Sirat Ibn Hisham 1139
The Messenger's intention to conclude a peace agreement between him and Ghaṭafān, then his retraction
[ هَمَّ الرَّسُولُ بِعَقْدِ الصُّلْحِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ غَطَفَانَ ثُمَّ عَدَلَ يوم الخندق ] فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ الْبَلَاءُ، بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ وَمَنْ لَا أَتَّهِمُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ، إلَى عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ حِصْنِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ، وَإِلَى الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ أَبِي حَارِثَةَ الْمُرِّيِّ، وَهُمَا قَائِدَا غَطَفَانَ، فَأَعْطَاهُمَا ثُلُثَ ثِمَارِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَا بِمَنْ مَعَهُمَا عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَجَرَى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمَا الصُّلْحُ، حَتَّى كَتَبُوا الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ تَقَعْ الشَّهَادَةُ وَلَا عَزِيمَةُ الصُّلْحِ، إلَّا الْمُرَاوَضَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ. فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ، بَعَثَ إلَى سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمَا، وَاسْتَشَارَهُمَا فِيهِ، فَقَالَا لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَمْرًا نُحِبُّهُ فَنَصْنَعُهُ، أَمْ شَيْئًا أَمَرَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ، لَا بُدَّ لَنَا مِنْ الْعَمَلِ بِهِ، أَمْ شَيْئًا تَصْنَعُهُ لَنَا ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ شَيْءٌ أَصْنَعُهُ لَكُمْ، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ إلَّا لِأَنَّنِي رَأَيْتُ الْعَرَبَ قَدْ رَمَتْكُمْ عَنْ قَوْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، وَكَالَبُوكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَكْسِرَ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ شَوْكَتِهِمْ إلَى أَمْرٍ مَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ وَهَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ عَلَى الشِّرْكِ بِاَللَّهِ وَعِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ، لَا نَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَلَا نَعْرِفُهُ، وَهُمْ لَا يَطْمَعُونَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِنْهَا تَمْرَةً إلَّا قِرًى أَوْ بَيْعًا، أَفَحِينَ أَكْرَمْنَا اللَّهُ بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَهَدَانَا لَهُ وَأَعَزَّنَا بِكَ وَبِهِ، نُعْطِيهِمْ أَمْوَالَنَا ( وَاَللَّهِ ) مَا لَنَا بِهَذَا مِنْ حَاجَةٍ، وَاَللَّهِ لَا نُعْطِيهِمْ إلَّا السَّيْفَ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ؛ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَأَنْتَ وَذَاكَ. فَتَنَاوَلَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الصَّحِيفَةَ، فَمَحَا مَا فِيهَا مِنْ الْكِتَابِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لِيَجْهَدُوا عَلَيْنَا
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's intention to conclude a peace between him and Ghaṭafān, then his turning away from it, on the day of al-Khandaq] When the affliction became severe upon the people, the Messenger of God ﷺ sent, as ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah and one whom I do not suspect related to me on the authority of Muḥammad b. Muslim b. ʿUbayd Allāh b. Shihāb al-Zuhrī, to ʿUyaynah b. Ḥiṣn b. Ḥudhayfah b. Badr and to al-Ḥārith b. ʿAwf b. Abī Ḥārithah al-Murrī, the two leaders of Ghaṭafān. He offered them a third of the fruits of al-Madīnah on condition that they withdraw with their forces from him and his companions. A peace agreement was negotiated between him and them until they wrote the document, though the witnessing had not taken place nor was the peace firmly concluded—only the discussion of it. When the Messenger of God ﷺ was about to carry it out, he sent to Saʿd b. Muʿādh and Saʿd b. ʿUbādah and mentioned that to them and consulted them about it. They said to him: "O Messenger of God, is this something we love and so we do it, or something God has commanded you with that we must carry out, or something you are doing for our sake?" He said: "Rather, it is something I do for your sake. By God, I do that only because I have seen the Arabs shooting at you from a single bow and assailing you from every side. I wanted to break some of their strength from you for a time." Saʿd b. Muʿādh said to him: "O Messenger of God, we and these people were upon polytheism and the worship of idols; we did not worship God nor know Him, and they never hoped to eat a single date from it except through hospitality or purchase. Now, when God has honored us with Islam, guided us to it, and strengthened us through you and through it, shall we give them our wealth? By God, we have no need of this. By God, we will give them nothing but the sword until God judges between us and them." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "You and that." Saʿd b. Muʿādh took the sheet and erased what was in it of writing. Then he said: "Let them strive against us!"
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