Sirat Ibn Hisham 1361
The Messenger's grief for Jaʿfar and his instructions regarding his family
[ كَاهِنَةُ حَدَسٍ وَإِنْذَارُهَا قَوْمَهَا ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَدْ كَانَتْ كَاهِنَةٌ مِنْ حَدَسٍ حِينَ سَمِعَتْ بِجَيْشِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُقْبِلًا، قَدْ قَالَتْ لِقَوْمِهَا مِنْ حَدَسٍ، وَقَوْمُهَا بَطْنٌ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ بَنُو غَنْمٍ أُنْذِرُكُمْ قَوْمًا خُزْرًا، يَنْظُرُونَ شَزْرًا، وَيَقُودُونَ الْخَيْلَ تَتْرَى، ويُهْرِيقُونَ دَمًا عَكْرًا. فَأَخَذُوا بِقَوْلِهَا، وَاعْتَزَلُوا مِنْ بَيْنِ لَخْمٍ ؟ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ بَعْدُ أَثْرَى حَدَسٍ. وَكَانَ الَّذِينَ صَلَوْا الْحَرْبَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَنُو ثَعْلَبَةَ، بَطْنٌ مِنْ حَدَسٍ فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا قَلِيلًا بَعْدُ. فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ خَالِدٌ بِالنَّاسِ أَقْبَلَ بِهِمْ قَافِلًا. [ رُجُوعُ الْجَيْشِ وَتَلَقِّي الرَّسُولِ لَهُ وَغَضَبُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ. قَالَ: لَمَّا دَنَوْا مِنْ حَوْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ تَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ. قَالَ: وَلَقِيَهُمْ الصِّبْيَانُ يَشْتَدُّونَ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُقْبِلٌ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ، فَقَالَ: خُذُوا الصِّبْيَانَ فَاحْمِلُوهُمْ، وَأَعْطُونِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ. فَأَتَى بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَحَمَلَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. قَالَ: وَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَحْثُونَ عَلَى الْجَيْشِ التُّرَابَ، وَيَقُولُونَ يَا فُرَّارُ، فَرَرْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَيْسُوا بِالْفُرَّارِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ الْكُرَّارُ إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ آلِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ: وَهُمْ أَخْوَالُهُ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ لِامْرَأَةِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ: مَالِي لَا أَرَى سَلَمَةَ يَحْضُرُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ قَالَتْ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ، كُلَّمَا خَرَجَ صَاحَ بِهِ النَّاسُ يَا فُرَّارُ، فَرَرْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، حَتَّى قَعَدَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَمَا يَخْرُجُ
Translation
✧ The soothsayer of Ḥadas and her warning to her people Ibn Isḥāq said: There was a soothsayer of Ḥadas who, when she heard of the Messenger of God’s ﷺ army approaching, said to her people of Ḥadas—and her people were a sub-tribe called Banū Ghanm—“I warn you of a people with piercing eyes, looking askance, leading horses in successive waves, shedding dark blood.” So they heeded her words and withdrew from among Lakhm, and thereafter Ḥadas remained very numerous. Those who bore the brunt of the war that day were Banū Thaʿlabah, a sub-tribe of Ḥadas, and thereafter they remained few. When Khālid turned back with the men, he brought them homeward. The return of the army, the Messenger’s reception of it, and the Muslims’ anger Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr. He said: When they drew near the outskirts of Madinah, the Messenger of God ﷺ and the Muslims met them. He said: The boys ran out to meet them, while the Messenger of God ﷺ was approaching with the people on a mount. He said: “Take the boys and carry them, and give me the son of Jaʿfar.” ʿAbd Allāh was brought to him, and he took him and carried him before him. He said: The people began throwing dust at the army and saying, “O you who fled! You fled in the path of God!” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “They are not those who fled; rather they are those who return to fight, if God Almighty wills.” Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Bakr related to me, from ʿĀmir b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr, from some of the family of al-Ḥārith b. Hishām—who were his maternal uncles—from Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Umm Salamah said to the wife of Salamah b. Hishām b. al-ʿĀṣ b. al-Mughīrah, “Why do I not see Salamah attending the prayer with the Messenger of God ﷺ and with the Muslims?” She said, “By God, he cannot go out. Every time he goes out, the people shout at him, ‘O you who fled! You fled in the path of God,’ until he has stayed in his house and does not go out.”
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