Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2131
The caliphate of Muʿāwiyah b. Abī Sufyān
وفي سنة ست وأربعين انْصَرَفَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ مِنْ بِلَادِ الرُّومِ إِلَى حِمْصَ وَكَانَ قَدْ عَظُمَ شَأْنُهُ بِالشَّامِ، وَمَالَ أَهْلُهَا إِلَيْهِ لِمَوْضِعِ غَنَائِهِ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَآثَارِ أَبِيهِ حَتَّى خَافَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَخَشِيَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْهُ لِمَيْلِ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْقُرَشِيُّ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ ، وَكَانَ مِنَ الشُّجْعَانِ الْمَعْرُوفِينَ وَالْأَبْطَالِ الْمَشْهُورِينَ كَأَبِيهِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ عَظُمَ بِبِلَادِ الشَّامِ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى خَافَ مِنْهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ، وَمَاتَ وَهُوَ مَسْمُومٌ، رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ وَأَكْرَمَ مَثْوَاهُ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ مَنْدَهْ وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ: أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ. وَقَدْ رَوَى ابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَبَى عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ قَيْسٍ رَوَى عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ بَيْنَ الْكَتِفَيْنِ. قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ: وَهُوَ مُنْقَطِعٌ. يَعْنِي مُرْسَلًا. وَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ: كَانَ عَظِيمَ الْقَدْرِ فِي أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، شَهِدَ صِفِّينَ مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَكَانَ كَعْبُ بْنُ جُعَيْلٍ مَدَّاحًا لَهُ وَلِأَخَوَيْهِ مُهَاجِرٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ سُمَيْعٍ: كَانَ يَلِي الصَّوَائِفَ زَمَنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَقَدْ حَفِظَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ وَغَيْرُهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ أُثَالٍ - وَكَانَ رَئِيسَ الذِّمَّةِ بِأَرْضِ حِمْصَ - سَقَاهُ شَرْبَةً فِيهَا سُمٌّ فَمَاتَ. وَزَعَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَمْرِ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَلَا يَصِحُّ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَقَدْ رَثَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالَ: أَبُوكَ الَّذِي قَادَ الْجُيُوشَ مَغْرِبًا إِلَى الرُّومِ لَمَّا أَعْطَتِ الْخَرْجَ فَارِسُ وَكَمْ مِنْ فَتًى نَبَّهْتَهُ بَعْدَ هَجْعَةٍ بِقَرْعِ اللِّجَامِ وَهُوَ أَكْتَعُ نَاعِسُ وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الصَّفَّانِ صَفٌّ لِخَالِدٍ وَصَفٌّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ الْبَرَانِسُ وَقَدْ ذَكَرُوا أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: مَا فَعَلَ ابْنُ أَثَالٍ ؟ فَسَكَتَ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حِمْصَ فَثَارَ عَلَى ابْنِ أُثَالٍ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَحَبَسَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَهُ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ: مَا فَعَلَ ابْنُ أُثَالٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: قَدْ كَفَيْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، وَلَكِنْ مَا فَعَلَ ابْنُ جُرْمُوزٍ ؟ فَسَكَتَ عُرْوَةُ.
Translation
✧ In the year forty-six, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Khālid b. al-Walīd returned from the lands of the Byzantines to Ḥimṣ. His standing had grown great in Syria, and its people inclined to him because of his service to the Muslims and the legacy of his father, until Muʿāwiyah feared him and was apprehensive for himself on account of the people's inclination toward him. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Khālid b. al-Walīd al-Qurashī al-Makhzūmī was one of the renowned brave men and famous heroes like his father. His standing had grown great in Syria such that Muʿāwiyah feared him. He died poisoned, may God have mercy on him and honor his resting place. Ibn Mandah and Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣbahānī said: He met the Prophet ﷺ. Ibn ʿAsākir narrated by way of Abū ʿUmar that ʿAmr b. Qays narrated from him, from the Prophet ﷺ, regarding cupping between the shoulder blades. Al-Bukhārī said: It is munqaṭiʿ, meaning mursal. Al-Zubayr b. Bakkār said: He was of great standing among the people of Syria. He witnessed Ṣiffīn with Muʿāwiyah, and Kaʿb b. Juʿayl was a panegyrist for him and his two brothers Muhājir and ʿAbd Allāh. Ibn Sumayʿ said: He used to lead the summer expeditions in the time of Muʿāwiyah, and he transmitted from Muʿāwiyah. Ibn Jarīr and others mentioned that a man called Ibn Uthāl—who was the head of the protected people in the land of Ḥimṣ—gave him a drink containing poison, and he died. Some claimed that this was at Muʿāwiyah's command to him in that matter, but this is not sound, and God knows best. Someone lamented him, saying: Your father led the armies westward to the Byzantines when Persia yielded the tribute, And how many a youth did you rouse after slumber With the clatter of the bridle while he was drowsy, sluggard? The two ranks are not equal: a rank for Khālid, And a rank over which from Damascus are the cowled ones. They mentioned that Khālid b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Khālid b. al-Walīd came to Madinah, and ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr said to him: "What happened to Ibn Uthāl?" Khālid b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān fell silent. Then he returned to Ḥimṣ, rose against Ibn Uthāl and killed him. Muʿāwiyah imprisoned him, then released him. Then he came to Madinah, and ʿUrwah said to him: "What happened to Ibn Uthāl?" He replied: "I have taken care of him for you. But what happened to Ibn Jurmūz?" ʿUrwah fell silent.
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