Sirat Ibn Hisham 1326
The affair of al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿIlāṭ al-Sulamī
[ الْعَبَّاسُ يَسْتَوْثِقُ مِنْ خَبَرِ الْحَجَّاجِ وَيُفَاجِئُ قُرَيْشًا ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: قَالَ: فَقَامُوا فَجَمَعُوا لِي مَالِي كَأَحَثَّ جَمْعٍ سَمِعْتُ بِهِ. قَالَ: وَجِئْتُ صَاحِبَتِي فَقُلْتُ: مَالِي، وَقَدْ كَانَ لِي عِنْدَهَا مَالٌ مَوْضُوعٌ، لَعَلِّي أَلْحَقُ بِخَيْبَرِ، فَأُصِيبَ مِنْ فُرَصِ الْبَيْعِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْبِقَنِي التُّجَّارُ؛ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الْخَبَرَ، وَجَاءَهُ عَنِّي، أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ إلَى جَنْبِي وَأَنَا فِي خَيْمَةٍ مِنْ خِيَامِ التُّجَّارِ، فَقَالَ: يَا حَجَّاجُ، مَا هَذَا الْخَبَرُ الَّذِي جِئْتُ بِهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ حِفْظٌ لِمَا وَضَعْتُ عِنْدَكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ؛ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَاسْتَأْخِرْ عَنِّي حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ عَلَى خَلَاءٍ، فَإِنِّي فِي جَمْعِ مَالِي كَمَا تَرَى، فَانْصَرِفْ عَنِّي حَتَّى أَفَرُغَ. قَالَ: حَتَّى إذَا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ جَمْعِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ لِي بِمَكَّةَ، وَأَجْمَعْتُ الْخُرُوجَ، لَقِيتُ الْعَبَّاسَ، فَقُلْتُ: احْفَظْ عَلَيَّ حَدِيثِي يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ، فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى الطَّلَبَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قُلْ مَا شِئْتُ، قَالَ: أَفْعَلُ ؟ قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ ابْنَ أَخِيكَ عَرُوسًا عَلَى بِنْتِ مَلِكِهِمْ، يَعْنِي صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ، وَلَقَدْ افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ، وَانْتَثَلَ مَا فِيهَا، وَصَارَتْ لَهُ وَلِأَصْحَابِهِ؛ فَقَالَ: مَا تَقُولُ يَا حَجَّاجُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إي وَاَللَّهِ، فَاكْتُمْ عَنِّي، وَلَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَمَا جِئْتُ إلَّا لِآخُذَ مَالِي، فَرَقًا مِنْ أَنْ أُغْلَبَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا مَضَتْ ثَلَاثٌ فَأَظْهِرْ أَمْرَكَ، فَهُوَ وَاَللَّهِ عَلَى مَا تُحِبُّ، قَالَ: حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ لَبِسَ الْعَبَّاسُ حُلَّةً لَهُ، وَتَخَلَّقَ، وَأَخَذَ عَصَاهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْكَعْبَةَ، فَطَافَ بِهَا، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ قَالُوا: يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ، هَذَا وَاَللَّهِ التَّجَلُّدُ لِحَرِّ الْمُصِيبَةِ؛ قَالَ: كَلَّا، وَاَللَّهِ الَّذِي حَلَفْتُمْ بِهِ، لَقَدْ افْتَتَحَ مُحَمَّدٌ خَيْبَرَ وَتُرِكَ عَرُوسًا عَلَى بِنْتِ مَلِكِهِمْ، وَأَحْرَزَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَمَا فِيهَا فَأَصْبَحَتْ لَهُ وَلِأَصْحَابِهِ؛ قَالُوا: مَنْ جَاءَكَ بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ ؟ قَالَ: الَّذِي جَاءَكُمْ بِمَا جَاءَكُمْ بِهِ، وَلَقَدْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مُسْلِمًا، فَأَخَذَ مَالَهُ، فَانْطَلَقَ لِيَلْحَقَ بِمُحَمِّدِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، فَيَكُونُ مَعَهُ؛ قَالُوا: يَا لِعِبَادِ اللَّهِ انْفَلَتَ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ، أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَوْ عَلِمْنَا لَكَانَ لَنَا وَلَهُ شَأْنٌ؛ قَالَ: وَلَمْ يَنْشَبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ الْخَبَرُ بِذَلِكَ
Translation
✧ [Al-ʿAbbās seeks confirmation of al-Ḥajjāj’s news and surprises Quraysh] Ibn Isḥāq said: He said: So they arose and gathered my property for me with the swiftest gathering I have ever heard of. He said: And I came to my wife and said: My property—and I had property deposited with her—perhaps I may catch up with Khaybar and obtain some of the opportunities of trade before the merchants precede me. He said: When al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib heard the news, and it reached him concerning me, he came forward until he stood beside me while I was in one of the merchants’ tents, and said: O Ḥajjāj, what is this news you have brought? He said: I said: Do you have any memory of what I deposited with you? He said: Yes. He said: I said: Then withdraw from me until I meet you in private, for I am occupied with gathering my property, as you see; so leave me until I finish. He said: Then when I had finished gathering everything I owned in Makkah and had resolved to depart, I met al-ʿAbbās and said: Keep my account secret, O Abu al-Faḍl, for I fear pursuit for three days; then say what you wish. He said: I will. I said: By God, I have left your nephew as a bridegroom upon the daughter of their king—meaning Ṣafiyyah bt. Ḥuyayy—and he has conquered Khaybar and taken out what was in it, and it became his and his companions’. He said: What do you say, O Ḥajjāj? I said: Yes, by God; so keep it secret from me, and I have become a Muslim, and I came only to take my property out of fear that I would be deprived of it. When three days have passed, then make your matter known, for by God it is as you would wish. He said: Then on the third day al-ʿAbbās put on a fine garment of his, perfumed himself, took his staff, and went out until he came to the Kaʿbah and circumambulated it. When they saw him, they said: O Abu al-Faḍl, this is, by God, endurance of the heat of calamity. He said: Not at all, by the God by whom you have sworn, Muḥammad has conquered Khaybar and has been left as a bridegroom upon their king’s daughter, and he has secured their wealth and what was in it, and it has become his and his companions’. They said: Who brought you this news? He said: The one who brought you what he brought you, for he came to you as a Muslim, took his property, and departed to join Muḥammad and his companions and be with him. They said: O servants of God, the enemy of God has escaped. By God, had we known, there would have been between us and him a matter. He said: And they had hardly remained before the news of that came to them.
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