Sirat Ibn Hisham 1148
The creeping of discord among the polytheists
[ دَبِيبُ الْفُرْقَةِ بَيْنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يوم الخندق ] فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ السَّبْتِ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ، وَكَانَ مِنْ صُنْعِ اللَّهِ لِرَسُولِهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَرْسَلَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَرُءُوسُ غَطَفَانَ إلَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنَ أَبِي جَهْلٍ، فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَغَطَفَانَ، فَقَالُوا لَهُمْ: إنَّا لَسْنَا بِدَارِ مُقَامٍ، قَدْ هَلَكَ الْخُفُّ وَالْحَافِرُ، فَاغْدُوَا لِلْقِتَالِ حَتَّى نُنَاجِزَ مُحَمَّدًا، وَنَفْرُغَ مِمَّا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ، فَأَرْسَلُوا إلَيْهِمْ: إنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ، وَهُوَ ( يَوْمٌ ) لَا نَعْمَلُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا، وَقَدْ كَانَ أَحْدَثَ فِيهِ بَعْضُنَا حَدَثًا، فَأَصَابَهُ مَا لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَسْنَا مَعَ ذَلِكَ بِاَلَّذِينَ نُقَاتِلُ مَعَكُمْ مُحَمَّدًا حَتَّى تُعْطُونَا رَهْنًا مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ، يَكُونُونَ بِأَيْدِينَا ثِقَةً لَنَا حَتَّى نُنَاجِزَ مُحَمَّدًا، فَإِنَّا نَخْشَى إنَّ ضَرَّسَتْكُمْ الْحَرْبُ، وَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْكُمْ الْقِتَالُ أَنْ تَنْشَمِرُوا إلَى بِلَادِكُمْ وَتَتْرُكُونَا، وَالرَّجُلَ فِي بَلَدِنَا، وَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ. فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتْ إلَيْهِمْ الرُّسُلُ بِمَا قَالَتْ بَنُو قُرَيْظَةَ، قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَغَطَفَانُ: وَاَللَّهِ إنَّ الَّذِي حَدَّثَكُمْ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ لَحَقٌّ، فَأَرْسِلُوا بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ: إنَّا وَاَللَّهِ لَا نَدْفَعُ إلَيْكُمْ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا مِنْ رِجَالِنَا، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَ الْقِتَالَ فَاخْرُجُوا فَقَاتِلُوا؛ فَقَالَتْ بَنُو قُرَيْظَةَ، حِينَ انْتَهَتْ الرُّسُلُ إلَيْهِمْ بِهَذَا: إنَّ الَّذِي ذَكَرَ لَكُمْ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ لَحَقٌّ، مَا يُرِيدُ الْقَوْمُ إلَّا أَنْ يُقَاتِلُوا، فَإِنْ رَأَوْا فُرْصَةً انْتَهَزُوهَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ انْشَمَرُوا إلَى بِلَادِهِمْ. وَخَلَّوْا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ فِي بَلَدِكُمْ، فَأَرْسِلُوا إلَى قُرَيْشٍ وَغَطَفَانَ: إنَّا وَاَللَّهِ لَا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَكُمْ مُحَمَّدًا حَتَّى تُعْطُونَا رَهْنًا؛ فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَخَذَّلَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ الرِّيحَ فِي لَيَالٍ شَاتِيَةٍ بَارِدَةٍ شَدِيدَةِ الْبَرْدِ، فَجَعَلَتْ تَكْفَأُ قُدُورَهُمْ، وَتَطْرَحُ أَبْنِيَتَهُمْ
Translation
✧ [The creeping of division among the polytheists on the day of al-Khandaq] When it was the night of Saturday in Shawwāl of the year five, it was part of God's working for His Messenger ﷺ that Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb and the chiefs of Ghaṭafān sent to the Banū Qurayẓah ʿIkrimah b. Abī Jahl, in a group of Quraysh and Ghaṭafān, and they said to them: 'We are not in a place of staying; the camel and the horse have perished. So come out in the morning to fight, so that we may engage Muḥammad and be done with what is between us and him.' They sent back to them: 'Today is Saturday, and it is a day on which we do no work. One of us had previously committed an offense on it, and what befell him is not hidden from you. And with that, we are not ones to fight Muḥammad alongside you until you give us hostages from your men, who will be in our hands as a surety for us until we engage Muḥammad. For we fear that if the war bites you and fighting presses hard upon you, you will withdraw to your lands and leave us, and the man is in our land, and we have no strength against him there.' When the messengers returned to them with what the Banū Qurayẓah said, Quraysh and Ghaṭafān said: 'By God, what Nuʿaym b. Masʿūd told you is true.' So they sent to the Banū Qurayẓah: 'By God, we will not hand over to you a single one of our men. If you want to fight, then come out and fight.' The Banū Qurayẓah said, when the messengers reached them with this: 'What Nuʿaym b. Masʿūd mentioned to you is true. The people want nothing but to fight. If they see an opportunity, they will seize it; and if it is otherwise, they will withdraw to their lands and leave you between the man in your land.' So they sent to Quraysh and Ghaṭafān: 'By God, we will not fight Muḥammad alongside you until you give us hostages.' They refused them, and God caused division among them, and God sent upon them the wind in cold, wintry, bitterly cold nights, and it began to overturn their pots and throw down their tents.
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