Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2455
The Year 102
مَقْتَلِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ سَارَ عَنْ وَاسِطَ، وَاسْتَخْلَفَ عَلَيْهَا ابْنَهُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَجَعَلَ عِنْدَهُ بَيْتَ الْمَالِ وَالْأُسَرَاءِ، وَسَارَ عَلَى فَمِ النِّيلِ حَتَّى نَزَلَ الْعَقْرَ، وَقَدَّمَ أَخَاهُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ نَحْوَ الْكُوفَةِ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بُسُورًا، فَاقْتَتَلُوا، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَصْحَابُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَمْلَةً كَشَفُوهُمْ فِيهَا، وَمَعَهُمْ نَاسٌ مِنْ تَمِيمٍ وَقَيْسٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، فَنَادَوْا: يَا أَهْلَ الشَّامِ ! اللَّهَ اللَّهَ أَنْ تُسْلِمُونَا ! وَقَدِ اضْطَرَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى النَّهْرِ. فَقَالَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ: لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ، إِنَّ لَنَا جَوْلَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الْقِتَالِ، ثُمَّ كَرُّوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْكَشَفَ أَصْحَابُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، فَانْهَزَمُوا وَعَادُوا إِلَى يَزِيدَ. وَأَقْبَلَ مَسْلَمَةُ يَسِيرُ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَى الْأَنْبَارِ، وَعَقَدَ عَلَيْهَا الْجِسْرَ، فَعَبَرَ وَسَارَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَلَى ابْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَأَتَى إِلَى ابْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ كَثِيرٌ، وَمِنَ الثُّغُورِ، فَبَعَثَ عَلَى مَنْ خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَرُبُعِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْمُغَفَّلِ الْأَزْدِيَّ، وَعَلَى رُبُعِ مَذْحِجٍ وَأَسَدٍ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْأَشْتَرِ، وَعَلَى كِنْدَةَ وَرَبِيعَةَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ، وَعَلَى تَمِيمٍ وَهَمْدَانَ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنَ عَتَّابِ بْنِ وَرْقَاءَ التَّمِيمِيَّ، وَجَمَعَهُمْ جَمِيعًا [ مَعَ ] الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ وَأَحْصَى دِيوَانَ ابْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، فَقَالَ: لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ لِي بِهِمْ مَنْ بِخُرَاسَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِي، ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَحَرَّضَهُمْ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ. وَكَانَ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَدْ عَسْكَرَ بِالنُّخَيْلَةِ، وَشَقَّ الْمِيَاهَ، وَجَعَلَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ الْأَرْصَادَ لِئَلَّا يَخْرُجُوا إِلَى ابْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَبَعَثَ بَعْثًا إِلَى مَسْلَمَةَ مَعَ سَبْرَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مِخْنَفٍ، وَبَعَثَ مَسْلَمَةُ فَعَزَلَ عَبْدَ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْكُوفَةِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، وَهُوَ ذُو الشَّامَةِ. فَجَمَعَ يَزِيدُ رُءُوسَ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا فَأَبْعَثُهُمْ مَعَ أَخِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ حَتَّى يُبَيِّتُوا مَسْلَمَةَ، وَيَحْمِلُوا مَعَهُمُ الْبَرَاذِعَ وَالْأُكُفَ وَالزُّبْلَ لِدَفْنِ خَنْدَقِهِمْ، فَيُقَاتِلُهُمْ عَلَى خَنْدَقِهِمْ بَقِيَّةَ لَيْلَتِهِ، وَأُمِدَّهُ بِالرِّجَالِ حَتَّى أُصْبِحَ، فَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ نَهَضْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي النَّاسِ فَأُنَاجِزُهُمْ، فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَنْصُرَنَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ السَّمَيْدَعُ: إِنَّا قَدْ دَعَوْنَاهُمْ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ، ﷺ، وَقَدْ زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ قَبِلُوا هَذَا مِنَّا، فَلَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَمْكُرَ وَلَا نَغْدُرَ حَتَّى يَرُدُّوا عَلَيْنَا [ مَا زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ قَابِلُوهُ مِنَّا ]. وَقَالَ أَبُو رُؤْبَةَ، وَهُوَ رَأْسُ الطَّائِفَةِ الْمُرْجِئَةِ، وَمَعَهُ أَصْحَابٌ لَهُ: صَدَقَ، هَكَذَا يَنْبَغِي. فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ: وَيْحَكُمُ ! أَتُصَدِّقُونَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ أَنَّهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ، وَقَدْ ضَيَّعُوا ذَلِكَ مُنْذُ كَانُوا ؟ إِنَّهُمْ يُخَادِعُونَكُمْ لِيَمْكُرُوا بِكُمْ فَلَا يَسْبِقُوكُمْ إِلَيْهِ، إِنِّي لَقِيتُ بَنِي مَرْوَانَ، فَمَا لَقِيتُ مِنْهُمْ أَمْكَرَ وَلَا ( أَبْعَدَ غَدْرًا ) مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجَرَادَةِ الصَّفْرَاءِ، يَعْنِي مَسْلَمَةَ. قَالُوا: لَا نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَرُدُّوا عَلَيْنَا مَا زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ قَابِلُوهُ مِنَّا. وَكَانَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ يَحُثُّ النَّاسَ عَلَى حَرْبِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، وَالْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ يُثَبِّطُهُمْ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مَرْوَانَ، قَامَ فِي النَّاسِ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْجِدِّ وَالِاحْتِشَادِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ هَذَا الشَّيْخَ الضَّالَّ الْمُرَائِيَ، وَلَمْ يُسَمِّهِ، يُثَبِّطُ النَّاسَ، وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ جَارَهُ نَزَعَ مِنْ خُصِّ دَارِهِ قَصَبَةً لَظَلَّ يَرْعُفُ أَنْفُهُ ! وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَيَكُفَّنَّ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَعَنْ جَمْعِهِ إِلَيْهِ، سُقَّاطَ الْأُبُلَّةِ وَعُلُوجَ فُرَاتِ الْبَصْرَةِ، أَوْ لَأُنْحِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِ مِبْرَدًا خَشِنًا. فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْحَسَنَ، قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ [ مَا أَكْرَهُ ] أَنْ يُكْرِمَنِي اللَّهُ بِهَوَانِهِ. فَقَالَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: لَوْ أَرَادَكَ ثُمَّ شِئْتَ لَمَنَعْنَاكَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: فَقَدْ خَالَفْتُكُمْ إِذًا إِلَى مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ، آمُرُكُمْ أَنْ لَا يَقْتُلَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا مَعَ غَيْرِي، وَآمُرُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا دُونِي ! فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مَرْوَانَ، فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَطَلَبَهُمْ وَتَفَرَّقُوا، وَكَفَّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ. وَكَانَ اجْتِمَاعُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ وَمَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ. بعث مسلمة إلى الوضاح أن يخرج بالسفن حتى يحرق الجسر فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ لِأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مَضَتْ مِنْ صَفَرٍ بَعَثَ مَسْلَمَةُ إِلَى الْوَضَّاحِ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ بِالسُّفُنِ حَتَّى يَحْرِقَ الْجِسْرَ، فَفَعَلَ، وَخَرَجَ مَسْلَمَةُ، فَعَبَّأَ جُنُودَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، ثُمَّ قَرُبَ مِنَ ابْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى مَيْمَنَتِهِ جَبَلَةَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ الْكِنْدِيَّ، وَعَلَى مَيْسَرَتِهِ الْهُذَيْلَ بْنَ زُفَرَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ الْكِلَابِيَّ، وَجَعَلَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَلَى مَيْمَنَتِهِ سَيْفَ بْنَ هَانِئٍ الْهَمْدَانِيَّ، وَعَلَى مَيْسَرَتِهِ سُوِيدَ بْنَ الْقَعْقَاعِ التَّمِيمِيَّ، وَكَانَ مَسْلَمَةُ عَلَى النَّاسِ. وَخَرَجَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ وَقَدْ جَعَلَ عَلَى مَيْمَنَتِهِ حَبِيبَ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَعَلَى مَيْسَرَتِهِ الْمُفَضَّلَ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ. فَخَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَدَعَا إِلَى الْمُبَارَزَةِ، فَبَرَزَ إِلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ، فَضَرَبَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ، فَاتَّقَاهُ الرَّجُلُ بِيَدِهِ وَعَلَى كَفِّهِ كَفٌّ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، فَضَرَبَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ فَقَطَعَ الْكَفَّ الْحَدِيدَ، وَأَسْرَعَ السَّيْفُ فِي كَفِّهِ وَاعْتَنَقَ فَرَسَهُ فَانْهَزَمَ. فَلَمَّا دِنَّا الْوَضَّاحُ مِنَ الْجِسْرِ أَلْهَبَ فِيهِ النَّارَ، فَسَطَعَ دُخَانُهُ، وَقَدْ أَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ، وَنَشِبَتِ الْحَرْبُ، وَلَمْ يَشْتَدِ الْقِتَالُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّاسُ الدُّخَانَ، وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أُحْرِقَ الْجِسْرُ، انْهَزَمُوا، فَقِيلَ لِيَزِيدَ: قَدِ انْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ. فَقَالَ: مِمَّ انْهَزَمُوا ؟ هَلْ كَانَ قِتَالٌ يُنْهَزَمُ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ ؟ فَقِيلَ لَهُ قَالُوا أُحْرِقَ الْجِسْرُ فَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ أَحَدٌ. فَقَالَ: قَبَّحَهُمُ اللَّهُ ! بَقٌّ دُخِّنَ عَلَيْهِ فَطَارَ ! ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مَعَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَقَالَ: اضْرِبُوا وُجُوهَ الْمُنْهَزِمِينَ، فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى كَثُرُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ أَمْثَالُ الْجِبَالِ، فَقَالَ: دَعَوْهُمْ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا يَجْمَعَنِي وَإِيَّاهُمْ مَكَانٌ أَبَدًا، دَعُوهُمْ يَرْحَمْهُمُ اللَّهُ، غَنَمٌ عَدَا فِي نَوَاحِيهَا الذِّئْبُ ! وَكَانَ يَزِيدُ لَا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ بِالْفِرَارِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ أَتَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَالِدِ مَرْوَانَ نَسَبٌ، وَهُوَ بِوَاسِطَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنْ بَنِي مَرْوَانَ قَدْ بَادَ مُلْكُهُمْ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ لَمْ تَشْعُرْ بِذَلِكَ فَاشْعُرْ. فَقَالَ: مَا شَعَرْتُ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الْحَكَمِ: فَعِشْ مَلِكًا أَوْ مُتْ كَرِيمًا فَإِنْ تَمُتْ وَسَيْفُكَ مَشْهُورٌ بِكَفِّكِ تُعْذَرُ فَقَالَ: أَمَّا هَذَا فَعَسَى. فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَزِيدُ انْهِزَامَ أَصْحَابِهِ، قَالَ: يَا سَمَيْدَعُ أَرَأْيِي أَجْوَدُ أَمْ رَأْيُكَ ؟ أَلَمْ أُعْلِمْكَ مَا يُرِيدُ الْقَوْمُ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، فَنَزَلَ سَمَيْدَعُ وَنَزَلَ يَزِيدُ فِي أَصْحَابِهِمَا. وَقِيلَ: كَانَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ أَشْهَبَ فَأَتَاهُ آتٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَخَاكَ حَبِيبًا قَدْ قُتِلَ. فَقَالَ: لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَهُ، قَدْ كُنْتُ وَاللَّهِ أَبْغَضُ الْحَيَاةَ بَعْدَ الْهَزِيمَةِ، وَقَدِ ازْدَدْتُ لَهَا بُغْضًا، امْضُوا قُدُمًا. فَعَلِمُوا أَنَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَقْتَلَ، فَتَسَلَّلَ عَنْهُ مَنْ يَكْرَهُ الْقِتَالَ، وَبَقِيَ مَعَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ وَهُوَ يَتَقَدَّمُ، فَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِخَيْلٍ كَشَفِهَا، أَوْ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ عَدَلُوا عَنْهُ، وَأَقْبَلَ نَحْوَ مَسْلَمَةَ لَا يُرِيدُ غَيْرَهُ. فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُ أَدْنَى مَسْلَمَةُ فَرَسَهُ لِيَرْكَبَ، فَعَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ خُيُولُ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَعَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقُتِلَ يَزِيدُ وَالسَّمَيْدَعُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ. وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ كَلْبٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْقَحْلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَى يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: هَذَا وَاللَّهِ يَزِيدُ ! وَاللَّهِ لَأَقْتُلَنَّهُ أَوْ لَيَقْتُلَنِّي ! فَمَنْ يَحْمِلُ مَعِي يَكْفِينِي أَصْحَابَهُ، حَتَّى أَصِلَ إِلَيْهِ ؟ فَحَمَلَ مَعَهُ نَاسٌ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا سَاعَةً، وَانْفَرَجَ الْفَرِيقَانِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ قَتِيلًا، وَعَنِ الْقَحْلِ بِآخِرِ رَمَقِهِ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ يُرِيهِمْ مَكَانَ يَزِيدَ، وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ قَاتِلُهُ وَأَنَّ يَزِيدَ قَتَلَهُ. وَأَتَى بِرَأْسِ يَزِيدَ مَوْلًى لِبَنِي مُرَّةَ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَنْتَ قَتَلْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، فَلَمَّا أَتَى مَسْلَمَةَ سَيَّرَهُ إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ مَعَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ. وَقِيلَ: بَلْ قَتَلَهُ الْهُذَيْلُ بْنُ زُفَرَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْكِلَابِيُّ، وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ يَأْخُذُ رَأْسَهُ أَنَفَةً. وَلَمَّا قُتِلَ يَزِيدُ كَانَ الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ يُقَاتِلُ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ، وَمَا يَدْرِي بِقَتْلِ يَزِيدَ وَلَا بِهَزِيمَةِ النَّاسِ، وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا حَمَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ انْكَشَفُوا، ثُمَّ يَحْمِلُ حَتَّى يُخَالِطَهُمْ، وَكَانَ مَعَهُ عَامِرُ بْنُ الْعُمَيْثَلِ الْأَزْدِيُّ يَضْرِبُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَيَقُولُ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ الْمَوْلُودِ أَنِّي بِنَصْلِ السَّيْفِ غَيْرُ رِعْدِيدْ فَاقْتَتَلُوا سَاعَةً، فَانْهَزَمَتْ رَبِيعَةُ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمُ الْمُفَضَّلُ يُنَادِيهِمْ: يَا مَعْشَرَ رَبِيعَةَ الْكَرَّةَ الْكَرَّةَ ! وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُمْ بِكُشْفٍ وَلَا لِئَامٍ، وَلَا لَكُمْ هَذِهِ بِعَادَةٍ، فَلَا يُؤْتَيَّنَ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ مِنْ قِبَلِكُمْ، فَدَتْكُمْ نَفْسِي ! فَرَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرِيدُونَ الْحَمْلَةَ، فَأُتِي، وَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَا تَصَنَعُ هَاهُنَا وَقَدْ قُتِلَ يَزِيدُ وَحَبِيبٌ وَمُحَمَّدٌ، وَانْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ مُنْذُ طَوِيلٍ ؟ فَتَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ، وَمَضَى الْمُفَضَّلُ إِلَى وَاسِطَ، فَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ أَضْرَبُ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَلَا أَحْسَنُ تَعْبِيَةً لِلْحَرْبِ، وَلَا أَغْشَى لِلنَّاسِ مِنْهُ. وَقِيلَ: بَلْ أَتَاهُ أَخُوهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ، وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ بِقَتْلِ يَزِيدَ فَيَسْتَقْتِلَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّ الْأَمِيرَ قَدِ انْحَدَرَ إِلَى وَاسِطَ. فَانْحَدَرَ الْمُفَضَّلُ بِمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ وَلِدِ الْمُهَلَّبِ إِلَى وَاسِطَ، فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ بِقَتْلِ يَزِيدَ حَلَفَ أَنَّهُ لَا يُكَلِّمُ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ أَبَدًا، فَمَا كَلَّمَهُ حَتَّى قُتِلَ بِقَنْدَابِيلَ. وَكَانَتْ عَيْنُهُ أُصِيبَتْ فِي الْحَرْبِ، فَقَالَ: فَضَحَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ، مَا عُذْرِي إِذَا رَآنِي النَّاسُ، فَقَالُوا شَيْخٌ أَعْوَرُ مَهْزُومٌ ! أَلَا صَدَقَنِي فَقُتِلْتُ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي طَعْنِ الصَّنَادِيدِ بِالْقَنَا وَلَا فِي لِقَاءِ الْحَرْبِ بَعْدَ يَزِيدِ فَلَمَّا فَارَقَ الْمُفَضَّلُ الْمَعْرَكَةَ، جَاءَ عَسْكَرُ الشَّامِ إِلَى عَسْكَرِ يَزِيدَ، فَقَاتَلَهُمْ أَبُو رُؤْبَةَ صَاحِبُ الْمُرْجِئَةِ سَاعَةً مِنَ النَّهَارِ، وَأَسَرَ مَسْلَمَةُ نَحْوَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ أَسِيرٍ، فَسَرَّحَهُمْ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، فَحُبِسُوا بِهَا، فَجَاءَ كِتَابُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ يَأْمُرُهُ بِضَرْبِ رِقَابِ الْأَسْرَى، فَأَمَرَ الْعُرْيَانَ بْنَ الْهَيْثَمِ، وَكَانَ عَلَى شُرْطَتِهِ، أَنْ يُخْرِجَهُمْ عِشْرِينَ عِشْرِينَ وَثَلَاثِينَ ثَلَاثِينَ، فَقَامَ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ تَمِيمٍ فَقَالُوا: نَحْنُ انْهَزَمْنَا بِالنَّاسِ، فَابْدَءُوا بِنَا قَبْلَ النَّاسِ. فَأَخْرَجَهُمُ الْعُرْيَانُ، فَضَرَبَ رِقَابَهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: انْهَزَمْنَا بِالنَّاسِ، فَكَانَ هَذَا جَزَاءُنَا. فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا مِنْهُمْ، جَاءَ رَسُولٌ بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَسْلَمَةَ يَأْمُرُهُ بِتَرْكِ قَتْلِ الْأَسْرَى. وَأَقْبَلَ مَسْلَمَةُ حَتَّى نَزَلَ الْحِيرَةَ. قتل معاوية بن يزيد الأسرى وَلَمَّا أَتَتْ هَزِيمَةُ يَزِيدَ إِلَى وَاسِطَ أَخْرَجَ ابْنُهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ اثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ أَسِيرًا كَانُوا عِنْدَهُ، فَضَرَبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ، مِنْهُمْ: عَدِيُّ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، وَمَالِكٌ وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ ابْنَا مِسْمَعٍ، وَغَيْرُهُمَا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْبَصْرَةَ وَمَعَهُ الْمَالُ وَالْخَزَائِنُ، وَجَاءَ الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَاجْتَمَعَ أَهْلُ الْمُهَلَّبِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَأَعَدُّوا السُّفُنَ وَتَجَهَّزُوا لِلرُّكُوبِ فِي الْبَحْرِ. وَكَانَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ بَعَثَ وَدَّاعَ بْنَ حُمَيْدٍ الْأَزْدِيَّ عَلَى قَنْدَابِيلَ أَمِيرًا، وَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنِّي سَائِرٌ إِلَى هَذَا الْعَدُوِّ وَلَوْ قَدْ لَقِيتُهُمْ لَمْ أَبْرَحِ الْعَرْصَةَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِي أَوْ لَهُمْ، فَإِنْ ظَفِرْتُ أَكْرَمْتُكَ، وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْأُخْرَى كُنْتَ بِقَنْدَابِيلَ حَتَّى يَقْدَمَ عَلَيْكَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي فَيَتَحَصَّنُوا بِهَا حَتَّى يَأْخُذُوا [ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ] أَمَانًا، وَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُكَ لَهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ قَوْمِي، فَكُنْ عِنْدَ أَحْسَنِ ظَنِّي. وَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِ الْعُهُودَ لَيُنَاصِحَنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ إِنْ هُمْ لَجَأُوا إِلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَ آلُ الْمُهَلَّبِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ حَمَلُوا عِيَالَاتِهِمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي السُّفُنِ الْبَحْرِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ لَجَّجُوا فِي الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِحِيَالِ كَرْمَانَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ سُفُنِهِمْ، وَحَمَلُوا عِيَالَاتِهِمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ عَلَى الدَّوَابِّ، وَكَانَ الْمُقَدَّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمُفَضَّلَ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَكَانَ بِكَرْمَانَ فُلُولٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى الْمُفَضَّلِ، وَبَعَثَ مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ مُدْرِكَ بْنَ ضَبٍّ الْكَلْبِيَّ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ وَفِي أَثَرِ الْفَلِّ، فَأَدْرَكَ مُدْرِكٌ الْمُفَضَّلَ، وَمَعَهُ الْفُلُولُ فِي عَقَبَةٍ، فَعَطَفُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَاتَلُوهُ، وَاشْتَدَّ قِتَالُهُمْ [ إِيَّاهُ ]، فَقُتِلَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْمُفَضَّلِ النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْأَشْتَرِ النَّخَعِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ، وَأُخِذَ ابْنُ صُولٍ مَلِكُ قُهِسْتَانَ أَسِيرًا، وَجُرِحَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ، وَهَرَبَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى حُلْوَانَ، فَدُلَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُتِلَ، وَحُمِلَ رَأْسُهُ إِلَى مَسْلَمَةَ بِالْحِيرَةِ. وَرَجَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ ابْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، فَطَلَبُوا الْأَمَانَ، فَأُومِنُوا، مِنْهُمْ: مَالِكُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْأَشْتَرِ، وَالْوَرْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ السَّعْدِيُّ التَّمِيمِيُّ. وَمَضَى آلُ الْمُهَلَّبِ وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ إِلَى قَنْدَابِيلَ، وَبَعَثَ مَسْلَمَةُ إِلَى مُدْرِكِ بْنِ ضَبٍّ فَرَدَّهُ وَسَيَّرَ فِي أَثَرِهِمْ هِلَالَ بْنَ أَحْوَزَ التَّمِيمِيَّ، فَلَحِقَهُمْ بِقَنْدَابِيلَ، فَأَرَادَ أَهْلُ الْمُهَلَّبِ دُخُولَهَا، فَمَنَعَهُمْ وَدَّاعُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، وَكَانَ هِلَالُ بْنُ أَحْوَزَ لَمْ يُبَايِنْ آلَ الْمُهَلَّبِ، فَلَمَّا الْتَقَوْا كَانَ وَدَاعٌ عَلَى الْمَيْمَنَةِ، وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هِلَالٍ عَلَى الْمَيْسَرَةِ، وَكِلَاهُمَا أَزْدِيٌّ، فَرَفَعَ هِلَالُ بْنُ أَحْوَزَ رَايَةَ أَمَانٍ، فَمَالَ إِلَيْهِ وَدَّاعُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هِلَالٍ، وَتَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ عَنْ آلِ الْمُهَلَّبِ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَى النِّسَاءِ فَيَقْتُلَهُنَّ، لِئَلَّا يَصِرْنَ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ، فَنَهَاهُ الْمُفَضَّلُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّا لَا نَخَافُ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ. فَتَرَكَهُنَّ، وَتَقَدَّمُوا بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ، فَقَاتَلُوا حَتَّى قُتِلُوا مِنْ عِنْدِ آخِرِهِمْ، وَهُمْ: الْمُفَضَّلُ، وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ، وَزِيَادٌ، وَمَرْوَانُ بَنُو الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَالْمِنْهَالُ بْنُ أَبِي عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَعَمْرُو وَالْمُغَيَّرَةُ ابْنَا قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَحُمِلَتْ رُءُوسُهُمْ، وَفِي أُذُنِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ رُقْعَةٌ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ إِلَّا أَبَا عُيَيْنَةَ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَعُمَرَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَحِقُوا بِرُتْبِيلَ. وَبَعَثَ هِلَالُ بْنُ أَحْوَزَ بِنِسَائِهِمْ وَرُءُوسِهِمْ وَالْأَسْرَى مِنْ آلِ الْمُهَلَّبِ إِلَى مَسْلَمَةَ بِالْحِيرَةِ، فَبَعَثَهُمْ مَسْلَمَةُ إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، فَسَيَّرَهُمْ يَزِيدُ إِلَى الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَهُوَ عَلَى حَلَبَ، فَنَصَبَ الرُّءُوسَ، وَأَرَادَ مَسْلَمَةُ أَنْ يَبِيعَ الذُّرِّيَّةَ، فَاشْتَرَاهُمْ مِنْهُ الْجَرَّاحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ ( اللَّهِ الْحَكَمِيُّ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَأْخُذْ مَسْلَمَةُ مِنَ الْجَرَّاحِ شَيْئًا. وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ يَزِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْخَبَرُ بِقَتْلِ يَزِيدَ سَرَّهُ لِانْتِصَارِهِ، وَلِمَا فِي نَفْسِهِ مِنْهُ قَبْلَ الْخِلَافَةِ ). وَكَانَ سَبَبُ الْعَدَاوَةِ بَيْنَهُمَا أَنَّ ابْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْحَمَّامِ أَيَّامَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ وَقَدْ تَضَمَّخَ بِالْغَالِيَةِ، فَاجْتَازَ بِيَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، وَهُوَ إِلَى جَانِبِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، فَقَالَ: قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ الدُّنْيَا، لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ مِثْقَالَ غَالِيَةٍ بِأَلْفِ دِينَارٍ، فَلَا يَنَالُهَا إِلَّا كُلُّ شَرِيفٍ. فَسَمِعَ ابْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: بَلْ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ الْغَالِيَةَ كَانَتْ فِي جَبْهَةِ الْأَسَدِ، فَلَا يَنَالُهَا إِلَّا مِثْلِي. فَقَالَ لَهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ: وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ وُلِّيتُ يَوْمًا لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ: وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ وُلِّيتَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ وَأَنَا حَيٌّ لَأَضْرِبَنَّ وَجْهَكَ بِخَمْسِينَ أَلْفِ سَيْفٍ، فَهَذَا كَانَ سَبَبُ الْبُغْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَقِيلَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُهُ. وَأَمَّا الْأَسْرَى فَكَانُوا ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ بِهِمْ عَلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ وَعِنْدَهُ كُثَيِّرُ عَزَّةَ، فَأَنْشَدَ: حَلِيمٌ إِذَا مَا نَالَ عَاقَبَ مُجْمِلًا أَشَدَّ الْعِقَابِ أَوْ عَفَا لَمْ يُثَرِّبِ فَعَفْوًا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَحِسْبَةً فَمَا تَأْتِهِ مِنْ صَالِحٍ لَكَ يُكْتَبِ أَسَاءُوا فَإِنْ تَصَفَحْ فَإِنَّكَ قَادِرٌ وَأَفْضَلُ حِلْمٍ حِسْبَةً حِلْمُ مُغْضَبِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ: هَيْهَاتَ يَا أَبَا صَخْرٍ ! طَفَّ بِكَ الرَّحِمُ لَا سَبِيلَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، أَفَادَنِيهِمْ بِأَعْمَالِهِمِ الْخَبِيثَةِ. ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِمْ، فَقُتِلُوا، وَبَقِيَ غُلَامٌ صَغِيرٌ، فَقَالَ: اقْتُلُونِي، فَمَا أَنَا بِصَغِيرٍ. فَقَالَ: انْظُرُوا أَنْبَتَ. فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِنَفْسِي، فَقَدِ احْتَلَمْتُ، وَوَطِئْتُ النِّسَاءَ. فَأَمَرَ بِهِ يَزِيدُ فَقُتِلَ. وَأَسْمَاءُ الْأَسْرَى الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا: الْمُعَارِكُ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ، وَالْمُغِيرَةُ، وَالْمُفَضَّلُ، وَمِنْجَابُ أَوْلَادُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَدُرَيْدٌ، وَالْحَجَّاجٌ، وَغَسَّانٌ، وَشَبِيبٌ، وَالْفَضْلُ أَوْلَادُ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ، وَالْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ.رثاء يزيد بن المهلب وَقَالَ ثَابِتُ قُطْنَةَ يَرْثِي يَزِيدَ بْنَ الْمُهَلَّبِ: أَبَى طُولُ هَذَا اللَّيْلِ أَنْ يَتَصَرَّمَا وَهَاجَ لَكَ الْهَمُّ الْفُؤَادَ الْمُتَيَّمَا أَرِقْتُ وَلَمْ تَأْرَقْ مَعِي أُمُّ خَالِدٍ وَقَدْ أَرِقَتْ عَيْنَايَ حَوْلًا مُجَرَّمَا عَلَى هَالِكٍ هَدَّ الْعَشِيرَةَ فَقْدُهُ دَعَتْهُ الْمَنَايَا فَاسْتَجَابَ وَسَلَّمَا عَلَى مَلِكٍ بِالْعَقْرِ يَا صَاحِ جُبِّنَتْ كَتَائِبُهُ وَاسْتَوْرَدَ الْمَوْتَ مُعْلِمَا أُصِيبَ وَلَمْ أَشْهَدْ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ شَاهِدًا لَسَلَّبْتُ إِنْ لَمْ يَجْمَعِ الْحَيُّ مَأْتَمَا وَفِي غِيَرِ الْأَيَّامِ يَا هِنْدُ فَاعْلَمِي لِطَالِبِ وِتْرٍ نَظْرَةٌ إِنْ تَلَوَّمَا فَعَلِّيَ إِنْ مَالَتْ بِيَ الرِّيحُ مَيْلَةً عَلَى ابْنِ أَبِي ذِبَّانَ أَنْ يَتَنَدَّمَا أَمَسْلَمَ إِنْ تَقْدِرْ عَلَيْكَ رِمَاحُنَا نُذِقْكَ بِهَا قَيْءَ الْأَسَاوِدِ مُسْلَمَا وَإِنْ نَلْقَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ فِي الدَّهْرِ عَثْرَةً نُكَافِئُهُ بِالْيَوْمِ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدَّمَا قِصَاصًا وَلَمْ نَعْدُ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ أَتَى إِلَيْنَا وَإِنْ كَانَ ابْنُ مَرْوَانَ أَظْلَمَا سَتَعْلَمُ إِنْ زَلَّتْ بِكَ النَّعْلُ زَلَّةً وَأَظْهَرَ أَقْوَامٌ حَيَاءً مُجَمْجَمَا مَنِ الظَّالِمُ الْجَانِي عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ إِذَا أُحْضِرَتْ أَسْبَابُ أَمْرٍ وَأُبْهِمَا وَإِنَّا لَعَطَّافُونَ بِالْحِلْمِ بَعْدَمَا نَرَى الْجَهْلَ مِنْ فَرْطِ اللَّئِيمِ تَكَرُّمَا وَإِنَّا لَحَلَّالُونَ بِالثَّغْرِ لَا نَرَى بِهِ سَاكِنًا إِلَّا الْخَمِيسَ الْعَرَمْرَمَا نَرَى أَنَّ لِلْجِيرَانِ حَقًّا وَذِمَّةً إِذَا النَّاسُ لَمْ يَرْعَوْا لِذِي الْجَارِ مَحْرَمَا وَإِنَّا لَنَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ مِنْ قَمَعِ الذُّرَى إِذَا كَانَ رَفْدُ الرَّافِدِينَ تَجَشُّمَا وَلَهُ فِيهِ مَرْثِيَّاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ. وَأَمَّا أَبُو عُيَيْنَةَ بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ الْمُهَلَّبِ إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فِي أَمَانِهِ، فَآمَنَهُ، وَبَقِيَ عُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ حَتَّى وَلِيَ أَسَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَسْرِيُّ خُرَاسَانَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمَا بِأَمَانِهِمَا، فَقَدِمَا خُرَاسَانَ.
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✧ The Killing of Yazīd b. al-Muhallab Then Yazīd b. al-Muhallab departed from Wāsiṭ, leaving his son Muʿāwiyah as his deputy there, and he placed under his charge the treasury and the prisoners. He marched along the mouth of the Nile until he encamped at al-ʿAqr. He sent ahead his brother ʿAbd al-Malik b. al-Muhallab toward al-Kūfah. Al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd met him at Busūrā, and they fought. The companions of ʿAbd al-Malik charged them with an assault in which they routed them. With them were people from Tamīm and Qays from the people of al-Baṣrah, and they called out: 'O people of Syria! Fear God, fear God, lest you abandon us!' The companions of ʿAbd al-Malik had driven them to the river. The people of Syria said: 'No harm will come to you. We have a turn at the beginning of the fighting.' Then they attacked them, and the companions of ʿAbd al-Malik were routed and fled back to Yazīd. Maslamah advanced, marching along the bank of the Euphrates to al-Anbār. He laid a bridge over it, crossed, and marched until he encamped against Ibn al-Muhallab. Many people from al-Kūfah and from the frontier garrisons came to Ibn al-Muhallab. He appointed over those who came out to him from the people of al-Kūfah and the quarter of the people of al-Madīnah ʿAbd Allāh b. Sufyān b. Yazīd b. al-Mughaffal al-Azdī; over the quarter of Madhḥij and Asad, al-Nuʿmān b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ashtar; over Kindah and Rabīʿah, Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. al-Ashʿath; and over Tamīm and Hamdān, Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAttāb b. Warqāʾ al-Tamīmī. He gathered them all [with] al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab. The dīwān of Ibn al-Muhallab numbered one hundred and twenty thousand men. He said: 'I wish I had in exchange for them those of my people who are in Khurāsān.' Then he rose among his companions and incited them to fight. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān had encamped at al-Nukhaylah, cut off the water channels, and set watchers over the people of al-Kūfah to prevent them from going out to Ibn al-Muhallab. He sent a detachment to Maslamah with Sabrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mikhnaf. Maslamah sent and dismissed ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd from al-Kūfah and appointed over it Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Walīd b. ʿUqbah, who was Dhū al-Shāmah. Yazīd gathered the leaders of his companions and said: 'I have decided to assemble twelve thousand men and send them with my brother Muḥammad b. al-Muhallab to attack Maslamah by night. They will carry with them pack saddles, saddle frames, and dung baskets to fill up their trench. He will fight them at their trench for the rest of his night, and I will reinforce him with men until morning. When morning comes, I will advance against them with the people and engage them. I hope that God will then grant us victory over them.' Al-Sumaydaʿ said: 'We have called them to the Book of God and the Sunnah of His Prophet, ﷺ, and they have claimed that they accepted this from us. It is not for us to be deceitful or treacherous until