Sirat Ibn Hisham 1358
Ibn Rawāḥa's command and his death
[ إمَارَةُ ابْنِ رَوَاحَةَ وَمَقْتَلُهُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبَّادٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي الَّذِي أَرْضَعَنِي، وَكَانَ أَحَدَ بَنِي مُرَّةَ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ جَعْفَرٌ أَخَذَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ الرَّايَةَ، ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ بِهَا، وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَسْتَنْزِلُ نَفْسَهُ، وَيَتَرَدَّدُ بَعْضَ التَّرَدُّدِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَقْسَمْتُ يَا نَفْسُ لَتَنْزِلِنَّهْ لَتَنْزِلِنَّ أَوْ لَتُكْرَهِنَّهْ إنْ أَجْلَبَ النَّاسُ وَشَدُّوا الرَّنَّهْ مَالِي أَرَاكِ تَكْرَهِينَ الْجَنَّهْ قَدْ طَالَ مَا قَدْ كُنْتِ مُطْمَئِنَّهْ هَلْ أَنْتِ إلَّا نُطْفَةٌ فِي شَنَّهْ وَقَالَ أَيْضًا: يَا نَفْسُ إلَّا تُقْتَلِي تَمُوتِي هَذَا حِمَامُ الْمَوْتِ قَدْ صَلِيَتْ وَمَا تَمَنَّيْتِ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ إنْ تَفْعَلِي فِعْلَهُمَا هُدِيتُ يُرِيدُ صَاحِبَيْهِ: زَيْدًا وَجَعْفَرًا؛ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ أَتَاهُ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ بِعَرْقٍ مِنْ لَحْمٍ فَقَالَ: شُدَّ بِهَذَا صُلْبَكَ، فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ لَقِيتُ فِي أَيَّامِكَ هَذِهِ مَا لَقِيتُ، فَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ ثُمَّ انْتَهَسَ مِنْهُ نَهْسَةً، ثُمَّ سَمِعَ الْحَطْمَةَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: وَأَنْتَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ سَيْفَهُ فَتَقَدَّمَ، فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ. [ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَانْصِرَافُهُ بِالنَّاسِ ] تَمَّ أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ أَقْرَمَ أَخُو بَنِي الْعَجْلَانِ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اصْطَلِحُوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ، قَالُوا: أَنْتَ، قَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلِ. فَاصْطَلَحَ النَّاسُ عَلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ دَافَعَ الْقَوْمَ. وَحَاشَى بِهِمْ ثُمَّ انْحَازَ وَانْحِيزَ عَنْهُ، حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ بِالنَّاسِ
Translation
✧ He said: When Jaʿfar was killed, ʿAbd Allāh b. Rawāḥah took the banner, then advanced with it while he was on his horse. He began to coax himself to dismount and hesitated somewhat, then he said: I swear, O self, you shall dismount, you shall dismount or be forced to. If the people raise a clamor and intensify the din, why do I see you disliking Paradise? Long have you been at ease. Are you anything but a drop in a worn waterskin? He also said: O self, if you are not killed, you will die; this is the heat of death that has come. What you have wished for has been given you; if you do as the two did, you will be guided— meaning his two companions, Zayd and Jaʿfar. Then he dismounted. When he dismounted, a cousin of his came to him with a bone of meat and said, "Bind up your spine with this, for you have met in these days of yours what you have met." He took it from his hand, then tore off a morsel from it with his teeth. Then he heard the clash of weapons in the direction of the people, and he said, "And you are still in this world!" Then he threw it from his hand, took his sword and advanced, and fought until he was killed. [Ibn al-Walīd and his withdrawal with the people] Then Thābit b. Aqram, the brother of the Banū al-ʿAjlān, took the banner and said, "O company of Muslims, agree upon a man among you." They said, "You." He said, "I shall not do it." So the people agreed upon Khālid b. al-Walīd. When he took the banner, he held off the enemy, shielded them with it, then withdrew and was withdrawn from, until he returned with the people.
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