Sirat Ibn Hisham 1315
The Messenger's reconciliation with the people of Khaybar
[ أَمْرُ الشَّاةِ الْمَسْمُومَةِ ] فَلَمَّا اطْمَأَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَهْدَتْ لَهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ، امْرَأَةُ سَلَّامِ بْنِ مِشْكَمٍ، شَاةً مَصْلِيَّةً، وَقَدْ سَأَلَتْ أَيَّ عُضْوٍ مِنْ الشَّاةِ أَحَبُّ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقِيلَ لَهَا: الذِّرَاعُ؛ فَأَكْثَرَتْ فِيهَا مِنْ السُّمِّ ثُمَّ سَمَّتْ سَائِرَ الشَّاةِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ: بِهَا؛ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَنَاوَلَ الذِّرَاعَ، فَلَاكَ مِنْهَا مُضْغَةً، فَلَمْ يُسِغْهَا، وَمَعَهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ، قَدْ أَخَذَ مِنْهَا كَمَا أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - ﷺ فَأَمَّا بِشْرٌ فَأَسَاغَهَا؛ وَأَمَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَفَظَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إنَّ هَذَا الْعَظْمَ لَيُخْبِرُنِي أَنَّهُ مَسْمُومٌ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِهَا، فَاعْتَرَفَتْ؛ فَقَالَ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَغْتَ مِنْ قَوْمِي مَا لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْكَ، فَقُلْتُ: إنْ كَانَ مَلِكًا اسْتَرَحْتُ مِنْهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَبِيًّا فَسَيُخْبَرُ، قَالَ: فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَاتَ بِشْرٌ مِنْ أَكْلَتِهِ الَّتِي أَكَلَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مَرْوَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَالَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ، وَدَخَلَتْ أُمُّ بِشْرٍ بِنْتُ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ تَعُودُهُ: يَا أُمَّ بِشْرٍ، إنَّ هَذَا الْأَوَانَ وَجَدْتُ فِيهِ انْقِطَاعَ أَبْهَرِي مِنْ الْأَكْلَةِ الَّتِي أَكَلْتُ مَعَ أَخِيكَ بِخَيْبَرِ قَالَ: فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ لَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَاتَ شَهِيدًا، مَعَ مَا أَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ النُّبُوَّةِ [ رُجُوعُ الرَّسُولِ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ انْصَرَفَ إلَى وَادِي الْقُرَى، فَحَاصَرَ أَهْلَهُ لَيَالِيَ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَاجِعًا إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
Translation
✧ [The affair of the poisoned ewe] When the Messenger of God ﷺ was at ease, Zaynab bt. al-Ḥārith, the wife of Sallām b. Mishkam, sent him a roasted ewe. She had asked which part of the ewe was dearest to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and was told, "The foreleg." So she put much poison in it, and also poisoned the rest of the ewe, then brought it. When she placed it before the Messenger of God ﷺ, he took the foreleg and chewed a mouthful of it but did not swallow it. With him was Bishr b. al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr, who took of it as the Messenger of God ﷺ had taken. As for Bishr, he swallowed it; but as for the Messenger of God ﷺ, he spat it out, then said, "This bone informs me that it is poisoned." Then he summoned her, and she confessed. He said, "What made you do this?" She said, "You have done to my people what has not been hidden from you, so I said: If he is a king, I shall be rid of him; and if he is a prophet, he will be informed." The Messenger of God ﷺ pardoned her. Bishr died from the morsel he ate. Ibn Isḥāq said: Marwān b. ʿUthmān b. Abī Saʿīd b. al-Muʿallā related to me, saying: In the illness of which he died, when Umm Bishr bt. al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr entered to visit him, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "O Umm Bishr, at this time I feel the cutting of my aorta from the morsel I ate with your brother at Khaybar." Ibn Isḥāq said: The Muslims used to consider that the Messenger of God ﷺ died a martyr, in addition to the prophethood with which God honored him. [The Messenger's return to Madinah] Ibn Isḥāq said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ had finished with Khaybar, he departed to Wādī al-Qurā and besieged its people for some nights, then returned to Madinah.
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