فَوَاللَّهِ لَا يَخْذِلُ اللَّهُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي مِثْلِ حَالِكُمْ. وَنُودِيَ بِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ، فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَجَثَا النَّاسُ، وَنَصِبَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، وَفَعَلَ النَّاسُ مِثْلَهُ حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى سَرَابِ الشَّمْسِ يَلْمَعُ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ أُخْرَى، وَهُوَ يَجْتَهِدُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ، فَلَمَّا لَمَعَ الثَّالِثَةَ إِذَا قَدْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ إِلَى جَانِبِهِمْ غَدِيرًا عَظِيمًا مِنَ الْمَاءِ الْقَرَاحِ، فَمَشَى وَمَشَى النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ، فَشَرِبُوا وَاغْتَسَلُوا فَمَا تَعَالَى النَّهَارُ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتِ الْإِبِلُ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ بِمَا عَلَيْهَا، لَمْ يَفْقِدِ النَّاسُ مِنْ أَمْتِعَتِهِمْ سِلْكًا، فَسَقَوُا الْإِبِلَ عَلَلًا بَعْدَ نَهَلٍ، فَكَانَ هَذَا مِمَّا عَايَنَ النَّاسُ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ بِهَذِهِ السَّرِيَّةِ. ثُمَّ لَمَّا اقْتَرَبَ مِنْ جُيُوشِ الْمُرْتَدَّةِ - وَقَدْ حَشَدُوا وَجَمَعُوا خَلْقًا عَظِيمًا - نَزَلَ وَنَزَلُوا، وَبَاتُوا مُتَجَاوِرِينَ فِي الْمَنَازِلِ، فَبَيْنَمَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي اللَّيْلِ إِذْ سَمِعَ الْعَلَاءُ أَصْوَاتًا عَالِيَةً فِي جَيْشِ الْمُرْتَدِّينَ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَكْشِفُ لَنَا خَبَرَ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَذَفٍ، فَدَخَلَ فِيهِمْ فَوَجَدَهُمْ سُكَارَى لَا يَعْقِلُونَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَرَكِبَ الْعَلَاءُ مِنْ فَوْرِهِ هُوَ وَالْجَيْشُ مَعَهُ، فَكَبَسُوا أُولَئِكَ فَقَتَلُوهُمْ قَتْلًا عَظِيمًا، وَقَلَّ مَنْ هَرَبَ مِنْهُمْ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَحَوَاصِلِهِمْ وَأَثْقَالِهِمْ، فَكَانَتْ غَنِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً جَسِيمَةً. مقتل الحطم بن ضبيعة وَكَانَ الْحُطَمُ بْنُ ضُبَيْعَةَ - أَخُو بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ مِنْ سَادَاتِ الْقَوْمِ - نَائِمًا، فَقَامَ دَهِشًا حِينَ اقْتَحَمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَرَكِبَ جَوَادَهُ، فَانْقَطَعَ رِكَابُهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُصْلِحُ لِي رِكَابِي ؟ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ: أَنَا أُصْلِحُهَا لَكَ، ارْفَعْ رَجْلَكَ. فَلَمَّا رَفَعَهَا ضَرْبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَطْعَهَا مَعَ قَدَمِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَجْهِزْ عَلَيَّ. فَقَالَ: لَا أَفْعَلُ. فَوَقَعَ صَرِيعًا، كُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِهِ أَحَدٌ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ فَيَأْبَى، حَتَّى مَرَّ بِهِ قَيْسُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَنَا الْحُطَمُ فَاقْتُلْنِي فَقَتَلَهُ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى رِجْلَهُ مَقْطُوعَةً نَدِمَ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ وَقَالَ: وَاسَوْأَتَاهْ، لَوْ أَعْلَمُ مَا بِهِ لَمْ أُحَرِّكْهُ. غزو العلاء بن الحضرمي لدارين ثُمَّ رَكِبَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي آثَارِ الْمُنْهَزِمِينَ، يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَرْصَدٍ وَطَرِيقٍ، وَذَهَبَ مَنْ فَرَّ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ إِلَى دَارِينَ، رَكِبُوا إِلَيْهَا السُّفُنَ، ثُمَّ شَرَعَ الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ فِي قَسْمِ الْغَنِيمَةِ وَنَفْلِ الْأَنْفَالِ، وَفَرَغَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ: اذْهَبُوا بِنَا إِلَى دَارِينَ ; لِنَغْزُوَ مَنْ بِهَا مِنَ الْأَعْدَاءِ، فَأَجَابُوا إِلَى ذَلِكَ سَرِيعًا، فَسَارَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى أَتَى سَاحِلَ الْبَحْرِ ; لِيَرْكَبُوا فِي السُّفُنِ، فَرَأَى أَنَّ الشُّقَّةَ بَعِيدَةٌ، لَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي السُّفُنِ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ أَعْدَاءُ اللَّهِ، فَاقْتَحَمَ الْبَحْرَ بِفَرَسِهِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ، يَا حَلِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ، يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ، يَا حَيُّ يَا مُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى، يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَبَّنَا. وَأَمَرَ الْجَيْشَ أَنْ يَقُولُوا ذَلِكَ وَيَقْتَحِمُوا، فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَأَجَازَ بِهِمُ الْخَلِيجَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى مِثْلِ رَمْلَةٍ دَمِثَةٍ، فَوْقَهَا مَاءٌ لَا يَغْمُرُ أَخْفَافَ الْإِبِلِ، وَلَا يَصِلُ إِلَى رُكَبِ الْخَيْلِ، وَمَسِيرَتُهُ لِلسُّفُنِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ، فَقَطَعَهُ إِلَى السَّاحِلِ الْآخَرِ، فَقَاتَلَ عَدُوَّهُ وَقَهَرَهُمْ، وَاحْتَازَ غَنَائِمَهُمْ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَطَعَهُ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ، فَعَادَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ فِي يَوْمٍ، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ مُخْبِرًا، وَاسْتَاقَ الذَّرَارِيَّ وَالْأَنْعَامَ وَالْأَمْوَالَ، وَلَمْ يَفْقِدِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ شَيْئًا سِوَى عُلَّيْقَةِ فَرَسٍ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَمَعَ هَذَا رَجَعَ الْعَلَاءُ فَجَاءَهُ بِهَا، ثُمَّ قَسَّمَ غَنَائِمَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِيهِمْ، فَأَصَابَ الْفَارِسُ أَلْفَيْنِ وَالرَّاجِلُ أَلْفًا، مَعَ كَثْرَةِ الْجَيْشِ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى الصِّدِّيقِ فَأَعْلَمَهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَبَعَثَ الصِّدِّيقُ يَشْكُرُهُ عَلَى مَا صَنَعَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي مُرُورِهِمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَهُوَ عَفِيفُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ: أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ ذَلَّلَ بِحَرَهُ وَأَنْزَلَ بِالْكُفَّارِ إِحْدَى الْجَلَائِلِ دَعَوْنَا الَّذِي شَقَّ الْبِحَارَ فَجَاءَنَا بِأَعْجَبَ مِنْ فَلْقِ الْبِحَارِ الْأَوَائِلِ ومما أجرى الله على العلاء بن الحضرمي من كرامات وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ سَيْفُ بْنُ عُمَرَ التَّمِيمِيُّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَوَاقِفِ وَالْمَشَاهِدِ الَّتِي رَأَوْهَا مِنْ أَمْرِ الْعَلَاءِ، وَمَا أَجْرَى اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الْكَرَامَاتِ ، رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَجَرَ، رَاهِبٌ، فَأَسْلَمَ حِينَئِذٍ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَا دَعَاكَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ؟ فَقَالَ: خَشِيتُ إِنْ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ أَنْ يَمْسَخَنِي اللَّهُ ; لِمَا شَاهَدْتُ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ. قَالَ: وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ فِي الْهَوَاءِ وَقْتَ السَّحَرِ دُعَاءً. قَالُوا: وَمَا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ، وَالْبَدِيعُ لَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ، وَالدَّائِمُ غَيْرُ الْغَافِلِ، وَالْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ، وَخَالِقُ مَا يُرَى وَمَا لَا يُرَى، وَكُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَنْتَ فِي شَأْنٍ، وَعَلِمْتَ اللَّهُمَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا. قَالَ: فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ يُعَانُوا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا وَهُمْ عَلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: فَحَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ، وَكَانَ الصَّحَابَةُ يَسْمَعُونَ مِنْهُ.
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✧ Mention of the apostasy of the people of al-Baḥrayn and their return to Islam Their affair was that the Messenger of God ﷺ had sent al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī to its king al-Mundhir b. Sāwā al-ʿAbdī, and he became Muslim at his hands and established Islam and justice among them. When the Messenger of God ﷺ died, al-Mundhir died a little after him. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ had been present with him in his illness, and he said to him: "O ʿAmr, did the Messenger of God ﷺ assign anything of his wealth to a sick person?" He said: "Yes, a third." He said: "What should I do with it?" He said: "If you wish, you may give it as charity to your relatives, or if you wish to the poor, or if you wish you may make it a perpetual charity after you, an inalienable endowment." He said: "I dislike making it like the baḥīrah, the sāʾibah, the waṣīlah, and the ḥāmī, but I will give it as charity." He did so and died, and ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ used to marvel at him. When al-Mundhir died, the people of al-Baḥrayn apostatized and made al-Gharūr king over them, that is al-Mundhir b. al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir. One of their people said: "If Muḥammad were a prophet, he would not have