Sirat Ibn Hisham 1353
The Messenger's dispatch to Muʾta and his choice of commanders
[ بَعْثُ الرَّسُولِ إلَى مُؤْتَةَ وَاخْتِيَارُهُ الْأُمَرَاءَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْثَةَ إلَى مُؤْتَةَ فِي جُمَادَى الْأُولَى سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ وَقَالَ: إنْ أُصِيبَ زَيْدٌ فَجَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ. فَإِنْ أُصِيبَ جَعْفَرٌ فَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ عَلَى النَّاسِ [ بُكَاءُ ابْنِ رَوَاحَةَ مَخَافَةَ النَّارِ وَشِعْرُهُ لِلرَّسُولِ ] فَتَجَهَّزَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ تَهَيَّئُوا لِلْخُرُوجِ. وَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةُ آلَافٍ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ خُرُوجَهُمْ وَدَّعَ النَّاسُ أُمَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ. فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ مَنْ وَدَّعَ مِنْ أُمَرَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَكَى، فَقَالُوا: مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ ؟ فَقَالَ. أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا بِي حُبُّ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا صَبَابَةٌ بِكُمْ، وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. يَذْكُرُ فِيهَا النَّارَ وَإِنْ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَقْضِيًّا فَلَسْتُ أَدْرِي كَيْفَ لِي بِالصَّدَرِ بَعْدَ الْوُرُودِ، فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ: صَحِبَكُمْ اللَّهُ وَدَفَعَ عَنْكُمْ، وَرَدَّكُمْ إلَيْنَا صَالِحِينَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ: لَكِنَّنِي أَسْأَلُ الرَّحْمَنَ مَغْفِرَةً وَضَرْبَةً ذَاتَ فَزْعٍ تَقْذِفُ الزَّبَدا أَوْ طَعْنَةً بِيَدَيْ حَرَّانَ مُجْهِزَةً بِحَرْبَةٍ تُنْفِذُ الْأَحْشَاءَ وَالْكَبِدَا حَتَّى يُقَالَ إذَا مَرُّوا عَلَى جَدَثِي أَرْشَدَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ غَازٍ وَقَدْ رَشَدَا قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ إنَّ الْقَوْمَ تَهَيَّئُوا لِلْخُرُوجِ، فَأَتَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَدَّعَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: فَثَبَّتَ اللَّهُ مَا آتَاكَ مِنْ حَسَنٍ تَثْبِيتَ مُوسَى وَنَصْرًا كَاَلَّذِي نُصِرُوا إنِّي تَفَرَّسْتُ فِيكَ الْخَيْرَ نَافِلَةً اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي ثَابِتُ الْبَصَرِ أَنْتَ الرَّسُولُ فَمَنْ يُحْرَمْ نَوَافِلَهُ وَالْوَجْهَ مِنْهُ. فَقَدْ أَزْرَى بِهِ الْقَدَرُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أَنْشَدَنِي بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالشِّعْرِ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتَ: أَنْتَ الرَّسُولُ فَمَنْ يُحْرَمْ نَوَافِلَهُ وَالْوَجْهَ مِنْهُ فَقَدْ أَزْرَى بَهْ الْقَدَرُ فَثَبَّتَ اللَّهُ مَا آتَاكَ مِنْ حَسَنٍ فِي الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَنَصْرًا كَاَلَّذِي نُصِرُوا إنِّي تَفَرَّسْتُ فِيكَ الْخَيْرَ نَافِلَةً فِرَاسَةً خَالَفَتْ فِيكَ الَّذِي نَظَرُوا يَعْنِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ خَرَجَ الْقَوْمُ، وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى إذَا وَدَّعَهُمْ وَانْصَرَفَ عَنْهُمْ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ: خَلَفَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى امْرِئٍ وَدَّعْتُهُ فِي النَّخْلِ خَيْرَ مُشَيِّعٍ وَخَلِيلِ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's dispatch to Muʾtah and his selection of the commanders] Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr, who said: The Messenger of God ﷺ dispatched an expedition to Muʾtah in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year eight. He appointed Zayd b. Ḥārithah over them and said: “If Zayd is struck down, then Jaʿfar b. Abī Ṭālib is over the people; and if Jaʿfar is struck down, then ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah is over the people.” [Ibn Rawāḥah's weeping from fear of the Fire and his poem for the Messenger] The people equipped themselves and made ready to go forth, and they were three thousand. When their departure was at hand, the people bade farewell to the commanders of the Messenger of God ﷺ and greeted them. When ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah bade farewell to those commanders of the Messenger of God ﷺ whom he was to leave, he wept. They said: “What makes you weep, O Ibn Rawāḥah?” He said: “By God, it is not love of this world or yearning for you; but I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ recite a verse from the Book of God, Mighty and Majestic, in which He mentions the Fire: ‘There is none of you but will come to it; that is a decree of your Lord, determined.’ I do not know how I shall fare with the emergence after the coming.” The Muslims said: “May God accompany you and defend you and return you to us righteous.” Then ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah said: “But I ask the Merciful for forgiveness, And a blow that causes terror, flinging froth, Or a piercing thrust delivered by a warrior's hands, With a spear that makes the entrails and liver gush forth, So that it may be said when they pass by my grave: ‘God guided him, a warrior, and rightly he was guided.’” Ibn Isḥāq said: Then the people made ready to go forth, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and bade him farewell, then said: “May God make firm the good that He has given you, As He made firm Moses, and grant victory like that they were granted. I have discerned in you the good as a superabundant gift; God knows that I am steady of gaze. You are the Messenger; whoever is denied your superabundant gifts And your countenance, fate has debased him.” Ibn Hishām said: One of the people of knowledge in poetry recited to me these verses: “You are the Messenger; whoever is denied your superabundant gifts And your countenance, fate has debased him. May God make firm the good that He has given you Among the messengers, and grant victory like that they were granted. I have discerned in you the good as a superabundant gift, A discernment that differed in your case from what they observed.” He means the polytheists, and these verses are from a qaṣīdah of his. Ibn Isḥāq said: Then the people set out, and the Messenger of God ﷺ went out until he had bidden them farewell and turned away from them. Then ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah said: “Peace be behind the man I bade farewell, Among the palms, the best companion and friend.”
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