Sirat Ibn Hisham 1136
Ḥuyayy's inducing Kaʿb to break his pact with the Messenger
[ حَمْلُ حُيَيٍّ كَعْبًا عَلَى نَقْضِ عَهْدِهِ لِلرَّسُولِ يوم الخندق ] ( قَالَ ): وَخَرَجَ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ حُيَيُّ بْنُ أَخْطَبَ النَّضْرِيُّ، حَتَّى أَتَى كَعْبَ بْنَ أَسَدٍ الْقُرَظِيَّ، صَاحِبَ عَقْدِ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ وَعَهْدِهِمْ، وَكَانَ قَدْ وَادَعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ، وَعَاقَدَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَعَاهَدَهُ؛ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كَعْبٌ بِحُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ أَغْلَقَ دُونَهُ بَابَ حِصْنِهِ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَفْتَحَ لَهُ، فَنَادَاهُ حُيَيٌّ: وَيْحَكَ يَا كَعْبُ افْتَحْ لِي؛ قَالَ: وَيْحكَ يَا حُيَيُّ: إنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ مَشْئُومٌ، وَإِنِّي قَدْ عَاهَدْتُ مُحَمَّدًا، فَلَسْتُ بِنَاقِضٍ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ، وَلَمْ أَرَ مِنْهُ إلَّا وَفَاءً وَصِدْقًا؛ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ افْتَحْ لِي أُكَلِّمْكَ؛ قَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلِ، قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ إنْ أَغْلَقْتُ دُونِي إلَّا عَنْ جَشِيشَتِكَ أَنْ آكُلَ مَعَكَ مِنْهَا؛ فَاحْفَظْ الرَّجُلَ، فَفَتَحَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ يَا كَعْبُ، جِئْتُكَ بِعِزِّ الدَّهْرِ وَبِبَحْرٍ طَامٍّ، جِئْتُكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ عَلَى قَادَتِهَا وَسَادَتِهَا، حَتَّى أَنْزَلْتهمْ بِمُجْتَمَعِ الْأَسْيَالِ مِنْ رُومَةَ، وَبِغَطَفَانَ عَلَى قَادَتِهَا وَسَادَتِهَا حَتَّى أَنْزَلَتْهُمْ بِذَنَبِ نَقْمَى إلَى جَانِبِ أُحُدٍ، قَدْ عَاهَدُونِي وَعَاقَدُونِي عَلَى أَنْ لَا يَبْرَحُوا حَتَّى نَسْتَأْصِلَ مُحَمَّدًا وَمَنْ مَعَهُ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ كَعْبٌ: جِئْتنِي وَاَللَّهِ بِذُلِّ الدَّهْرِ، وَبِجَهَامٍ، قَدْ هَرَاقَ مَاءَهُ، فَهُوَ يَرْعَدُ وَيَبْرُقُ، لَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، وَيْحَكَ يَا حُيَيُّ فَدَعْنِي وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَرَ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ إلَّا صِدْقًا وَوَفَاءً. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ حُيَيٌّ بِكَعْبِ يَفْتِلُهُ فِي الذَّرْوَةِ وَالْغَارِبِ، حَتَّى سَمَحَ لَهُ، عَلَى أَنْ أَعْطَاهُ عَهْدًا ( مِنْ اللَّهِ ) وَمِيثَاقًا: لَئِنْ رَجَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَغَطَفَانُ، وَلَمْ يُصِيبُوا مُحَمَّدًا أَنْ أَدْخُلَ مَعَكَ فِي حِصْنِكَ حَتَّى يُصِيبَنِي مَا أَصَابَكَ. فَنَقَضَ كَعْبُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ عَهْدَهُ، وَبَرِئَ مِمَّا كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Translation
✧ The carrying of Huyayy to Kaʿb to break his covenant with the Messenger on the day of al-Khandaq. He said: And the enemy of God, Huyayy b. Akhṭab al-Naḍrī, went out until he came to Kaʿb b. Asad al-Quraẓī, the holder of the pact of Banū Qurayẓa and their covenant, who had made peace with the Messenger of God ﷺ on behalf of his people, and had contracted with him upon that and covenanted with him. When Kaʿb heard of Huyayy b. Akhṭab, he shut the gate of his fortress against him, and he sought permission to enter, but Kaʿb refused to open for him. Huyayy called to him: “Woe to you, O Kaʿb, open for me.” He said: “Woe to you, O Huyayy! You are an ill-omened man, and I have covenanted with Muḥammad, so I will not break what is between me and him. I have seen from him only faithfulness and truthfulness.” He said: “Woe to you, open for me and let me speak with you.” He said: “I will not do it.” He said: “By God, you have closed the gate against me only because of your barley porridge, lest I eat of it with you. So beware of the man.” Then he opened for him, and he said: “Woe to you, O Kaʿb, I have brought you the glory of the age and a flooding sea. I have brought you Quraysh with their leaders and their chiefs, until I made them encamp at the meeting place of the torrents from Rūmah, and Ghatafān with their leaders and their chiefs, until they encamped at the tail of Naqmā beside Uḥud. They have covenanted with me and contracted with me that they will not depart until we root out Muḥammad and those with him.” He said: Then Kaʿb said to him: “By God, you have brought me the humiliation of the age and a rainless cloud that has poured out its water, so it thunders and lightens, but there is nothing in it. Woe to you, O Huyayy, leave me and what I am upon, for I have seen from Muḥammad only truthfulness and faithfulness.” But Huyayy kept at Kaʿb, twisting him in the forelock and the withers, until he yielded to him, on condition that he gave him a covenant from God and a solemn pact: if Quraysh and Ghatafān withdrew without striking Muḥammad, he would enter with him into his fortress until whatever befell him befell him. So Kaʿb b. Asad broke his covenant and renounced what was between him and the Messenger of God ﷺ.
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