Sirat Ibn Hisham 1164
Banū Qurayẓa's submission to the Messenger's judgment and the arbitration of Saʿd
[ نُزُولُ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ عَلَى حُكْمِ الرَّسُولِ وَتَحْكِيمُ سَعْدٍ ] ( قَالَ ) فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا نَزَلُوا عَلَى حُكْمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَوَاثَبَتْ الْأَوْسُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنَّهُمْ مَوَالِينَا دُونَ الْخَزْرَجِ، وَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ فِي مَوَالِي إخْوَانِنَا بِالْأَمْسِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ - وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ قَدْ حَاصَرَ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ، وَكَانُوا حُلَفَاءَ الْخَزْرَجِ، فَنَزَلُوا عَلَى حُكْمِهِ، فَسَأَلَهُ إيَّاهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيِّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ، فَوَهَبَهُمْ لَهُ - فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَتْهُ الْأَوْسُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَلَا تَرْضَوْنَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَوْسِ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى؛ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَذَاكَ إلَى سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَعَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ فِي خَيْمَةٍ لِامْرَأَةِ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ، يُقَالُ لَهَا رُفَيْدَةُ، فِي مَسْجِدِهِ، كَانَتْ تُدَاوِي الْجَرْحَى، وَتَحْتَسِبُ بِنَفْسِهَا عَلَى خِدْمَةِ مَنْ كَانَتْ بِهِ ضَيْعَةٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ حِينَ أَصَابَهُ السَّهْمُ بِالْخَنْدَقِ: اجْعَلُوهُ فِي خَيْمَةِ رُفَيْدَةَ حَتَّى أَعُودَهُ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ فَلَمَّا حَكَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، أَتَاهُ قَوْمُهُ فَحَمَلُوهُ عَلَى حِمَارٍ قَدْ وَطَّئُوا لَهُ بِوِسَادَةِ مِنْ أَدَمٍ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا جَسِيمًا جَمِيلًا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلُوا مَعَهُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو، أَحْسِنْ فِي مَوَالِيكَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إنَّمَا وَلَّاكَ ذَلِكَ لِتُحْسِنَ فِيهِمْ؛ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: لَقَدْ آنَ لِسَعْدٍ أَنْ لَا تَأْخُذَهُ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ. فَرَجَعَ بَعْضُ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ إلَى دَارِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، فَنَعَى لَهُمْ رِجَالَ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إلَيْهِمْ سَعْدٌ، عَنْ كَلِمَتِهِ الَّتِي سَمِعَ مِنْهُ. فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى سَعْدٌ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: قُومُوا إلَى سَيِّدِكُمْ فَأَمَّا الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَيَقُولُونَ: إنَّمَا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْأَنْصَارَ؛ وَأَمَّا الْأَنْصَارُ، فَيَقُولُونَ: قَدْ عَمَّ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - ﷺ فَقَامُوا إلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو، إنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ وَلَّاكَ أَمْرَ مَوَالِيكَ لِتَحْكُمَ فِيهِمْ؛ فَقَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِذَلِكَ عَهْدُ اللَّهِ وَمِيثَاقُهُ، أَنَّ الْحُكْمَ فِيهِمْ لَمَا حَكَمْتُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ: وَعَلَى مَنْ هَاهُنَا ؟ فِي النَّاحِيَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُعْرِضٌ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إجْلَالًا لَهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: نَعَمْ قَالَ سَعْدٌ: فَإِنِّي أَحُكْمُ فِيهِمْ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ الرِّجَالُ، وَتُقَسَّمُ الْأَمْوَالُ، وَتُسْبَى الذَّرَارِيُّ وَالنِّسَاءُ
Translation
✧ [The descent of Banū Qurayẓah upon the judgment of the Messenger and the appointment of Saʿd as judge] (He said): When morning came, they descended upon the judgment of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Aws leapt forward and said, “O Messenger of God, they are our clients rather than the Khazraj’s, and you have already done yesterday with the clients of our brothers what you know.” — The Messenger of God ﷺ had, before Banū Qurayẓah, besieged Banū Qaynuqāʿ, who were allies of the Khazraj, and they descended upon his judgment. ʿAbd Allāh b. Ubayy b. Salūl had asked him for them, and he gave them to him. — When the Aws spoke to him, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Would you not be content, O company of Aws, that a man from among you should judge them?” They said, “Yes.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “That is for Saʿd b. Muʿādh.” The Messenger of God ﷺ had placed Saʿd b. Muʿādh in a tent belonging to a woman of Aslam called Rufaydah, in his mosque; she used to treat the wounded and devoted herself to serving those Muslims who were in need. The Messenger of God ﷺ had said to his people when the arrow struck him at the trench, “Put him in Rufaydah’s tent so that I may visit him soon.” When the Messenger of God ﷺ made him judge over Banū Qurayẓah, his people came to him and carried him on a donkey, having prepared for him a leather cushion. He was a large, handsome man. Then they came with him to the Messenger of God ﷺ, saying, “O Abū ʿAmr, deal kindly with your clients, for the Messenger of God ﷺ has appointed you over this only that you may deal kindly with them.” When they pressed him much, he said, “It is time for Saʿd not to be swayed by any critic’s blame in the cause of God.” Some of his people who were with him returned to the dwellings of Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal and announced to them the doom of the men of Banū Qurayẓah before Saʿd reached them, on account of the word they had heard from him. When Saʿd came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and the Muslims, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Rise to your chief.” The Emigrants of Quraysh said, “The Messenger of God ﷺ meant the Anṣār only,” while the Anṣār said, “The Messenger of God ﷺ made it general.” They rose to him and said, “O Abū ʿAmr, the Messenger of God ﷺ has appointed you over the affair of your clients so that you may judge among them.” Saʿd b. Muʿādh said, “Do you covenant with me by God’s covenant and His compact that the judgment among them will be whatever I judge?” They said, “Yes.” “And upon those who are here?” — in the direction where the Messenger of God ﷺ was, while he turned away from the Messenger of God ﷺ out of reverence for him. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Yes.” Saʿd said, “I judge among them that the men be killed, the property be divided, and the women and children be taken captive.”
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