Sirat Ibn Hisham 1504
The Messenger's charge to b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ when he appointed him over Thaqīf
[ إسْلَامُ أَبِي مُلَيْحٍ وَقَارِبٍ ] وَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُو مُلَيْحِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ وَقَارِبُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ قَدِمَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ، حِينَ قُتِلَ عُرْوَةُ، يُرِيدَانِ فِرَاقَ ثَقِيفٍ، وَأَنْ لَا يُجَامِعَاهُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا، فَأَسْلَمَا؛ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَلَّيَا مَنْ شِئْتُمَا؛ فَقَالَا: نَتَوَلَّى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: وَخَالَكُمَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ، فَقَالَا: وَخَالَنَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ. [ سُؤَالُهُمَا الرَّسُولُ قَضَاءَ دَيْنٍ مِنْ أَمْوَالِ الطَّاغِيَةِ ] فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَ أَهْلُ الطَّائِفِ وَوَجَّهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَالْمُغِيرَةَ إلَى هَدْمِ الطَّاغِيَةِ، سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبُو مُلَيْحِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عُرْوَةَ دَيْنًا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِ الطَّاغِيَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ قَارِبُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَعَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَاقْضِهِ، وَعُرْوَةُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ أَخَوَانِ لِأَبٍ وَأُمٍّ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إنَّ الْأَسْوَدَ مَاتَ مُشْرِكًا. فَقَالَ قَارِبٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَكِنْ تَصِلُ مُسْلِمًا ذَا قَرَابَةٍ، يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ، إنَّمَا الدَّيْنُ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا الَّذِي أُطْلَبُ بِهِ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ دَيْنَ عُرْوَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ مِنْ مَالِ الطَّاغِيَةِ، فَلَمَّا جَمَعَ الْمُغِيرَةُ مَالَهَا قَالَ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ: إنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَقْضِيَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَالْأَسْوَدِ دَيْنَهُمَا، فَقَضَى عَنْهُمَا
Translation
✧ [ The Islam of Abū Mulayḥ and Qārib ] Abū Mulayḥ b. ʿUrwah and Qārib b. al-Aswad had come to the Messenger of God ﷺ before the delegation of Thaqīf, when ʿUrwah was killed, desiring to part from Thaqīf and never to join them in anything ever. They became Muslims. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: "Take as allies whom you will." They said: "We take God and His Messenger as allies." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "And your maternal uncle Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb." They said: "And our maternal uncle Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb." [ Their asking the Messenger to settle a debt from the wealth of the idol ] When the people of al-Ṭāʾif became Muslims and the Messenger of God ﷺ dispatched Abū Sufyān and al-Mughīrah to demolish the idol, Abū Mulayḥ b. ʿUrwah asked the Messenger of God ﷺ to settle on behalf of his father ʿUrwah a debt that he owed from the wealth of the idol. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: "Yes." Then Qārib b. al-Aswad said to him: "And on behalf of al-Aswad, O Messenger of God, settle it." ʿUrwah and al-Aswad were full brothers. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Al-Aswad died a polytheist." Qārib said to the Messenger of God ﷺ: "O Messenger of God, but you would be maintaining ties with a Muslim relative," meaning himself. "The debt is upon me, and I am the one sought for it." The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded Abū Sufyān to settle the debt of ʿUrwah and al-Aswad from the wealth of the idol. When al-Mughīrah collected its wealth, he said to Abū Sufyān: "The Messenger of God ﷺ has commanded you to settle the debt of ʿUrwah and al-Aswad on their behalf." So he settled it for them.
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