Sirat Ibn Hisham 1394
The first person slain whose blood-money the Messenger paid on the day of the conquest
[ كَيْفَ أَسْلَمَ فَضَالَةُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَحَدَّثَنِي: أَنَّ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ الْمُلَوَّحِ اللَّيْثِيَّ أَرَادَ قَتْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ؛ فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَفَضَالَةُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ فَضَالَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ؛ قَالَ: مَاذَا كُنْتُ تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا شَيْءَ كُنْتُ أَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ؛ قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرْ اللَّهَ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ فَسَكَنَ قَلْبُهُ؛ فَكَانَ فَضَالَةُ يَقُولُ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا رَفَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْ صَدْرِي حَتَّى مَا مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إلَيَّ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَضَالَةُ: فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى أَهْلِي فَمَرَرْتُ بِامْرَأَةِ كُنْتُ أَتَحَدَّثُ إلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ: هَلُمَّ إلَى الْحَدِيثِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَانْبَعَثَ فَضَالَةُ يَقُولُ: قَالَتْ هَلُمَّ إلَى الْحَدِيثِ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَأْبَى عَلَيْكَ اللَّهُ وَالْإِسْلَامُ لَوْمَا رَأَيْتِ مُحَمَّدًا وَقَبِيلَهُ بِالْفَتْحِ يَوْمَ تَكَسَّرَ الْأَصْنَامُ لَرَأَيْتِ دِينَ اللَّهِ أَضْحَى بَيِّنًا وَالشِّرْكُ يَغْشَى وَجْهَهُ الْإِظْلَامُ
Translation
✧ Ibn Hishām said: I was told that Fuḍālah b. ʿUmayr b. al-Mulawwiḥ al-Laythī wanted to kill the Prophet ﷺ while he was circumambulating the House in the year of the conquest. When he drew near to him, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Is it Fuḍālah?” He said, “Yes, Fuḍālah, O Messenger of God ﷺ.” He said, “What were you telling yourself?” He said, “Nothing; I was remembering God.” He said, and the Prophet ﷺ laughed. Then he said, “Ask God’s forgiveness.” Then he placed his hand on his chest and his heart became still. Fuḍālah used to say: By God, he did not lift his hand from my chest until there was nothing of God’s creation dearer to me than him. Fuḍālah said: I returned to my family and passed by a woman I used to talk with. She said, “Come to conversation.” I said, “No.” And Fuḍālah began to recite: She said, “Come to conversation,” and I said, “No— God and Islam refuse you. Had you seen Muḥammad and his people at the conquest, on the day the idols were shattered, you would have seen God’s religion become clear, while polytheism’s face is covered with darkness.”
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