Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2200
The caliphate of Muʿāwiyah b. Abī Sufyān
[قِصَّةُ أُمِّ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَزَوَاجِهَا بِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ ؓ ] وَأَخْرَجَ الْخَرَائِطِيُّ فِي «الْهَوَاتِفِ» عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: (كَانَتْ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عِنْدَ الْفَاكِهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، وَكَانَ مِنْ فِتْيَانِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَكَانَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ لِلضِّيَافَةِ يَغْشَاهُ النَّاسُ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِذْنٍ، فَخَلَا الْبَيْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، فَقَامَ الْفَاكِهُ وَهِنْدٌ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ الْفَاكِهُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَاتِهِ، وَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ يَغْشَى الْبَيْتَ؛ فَوَلَجَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمَرْأَةَ... وَلَّى هَارِبًا، فَأَبْصَرَهُ الْفَاكِهُ، فَانْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا فَضَرَبَهَا بِرِجْلِهِ، وَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي كَانَ عِنْدَكِ؟! قَالَتْ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا وَلَا انْتَبَهْتُ حَتَّى أَنْبَهْتَنِي، فَقَالَ لَهَا: الْحَقِي بِأَهْلِكِ! وَتَكَلَّمَ فِيهَا النَّاسُ. فَخَلَا بِهَا أَبُوهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا: يَا بُنَيَّةُ؛ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَكْثَرُوا فِيكِ فَأَنْبِئِينِي بِذَاكَ، فَإِنْ يَكُنِ الرَّجُلُ صَادِقًا... دَسَّيْتُ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ فَتَنْقَطِعُ عَنَّا الْقَالَةُ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ كَاذِبًا... حَاكَمْتُهُ إِلَى بَعْضِ كُهَّانِ الْيَمَنِ. قَالَ: فَحَلَفَتْ لَهُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَحْلِفُونَ بِهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنَّهُ كَاذِبٌ عَلَيْهَا. فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ لِلْفَاكِهِ: إِنَّكَ قَدْ رَمَيْتَ ابْنَتِي بِأَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَحَاكِمْنِي إِلَى بَعْضِ كُهَّانِ الْيَمَنِ، فَخَرَجَ الْفَاكِهُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ، وَخَرَجَ عُتْبَةُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، وَمَعَهُمْ هِنْدٌ وَنِسْوَةٌ مَعَهَا تَأْنَسُ بِهِنَّ، فَلَمَّا شَارَفُوا الْبِلَادَ... تَنَكَّرَتْ حَالُ هِنْدٍ وَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهَا. فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُوهَا: يَا بُنَيَّةُ؛ إِنِّي قَدْ أَرَى مَا بِكِ مِنْ تَغَيُّرِ الْحَالِ، وَمَا ذَاكَ إِلَّا لِمَكْرُوهٍ عِنْدَكِ؟! قَالَتْ: لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا أَبَتَاهُ، وَمَا ذَاكَ لِمَكْرُوهٍ، وَلَكِنِّي أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ تَأْتُونَ بَشَرًا يُخْطِئُ وَيُصِيبُ، فَلَا آمَنُهُ أَنْ يَسِمَنِي بِسِيمَا تَكُونُ عَلَيَّ سُبَّةً فِي الْعَرَبِ. فَقَالَ لَهَا: إِنِّي سَوْفَ أَخْتَبِرُهُ لَكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ فِي أَمْرِكِ، فَصَفَّرَ لِفَرَسِهِ حَتَّى أَدْلَى، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ فِي إِحْلِيلِهِ حَبَّةً مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ، وَأَوْكَأَ عَلَيْهَا بِسَيْرٍ، وَصَبَّحُوا الْكَاهِنَ، فَنَحَرَ لَهُمْ وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ. فَلَمَّا تَغَدَّوْا... قَالَ لَهُ عُتْبَةُ: إِنَّا قَدْ جِئْنَاكَ فِي أَمْرٍ، وَقَدْ خَبَّأْتُ لَكَ خَبْئًا أَخْتَبِرُكَ بِهِ، فَانْظُرْ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: بُرَّةٌ فِي كَمِرَةٍ، قَالَ: أُرِيدُ أَبْيَنَ مِنْ هَذَا، قَالَ: حَبَّةٌ مِنْ بُرٍّ فِي إِحْلِيلِ مُهْرٍ. فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ: صَدَقْتَ، انْظُرْ فِي أَمْرِ هَؤُلَاءِ النِّسْوَةِ، فَجَعَلَ يَدْنُو مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ وَيَضْرِبُ كَتِفَهَا وَيَقُولُ: انْهَضِي حَتَّى دَنَا مِنْ هِنْدٍ، فَضَرَبَ كَتِفَهَا وَقَالَ: انْهَضِي غَيْرَ وَسْخَاءَ وَلَا زَانِيَةٍ، وَلَتَلِدَنَّ مَلِكًا يُقَالُ لَهُ: مُعَاوِيَةُ. فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا الْفَاكِهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا، فَنَثَرَتْ يَدَهَا مِنْ يَدِهِ، وَقَالَتْ: إِلَيْكَ، فَاللَّهِ لَأَحْرِصَنَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِكَ، فَتَزَوَّجَهَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، فَجَاءَتْ بِمُعَاوِيَةَ).
Translation
✧ [The story of Muʿāwiyah's mother and her marriage to Abū Sufyān ؓ] Al-Kharāʾiṭī narrated in "al-Hawātif" from Ḥumayd b. Wahb, who said: (Hind bt. ʿUtbah b. Rabīʿah was married to al-Fākih b. al-Mughīrah, and he was one of the young men of Quraysh. He had a house for hospitality which people entered without permission. One day the house was empty, and al-Fākih and Hind were in it. Then al-Fākih went out for some need of his, and a man among those who used to frequent the house came and entered it. When he saw the woman... he turned and fled. Al-Fākih saw him, so he came to her and struck her with his foot, and said: Who is this who was with you?! She said: I did not see anyone, and I did not wake up until you roused me. He said to her: Go back to your family! And the people talked about her. Her father met with her privately and said to her: My little daughter, the people have spoken much about you, so tell me about that. If the man is truthful... I will send someone to kill him, and the talk about us will cease. And if he is lying... I will bring him to judgment before one of the soothsayers of Yemen. He said: She swore to him by what they used to swear by in the Jāhiliyyah that he was lying about her. So ʿUtbah said to al-Fākih: You have accused my daughter of a grave matter, so bring me to judgment before one of the soothsayers of Yemen. Al-Fākih went out with a group of Banū Makhzūm, and ʿUtbah went out with a group of Banū ʿAbd Manāf, and with them was Hind and women with her to keep her company. When they approached the lands... Hind's condition changed and her face altered. Her father said to her: My little daughter, I see the change in your condition, and that is only because of something unpleasant with you?! She said: No, by Allah, my father, it is not because of something unpleasant, but I know that you are bringing a human being who errs and is right, and I do not trust that he will brand me with a mark that will be a reproach upon me among the Arabs. He said to her: I will test him for you before he looks into your matter. So he whistled to his horse until it let down its member, then he inserted into its urethra a grain of wheat, and tied it with a thong. They came to the soothsayer in the morning, and he slaughtered for them and honored them. When they had eaten the morning meal... ʿUtbah said to him: We have come to you about a matter, and I have hidden something for you to test you with, so look what it is. He said: A grain of wheat in a penis. He said: I want something clearer than this. He said: A grain of wheat in the urethra of a colt. ʿUtbah said: You have spoken truly. Look into the matter of these women. So he began to approach one of them and strike her shoulder and say: Rise, until he approached Hind, and he struck her shoulder and said: Rise, not defiled and not an adulteress, and you will surely give birth to a king called Muʿāwiyah. Al-Fākih looked at her and took her by the hand, but she pulled her hand out of his and said: Away with you, for by Allah, I will strive that this will be from someone other than you. Then Abū Sufyān married her, and she gave birth to Muʿāwiyah).
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