Tarikh (al-Tabari) 762
The emigration to Abyssinia and what occurred therein
قِصَّةُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ؓ فِي جِوَارِهِ [ ضَجَرُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِأَبِي طَالِبٍ لِإِجَارَتِهِ، وَدِفَاعُ أَبِي لَهَبٍ، وَشِعْرُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي ذَلِكَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَأَمَّا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ، فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي إسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ: أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ لَمَّا اسْتَجَارَ بِأَبِي طَالِبٍ، مَشَى إلَيْهِ رِجَالٌ مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ، فَقَالُوا ( لَهُ ) يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ، لَقَدْ مَنَعْتَ مِنَّا ابْنَ أَخِيكَ مُحَمَّدًا، فَمَا لَكَ وَلِصَاحِبِنَا تَمْنَعُهُ مِنَّا ؟ قَالَ: إنَّهُ اسْتَجَارَ بِي، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أُخْتِي، وَإِنْ أَنَا لَمْ أَمْنَعْ ابْنَ أُخْتِي لَمْ أَمْنَعْ ابْنَ أَخِي، فَقَامَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَكْثَرْتُمْ عَلَى هَذَا الشَّيْخِ، مَا تَزَالُونَ تَوَثَّبُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِي جِوَارِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ قَوْمِهِ، وَاَللَّهِ لَتَنْتَهُنَّ عَنْهُ أَوْ لَنَقُومَنَّ مَعَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَا قَامَ فِيهِ، حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ مَا أَرَادَ. قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: بَلْ نَنْصَرِفُ عَمَّا تَكْرَهُ يَا أَبَا عُتْبَةَ، وَكَانَ لَهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَنَاصِرًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَبْقَوْا عَلَى ذَلِكَ. فَطَمِعَ فِيهِ أَبُو طَالِبٍ حَيْنَ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ مَا يَقُولُ، وَرَجَا أَنْ يَقُومَ مَعَهُ فِي شَأْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ يُحَرِّضُ أَبَا لَهَبٍ عَلَى نُصْرَتِهِ وَنُصْرَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: : وَإِنَّ امْرَأً أَبُو عُتَيْبَةَ عَمُّهُ لَفِي رَوْضَةٍ مَا إنْ يُسَامُ الْمَظَالِمَا أَقُولُ لَهُ، وَأَيْنَ مِنْهُ نَصِيحَتِي أَبَا مُعْتِبٍ ثَبِّتْ سَوَادَكَ قَائِمًا وَلَا تَقْبَلَنَّ الدَّهْرَ مَا عِشْتَ حظَّةً تُسَبُّ بِهَا إمَّا هَبَطْتَ الْمَوَاسِمَا وَوَلِّ سَبِيلَ الْعَجْزِ غَيْرَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُخْلَقْ عَلَى الْعَجْزِ لَازِمَا وَحَارِبْ فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ نُصْفٌ وَلَنْ تَرَى أَخَا الْحَرْبِ يُعْطَى الْخَسْفَ حَتَّى يُسَالَمَا وَكَيْفَ وَلَمْ يَجْنُوا عَلَيْكَ عَظِيمَةً وَلَمْ يَخْذُلُوكَ غَانِمًا أَوْ مُغَارِمَا جَزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا عَبْدَ شَمْسٍ وَنَوْفَلًا وَتَيْمًا وَمَخْزُومًا عُقُوقًا وَمَأْثَمَا بِتَفْرِيقِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ وُدٍّ وَأُلْفَةٍ جَمَاعَتَنَا كَيْمَا يَنَالُوا الْمَحَارِمَا كَذَبْتُمْ وَبَيْتِ اللَّهِ نُبْزَى مُحَمَّدًا وَلَمَّا تَرَوْا يَوْمًا لَدَى الشِّعْبِ قَائِمَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: نُبْزَى: نُسْلَبُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَبَقِيَ مِنْهَا بَيْتٌ تَرَكْنَاهُ.
Translation
✧ The story of Abū Salamah ؓ regarding his protection [The polytheists’ irritation with Abū Ṭālib for his protection, Abū Lahab’s defense, and Abū Ṭālib’s poetry about that] Ibn Isḥāq said: As for Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Asad, my father Isḥāq b. Yasār narrated to me from Salamah b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah that he narrated to him: that when Abū Salamah sought the protection of Abū Ṭālib, men from Banū Makhzūm walked to him and said: “O Abū Ṭālib, you have protected from us your nephew Muḥammad, so what is it with you and our companion that you protect him from us?” He said: “He sought my protection, and he is the son of my sister. If I do not protect the son of my sister, I will not protect the son of my brother.” Then Abū Lahab stood up and said: “O assembly of Quraysh, by God, you have gone too far against this old man. You keep assailing him regarding his protection from among his people. By God, you will either desist from him or we will stand with him in everything he stands for, until he attains what he wants.” He said: They said: “Rather, we will turn away from what you dislike, O Abū ʿUtbah.” He was a supporter and helper for them against the Messenger of God ﷺ, so they relented regarding that. Abū Ṭālib then became hopeful about him when he heard him say what he said, and he hoped that he would stand with him in the matter of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Abū Ṭālib said, inciting Abū Lahab to support him and the Messenger of God ﷺ: : Truly a man whose uncle is Abū ʿUtaybah is in a meadow where he is not subjected to wrongs. I say to him, and where is my sincere advice to him from him: O Abū Muʿtib, keep your blackness standing firm, and never accept, as long as you live, a share of time by which you would be reviled whenever you descend upon the gathering places. And entrust the path of incapacity to other than you among them, for you were not created to be permanently incapable. And wage war, for war is half; and you will not see a brother of war granted humiliation until he makes peace. How could that be when they have not committed any great offense against you, nor have they let you down whether gaining spoils or bearing fines? May God requite ʿAbd Shams and Nawfal on our behalf, and Taym and Makhzūm, with disobedience and sin, for their dividing, after affection and intimacy, our assembly, so that they might attain what is forbidden. You have lied, by the House of God, we will be stripped of Muḥammad, while you have not yet seen a day when he stands at the mountain pass. Ibn Hishām said: “nubzā” means “to be stripped.” Ibn Hishām said: One verse remained from it which we omitted.
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