Tarikh (al-Tabari) 483
Genealogy of Our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Some Accounts of His Forefathers and Ancestors
[ عَرَّافَةُ الْحِجَازِ وَمَا أَشَارَتْ بِهِ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] فَانْطَلَقُوا حَتَّى قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَوَجَدُوهَا - فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ - بِخَيْبَرِ. فَرَكِبُوا حَتَّى جَاءُوهَا، فَسَأَلُوهَا، وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهَا عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ خَبَرَهُ وَخَبَرَ ابْنِهِ، وَمَا أَرَادَ بِهِ وَنَذْرَهُ فِيهِ؛ فَقَالَتْ لَهُمْ: ارْجِعُوا عَنِّي الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنِي تَابِعِي فَأَسْأَلُهُ. فَرَجَعُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهَا، فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا عَنْهَا، قَامَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ، ثُمَّ غَدَوْا عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُمْ: قَدْ جَاءَنِي الْخَبَرُ، كَمْ الدِّيَةُ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: عَشْرٌ مِنْ الْإِبِلِ، وَكَانَتْ كَذَلِكَ. قَالَتْ: فَارْجِعُوا إلَى بِلَادِكُمْ، ثُمَّ قَرِّبُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ، وَقَرِّبُوا عَشْرًا مِنْ الْإِبِلِ، ثُمَّ اضْرِبُوا عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَيْهِ بِالْقِدَاحِ، فَإِنْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ فَزِيدُوا مِنْ الْإِبِلِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى رَبُّكُمْ، وَإِنْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَى الْإِبِلِ فَانْحَرُوهَا عَنْهُ، فَقَدْ رَضِيَ رَبُّكُمْ، وَنَجَا صَاحِبُكُمْ.
Translation
✧ [ The Soothsayer of the Hijaz and What She Advised ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ] Then they set out until they came to Madinah, but found her—so they assert—in Khaybar. So they mounted and came to her. They asked her, and ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib related to her his story and the story of his son, what he intended to do with him, and his vow concerning him. She said to them: “Go away from me today until my familiar spirit comes to me, and I will question him.” So they returned from her. When they had left her, ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib stood praying to God, then they went to her early the next day. She said to them: “The news has come to me. How much is the blood-money among you?” They said: “Ten camels; that was how it was then.” She said: “Return to your land, then bring near your companion, and bring near ten camels. Then cast the divining arrows for him and for them. If the arrows fall against your companion, add more camels until your Lord is satisfied. If they fall against the camels, then sacrifice them for him. Then your Lord is satisfied and your companion is saved.”
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