Sirat Ibn Hisham 1149
The creeping of discord among the polytheists
[ أَرْسَلَ الرَّسُولُ حُذَيْفَةَ لِيَتَعَرَّفَ مَا حَلَّ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ يوم الخندق ] ( قَالَ ): فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا اخْتَلَفَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ، وَمَا فَرَّقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ جَمَاعَتِهِمْ، دَعَا حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ، فَبَعَثَهُ إلَيْهِمْ، لِيَنْظُرَ مَا فَعَلَ الْقَوْمُ لَيْلًا. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيُّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ لِحُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَرَأَيْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَحِبْتُمُوهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَصْنَعُونَ ؟ قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنَّا نَجْهَدُ؛ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَوْ أَدْرَكْنَاهُ مَا تَرَكْنَاهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَلَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِنَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْخَنْدَقِ، وَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هُوِيًّا مِنْ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إلَيْنَا فَقَالَ: مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَقُومُ فَيَنْظُرُ لَنَا مَا فَعَلَ الْقَوْمُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ - يَشْرِطُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الرَّجْعَةَ - أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَكُونَ رَفِيقِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ فَمَا قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ، مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْخَوْفِ، وَشِدَّةِ الْجُوعِ، وَشِدَّةِ الْبَرْدِ؛ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَقُمْ أَحَدٌ، دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي بُدٌّ مِنْ الْقِيَامِ حِينَ دَعَانِي؛ فَقَالَ: يَا حُذَيْفَةُ، اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلْ فِي الْقَوْمِ، فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا يَصْنَعُونَ، وَلَا تُحْدِثَنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنَا. قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ فِي الْقَوْمِ وَالرِّيحُ وَجُنُودُ اللَّهِ تَفْعَلُ بِهِمْ مَا تَفْعَلُ، لَا تُقِرُّ لَهُمْ قِدْرًا وَلَا نَارًا وَلَا بِنَاءً. فَقَامَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ: لِيَنْظُرْ امْرُؤٌ مَنْ جَلِيسُهُ ؟ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كَانَ إلَى جَنْبِي، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger sent Hudhayfah to ascertain what had befallen the polytheists on the day of al-Khandaq] (He said): When the Messenger of God ﷺ learned of their dissension and how God had broken their unity, he summoned Hudhayfah b. al-Yaman and dispatched him to them to see what the people had done that night. Ibn Ishaq said: Yazid b. Ziyad related to me, from Muhammad b. Ka'b al-Qurazi, who said: A man from the people of Kufah said to Hudhayfah b. al-Yaman: "O Abu 'Abd Allah, did you see the Messenger of God ﷺ and accompany him?" He said: "Yes, O son of my brother." He said: "How did you act?" He said: "By God, we strove hard." He said: "By God, had we met him, we would not have let him walk on the ground; we would have carried him on our necks." Hudhayfah said: "O son of my brother, by God, I saw us with the Messenger of God ﷺ at al-Khandaq. The Messenger of God ﷺ prayed for a portion of the night, then turned to us and said: 'Who is the man who will rise and observe for us what the people have done, then return—the Messenger of God ﷺ stipulating for him the return—I ask God, may He be exalted, that he be my companion in Paradise?' But not one of the people rose, because of the intensity of fear, intense hunger, and intense cold. When no one rose, the Messenger of God ﷺ called me, and I had no choice but to rise when he called me. He said: 'O Hudhayfah, go and enter among the people and see what they are doing, but do not do anything until you come back to us.' He said: So I went and entered among the people, while the wind and the soldiers of God were doing to them what they were doing, not leaving them any pot, fire, or building. Abu Sufyan rose and said: 'O assembly of Quraysh, let each man look who his companion is.' Hudhayfah said: I took the hand of the man next to me and said: 'Who are you?' He said: 'So-and-so b. so-and-so.'
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