Sirat Ibn Hisham 1137
The Messenger's investigation of Kaʿb's breaking of the pact
[ تَحَرِّي الرَّسُولِ عَنْ نَقْضِ كَعْبٍ لِلْعَهْدِ يوم الخندق ] فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْخَبَرُ وَإِلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ سَيِّدُ الْأَوْسِ، وَسَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ دُلَيْمٍ، أَحَدَ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ سَيِّدُ الْخَزْرَجِ وَمَعَهُمَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ، أَخُو بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ، وَخَوَّاتُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، أَخُو بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ. فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَنْظُرُوا، أَحَقٌّ مَا بَلَغَنَا عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ أَمْ لَا ؟ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا فَالْحَنُوا لِي لَحْنًا أَعْرِفُهُ، وَلَا تَفُتُّوا فِي أَعْضَادِ النَّاسِ وَإِنْ كَانُوا عَلَى الْوَفَاءِ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَاجْهَرُوا بِهِ لِلنَّاسِ قَالَ: فَخَرَجُوا حَتَّى أَتَوْهُمْ، فَوَجَدُوهُمْ عَلَى أَخْبَثِ مَا بَلَغَهُمْ عَنْهُمْ، ( فِيمَا ) نَالُوا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَقَالُوا: مَنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ؟ لَا عَهْدَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا عَقْدَ. فَشَاتَمَهُمْ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَشَاتَمُوهُ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا فِيهِ حِدَّةٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ: دَعْ عَنْكَ مُشَاتَمَتَهُمْ، فَمَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ أَرْبَى مِنْ الْمُشَاتَمَةِ. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ سَعْدٌ وَسَعْدٌ وَمَنْ مَعَهُمَا، إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: عَضَلٌ وَالْقَارَّةُ؛ أَيْ كَغَدْرِ عَضَلٍ وَالْقَارَّةِ بِأَصْحَابِ الرَّجِيعِ، خُبَيْبٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، أَبْشِرُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger’s ascertaining of Kaʿb’s breaking of the covenant on the Day of al-Khandaq] When the news reached the Messenger of God ﷺ and the Muslims, the Messenger of God ﷺ sent Saʿd b. Muʿādh b. al-Nuʿmān, who was that day the chief of the Aws, and Saʿd b. ʿUbādah b. Dulaym, one of the Banū Sāʿidah b. Kaʿb b. al-Khazraj, who was that day the chief of the Khazraj, and with them ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah, brother of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. al-Khazraj, and Khawwāt b. Jubayr, brother of the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf. He said: ‘Go and see whether what has reached us about these people is true or not. If it is true, then speak to me in a veiled manner that I will recognize, and do not weaken the people’s resolve. But if they remain faithful to what is between us and them, then proclaim it openly to the people.’ So they went out until they came to them, and found them in the worst state of what had been reported about them, in their abuse of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and they said: ‘Who is the Messenger of God? There is no covenant between us and Muḥammad and no pact.’ Saʿd b. Muʿādh reviled them and they reviled him, for he was a man of sharp temper. Saʿd b. ʿUbādah said to him: ‘Leave off reviling them, for what is between us and them is more serious than reviling.’ Then Saʿd and Saʿd and those with them returned to the Messenger of God ﷺ, greeted him, and then said: ‘ʿAḍal and al-Qārah’—that is, like the treachery of ʿAḍal and al-Qārah toward the companions of al-Rajīʿ, Khubayb and his companions. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: ‘God is greatest. Rejoice, O company of Muslims.’
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