Sirat Ibn Hisham 1270
The Messenger's departure
[ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ رَسُولٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إلَى الرَّسُولِ ] قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: ثُمَّ بَعَثُوا إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، إنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَا يَلْقَى مِنْكُمْ مَنْ بَعَثْتُمُوهُ إلَى مُحَمَّدٍ إذْ جَاءَكُمْ مِنْ التَّعْنِيفِ وَسُوءِ اللَّفْظِ، وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ وَالِدٌ وَإِنِّي وَلَدٌ - وَكَانَ عُرْوَةُ لِسُبَيْعَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ - وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ بِاَلَّذِي نَابَكُمْ، فَجَمَعْتُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي مِنْ قَوْمِي، ثُمَّ جِئْتُكُمْ حَتَّى آسَيْتُكُمْ بِنَفْسِي؛ قَالُوا: صَدَقْتُ، مَا أَنْتَ عِنْدَنَا بِمُتَّهَمٍ. فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَجَمَعْتَ أَوْشَابَ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتَ بِهِمْ إلَى بَيْضَتِكَ لِتَفُضَّهَا بِهِمْ، إنَّهَا قُرَيْشٌ قَدْ خَرَجَتْ مَعَهَا الْعُوذُ الْمَطَافِيلُ. قَدْ لَبِسُوا جُلُودَ النُّمُورِ، يُعَاهِدُونَ اللَّهَ لَا تَدْخُلُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ عَنْوَةً أَبَدًا. وَاَيْمُ اللَّهِ، لِكَأَنِّي بِهَؤُلَاءِ قَدْ انْكَشَفُوا عَنْكَ غَدًا. قَالَ: وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ؛ فَقَالَ: اُمْصُصْ بَظْرَ اللَّاتِي، أَنَحْنُ نَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ، قَالَ: أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَوْلَا يَدٌ كَانَتْ لَكَ عِنْدِي لَكَافَأْتُكَ بِهَا، وَلَكِنْ هَذِهِ بِهَا قَالَ: ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَتَنَاوَلُ لِحْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُ. قَالَ: وَالْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَدِيدِ. قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ يَقْرَعُ يَدَهُ إذَا تَنَاوَلَ لِحْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَيَقُولُ: اُكْفُفْ يَدَكَ عَنْ وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ لَا تَصِلَ إلَيْكَ؛ قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ عُرْوَةُ: وَيْحَكَ مَا أَفَظَّكَ وَأَغْلَظَكَ قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؛ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا ابْنُ أَخِيكَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ؛ قَالَ: أَيْ غُدَرُ، وَهَلْ غَسَلْتُ سَوْأَتَكَ إلَّا بِالْأَمْسِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أَرَادَ عُرْوَةُ بِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ قَبْلَ إسْلَامِهِ قَتَلَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي مَالِكٍ. مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ. فَتَهَايَجَ الْحَيَّانِ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ: بَنُو مَالِكٍ رَهْطُ الْمَقْتُولِينَ، وَالْأَحْلَافُ رَهْطُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، فَوَدَى عُرْوَةُ الْمَقْتُولِينَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ دِيَةً، وَأَصْلَحَ ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: فَكَلَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِنَحْوٍ مِمَّا كَلَّمَ بِهِ أَصْحَابَهُ، وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْتِ يُرِيدُ حَرْبًا. فَقَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ رَأَى مَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِ أَصْحَابُهُ، لَا يَتَوَضَّأُ إلَّا ابْتَدَرُوا وُضُوءَهُ، وَلَا يَبْصُقُ بُصَاقًا إلَّا ابْتَدَرُوهُ. وَلَا يَسْقُطُ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ شَيْءٌ إلَّا أَخَذُوهُ. فَرَجَعَ إلَى قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، إنِّي قَدْ جِئْتُ كِسْرَى فِي مُلْكِهِ، وَقَيْصَرَ فِي مُلْكِهِ. وَالنَّجَاشِيَّ فِي مُلْكِهِ. وَإِنِّي وَاَللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مَلِكًا فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ مِثْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا لَا يُسْلِمُونَهُ لِشَيْءِ أَبَدًا، فَرَوْا رَأْيَكُمْ
Translation
✧ [ʿUrwah b. Masʿūd as an envoy from Quraysh to the Messenger] Al-Zuhrī said in his narrative: Then they sent ʿUrwah b. Masʿūd al-Thaqafī to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: O assembly of Quraysh, I have seen what befalls those of you whom you send to Muḥammad when he comes to you, of rebuke and harsh words. You know that you are a father, and I am a son—ʿUrwah was the son of Subayʿah bt. ʿAbd Shams—and I have heard of the misfortune that has befallen you, so I gathered those of my people who obey me and then came to you so that I might share your hardship with my own self. They said: You have spoken the truth; you are not suspect among us. So he went out until he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and sat down before him. Then he said: O Muḥammad, have you gathered the riffraff of the people and then brought them against your own kin to break them with them? It is Quraysh who have come out with their milch camels and their young. They have donned leopard skins and sworn by Allah that you shall never enter it against them by force. By Allah, it is as if I see these people breaking away from you tomorrow. He said: And Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq was sitting behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: Suck the clitoris of al-Lāt! Would we break away from him? He said: Who is this, O Muḥammad? He said: This is the son of Abū Quḥāfah. He said: By Allah, were it not for a favor you once did me, I would requite you with it; but this one is for that. He said: Then he began to reach for the beard of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while speaking with him. He said: Al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah was standing at the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in armor, and he began to strike his hand whenever he reached for the beard of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying: Withhold your hand from the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ before it does not reach you. He said: ʿUrwah would say: Woe to you, how rough and harsh you are! He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, and ʿUrwah said to him: Who is this, O Muḥammad? He said: This is your nephew, al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah. He said: O traitor, did I not wash your disgrace only yesterday? Ibn Hishām said: By this statement, ʿUrwah meant that before his Islam, al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah had killed thirteen men of the Banū Mālik of Thaqīf. Then the two clans of Thaqīf, the Banū Mālik, the kinsmen of the slain, and the Aḥlāf, the kinsmen of al-Mughīrah, were stirred up against each other, and ʿUrwah paid thirteen bloodwits for the slain and set that matter right. Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Zuhrī said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke with him in a manner similar to what he had said to his companions, and informed him that he had not come seeking war. Then he rose from the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, having seen how his companions treated him: he did not perform ablution without them rushing to his ablution water; he did not spit without them rushing to it; and nothing fell from his hair without them taking it. He returned to Quraysh and said: O assembly of Quraysh, I have been to Kisrā in his kingdom, and to Caesar in his kingdom, and to the Negus in his kingdom, and by Allah, I have never seen a king among a people like Muḥammad among his companions. I have seen a people who will never surrender him for anything. So consider your opinion.
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