Sirat Ibn Hisham 1263
The Messenger's departure
[ الرَّسُولُ وَبِشْرُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ] قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ بِعُسْفَانَ لَقِيَهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْكَعْبِيُّ - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ بُسْرٌ - فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ قُرَيْشٌ، قَدْ سَمِعْتُ بِمَسِيرِكَ، فَخَرَجُوا مَعَهُمْ الْعُوذُ الْمَطَافِيلُ، قَدْ لَبِسُوا جُلُودَ النُّمُورِ، وَقَدْ نَزَلُوا بِذِي طُوًى، يُعَاهِدُونَ اللَّهَ لَا تَدْخُلُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا، وَهَذَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فِي خَيْلِهِمْ قَدْ قَدَّمُوهَا إلَى كُرَاعِ الْغَمِيمِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: يَا وَيْحَ قُرَيْشٍ لَقَدْ أَكَلَتْهُمْ الْحَرْبُ، مَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ خَلَّوْا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ سَائِرِ الْعَرَبِ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَصَابُونِي كَانَ الَّذِي أَرَادُوا، وَإِنْ أَظْهَرَنِي اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ دَخَلُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَافِرِينَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا قَاتَلُوا وَبِهِمْ قُوَّةٌ، فَمَا تَظُنُّ قُرَيْشٌ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَا أَزَالُ أُجَاهِدُ عَلَى الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ حَتَّى يُظْهِرَهُ اللَّهُ أَوْ تَنْفَرِدَ هَذِهِ السَّالِفَةُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَخْرَجُ بِنَا عَلَى طَرِيقٍ غَيْرِ طَرِيقِهِمْ الَّتِي هُمْ بِهَا ؟
Translation
✧ [The Messenger and Bishr b. Sufyān] Al-Zuhrī said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed until, when he was at ʿUsfān, Bishr b. Sufyān al-Kaʿbī met him – Ibn Hishām said: It is also said Busr – and said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is Quraysh. I have heard of your march, and they have come out with their milch camels with young, having donned leopard skins, and they have encamped at Dhū Ṭuwā, pledging to Allah that you will never enter it against them. And this is Khālid b. al-Walīd among their cavalry, whom they have sent ahead to Kurāʿ al-Ghamīm." He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Woe to Quraysh! War has devoured them. What harm would it do them if they left me to deal with the rest of the Arabs? If they strike me down, that is what they wanted; and if Allah gives me victory over them, they would enter Islam fully intact. If they do not, they will fight while they have strength. What does Quraysh think? By Allah, I will not cease striving for that with which Allah has sent me until Allah makes it prevail or this front part (of my neck) is severed." Then he said: "Who is a man who will take us out by a road other than their road on which they are?"
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