Sirat Ibn Hisham 1374
Abū Sufyān's departure to Madinah for reconciliation and his failure
[ خُرُوجُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لِلصُّلْحِ وَإِخْفَاقُهُ ] ثُمَّ خَرَجَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ لِيَجْلِسَ عَلَى فِرَاشِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَوَتْهُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّةُ ؟ مَا أَدْرِي أَرَغِبْتُ بِي عَنْ هَذَا الْفِرَاشِ أَمْ رَغِبْتُ بِهِ عَنِّي ؟ قَالَتْ: بَلْ هُوَ فِرَاشُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ رَجُلٌ مُشْرِكٌ نَجَسٌ، وَلَمْ أُحِبَّ أَنْ تَجْلِسَ عَلَى فِرَاشِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَصَابَكَ يَا بُنَيَّةُ بَعْدِي شَرٌّ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَهُ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَكَلَّمَهُ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَ لَهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَكَلَّمَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَأَنَا أَشْفَعُ لَكُمْ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ؟ فَوَاَللَّهِ لَوْ لَمْ أَجِدْ إلَّا الذَّرَّ لَجَاهَدْتُكُمْ بِهِ. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَعِنْدَهُ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهَا، وَعِنْدَهَا حَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، غُلَامٌ يَدِبُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ إنَّكَ أَمَسُّ الْقَوْمِ بِي رَحِمًا، وَإِنِّي قَدْ جِئْتُ فِي حَاجَةٍ، فَلَا أَرْجِعَنَّ كَمَا جِئْتُ خَائِبًا، فَاشْفَعْ لِي إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَزَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَمْرٍ مَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نُكَلِّمَهُ فِيهِ. فَالْتَفَتَ إلَى فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ: يَا بْنَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ؟ هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْمُرِي بُنَيَّكَ هَذَا فَيُجِيرَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَيَكُونَ سَيِّدَ الْعَرَبِ إلَى آخِرِ الدَّهْرِ ؟ قَالَتْ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا بَلَغَ بُنَيَّ ذَاكَ أَنْ يُجِيرَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، وَمَا يُجِيرُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ، إنِّي أَرَى الْأُمُورَ قَدْ اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيَّ، فَانْصَحْنِي، قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَكَ شَيْئًا يُغْنِي عَنْكَ شَيْئًا، وَلَكِنَّكَ سَيِّدُ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ، فَقُمْ فَأَجِرْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ الْحَقْ بِأَرْضِكَ، قَالَ: أَوَ تَرَى ذَلِكَ مُغْنِيًا عَنِّي شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ، مَا أَظُنُّهُ، وَلَكِنِّي لَا أَجِدُ لَكَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ. فَقَامَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إنِّي قَدْ أَجَرْتُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ. ثُمَّ رَكِبَ بَعِيرَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ، قَالُوا: مَا وَرَاءَكَ ؟ قَالَ: جِئْتُ مُحَمَّدًا فَكَلَّمْتُهُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا رَدَّ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ خَيْرًا، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ أَدْنَى الْعَدُوِّ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أَعْدَى الْعَدُوِّ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ جِئْتُ عَلِيًّا فَوَجَدْتُهُ أَلْيَنَ الْقَوْمِ، وَقَدْ أَشَارَ عَلَيَّ بِشَيْءِ صَنَعْتُهُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي هَلْ يُغْنِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا أَمْ لَا ؟ قَالُوا: وَبِمَ أَمَرَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُجِيرَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَفَعَلْتُ، قَالُوا: فَهَلْ أَجَازَ ذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالُوا: وَيْلَكَ وَاَللَّهِ إنْ زَادَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَنْ لَعِبَ بِكَ، فَمَا يُغْنِي عَنْكَ مَا قُلْتُ. قَالَ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ، مَا وَجَدْتُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ
Translation
✧ Then Abū Sufyān went out until he arrived before the Messenger of God ﷺ in Madinah. He entered upon his daughter Umm Ḥabībah bt. Abī Sufyān, and when he went to sit on the bedding of the Messenger of God ﷺ, she folded it away from him. He said, "My little daughter? I do not know whether you have disdained this bedding for me, or disdained me for it." She said, "Rather, it is the bedding of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and you are an unclean polytheist, and I did not wish for you to sit upon the bedding of the Messenger of God ﷺ." He said, "By God, after me something evil has afflicted you, my little daughter." Then he went out until he came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and spoke to him, but he did not reply to him at all. Then he went to Abū Bakr and spoke to him, asking him to speak to the Messenger of God ﷺ on his behalf, but he said, "I will not do it." Then he came to ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb and spoke to him, and he said, "Should I intercede for you with the Messenger of God ﷺ? By God, if I found nothing but ants, I would fight you with them." Then he went out and entered upon ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, may God be pleased with him, and with him was Fāṭimah, the daughter of the Messenger of God ﷺ, may God be pleased with her, and with her was Ḥasan b. ʿAlī, a boy crawling before her. He said, "O ʿAlī, you are the nearest of the people to me in kinship, and I have come with a need, so do not let me return disappointed as I came. Intercede for me with the Messenger of God ﷺ." He said, "Woe to you, O Abū Sufyān. By God, the Messenger of God ﷺ has resolved upon a matter about which we are unable to speak to him." He turned to Fāṭimah and said, "O daughter of Muḥammad, will you command this little son of yours to grant protection among the people, so that he may be the lord of the Arabs until the end of time?" She said, "By God, my little son has not reached that, to grant protection among the people, and no one grants protection against the Messenger of God ﷺ." He said, "O Abū al-Ḥasan, I see that affairs have become severe for me, so advise me." He said, "By God, I know of nothing that will avail you in any way, but you are the lord of Banū Kinānah, so rise and grant protection among the people, then join your land." He said, "Do you think that will avail me anything?" He said, "No, by God, I do not think so, but I find nothing else for you." So Abū Sufyān stood in the mosque and said, "O people, I have granted protection among the people." Then he mounted his camel and departed. When he arrived before Quraysh, they said, "What news do you bring?" He said, "I came to Muḥammad and spoke to him, and by God, he did not reply to me at all. Then I came to Ibn Abī Quḥāfah and found no good in him. Then I came to Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb and found him the closest of the enemy." Ibn Hishām said: the fiercest of the enemy. Ibn Isḥāq said: Then I came to ʿAlī and found him the softest of the people, and he advised me to something that I did, and by God, I do not know whether that will avail anything or not." They said, "And what did he command you?" He said, "He commanded me to grant protection among the people, and I did so." They said, "Did Muḥammad ratify that?" He said, "No." They said, "Woe to you! By God, the man did nothing but toy with you. What you said will not avail you anything." He said, "No, by God, I found nothing else."
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