Sirat Ibn Hisham 1147
The affair of Nuʿaym in discouraging the polytheists from fighting the Muslims
[ شَأْنُ نُعَيْمٍ فِي تَخْذِيلِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يوم الخندق ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَأَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ، فِيمَا وَصَفَ اللَّهُ مِنْ الْخَوْفِ وَالشِّدَّةِ، لِتَظَاهُرِ عَدُوِّهِمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَإِتْيَانِهِمْ إيَّاهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُمْ. ( قَالَ ): ثُمَّ إنَّ نُعَيْمَ بْنَ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ أُنَيْفِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ قُنْفُدِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ خَلَاوَةَ بْنِ أَشْجَعَ بْنِ رَيْثِ بْنِ غَطَفَانَ، أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَإِنَّ قَوْمِي لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا بِإِسْلَامِي، فَمُرْنِي بِمَا شِئْتُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إنَّمَا أَنْتُ فِينَا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ، فَخَذِّلْ عَنَّا إنْ اسْتَطَعْتُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خُدْعَةٌ فَخَرَجَ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَتَّى أَتَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، وَكَانَ لَهُمْ نَدِيمًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ وُدِّي إيَّاكُمْ، وَخَاصَّةً مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ؛ قَالُوا: صَدَقْتُ، لَسْتُ عِنْدَنَا بِمُتَّهَمٍ؛ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إنَّ قُرَيْشًا وَغَطَفَانَ لَيْسُوا كَأَنْتُمْ، الْبَلَدُ بَلَدُكُمْ، فِيهِ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَنِسَاؤُكُمْ، لَا تَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْ تَحَوَّلُوا مِنْهُ إلَى غَيْرِهِ، وَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا وَغَطَفَانَ قَدْ جَاءُوا لِحَرْبِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، وَقَدْ ظَاهَرْتُمُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَبَلَدُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ بِغَيْرِهِ، فَلَيْسُوا كَأَنْتُمْ، فَإِنْ رَأَوْا نُهْزَةً أَصَابُوهَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ لَحِقُوا بِبِلَادِهِمْ وَخَلَّوْا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ بِبَلَدِكُمْ، وَلَا طَاقَةَ لَكُمْ بَهْ إنْ خَلَا بِكُمْ، فَلَا تُقَاتِلُوا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ حَتَّى تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُمْ رَهْنًا مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ، يَكُونُونَ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ ثِقَةً لَكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ تُقَاتِلُوا مَعَهُمْ مُحَمَّدًا حَتَّى تُنَاجِزُوهُ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: لَقَدْ أَشَرْتُ بِالرَّأْيِ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى قُرَيْشًا، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ قُرَيْشٍ: قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ وُدِّي لَكُمْ وَفِرَاقِي مُحَمَّدًا، وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَمْرٌ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ عَلَيَّ حَقًّا أَنْ أُبْلِغَكُمُوهُ، نُصْحًا لَكُمْ، فَاكْتُمُوا عَنِّي؛ فَقَالُوا: نَفْعَلُ؛ قَالَ: تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ قَدْ نَدِمُوا عَلَى مَا صَنَعُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَقَدْ أَرْسَلُوا إلَيْهِ: إنَّا قَدْ نَدِمْنَا عَلَى مَا فَعَلْنَا فَهَلْ يُرْضِيكَ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ لَكَ مِنْ الْقَبِيلَتَيْنِ، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَغَطَفَانَ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ فَنُعْطِيكَهُمْ، فَتَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ ثُمَّ نَكُونُ مَعَكَ عَلَى مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى نَسْتَأْصِلَهُمْ ؟ فَأَرْسَلَ إلَيْهِمْ: أَنْ نَعَمْ. فَإِنْ بَعَثَتْ إلَيْكُمْ يَهُودُ يَلْتَمِسُونَ مِنْكُمْ رَهْنًا مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ فَلَا تَدْفَعُوا إلَيْهِمْ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى غَطَفَانَ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ غَطَفَانَ، إنَّكُمْ أَصْلِي وَعَشِيرَتِي، وَأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إلَيَّ، وَلَا أَرَاكُمْ تَتَّهِمُونِي؛ قَالُوا: صَدَقْتُ، مَا أَنْتَ عِنْدَنَا بِمُتَّهَمٍ؛ قَالَ: فَاكْتُمُوا عَنِّي؛ قَالُوا: نَفْعَلُ، فَمَا أَمْرُكَ ؟، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِقُرَيْشِ وَحَذَّرَهُمْ مَا حَذَّرَهُمْ
Translation
✧ [Nuʿaym's role in dissuading the polytheists from the Muslims on the day of al-Khandaq] Ibn Isḥāq said: And the Messenger of God ﷺ and his companions remained, in the fear and hardship that God described, because of their enemies banding together against them and coming at them from above them and from below them. (He said:) Then Nuʿaym b. Masʿūd b. ʿĀmir b. Unayf b. Thaʿlaba b. Qunfudh b. Hilāl b. Khalāwa b. Ashjaʿ b. Rayth b. Ghaṭafān came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, I have become a Muslim, but my people do not know of my Islam; so command me whatever you wish. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: You are but one man among us, so sow dissension among them from us if you can, for war is deceit. So Nuʿaym b. Masʿūd went out until he came to the Banū Qurayẓa, for he had been a boon companion of theirs in the Jāhiliyya, and said: O Banū Qurayẓa, you know my affection for you and especially what is between me and you. They said: You speak truly; you are not suspect among us. He said to them: Quraysh and Ghaṭafān are not like you. The land is your land; in it are your wealth, your children, and your women. You cannot move from it to another, while Quraysh and Ghaṭafān have come to fight Muḥammad and his companions, and you have aided them against him, but their land, their wealth, and their women are elsewhere; they are not like you. If they see an opportunity, they will seize it; but if it is otherwise, they will return to their lands and leave you alone with the man in your land, and you will have no strength against him if he is left alone with you. So do not fight with the people until you take from them hostages from their nobles, who will be in your hands as a surety for you, so that you may fight with them against Muḥammad until you come to grips with him. They said to him: You have advised well. Then he went out until he came to Quraysh and said to Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb and the men of Quraysh who were with him: You know my affection for you and my separation from Muḥammad. A matter has reached me that I saw it as my duty to convey to you, out of sincere counsel for you, so keep it secret from me. They said: We will. He said: Know that the company of the Jews have regretted what they did between themselves and Muḥammad. They have sent to him: We have regretted what we did; would it please you that we take for you from the two tribes, from Quraysh and Ghaṭafān, men of their nobles and give them to you, that you may strike their necks, and then we will be with you against those who remain of them until we exterminate them? And he sent to them: Yes. So if the Jews send to you seeking hostages from your men, do not hand over to them a single man of yours. Then he went out until he came to Ghaṭafān and said: O company of Ghaṭafān, you are my origin and my clan, and the dearest of people to me, and I do not think you suspect me. They said: You speak truly; you are not suspect among us. He said: Then keep it secret from me. They said: We will; what is your affair? Then he said to them the like of what he had said to Quraysh and warned them as he had warned them.
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