they return to us [what they claimed they would accept from us].' Abū Ruʾbah, who was the head of the Murjiʾite faction, and with him some companions, said: 'He is right; thus it should be.' Yazīd said: 'Woe to you! Do you believe the Banū Umayyah that they act according to the Book and the Sunnah, when they have neglected that ever since they came to power? They are deceiving you in order to plot against you. Do not let them get ahead of you. I have met the Banū Marwān, and I have never met among them anyone more cunning or more treacherously perfidious than this yellow locust,' meaning Maslamah. They said: 'We will not do that until they return to us what they claimed they would accept from us.' Marwān b. al-Muhallab was in al-Baṣrah urging the people to war against the Syrians, while al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī was discouraging them. When that reached Marwān, he rose among the people commanding them to strive and mobilize. Then he said: 'It has reached me that this misguided, hypocritical old man'—and he did not name him—'discourages the people. By God, if a neighbor were to pull a reed from his hut, his nose would keep bleeding! By God, he will surely desist from mentioning us and from gathering to himself the riffraff of al-Ubullah and the uncouth of the Euphrates of al-Baṣrah, or I will set upon him a rough file.' When that reached al-Ḥasan, he said: 'By God, [I do not dislike] that God should honor me by his humiliation.' Some of his companions said: 'If he intended you, and you wished, we would defend you.' He said to them: 'Then I would have contradicted you in what I forbade you: I command you not to kill one another on behalf of someone other than me, and I command you to kill one another on my behalf!' That reached Marwān, who became harsh toward them, sought them, and they dispersed. He left al-Ḥasan alone. The encounter between Yazīd b. al-Muhallab and Maslamah b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān lasted eight days. Maslamah sent to al-Waḍḍāḥ to go out with the ships and burn the bridge. On Friday, fourteen days having passed from Ṣafar, Maslamah sent to al-Waḍḍāḥ to go out with the ships and burn the bridge. He did so. Maslamah went out, drew up the Syrian troops, then approached Ibn al-Muhallab. He placed on his right wing Jabalah b. Makhramah al-Kindī, and on his left wing al-Hudhayl b. Zufar b. al-Ḥārith al-Kilābī. Al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd placed on his right wing Sayf b. Hāniʾ al-Hamdānī, and on his left wing Suwayd b. al-Qaʿqāʿ al-Tamīmī. Maslamah was in command of the people. Yazīd b. al-Muhallab came out, having placed on his right wing Ḥabīb b. al-Muhallab, and on his left wing al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab. A man from Syria came out and challenged to single combat. Muḥammad b. al-Muhallab went out against him and struck him. The man parried with his hand, upon which was an iron gauntlet. Muḥammad struck him and cut the iron gauntlet, and the sword sped into his palm, and he clung to his horse and fled. When al-Waḍḍāḥ approached the bridge, he set it on fire, and its smoke rose. The people had already advanced and battle was engaged, though the fighting was not intense. When the people saw the smoke and were told that the bridge had been burned, they fled. It was said to Yazīd: 'The people have fled.' He said: 'From what have they fled? Was there fighting from which one could flee?' It was said to him: 'They said the bridge has been burned, and no one stood firm.' He said: 'May God deface them! They are bedbugs that were smoked out and flew away!' Then he went out with his companions and said: 'Strike the faces of the fugitives.' They did so until they became too many for him, and he was met by masses like mountains. He said: 'Leave them. By God, I hope that no place will ever gather me with them again. Leave them, may God have mercy on them. They are sheep among which a wolf has run amok!'. Yazīd did not consider flight. Yazīd b. al-Ḥakam b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ al-Thaqafī, who was the nephew of ʿUthmān b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ, the Companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ—there is no kinship between him and al-Ḥakam b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ, the father of Marwān—came to him while he was at Wāsiṭ and said to him: 'The Banū Marwān's dominion has perished. If you have not perceived that, then perceive it.' He said: 'I have not perceived it.' Ibn al-Ḥakam said: 'Live as a king or die nobly, for if you die With your sword drawn in your hand, you will be excused.' He said: 'As for this, perhaps.' When Yazīd saw the flight of his companions, he said: 'O Sumaydaʿ, is my judgment better or yours? Did I not inform you of what the people intended?' He said: 'Yes.' Then Sumaydaʿ dismounted and Yazīd dismounted among their companions. It is said that he was on a gray horse. Someone came to him and said: 'Your brother Ḥabīb has been killed.' He said: 'There is no good in life after him. By God, I hated life after defeat, and now my hatred has increased. Go forward.' They knew that he had chosen death, and those who disliked fighting slipped away from him. A goodly company remained with him as he advanced. Whenever he passed by cavalry he routed them, or a group of Syrians turned aside from him. He headed toward Maslamah, wanting no one else. When he drew near him, Maslamah brought his horse close to mount, but the Syrian cavalry wheeled upon him and his companions. Yazīd, al-Sumaydaʿ, and Muḥammad b. al-Muhallab were killed. There was a man from Kalb called al-Qaḥl b. ʿAyyāsh. When he saw Yazīd, he said: 'By God, this is Yazīd! By God, I will kill him or he will kill me! Who will charge with me and hold off his companions until I reach him?' Some men charged with him, and they fought for a while. The two parties separated, leaving Yazīd slain and al-Qaḥl at his last breath. He gestured to his companions to show them the place of Yazīd, that he was his killer, and that Yazīd had killed him. A mawlā of the Banū Murrah brought the head of Yazīd. It was said to him: 