Sirat Ibn Hisham 1211
The Messenger's departure to Banū Liḥyān
[ اسْتِعْمَالُهُ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ] فَخَرَجَ مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ ﷺ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، فِيمَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ. [ طَرِيقُهُ إلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ رُجُوعُهُ عَنْهُمْ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَسَلَكَ عَلَى غُرَابٍ، جَبَلٍ بِنَاحِيَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى طَرِيقِهِ إلَى الشَّامِ، ثُمَّ عَلَى مَحِيصٍ، ثُمَّ عَلَى الْبَتْرَاءِ، ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ ذَاتَ الْيَسَارِ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَى بَيْنٍ، ثُمَّ عَلَى صُخَيْرَاتِ الْيَمَامِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامَ بِهِ الطَّرِيقُ عَلَى الْمَحَجَّةِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ، فَأَغَذَّ السَّيْرَ سَرِيعًا، حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَلَى غُرَانَ، وَهِيَ مَنَازِلُ بَنِي لِحْيَانٍ، وَغُرَانُ وَادٍ بَيْنَ أَمَجَّ وَعُسْفَانَ، إلَى بَلَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: سَايَةُ، فَوَجَدَهُمْ قَدْ حَذِرُوا وَتَمَنَّعُوا فِي رُءُوسِ الْجِبَالِ. فَلَمَّا نَزَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَخْطَأَهُ مِنْ غِرَّتِهِمْ مَا أَرَادَ، قَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّا هَبَطْنَا عُسْفَانَ لَرَأَى أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَنَّا قَدْ جِئْنَا مَكَّةَ، فَخَرَجَ فِي مِئَتَيْ رَاكِبٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عُسْفَانَ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ فَارِسَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَا كُرَاعَ الْغَمِيمِ، ثُمَّ كَرَّ وَرَاحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَافِلًا
Translation
✧ His appointment of Ibn Umm Maktūm over Madinah: He ﷺ departed from Madinah and appointed Ibn Umm Maktūm over Madinah, as Ibn Hishām said. His route to them and then his return: Ibn Isḥāq said: He took the route by Ghurāb, a mountain on the side of Madinah on the road to Syria, then by Maḥīṣ, then by al-Batrāʾ, then he turned to the left and came out at Bayn, then at Ṣukhayrāt al-Yamām, then the road led him straight on the highway of the Makkah road. He hastened the pace quickly until he halted at Ghurān, which is the camping grounds of Banū Liḥyān. Ghurān is a valley between Amajj and ʿUsfān, extending to a place called Sāyah. He found that they had become wary and fortified themselves on the mountaintops. When the Messenger of God ﷺ halted there and missed what he wanted of catching them unawares, he said: "If we went down to ʿUsfān, the people of Makkah would see that we have come to Makkah." So he went out with two hundred riders of his companions until he halted at ʿUsfān, then he sent two horsemen of his companions until they reached Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm, then he turned back and the Messenger of God ﷺ returned home.
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