Sirat Ibn Hisham 1127
The digging of the trench, the failure of the hypocrites, and the diligence of the believers
[ حَفْرُ الْخَنْدَقِ وَتَخَاذُلُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَجِدُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ] فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَمَا أَجْمَعُوا لَهُ مِنْ الْأَمْرِ، ضَرَبَ الْخَنْدَقَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَعَمِلَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَرْغِيبًا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْأَجْرِ، وَعَمِلَ مَعَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِيهِ، فَدَأَبَ فِيهِ وَدَأَبُوا. وَأَبْطَأَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي عَمَلِهِمْ ذَلِكَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَجَعَلُوا يُوَرُّونَ بِالضَّعِيفِ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ، وَيَتَسَلَّلُونَ إلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَلَا إذْنٍ. وَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إذَا نَابَتْهُ النَّائِبَةُ، مِنْ الْحَاجَةِ الَّتِي لَا بُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهَا، يَذْكُرُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَيَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فِي اللُّحُوقِ بِحَاجَتِهِ، فَيَأْذَنُ لَهُ، فَإِذَا قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ رَجَعَ إلَى مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ، رَغْبَةً فِي الْخَيْرِ، وَاحْتِسَابًا لَهُ
Translation
✧ [The digging of the trench, the slackening of the hypocrites, and the diligence of the believers] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard of them, and of what they had resolved upon against him, he ordered a trench to be dug around Madinah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ worked at it himself to encourage the Muslims to seek reward, and the Muslims worked with him. He labored persistently, and so did they. Some men of the hypocrites, however, lagged behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Muslims in their work; they pretended to be weak and slipped away to their families without the knowledge of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ or his permission. But whenever a Muslim faced some necessity that he could not avoid, he would mention it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask his permission to attend to it, and he would grant him leave. When he had taken care of his need, he would return to his work, desiring good and seeking reward from Allah.
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