'Did you kill him?' He said: 'No.' When he came to Maslamah, he sent it to Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik with Khālid b. al-Walīd b. ʿUqbah b. Abī Muʿayṭ. It is said: Rather, al-Hudhayl b. Zufar b. al-Ḥārith al-Kilābī killed him, and he did not dismount to take his head out of disdain. When Yazīd was killed, al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab was fighting the Syrians, not knowing of the killing of Yazīd or the flight of the people. Whenever he charged the people, they were routed, then he charged until he mixed with them. With him was ʿĀmir b. al-ʿUmaythil al-Azdī, striking with his sword and saying: 'The mother of the newborn boy knows That with the sword's edge I am no coward.' They fought for a while, and Rabīʿah fled. Al-Mufaḍḍal met them, calling: 'O company of Rabīʿah, return, return! By God, you were never a disgrace or base, nor is this a habit of yours. Let not the people of Iraq be blamed because of you. May my soul ransom you!' They turned back to him, intending to charge. Then someone came to him and said: 'What are you doing here? Yazīd, Ḥabīb, and Muḥammad have been killed, and the people fled long ago.' The people dispersed from him, and al-Mufaḍḍal went to Wāsiṭ. There was none among the Arabs more striking with his sword, nor better at drawing up troops for war, nor more daring against the enemy than he. It is said: Rather, his brother ʿAbd al-Malik came to him, and he disliked to tell him of the killing of Yazīd lest he seek death. He said to him: 'The amir has gone down to Wāsiṭ.' Al-Mufaḍḍal went down with those who remained of the sons of al-Muhallab to Wāsiṭ. When he learned of the killing of Yazīd, he swore that he would never speak to ʿAbd al-Malik again, and he did not speak to him until he was killed at Qandābīl. His eye had been injured in the war, and he said: 'ʿAbd al-Malik has disgraced me. What excuse do I have when people see me and say: A one-eyed, defeated old man! Would that he had told me the truth and I had been killed!' Then he said: 'There is no good in thrusting spears at the brave, Nor in meeting war after Yazīd.' When al-Mufaḍḍal left the battlefield, the Syrian army came to the camp of Yazīd. Abū Ruʾbah, the leader of the Murjiʾites, fought them for a while in the daytime. Maslamah took about three hundred prisoners and sent them to al-Kūfah, where they were imprisoned. A letter came from Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik to Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Walīd, commanding him to strike off the prisoners' necks. He ordered al-ʿUryān b. al-Haytham, who was over his police, to bring them out in groups of twenty and thirty. About thirty men from Tamīm stood up and said: 'We were the ones who fled with the people, so begin with us before the others.' Al-ʿUryān brought them out and struck their necks while they were saying: 'We fled with the people, and this is our reward.' When he finished with them, a messenger came with a letter from Maslamah commanding him to stop killing the prisoners. Maslamah then came and encamped at al-Ḥīrah. Muʿāwiyah b. Yazīd kills the prisoners. When the news of Yazīd's defeat reached Wāsiṭ, his son Muʿāwiyah brought out thirty-two prisoners who were with him and struck their necks. Among them were ʿAdī b. Arṭāh, Muḥammad b. ʿAdī b. Arṭāh, Mālik and ʿAbd al-Malik the two sons of Mismaʿ, and others. Then he departed until he came to al-Baṣrah with the wealth and treasures. Al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab came, and the family of al-Muhallab gathered at al-Baṣrah, prepared ships, and equipped themselves to embark on the sea. Yazīd b. al-Muhallab had sent Waddāʿ b. Ḥumayd al-Azdī as governor over Qandābīl and said to him: 'I am marching against this enemy. When I meet them, I will not leave the field until it is either for me or for them. If I prevail, I will honor you. If it is the other way, you will remain at Qandābīl until my family comes to you, and they will fortify themselves there until they obtain a guarantee of safety for themselves. I have chosen you for them from among my people, so be as good as my expectation.' He took oaths from him that he would give sincere counsel to his family if they sought refuge with him. When the family of al-Muhallab gathered at al-Baṣrah, they loaded their families and wealth onto seagoing ships and put out to sea. When they were abreast of Kirmān, they disembarked and loaded their families and wealth onto beasts. Their leader was al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab. There were many fugitives in Kirmān, and they joined al-Mufaḍḍal. Maslamah b. ʿAbd al-Malik sent Mudrik b. Ḍabb al-Kalbī in pursuit of them and the remnants of the defeated. Mudrik overtook al-Mufaḍḍal and the fugitives at a mountain pass. They turned on him and fought, and the fighting was intense. Among the companions of al-Mufaḍḍal were killed al-Nuʿmān b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ashtar al-Nakhaʿī and Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. al-Ashʿath. Ibn Ṣūl, the king of Quhistān, was taken prisoner. ʿUthmān b. Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. al-Ashʿath was wounded and fled until he reached Ḥulwān, where he was pointed out and killed, and his head was carried to Maslamah at al-Ḥīrah. Some of the companions of Ibn al-Muhallab turned back and sought amnesty, and they were granted it. Among them were Mālik b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ashtar and al-Ward b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥabīb al-Saʿdī al-Tamīmī. The family of al-Muhallab and those with them went on to Qandābīl. Maslamah sent to Mudrik b. Ḍabb and recalled him, and sent in their pursuit Hilāl b. Aḥwaz al-Tamīmī. He caught up with them at Qandābīl. The family of al-Muhallab wanted to enter it, but Waddāʿ b. Ḥumayd prevented them. Hilāl b. Aḥwaz had not broken with the family of al-Muhallab. When they met, Waddāʿ was on the right wing and ʿAbd al-Malik b. Hilāl on the left wing, both of them Azdī. Hilāl b. Aḥwaz raised a banner of amnesty. Waddāʿ b. Ḥumayd and ʿAbd al-Malik b. Hilāl went over to him, and the people