Sirat Ibn Hisham 1494
The death of Dhū al-Bijādayn and the Messenger's standing over his burial
[ سُؤَالُ الرَّسُولِ لِأَبِي رُهْمٍ عَمَّنْ تَخَلَّفَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ ابْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَخِي أَبِي رُهْمٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا رُهْمٍ كُلْثُومَ بْنَ الْحُصَيْنِ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، يَقُولُ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ، فَسِرْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَهُ وَنَحْنُ بِالْأَخْضَرِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا النُّعَاسَ فَطَفِقْتُ أَسْتَيْقِظُ وَقَدْ دَنَتْ رَاحِلَتِي مِنْ رَاحِلَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَيُفْزِعُنِي دُنُوُّهَا مِنْهُ، مَخَافَةَ أَنْ أُصِيبَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ، فَطَفِقْتُ أَحُوزُ رَاحِلَتِي عَنْهُ، حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنَيَّ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَنَحْنُ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ، فَزَاحَمَتْ رَاحِلَتِي رَاحِلَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرِجْلُهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ، فَمَا اسْتَيْقَظْتُ إلَّا بِقَوْلِهِ: حَسَّ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. فَقَالَ: سِرْ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُنِي عَمَّنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِهِ؛ فَقَالَ وَهُوَ يَسْأَلُنِي: مَا فَعَلَ النَّفَرُ الْحُمْرُ الطِّوَالُ الثِّطَاطُ. فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِتَخَلُّفِهِمْ. قَالَ: فَمَا فَعَلَ النَّفَرُ السُّودُ الْجِعَادُ الْقِصَارُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْرِفُ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَّا. قَالَ: بَلَى، الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ نَعَمٌ بِشَبَكَةِ شَدَخٍ؛ فَتَذَكَّرْتهمْ فِي بَنِي غِفَارٍ، وَلَمْ أَذْكُرْهُمْ حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُ أَمْ لَهُمْ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ كَانُوا حُلَفَاءَ فِينَا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أُولَئِكَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ، حَلْفَاءُ فِينَا؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَا مَنَعَ أَحَدٌ أُولَئِكَ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مِنْ إبِلِهِ امْرَأً نَشِيطًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، إنَّ أَعَزَّ أَهْلِي عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفَ عَنِّي الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَالْأَنْصَارُ وَغُفَارٌ وَأَسْلَمُ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's question to Abū Ruhm about those who stayed behind] Ibn Isḥāq said: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī mentioned, from Ibn Ukaymah al-Laythī, from the nephew of Abū Ruhm al-Ghifārī, that he heard Abū Ruhm Kulthūm b. al-Ḥuṣayn — and he was one of the companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ who pledged allegiance under the tree — say: I raided with the Messenger of God ﷺ in the expedition of Tabūk. I traveled one night with him while we were at al-Akhḍar, near the Messenger of God ﷺ. God cast slumber upon us, and I began to wake up while my riding camel had drawn near to the riding camel of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Its nearness to him alarmed me, fearing that I might strike his foot in the stirrup. So I began to steer my riding camel away from him, until sleep overcame me on part of the road, while we were in part of the night. My riding camel jostled the riding camel of the Messenger of God ﷺ while his foot was in the stirrup, and I did not wake up except at his saying, "Ḥass." I said, "O Messenger of God, ask forgiveness for me." He said, "Travel on." The Messenger of God ﷺ began to ask me about those who stayed behind from Banū Ghifār, and I informed him of them. He said, while asking me, "What did the group of the ruddy, tall, bushy-bearded men do?" So I told him of their staying behind. He said, "What did the group of the black, curly-haired, short men do?" He said: I said, "By God, I do not know these among us." He said, "Yes, those who have livestock at Shabakat Shadakh." Then I remembered them among Banū Ghifār, and I did not remember them until I remembered that they had a clan from Aslam who were our allies. I said, "O Messenger of God, those are a clan from Aslam, allies among us." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "What prevented any one of those, when he stayed behind, from carrying on a camel of his camels an active man in the way of God? Surely the dearest of my people to me to stay behind from me are the Emigrants from Quraysh and the Anṣār, and Ghifār and Aslam."
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