Sirat Ibn Hisham 1247
The falling of ʿĀʾishah's necklace and her staying behind to search for it
[ سُقُوطُ عِقْدِ عَائِشَةَ وَتَخَلُّفُهَا لِلْبَحْثِ عَنْهُ ] قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ النِّسَاءُ إذْ ذَاكَ إنَّمَا يَأْكُلْنَ الْعُلَقَ لَمْ يَهِجْهُنَّ اللَّحْمُ فَيَثْقُلْنَ، وَكُنْتُ إذَا رَحَلَ لِي بَعِيرِي جَلَسْتُ فِي هَوْدَجِي، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ يُرَحِّلُونَ لِي وَيَحْمِلُونَنِي، فَيَأْخُذُونَ بِأَسْفَلَ الْهَوْدَجِ، فَيَرْفَعُونَهُ، فَيَضَعُونَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَيُشِدُّونَهُ بِحِبَالِهِ، ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُونَ بِرَأْسِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ بِهِ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ ذَلِكَ، وَجَّهَ قَافِلًا، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَبَالَ بِهِ بَعْضَ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ فِي النَّاسِ بِالرَّحِيلِ، فَارْتَحَلَ النَّاسُ، وَخَرَجْتُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِي، وَفِي عُنُقِي عِقْدٌ لِي، فِيهِ جَزْعُ ظِفَارٍ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ انْسَلَّ مِنْ عُنُقِي وَلَا أَدْرِي، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إلَى الرَّحْلِ ذَهَبْتُ أَلْتَمِسُهُ فِي عُنُقِي، فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَ النَّاسُ فِي الرَّحِيلِ، فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى مَكَانِي الَّذِي ذَهَبْتُ إلَيْهِ، فَالْتَمَسْتُهُ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُهُ. وَجَاءَ الْقَوْمُ خِلَافِي، الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُرَحِّلُونَ لِي الْبَعِيرَ، وَقَدْ فَرَغُوا مِنْ رِحْلَتِهِ، فَأَخَذُوا الْهَوْدَجَ، وَهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي فِيهِ، كَمَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ، فَاحْتَمَلُوهُ، فَشَدُّوهُ عَلَى الْبَعِيرِ، وَلَمْ يَشُكُّوا أَنِّي فِيهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا بِرَأْسِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَانْطَلَقُوا بِهِ؛ فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى الْعَسْكَرِ وَمَا فِيهِ مِنْ دَاعٍ وَلَا مُجِيبٍ، قَدْ انْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ
Translation
✧ [The falling of ʿĀʾishah's necklace and her staying behind to search for it] She said: At that time the women used to eat only morsels; meat had not stirred them so that they became heavy. When my camel was saddled for me, I would sit in my howdah; then the men who saddled it for me would come and carry me. They would take hold of the lower part of the howdah, lift it, and place it on the camel's back, then tie it with its ropes. Then they would take the camel's head and lead it away. She said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ had finished that journey of his, he turned homeward, until when he was near Madinah he halted at a stopping-place, and he passed the night there. Then he announced to the people the departure, and the people set off. I went out for some need of mine, and on my neck was a necklace of mine containing beads of Ẓifār onyx. When I had finished, it slipped from my neck without my knowing. When I returned to the baggage, I went to feel for it on my neck and did not find it. The people had already begun to depart, so I went back to the place where I had gone and searched for it until I found it. The men who used to saddle the camel for me came to my place, and they had finished saddling it. They took the howdah, thinking that I was in it, as I used to do. They lifted it up and tied it onto the camel, not doubting that I was in it. Then they took the camel's head and led it away. So I returned to the camp, and there was no caller in it and no answerer; the people had departed.
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