Sirat Ibn Hisham 1488
The affair of Abū Dharr
[ شَأْنُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ في غزوة تبوك ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَزَعَمَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنَّ زَيْدًا تَابَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لَمْ يَزَلْ مُتَّهَمًا بِشَرٍّ حَتَّى هَلَكَ. ثُمَّ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَائِرًا، فَجَعَلَ يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهُ الرَّجُلُ، يَقُولُونَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، تَخَلَّفَ فُلَانٌ، فَيَقُولُ: دَعُوهُ، فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ فَسَيَلْحَقُهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِكَمْ، وَإِنْ يَكُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَرَاحَكُمْ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ، حَتَّى قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ تَخَلَّفَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ، وَأَبْطَأَ بِهِ بَعِيرُهُ، فَقَالَ: دَعُوهُ، فَإِنْ يَكُ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ فَسَيَلْحَقُهُ اللَّهُ بِكَمْ، وَإِنْ يَكُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَرَاحَكُمْ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ؛ وَتَلَوَّمَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ، فَلَمَّا أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ، أَخَذَ مَتَاعَهُ فَحَمَلَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَتْبَعُ أَثَرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَاشِيًا. وَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي بَعْضِ مَنَازِلِهِ، فَنَظَرَ نَاظِرٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ يَمْشِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ وَحْدَهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: كُنْ أَبَا ذَرٍّ. فَلَمَّا تَأَمَّلَهُ الْقَوْمُ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هُوَ وَاَللَّهِ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: رَحِمَ اللَّهُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ، يَمْشِي وَحْدَهُ، وَيَمُوتُ وَحْدَهُ، وَيُبْعَثُ وَحْدَهُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدَةُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا نَفَى عُثْمَانُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ إلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، وَأَصَابَهُ بِهَا قَدَرُهُ، لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ إلَّا امْرَأَتُهُ وَغُلَامُهُ، فَأَوْصَاهُمَا أَنْ اغْسِلَانِي وَكَفِّنَانِي، ثُمَّ ضَعَانِي عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَأَوَّلُ رَكْبٍ يَمُرُّ بِكَمْ فَقُولُوا: هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَعِينُونَا عَلَى دَفْنِهِ. فَلَمَّا مَاتَ فَعَلَا ذَلِكَ بِهِ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَاهُ عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ؛ وَأَقْبَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ عُمَّارٍ، فَلَمْ يَرُعْهُمْ إلَّا بِالْجِنَازَةِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الطَّرِيقِ، قَدْ كَادَتْ الْإِبِلُ تَطَؤُهَا، وَقَامَ إلَيْهِمْ الْغُلَامُ. فَقَالَ: هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَعِينُونَا عَلَى دَفْنِهِ. قَالَ: فَاسْتَهَلَّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَبْكِي وَيَقُولُ: صَدَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، تَمْشِي وَحْدَكَ وَتَمُوتُ وَحْدَكَ، وَتُبْعَثُ وَحْدَكَ. ثُمَّ نَزَلَ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَوَارَوْهُ، ثُمَّ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَدِيثَهُ، وَمَا قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرِهِ إلَى تَبُوكَ
Translation
✧ [The affair of Abū Dharr in the expedition of Tabūk] Ibn Isḥāq said: Some people claimed that Zayd repented after that, while others said that he remained suspected of evil until he perished. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ continued on his way, and men kept lagging behind him. They would say, “O Messenger of God, so-and-so has stayed behind,” and he would say, “Leave him. If there is any good in him, God, exalted is He, will bring him to join you; and if it is otherwise, God has relieved you of him.” Until it was said, “O Messenger of God, Abū Dharr has stayed behind, and his camel has delayed him.” He said, “Leave him. If there is any good in him, God will bring him to join you; and if it is otherwise, God has relieved you of him.” Abū Dharr waited for his camel, and when it delayed him, he took his baggage and carried it on his back, then set out following the track of the Messenger of God ﷺ on foot. The Messenger of God stopped at one of his halting places, and one of the Muslims looked out and said, “O Messenger of God, this man is walking along the road alone.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Be Abū Dharr.” When the people examined him carefully, they said, “O Messenger of God, by God, it is Abū Dharr.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “May God have mercy on Abū Dharr. He walks alone, dies alone, and will be raised alone.” Ibn Isḥāq said: Buraydah b. Sufyān al-Aslamī related to me, from Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Quraẓī, from ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd, who said: When ʿUthmān banished Abū Dharr to al-Rabadhah, and his appointed time came to him there, no one was with him except his wife and his servant. He enjoined them, “Wash me and shroud me, then place me on the main road. The first riders who pass by you, say to them, ‘This is Abū Dharr, the companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ; help us bury him.’” When he died, they did that for him. They placed him on the main road. Then ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd came with a band of people from Iraq who were performing ʿumrah, and nothing startled them except the bier on the road, which the camels had almost trampled. The servant came to them and said, “This is Abū Dharr, the companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ; help us bury him.” He said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd burst into tears, saying, “The Messenger of God ﷺ spoke the truth: you walk alone, you die alone, and you will be raised alone.” Then he and his companions dismounted and buried him. Then ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd related to them his account and what the Messenger of God ﷺ had said to him during his journey to Tabūk.
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