Sirat Ibn Hisham 1319
The Messenger's reconciliation with the people of Khaybar
[ تَطَوُّعُ بِلَالٍ لِلْحِرَاسَةِ وَغَلَبَةُ النُّوُمُ عَلَيْهِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَكَانَ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ، قَالَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ: مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَحْفَظُ عَلَيْنَا الْفَجْرَ لَعَلَّنَا نَنَامُ قَالَ بِلَالٌ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحْفَظُهُ عَلَيْكَ. فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَزَلَ النَّاسُ فَنَامُوا، وَقَامَ بِلَالٌ يُصَلِّي، فَصَلَّى مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ. ثُمَّ اسْتَنَدَ إلَى بَعِيرِهِ. وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْفَجْرَ يَرْمُقُهُ، فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ، فَنَامَ، فَلَمْ يُوقِظْهُمْ إلَّا مَسُّ الشَّمْسِ. وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوَّلَ أَصْحَابِهِ هَبَّ، فَقَالَ: مَاذَا صَنَعْتَ بِنَا يَا بِلَالُ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِي الَّذِي أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِكَ؛ قَالَ: صَدَقْتُ؛ ثُمَّ اقْتَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعِيرَهُ غَيْرَ كَثِيرٍ، ثُمَّ أَنَاخَ فَتَوَضَّأَ، وَتَوَضَّأَ النَّاسُ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ: إذَا نَسِيتُمْ الصَّلَاةَ فَصَلُّوهَا إذَا ذَكَرْتُمُوهَا، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ: وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي
Translation
✧ Bilāl’s volunteering for the guard and sleep overcoming him Ibn Isḥāq said: al-Zuhrī related to me, from Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab, who said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ turned back from Khaybar and was on part of the road, he said in the last part of the night: “Which man will keep watch over the dawn for us, so that perhaps we may sleep?” Bilāl said: “I, O Messenger of God, will keep watch over it for you.” So the Messenger of God ﷺ dismounted and the people dismounted and slept, while Bilāl stood praying. He prayed as long as God—mighty and glorious—willed him to pray. Then he leaned against his camel and faced the dawn, watching for it, but sleep overcame his eyes and he slept. Nothing woke them but the touch of the sun. The Messenger of God ﷺ was the first of his companions to rouse, and he said: “What have you done to us, O Bilāl?” He replied: “O Messenger of God, the same thing seized my self that seized your self.” He said: “You have spoken truly.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ led his camel on a little, then made it kneel and performed ablution, and the people performed ablution. Then he commanded Bilāl, and he gave the call to prayer, and the Messenger of God ﷺ prayed with the people. When he had said the salutation, he turned to the people and said: “When you forget a prayer, pray it when you remember it, for God—blessed and exalted—says: ‘And establish the prayer for My remembrance.’”
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