Sirat Ibn Hisham 1157
The appointment of b. Umm Maktūm over Madinah
[ حِصَارُهُمْ وَمَقَالَةُ كَعْبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ لَهُمْ يوم قريظة ] ( قَالَ ): وَحَاصَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً، حَتَّى جَهَدَهُمْ الْحِصَارُ، وَقَذَفَ اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ الرُّعْبَ. وَقَدْ كَانَ حُيَيُّ بْنُ أَخْطَبَ دَخَلَ مَعَ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ فِي حِصْنِهِمْ، حِينَ رَجَعَتْ عَنْهُمْ قُرَيْشٌ وَغَطَفَانُ، وَفَاءً لِكَعْبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ بِمَا كَانَ عَاهَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا أَيْقَنُوا بِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَيْرُ مُنْصَرِفٍ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى يُنَاجِزَهُمْ، قَالَ كَعْبُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ لَهُمْ: يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ، قَدْ نَزَلَ بِكُمْ مِنْ الْأَمْرِ مَا تَرَوْنَ، وَإِنِّي عَارِضٌ عَلَيْكُمْ خِلَالًا ثَلَاثًا، فَخُذُوا أَيَّهَا شِئْتُمْ؛ قَالُوا: وَمَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: نُتَابِعُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ وَنُصَدِّقُهُ فَوَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ تَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَنَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ، وَأَنَّهُ لَلَّذِي تَجِدُونَهُ فِي كِتَابِكُمْ، فَتَأْمَنُونَ عَلَى دِمَائِكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَبْنَائِكُمْ وَنِسَائِكُمْ. قَالُوا: لَا نُفَارِقُ حُكْمَ التَّوْرَاةِ أَبَدًا، وَلَا نَسْتَبْدِلُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ؛ قَالَ: فَإِذَا أَبَيْتُمْ عَلَيَّ هَذِهِ، فَهَلُمَّ فَلْنَقْتُلْ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَنَا ثُمَّ نَخْرُجُ إلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ رِجَالًا مُصْلِتِينَ السُّيُوفَ، لَمْ نَتْرُكْ وَرَاءَنَا ثَقَلًا، حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَإِنْ نَهْلِكْ نَهْلِكُ، وَلَمْ نَتْرُكْ وَرَاءَنَا نَسْلًا نَخْشَى عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ نَظْهَرْ فَلَعَمْرِي لِنَجِدَنَّ النِّسَاءَ وَالْأَبْنَاءَ، قَالُوا: نَقْتُلُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمَسَاكِينِ فَمَا خَيْرُ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: فَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ عَلَيَّ هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ لَيْلَةُ السَّبْتِ، وَإِنَّهُ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ قَدْ أَمَّنُونَا فِيهَا، فَانْزِلُوا لَعَلَّنَا نُصِيبُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ غِرَّةً؛ قَالُوا: نُفْسِدُ سَبْتَنَا عَلَيْنَا، وَنُحْدِثُ فِيهِ مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَنَا إلَّا مَنْ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ، فَأَصَابَهُ مَا لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ الْمَسْخِ قَالَ: مَا بَاتَ رَجُلٌ مِنْكُمْ مُنْذُ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ لَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْ الدَّهْرِ حَازِمًا
Translation
✧ [The siege of them and the speech of Kaʿb b. Asad to them on the day of Qurayẓah] He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ besieged them for twenty-five nights, until the siege exhausted them, and God cast terror into their hearts. Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab had entered with the Banū Qurayẓah into their fortress when Quraysh and Ghaṭafān turned back from them, in fulfillment of what he had pledged to Kaʿb b. Asad. When they became certain that the Messenger of God ﷺ would not leave them until he fought them, Kaʿb b. Asad said to them: O assembly of Jews, there has come upon you of the matter what you see, and I am presenting to you three options, so take whichever of them you wish. They said: What are they? He said: We follow this man and believe him, for by God, it has become clear to you that he is indeed a sent prophet, and that he is the one whom you find in your Book, so you will be safe in your blood, your wealth, your children, and your women. They said: We will never depart from the ruling of the Torah, and we will not replace it with anything else. He said: If you reject this from me, then come, let us kill our children and our women, then go out to Muhammad and his companions as men with drawn swords, leaving no baggage behind us, until God judges between us and Muhammad. If we perish, we perish, and we leave behind no offspring for whom we fear. If we prevail, then by my life, we will find women and children again. They said: We kill these poor ones? What good is life after them? He said: If you reject this from me, then tonight is the night of the Sabbath, and it may be that Muhammad and his companions feel secure from us during it. So go down, perhaps we can catch Muhammad and his companions off guard. They said: We corrupt our Sabbath upon ourselves, and we introduce into it what none before us introduced except those whom you know, and there befell them what is not hidden from you of the metamorphosis. He said: Not one man among you has spent a single night of his life, since his mother bore him, resolute.
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