Sirat Ibn Hisham 1217
Ibn Ḥiṣn's raid on the Messenger's milch-camels
[ الرَّسُولُ وَنَصِيحَتُهُ لِأَبِي عَيَّاشٍ بِتَرْكِ فَرَسِهِ في غزوة ذات قرد ] وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْ رِجَالٍ مِنْ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ، لِأَبِي عَيَّاشٍ: يَا أَبَا عِيَاشٍ، لَوْ أَعْطَيْتُ هَذَا الْفَرَسَ رَجُلًا، هُوَ أَفْرَسُ مِنْكَ فَلَحِقَ بِالْقَوْمِ ؟ قَالَ أَبُو عَيَّاشٍ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنَا أَفْرَسُ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبْتُ الْفَرَسَ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا جَرَى بِي خَمْسِينَ ذِرَاعًا حَتَّى طَرَحَنِي، فَعَجِبْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَوْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ أَفْرَسَ مِنْكَ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: أَنَا أَفْرَسُ النَّاسِ. فَزَعَمَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْطَى فَرَسَ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ مُعَاذَ بْنَ مَاعِصٍ، أَوْ عَائِذَ بْنَ مَاعِصِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ خَلَدَةَ، وَكَانَ ثَامِنًا، وَبَعْضُ النَّاسِ يَعُدُّ سَلَمَةِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ أَحَدَ الثَّمَانِيَةِ، وَيَطْرَحُ أُسَيْدَ بْنَ ظُهَيْرٍ، أَخَا بَنِي حَارِثَةَ، وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيُّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ سَلَمَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَارِسًا، وَقَدْ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ لَحِقَ بِالْقَوْمِ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ. فَخَرَجَ الْفُرْسَانُ فِي طَلَبِ الْقَوْمِ حَتَّى تَلَاحَقُوا
Translation
✧ [The Messenger and his counsel to Abū ʿAyyāsh to leave his horse in the expedition of Dhū Qarad] The Messenger of God ﷺ, as has reached me from men of the Banū Zurayq, said to Abū ʿAyyāsh: "O Abū ʿAyyāsh, would it not have been better had I given this horse to a man who is a better horseman than you, so that he might catch up with the people?" Abū ʿAyyāsh said: I said: "O Messenger of God, I am the best horseman among the people." Then I struck the horse, and by God, it had not carried me fifty cubits before it threw me. I was astonished that the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Had you given it to one more skilled in horsemanship than you," while I said, "I am the best horseman among the people." Men of the Banū Zurayq claimed that the Messenger of God ﷺ gave the horse of Abū ʿAyyāsh to Muʿādh b. Māʿiṣ, or ʿĀʾidh b. Māʿiṣ b. Qays b. Khalada, and he was the eighth. Some people count Salamah b. ʿAmr b. al-Akwaʿ as one of the eight, and they drop Usayd b. Ẓuhayr, the brother of the Banū Ḥārithah. God knows best which of these it was. Salamah was not a horseman that day; he was the first to catch up with the people on foot. The horsemen went out in pursuit of the people until they caught up with one another.
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