Sirat Ibn Hisham 1482
The affair of those who offered excuses
[ شَأْنُ الْمُعَذِّرِينَ في غزوة تبوك ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَجَاءَهُ الْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنْ الْأَعْرَابِ، فَاعْتَذَرُوا إلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَعْذِرْهُمْ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى. وَقَدْ ذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّهُمْ نَفَرٌ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ. [ تَخَلُّفُ نَفَرٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ شَكٍّ ] ثُمَّ اسْتَتَبَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَفَرُهُ، وَأَجْمَعَ السَّيْرَ، وَقَدْ كَانَ نَفَرٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَبْطَأَتْ بِهِمْ النِّيَّةُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى تَخَلَّفُوا عَنْهُ، عَنْ غَيْرِ شَكٍّ وَلَا ارْتِيَابٍ؛ مِنْهُمْ: كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَبِي كَعْبٍ، أَخُو بَنِي سَلِمَةَ وَمُرَارَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، أَخُو بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَهِلَالُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، أَخُو بَنِي وَاقِفٍ، وَأَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، أَخُو بَنِي سَالِمِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ. وَكَانُوا نَفَرَ صِدْقٍ، لَا يُتَّهَمُونَ فِي إسْلَامِهِمْ
Translation
✧ [The affair of those who made excuses in the expedition of Tabūk] Ibn Isḥāq said: The excuse-makers from among the bedouin came to him and made excuses to him, but God Almighty did not excuse them. It has been mentioned to me that they were a group from Banū Ghifār. [The staying behind of a group without doubt] Then the Messenger of God's ﷺ journey was set in order for him, and he resolved to march. A group of the Muslims had been slowed by their intention regarding the Messenger of God ﷺ, so that they stayed behind from him, without doubt or uncertainty; among them were: Kaʿb b. Mālik b. Abī Kaʿb, brother of Banū Salimah; Murārah b. al-Rabīʿ, brother of Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf; Hilāl b. Umayyah, brother of Banū Wāqif; and Abū Khaythamah, brother of Banū Sālim b. ʿAwf. They were a group of truthful men, not suspected in their Islam.
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