dispersed from the family of al-Muhallab. When Marwān b. al-Muhallab saw that, he wanted to go to the women and kill them, lest they fall into the hands of those people. Al-Mufaḍḍal forbade him, saying: 'We do not fear for them from these people.' He left them, and they advanced with their swords and fought until they were all killed, to the last man. They were: al-Mufaḍḍal, ʿAbd al-Malik, Ziyād, and Marwān, the sons of al-Muhallab; Muʿāwiyah b. Yazīd b. al-Muhallab; al-Minhāl b. Abī ʿUyaynah b. al-Muhallab; and ʿAmr and al-Mughīrah, the two sons of Qabīṣah b. al-Muhallab. Their heads were carried, and in the ear of each one was a tag with his name, except for Abū ʿUyaynah b. al-Muhallab, ʿUmar b. Yazīd b. al-Muhallab, and ʿUthmān b. al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab, for they had joined Rutbīl. Hilāl b. Aḥwaz sent their women, their heads, and the captives from the family of al-Muhallab to Maslamah at al-Ḥīrah. Maslamah sent them to Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, and Yazīd sent them on to al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd, who was governor of Aleppo. He set up the heads. Maslamah wanted to sell the offspring, but al-Jarrāḥ b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥakamī bought them from him for one hundred thousand and set them free, and Maslamah took nothing from al-Jarrāḥ. When the news of the killing of Yazīd reached Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, it pleased him on account of his victory and because of what he harbored against him from before the caliphate. The reason for the enmity between them was that Ibn al-Muhallab came out of the bathhouse during the days of Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Malik, having perfumed himself heavily with ghāliyah. He passed by Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, who was beside ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, and said: "May God make the world ugly! I wish that a mithqāl of ghāliyah were worth a thousand dinars, so that none but every nobleman could attain it." Ibn al-Muhallab heard this and said to him: "Rather, I wish that ghāliyah were on the forehead of a lion, so that none but one like me could attain it." Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik said to him: "By God, if I am ever given authority, I will surely kill you." Ibn al-Muhallab said to him: "By God, if you are given this affair while I am alive, I will surely strike your face with fifty thousand swords." This was the cause of the hatred between them. It is said otherwise, and that has been mentioned previously. As for the captives, they were thirteen men. When they were brought before Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, and Kuthayyir ʿAzzah was with him, he recited: Forbearing when he attains, he punishes with grace the severest punishment, or pardons without reproach. So pardon, O Commander of the Faithful, for God's reward; whatever good you do is recorded for you. They did wrong; if you forgive, you are able, and the best forbearance for God's reward is the forbearance of one angered. Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik said: "Far from it, O Abū Ṣakhr! Kinship has swayed you. There is no way to that. God, Mighty and Majestic, has delivered them to me for their wicked deeds." Then he ordered them, and they were killed. A young boy remained, and he said: "Kill me, for I am not young." He said: "See if he has reached puberty." The boy said: "I know myself better; I have had a wet dream and I have had intercourse with women." So Yazīd ordered him, and he was killed. The names of the captives who were killed were: al-Muʿārik, ʿAbd Allāh, al-Mughīrah, al-Mufaḍḍal, and Minjāb, sons of Yazīd b. al-Muhallab; Durayd, al-Ḥajjāj, Ghassān, Shabīb, and al-Faḍl, sons of al-Mufaḍḍal b. al-Muhallab; and al-Mufaḍḍal b. Qabīṣah b. al-Muhallab. Elegy for Yazīd b. al-Muhallab. Thābit Quṭnah said, elegizing Yazīd b. al-Muhallab: The length of this night refuses to come to an end, and grief has stirred the heart of the one enslaved by love. I lay awake, while Umm Khālid did not lie awake with me, and my eyes have been sleepless for a full year, For a perished one whose loss shattered the tribe; the fates called him, and he answered and submitted. For a king at al-ʿAqr, O friend, whose battalions were made cowardly, and he went down to death marked by it. He was struck down and I was not present; had I been a witness, I would have donned mourning if the tribe did not gather for lamentation. And in the vicissitudes of days, O Hind, know that for one seeking vengeance there is a look, if he delays. Perhaps, if the wind inclines me with an inclination against Ibn Abī Dhibbān, he will regret. O Maslamah, if our spears are able to reach you, we will make you taste with them the vomit of black snakes, submitted. And if we meet with al-ʿAbbās in the course of time a stumble, we will repay him with the day that he had brought about before, In retribution, and we will not go beyond what he had committed against us, even if Ibn Marwān was most unjust. You will know, if the sandal slips with you a slip, and people display modesty, stammering, Who is the wrongdoer, the criminal against his own household, when the causes of a matter are brought and made obscure. Indeed we bend with forbearance after we see ignorance from the excess of the vile one, out of magnanimity. Indeed we alight at the frontier, and we see no dweller there except the mighty army. We hold that neighbors have a right and a covenant, when people do not observe for the neighbor what is sacred. Indeed we entertain the guest from the tops of the hills, when the support of supporters is a burden. He has many elegies for him. As for Abū ʿUyaynah b. al-Muhallab, Hind bt. al-Muhallab sent to Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik concerning his safe-conduct, and he granted him amnesty. ʿUmar and ʿUthmān remained until Asad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Qasrī became governor of Khurasan, and he wrote to them granting them safe-conduct, and they came to Khurasan.
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