Sirat Ibn Hisham 1503
The Messenger's charge to b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ when he appointed him over Thaqīf
[ عَهْدُ الرَّسُولِ لَابْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ حِينَ أَمَّرَهُ عَلَى ثَقِيفٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ مَا عَهِدَ إلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ بَعَثَنِي عَلَى ثَقِيفٍ أَنْ قَالَ: يَا عُثْمَانُ، تُجَاوِزْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَاقْدُرْ النَّاسَ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ الْكَبِيرَ، وَالصَّغِيرَ، وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ [ هَدْمُ الطَّاغِيَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ، وَتَوَجَّهُوا إلَى بِلَادِهِمْ رَاجِعِينَ، بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَعَهُمْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ وَالْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ، فِي هَدْمِ الطَّاغِيَةِ. فَخَرَجَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ، حَتَّى إذَا قَدِمُوا الطَّائِفَ أَرَادَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ، فَأَبَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: اُدْخُلْ أَنْتَ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ؛ وَأَقَامَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بِمَالِهِ بِذِي الْهَدْمِ؛ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ عَلَاهَا يَضْرِبُهَا بِالْمِعْوَلِ، وَقَامَ قَوْمُهُ دُونَهُ، بَنُو مُعَتِّبٍ، خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُرْمَى أَوْ يُصَابَ كَمَا أُصِيبَ عُرْوَةُ، وَخَرَجَ نِسَاءُ ثَقِيفٍ حُسَّرًا يَبْكِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَقُلْنَ: لَتُبْكَيَنَّ دُفَّاعُ أَسْلَمَهَا الرَّضَّاعُ لَمْ يُحْسِنُوا الْمِصَاعَ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: لَتُبْكَيَنَّ عَنْ غَيْرِ ابْنِ إسْحَاقَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَيَقُولُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ وَالْمُغِيرَةُ يَضْرِبُهَا بِالْفَأْسِ: وَاهَا لَكَ آهَا لَكَ فَلَمَّا هَدَمَهَا الْمُغِيرَةُ وَأَخَذَ مَالَهَا وَحُلِيَّهَا أَرْسَلَ إلَى أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَحُلِيُّهَا مَجْمُوعٌ، وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ الذَّهَبِ وَالْجَزْعِ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's covenant to Ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ when he appointed him over Thaqīf] Ibn Isḥāq said: Saʿīd b. Abī Hind related to me, from Muṭarrif b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Shikhkhīr, from ʿUthmān b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ, who said: Among the last things the Messenger of God ﷺ enjoined upon me when he sent me over Thaqīf was that he said: "O ʿUthmān, be brief in the prayer, and measure the people by their weakest, for among them are the old, the young, the weak, and the one with a need." [The demolition of al-Ṭāghiyah] Ibn Isḥāq said: When they had finished their affair and turned back toward their lands, the Messenger of God ﷺ sent with them Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb and al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah to demolish al-Ṭāghiyah. They went out with the people, and when they arrived at al-Ṭāʾif, al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah wanted to put Abū Sufyān forward, but Abū Sufyān refused that against him and said: "You enter upon your people." Abū Sufyān stayed with his property at Dhū al-Hadm. When al-Mughīrah b. Shuʿbah entered, he mounted it, striking it with the pickaxe, while his people, the Banū Muʿattib, stood before him, fearing that he would be shot or struck as ʿUrwah had been struck. The women of Thaqīf came out bareheaded, weeping over it and saying: "Weep for the defender; the sucklings abandoned her; they did not excel in battle." Ibn Hishām said: "Weep" is from other than Ibn Isḥāq. Ibn Isḥāq said: Abū Sufyān said, while al-Mughīrah struck it with the axe: "Alas for you, ah for you." When al-Mughīrah had demolished it and taken its wealth and jewelry, he sent to Abū Sufyān, with its jewelry gathered and its wealth of gold and onyx.
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