Sirat Ibn Hisham 1063
ʿAḍal and al-Qārah asked for a party of Muslims to teach them
[ مَقْتَلُ مَرْثَدٍ وَابْنِ الْبُكَيْرِ وَعَاصِمٍ ] فَأُمَّا مَرْثَدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ، وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْبُكَيْرِ، وَعَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالُوا: وَاَللَّهِ لَا نَقْبَلُ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ عَهْدًا وَلَا عَقْدًا أَبَدًا؛ فَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ: مَا عِلَّتِي وَأَنَا جَلْدٌ نَابِلُ وَالْقَوْسُ فِيهَا وَتَرٌ عُنَابِلُ تَزَلُّ عَنْ صَفْحَتِهَا الْمَعَابِلُ الْمَوْتُ حَقٌّ وَالْحَيَاةُ بَاطِلُ وَكُلُّ مَا حَمَّ الْإِلَهُ نَازِلٌ بِالْمَرْءِ وَالْمَرْءُ إلَيْهِ آئِلُ إنْ لَمْ أُقَاتِلْكُمْ فَأُمِّي هَابِلُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: هَابِلُ: ثَاكِلُ. وَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَيْضًا: أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ وَرِيشُ الْمُقْعَدِ وَضَالَةٌ مِثْلَ الْجَحِيمِ الْمُوقَدِ إذَا النَّوَاجِي افْتُرِشْتِ لَمْ أُرْعَدْ وَمُجْنَأٌ مِنْ جَلَدٍ ثَوْرٍ أَجْرَدِ وَمُؤْمِنٌ بِمَا عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ وَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتُ أَيْضًا: أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ مِثْلِي رَامَى وَكَانَ قَوْمِي مَعْشَرًا كِرَامَا وَكَانَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يُكَنَّى: أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ. ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ الْقَوْمَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ وَقُتِلَ صَاحِبَاهُ
Translation
✧ [The killing of Marthad, Ibn al-Bukayr, and ʿĀṣim] As for Marthad b. Abī Marthad, Khālid b. al-Bukayr, and ʿĀṣim b. Thābit, they said: By God, we will never accept from any polytheist a covenant or a compact, ever. ʿĀṣim b. Thābit said: What is my excuse, when I am hardy, an archer, and in the bow is a strong string? Broad-headed arrows slip from its face. Death is a reality, and life is futile. Everything that God has decreed will befall a man, and to Him a man returns. If I do not fight you, may my mother be bereft of me. Ibn Hishām said: hābil means thākil (one who has lost a child). ʿĀṣim b. Thābit also said: Abū Sulaymān, and the feathering of the crippled one, and a stray arrow like a blazing fire, when the she-camels' saddles are spread, I do not tremble, and a shield of tough, hairless bull's hide, and a believer in what has been given to Muḥammad ﷺ. ʿĀṣim b. Thābit also said: Abū Sulaymān, one like me who shoots, and my people were a noble band. ʿĀṣim b. Thābit was given the kunyah Abū Sulaymān. Then he fought the people until he was killed, and his two companions were killed.
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