Sirat Ibn Hisham 1325
The affair of al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿIlāṭ al-Sulamī
أَمْرُ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ عِلَاطٍ السُّلَمِيِّ [ حِيلَتُهُ فِي جَمْعِ مَالِهِ مِنْ مَكَّةَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَلَمَّا فُتِحَتْ خَيْبَرُ، كَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِلَاطٍ السُّلَمِيُّ ثُمَّ الْبَهْزِيُّ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنَّ لِي بِمَكَّةَ مَالًا عِنْدَ صَاحِبَتِي أُمِّ شَيْبَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ - وَكَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ، لَهُ مِنْهَا مُعْرِضُ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ وَمَالٌ مُتَفَرِّقٌ فِي تُجَّارِ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، فَأْذَنْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؛ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، قَالَ: إنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ؛ قَالَ: قُلْ. قَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ: فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى إذَا قَدِمْت مَكَّةَ وَجَدْتُ بِثَنِيَّةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ رِجَالًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَتَسَمَّعُونَ الْأَخْبَارَ، وَيَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ بَلَغَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ سَارَ إلَى خَيْبَرَ، وَقَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهَا قَرْيَةُ الْحِجَازِ، رِيفًا وَمَنَعَةً وَرِجَالًا، فَهُمْ يَتَحَسَّسُونَ الْأَخْبَارَ، وَيَسْأَلُونَ الرُّكْبَانَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْنِي قَالُوا: الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِلَاطٍ - قَالَ: وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا عَلِمُوا بِإِسْلَامِي عِنْدَهُ وَاَللَّهِ الْخَبَرُ - أَخْبِرْنَا يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا أَنَّ الْقَاطِعَ قَدْ سَارَ إلَى خَيْبَرَ، وَهِيَ بَلَدُ يَهُودُ وَرِيفُ الْحِجَازِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قَدْ بَلَغَنِي ذَلِكَ وَعِنْدِي مِنْ الْخَبَرِ مَا يَسُرُّكُمْ، قَالَ: فَالْتَبَطُوا بِجَنْبَيْ نَاقَتِي يَقُولُونَ: إيهِ يَا حَجَّاجُ؛ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هُزِمَ هَزِيمَةً لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا بِمِثْلِهَا قَطُّ، وَقُتِلَ أَصْحَابُهُ قَتْلًا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا بِمِثْلِهِ قَطُّ، وَأُسِرَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَسْرًا، وَقَالُوا: لَا نَقْتُلُهُ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ بِهِ إلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، فَيَقْتُلُوهُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ بِمَنْ كَانَ أَصَابَ مِنْ رِجَالِهِمْ. قَالَ: فَقَامُوا وَصَاحُوا بِمَكَّةَ، وَقَالُوا: قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ الْخَبَرُ، وَهَذَا مُحَمَّدُ إنَّمَا تَنْتَظِرُونَ أَنْ يُقْدَمَ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَيُقْتَلُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَعِينُونِي عَلَى جَمْعِ مَالِي بِمَكَّةَ وَعَلَى غُرَمَائِي، فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْدَمَ خَيْبَرَ، فَأُصِيبُ مِنْ فَلِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْبِقَنِي التُّجَّارُ إلَى مَا هُنَالِكَ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: مِنْ فَيْءِ مُحَمَّدٍ.
Translation
✧ The matter of al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿIlāṭ al-Sulamī — his stratagem to collect his wealth from Makkah Ibn Isḥāq said: When Khaybar was conquered, al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿIlāṭ al-Sulamī, then al-Bahzī, spoke to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of God, I have property in Makkah with my wife Umm Shaybah bt. Abī Ṭalḥah — she was married to him, and he had by her Muʿriḍ b. al-Ḥajjāj — and property scattered among the merchants of the people of Makkah. Give me permission, O Messenger of God.” So he gave him permission. He said: “I must say something, O Messenger of God.” He said: “Say it.” Al-Ḥajjāj said: “I set out, and when I reached Makkah I found at Thaniyyat al-Bayḍāʾ men of Quraysh listening for news and asking about the affair of the Messenger of God ﷺ. It had reached them that he had marched to Khaybar, and they knew that it is a town of the Ḥijāz, with cultivated land, fortifications, and men, so they were seeking news and questioning riders. When they saw me, they said: ‘Al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿIlāṭ’ — he said: they did not know that I had become a Muslim — ‘by God, the news! Tell us, O Abū Muḥammad, for it has reached us that the cutter has marched to Khaybar, and it is the land of the Jews and the cultivated region of the Ḥijāz.’ He said: I said: ‘That has reached me too, and I have news that will please you.’ He said: They crowded around the sides of my camel, saying: ‘Come on, O Ḥajjāj!’ He said: I said: ‘He has been defeated with a defeat the like of which you have never heard, and his companions have been killed with a slaughter the like of which you have never heard, and Muḥammad has been taken captive.’ They said: ‘We will not kill him until we send him to the people of Makkah, so that they may kill him in their midst in retaliation for the men of theirs he has killed.’ He said: They arose and shouted in Makkah, saying: ‘The news has come to you! This Muḥammad — you have only to wait for him to be brought to you and killed in your midst.’ He said: I said: ‘Help me collect my property in Makkah and from my debtors, for I want to go to Khaybar and get a share of the plunder of Muḥammad and his companions before the merchants beat me to what is there.’ Ibn Hishām said: It is also said: from the spoils of Muḥammad.
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