Sirat Ibn Hisham 1308
The Messenger's prohibition on the day of Khaybar of certain things
[ مَقْتَلُ مَرْحَبٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ حُصُونِهِمْ مَا افْتَتَحَ، وَحَازَ مِنْ الْأَمْوَالِ مَا حَازَ، انْتَهَوْا إلَى حِصْنَيْهِمْ الْوَطِيحِ وَالسُّلَالِمِ، وَكَانَ آخِرَ حُصُونِ أَهْلِ خَيْبَرَ افْتِتَاحًا، فَحَاصَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَكَانَ شَعَارُ أَصْحَابِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: يَا مَنْصُورُ، أَمِتْ أَمِتْ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، أَخُو بَنِي حَارِثَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ مَرْحَبٌ الْيَهُودِيُّ مِنْ حِصْنِهِمْ، قَدْ جَمَعَ سِلَاحَهُ، يَرْتَجِزُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي مَرْحَبْ شَاكِي السِّلَاحِ بَطَلٌ مُجَرَّبْ أَطْعَنُ أَحْيَانًا وَحِينًا أَضْرِبْ إذَا اللُّيُوثُ أَقْبَلَتْ تَحَرَّبْ إنَّ حِمَايَ لِلْحِمَى لَا يُقَرَّبْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُبَارِزُ ؟ فَأَجَابَهُ كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي كَعْبُ مُفَرَّجُ الْغَمَّى جَرِيءٌ صُلْبُ إذْ شَبَّتْ الْحَرْبُ تَلَتْهَا الْحَرْبُ مَعِي حُسَامٌ كَالْعَقِيقِ عَضْبُ نَطَؤُكُمْ حَتَّى يَذِلَّ الصَّعْبُ نُعْطِي الْجَزَاءَ أَوْ يَفِيءَ النَّهْبُ بِكَفِّ مَاضٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ عَتْبُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أَنْشَدَنِي أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي كَعْبُ وَأَنَّنِي مَتَى تُشَبُّ الْحَرْبُ مَاضٍ عَلَى الْهَوْلِ جَرِيءٌ صُلْبُ مَعِي حُسَامٌ كَالْعَقِيقِ عَضْبُ بِكَفِّ مَاضٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ عَتْبُ نَدُكُّكُمْ حَتَّى يَذِلَّ الصَّعْبُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَمَرْحَبٌ مِنْ حِمْيَرَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَنْ لِهَذَا ؟ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ: أَنَا لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنَا وَاَللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورُ الثَّائِرُ، قُتِلَ أَخِي بِالْأَمْسِ؛ فَقَالَ: فَقُمْ إلَيْهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ. حِمْيَرَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَنْ لِهَذَا ؟ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ: أَنَا لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنَا وَاَللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورُ الثَّائِرُ، قُتِلَ أَخِي بِالْأَمْسِ؛ فَقَالَ: فَقُمْ إلَيْهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَنَا أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ، دَخَلَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا شَجَرَةٌ عُمْرِيَّةٌ مِنْ شَجَرِ الْعُشَرِ، فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَلُوذُ بِهَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ، كَلَّمَا لَاذَ بِهَا مِنْهُ اقْتَطَعَ صَاحِبُهُ بِسَيْفِهِ مَا دُونَهُ مِنْهَا، حَتَّى بَرَزَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ، وَصَارَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا كَالرَّجُلِ الْقَائِمِ، مَا فِيهَا فَنَنٌ، ثُمَّ حَمَلَ مَرْحَبٌ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ، فَضَرَبَهُ، فَاتَّقَاهُ بِالدَّرَقَةِ، فَوَقَعَ سَيْفُهُ فِيهَا، فَعَضَّتْ بِهِ فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ، وَضَرَبَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ
Translation
✧ [The killing of Marḥab the Jew] Ibn Isḥāq said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ had opened of their fortresses what he opened and taken possession of the properties he took, they came to their two fortresses al-Waṭīḥ and al-Sulālim, which were the last fortresses of the people of Khaybar to be opened, and the Messenger of God ﷺ besieged them for some ten odd nights. Ibn Hishām said: The battle cry of the companions of the Messenger ﷺ on the day of Khaybar was: O victorious one, kill, kill. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Sahl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Sahl, brother of the Banū Ḥārithah, related to me from Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh, who said: Marḥab the Jew came out of their fortress, having gathered his weapons, reciting rajaz, saying: Khaybar has known that I am Marḥab, Armed with weaponry, a tried champion, I thrust at times and at times I strike, When lions advance raging, Truly my protection of the protected is not approached. He was saying: Who will come out to duel? Kaʿb b. Mālik answered him, saying: Khaybar has known that I am Kaʿb, Reliever of sorrow, bold, firm, When war blazes, war follows war, With me is a sharp sword like carnelian, We will tread upon you until the hard becomes low, We give recompense or the spoil returns, In the hand of a cutting one in whom there is no blame. Ibn Hishām said: Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī recited to me: Khaybar has known that I am Kaʿb, And that I, when war is kindled, Am resolute in terror, bold, firm, With me is a sharp sword like carnelian, In the hand of a cutting one in whom there is no blame, We will crush you until the hard becomes low. Ibn Hishām said: Marḥab was from Ḥimyar. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Sahl related to me from Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, who said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Who will take care of this one? Muḥammad b. Maslamah said: I will, O Messenger of God, I am, by God, the bereaved avenger; my brother was killed yesterday. He said: Then rise against him; O God, aid him against him. He said: When each of the two drew near to the other, an ʿumrī tree of the ʿushar trees came between them, and one of them began to seek refuge in it from the other; whenever he sought refuge in it from him, the other cut away with his sword what was in front of him of it, until each of the two came out into the open for the other, and it became between them like a standing man with no branch on it. Then Marḥab charged at Muḥammad b. Maslamah and struck him, and he protected himself with the shield; his sword fell upon it and bit into it, so it held it fast, and Muḥammad b. Maslamah struck him until he killed him.
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