died." The stance of the village of Juwāthā against apostasy and al-Jārūd b. al-Muʿallā No town in it remained steadfast except a village called Juwāthā. It was the first village whose people from among the people of apostasy established the Friday prayer, as is established in al-Bukhārī from Ibn ʿAbbās. The apostates besieged them and pressed them hard until they were denied provisions and suffered severe hunger, until God granted relief. A man of them called ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥadhaf, one of the Banū Bakr b. Kilāb, when hunger pressed hard on him, said: Alā ablight Abā Bakrin rasūlan wa-fityāna al-Madīnati ajmaʿīnā Fa-hal lakum ilā qawmin kirāmin Quʿūdin fī Juwāthā muḥṣarīnā Ka-anna dimāʾahum fī kulli fajjin Shuʿāʿu al-shamsi yaghshā al-nāẓirīnā Tawakkalnā ʿalā al-Raḥmāni innā Wajadnā al-ṣabra li-l-mutawakkilīnā A man of their nobles rose among them, namely al-Jārūd b. al-Muʿallā, who had been among those who emigrated to the Messenger of God ﷺ as a preacher. He gathered them and said: "O people of ʿAbd al-Qays, I am asking you about a matter, so inform me if you know it, and do not answer me if you do not know it." They said: "Ask." He said: "Do you know that God had prophets before Muḥammad?" They said: "Yes." He said: "Do you know it or do you see it?" They said: "We know it." He said: "What happened to them?" They said: "They died." He said: "Then Muḥammad ﷺ died as they died, and I bear witness that there is no god but God, and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of God." They said: "We too bear witness that there is no god but God, and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of God, and you are the best of us and our master." They remained firm in their Islam and left the rest of the people in their state. The dispatch of al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī to al-Baḥrayn Al-Ṣiddīq, ؓ, as we mentioned before, sent al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī to them. When he drew near al-Baḥrayn, Thumāmah b. Athāl came to him in a great host, and all the commanders of those regions came and joined the army of al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī, and al-ʿAlāʾ honored them, welcomed them, and treated them well. The miracles of al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī Al-ʿAlāʾ was one of the leading Companions, learned and devout, whose supplications were answered. In this campaign it happened that he halted at a place, and the people had not settled on the ground before the camels bolted with all the army's provisions, their tents, and their drink, leaving them on the ground with nothing but their clothes. That was at night, and they could not catch a single camel. The people were overwhelmed with worry and grief beyond measure or description, and some began commending one another. Then the caller of al-ʿAlāʾ called out, and the people gathered around him. He said: "O people, are you not Muslims? Are you not in the path of God? Are you not the helpers of God?" They said: "Yes." He said: "Then rejoice, for by God, God will not forsake those who are in a state like yours." The call to the dawn prayer was made when dawn broke, and he prayed with the people. When he finished the prayer, he knelt on his knees, and the people knelt, and he devoted himself to supplication and raised his hands, and the people did the same, until the sun rose. The people watched the shimmering mirage of the sun flashing time after time while he strove in supplication. When it flashed the third time, God had created beside them a great pool of clear water. He walked to it and the people walked with him, and they drank and bathed. No sooner had the day risen than the camels returned from every pass with all that was on them, and the people did not miss so much as a thread of their belongings. They watered the camels again and again after the first drink. This was among the signs of God that the people witnessed in this expedition. Then when he drew near the armies of the apostates — and they had gathered and collected a huge host — he halted, and they halted, and they spent the night encamped close to one another. While the Muslims were in the night, al-ʿAlāʾ heard loud voices in the army of the apostates. He said: "Who is the man who will reveal to us the news of these people?" ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥadhaf rose and entered among them and found them drunk, not reasoning from drink. He returned to him and told him. Al-ʿAlāʾ mounted at once, he and the army with him, and they fell upon them and killed them with a great slaughter. Few of them escaped, and he seized all their wealth, supplies, and baggage, and it was a great and momentous spoil. The killing of al-Ḥuṭam b. Ḍubayʿah Al-Ḥuṭam b. Ḍubayʿah — the brother of the Banū Qays b. Thaʿlabah, one of the nobles of the people — was asleep. He rose bewildered when the Muslims burst in upon them, and he mounted his steed, but his stirrup broke. He began to say: "Who will fix my stirrup for me?" A man of the Muslims came in the night and said: "I will fix it for you; raise your leg." When he raised it, he struck him with the sword and cut it off with his foot. He said to him: "Finish me off." He said: "I will not do it." He fell down slain; everyone who passed him he asked to kill him, but they refused, until Qays b. ʿĀṣim passed by him, and he said to him: "I am al-Ḥuṭam, so kill me." He killed him. When he saw his leg cut off, he regretted killing him and said: "What a disgrace! Had I known what was wrong with him, I would not have moved him." The raid of al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī on Dārīn Then the Muslims rode in pursuit of the defeated, killing them at every ambush and road. Those of them who fled, or most of them, went in the sea to Dārīn, riding ships to it. Then al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī began dividing the spoil and giving the extra shares, and when he finished that he said to the Muslims: "Let us go to Dārīn to raid the enemies there." They answered quickly, and he marched with them until he reached the seashore to embark on ships. But he saw that the crossing was long, and that they would not reach them by ship before God's enemies fled. So he plunged into the sea with his horse, saying: "O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Forbearing, O Generous, O One, O Eternal, O Living, O Reviver of the dead, O Living, O Self-Subsisting, there is no god but You, O our Lord." He commanded the army to say that and to plunge in, and they did so. God caused them to cross the bay, walking on something like soft sand, over which the water did not submerge the camels' hooves or reach the horses' knees. Its crossing for ships was a day and a night, and he crossed it to the other shore, fought his enemy, subdued them, and seized their spoils. Then he returned and crossed it to the other side, back to his original position, all in one day. He left no one of the enemy to report, and he drove off the women and children, the livestock, and the wealth. The Muslims lost nothing in the sea except the saddle-girth of the horse of a Muslim man, and even so al-ʿAlāʾ returned and brought it to him. Then he divided the spoils of the Muslims among them, and the horseman received two thousand and the foot soldier one thousand, despite the size of the army. He wrote to al-Ṣiddīq informing him of that, and al-Ṣiddīq sent him thanks for what he had done. A man of the Muslims, namely ʿAfīf b. al-Mundhir, said concerning their crossing of the sea: A-lam tara anna Allāha dhallala baḥrahu wa-anzala bi-l-kuffāri iḥdā al-jalāʾili Daʿawnā alladhī shaqqa al-biḥāra fa-jāʾanā bi-aʿjaba min falqi al-biḥāri al-awāʾili Among the miracles God wrought through al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī Sayf b. ʿUmar al-Tamīmī mentioned that among the Muslims in these stations and scenes that they witnessed of the affair of al-ʿAlāʾ and the miracles God wrought through his hands was a man of the people of Hajar, a monk, who then became Muslim. It was said to him: "What called you to Islam?" He said: "I feared that if I did not, God would transform me, because of the signs I witnessed." He said: "I heard a supplication in the air at the time before dawn." They said: "And what was it?" He said: "O God, You are the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate; there is no god other than You; the Originator, nothing is before You; the Everlasting, not heedless; the Living who does not die; the Creator of what is seen and what is unseen; every day You are engaged in some affair; O God, You have known everything with knowledge." He said: "So I knew that the people were not aided by the angels except that they were upon God's command." He said: "His Islam was good, and the Companions used to listen to him."
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