Sirat Ibn Hisham 1400
The number of Muslims who witnessed the conquest of Makkah
[ شِعْرُ أَنَسِ بْنِ زُنَيْمٍ فِي الِاعْتِذَارِ إلَى الرَّسُولِ عَمَّا قَالَ ابْنُ سَالِمٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ زُنَيْمٍ الدِّيلِيُّ يَعْتَذِرُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِمَّا كَانَ قَالَ فِيهِمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ سَالِمٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ: أَأَنْتَ الَّذِي تُهْدَى مَعَدٌّ بِأَمْرِهِ بَلْ اللَّهُ يَهْدِيهِمْ وَقَالَ لَكَ اشْهَدْ وَمَا حَمَلَتْ مِنْ نَاقَةٍ فَوْقَ رَحْلِهَا أَبَرَّ وَأَوْفَى ذِمَّةً مِنُ مُحَمَّدِ أَحَثَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ وَأَسْبَغَ نَائِلًا إذَا رَاحَ كَالسَّيْفِ الصَّقِيلِ الْمُهَنَّدِ وَأَكْسَى لِبُرْدِ الْخَالِ قَبْلَ ابْتِذَالِهِ وَأَعْطَى لِرَأْسِ السَّابِقِ الْمُتَجَرِّدِ تَعَلَّمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَّكَ مُدْرِكِي وَأَنَّ وَعِيدًا مِنْكَ كَالْأَخْذِ بِالْيَدِ تَعَلَّمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَّكَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى كُلِّ صِرْمٍ مُتْهِمِينَ وَمُنْجِدِ تَعَلَّمْ بِأَنَّ الرَّكْبَ رَكْبُ عُوَيْمِرٍ هُمْ الْكَاذِبُونَ الْمُخْلِفُو كُلِّ مَوْعِدِ ونَبَّوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنِّي هَجَوْتُهُ فَلَا حَمَلَتْ سَوْطِي إلَيَّ إذَنْ يَدِي سِوَى أَنَّنِي قَدْ قُلْتُ وَيْلُ امِّ فِتْيَةٍ أُصِيبُوا بِنَحْسٍ لَا بِطَلْقٍ وَأَسْعُدِ أَصَابَهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِدِمَائِهِمْ كِفَاءً فَعَزَّتْ عَبْرَتِي وَتَبَلُّدِي فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ أَخَفَرْتَ إنْ كُنْتَ سَاعِيًا بِعَبْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَابْنَةِ مَهْوِدِ ذُوَيْبٌ وَكُلْثُومٌ وَسَلْمَى تَتَابَعُوا جَمِيعًا فَإِلَّا تَدْمَعْ الْعَيْنُ اكْمَدْ وَسَلْمَى وَسَلْمَى لَيْسَ حَيٌّ كَمِثْلِهِ وَإِخْوَتِهِ وَهَلْ مُلُوكٌ كَأَعْبُدِ ؟ فَإِنِّي لَا دِينًا فَتَقْتُ وَلَا دَمًا هَرَقْتُ تَبَيَّنْ عَالِمَ الْحَقِّ وَاقْصِدْ
Translation
✧ [Poem of Anas b. Zunaym apologizing to the Messenger for what Ibn Sālim said] Ibn Isḥāq said: Anas b. Zunaym al-Dīlī said, apologizing to the Messenger of God ﷺ for what ʿAmr b. Sālim al-Khuzāʿī had said about them: Are you the one by whose command Maʿadd is guided? Nay, God guides them, and He said to you, “Bear witness.” No she-camel has ever borne upon her saddle one more dutiful and more faithful to a covenant than Muḥammad; More inciting to good, more lavish in bounty when he sets out, like the polished Indian sword; More generous in clothing with the striped Yemeni cloak before it is worn out, and more giving of the head of the foremost, stripped horse. Know, Messenger of God, that you will overtake me, and that a threat from you is like seizing by the hand. Know, Messenger of God, that you have power over every band of people, whether they go down to the lowlands or up to the highlands. Know that the riders, the riders of ʿUwaymir, are the liars, the breakers of every promise. They informed the Messenger of God that I had satirized him—may my hand never again carry my whip to me if I did! Except that I said, “Woe to the mother of the young men who were struck by ill fortune, not by a lucky and auspicious star.” They were struck by one who was no equal for their blood, so my tears and my grief grew intense. You have indeed broken protection if you were striving against ʿAbd b. ʿAbd Allāh and the daughter of Mahwad: Dhuʾayb, Kulthūm, and Salmā followed one another all together, so if the eye does not weep, then let it be consumed with grief. Salmā—and Salmā, there is no tribe like him and his brothers—are there kings like ʿAbd? For I have not torn a pact of protection, nor shed blood—so make clear, knower of the truth, and act justly.
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