Sirat Ibn Hisham 1540
The arrival of the delegation of Banū Ḥanīfah, accompanied by Musaylimah the liar
[ قُدُومُ وَفْدِ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ وَمَعَهُمْ مُسَيْلِمَةُ الْكَذَّابِ ] وَقَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَفْدُ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ، فِيهِمْ مُسَيْلِمَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ الْكَذَّابُ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: مُسَيْلِمَةُ بْنُ ثُمَامَةَ، وَيُكَنَّى أَبَا ثُمَامَةَ. [ مَا كَانَ مِنْ الرَّسُولِ لِمُسَيْلِمَةَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَكَانَ مَنْزِلُهُمْ فِي دَارِ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ، ثُمَّ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ، فَحَدَّثَنِي بَعْضُ عُلَمَائِنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ: أَنَّ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ أَتَتْ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَسْتُرهُ بِالثِّيَابِ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ. مَعَهُ عَسِيبٌ مِنْ سَعَفِ النَّخْلِ، فِي رَأْسِهِ خُوصَاتٌ؛ قَلَّمَا انْتَهَى إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَهُمْ يَسْتُرُونَهُ بِالثِّيَابِ، كَلَّمَهُ وَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَوْ سَأَلْتنِي هَذَا الْعَسِيبَ مَا أَعْطَيْتُكَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ مِنْ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ أَنَّ حَدِيثَهُ كَانَ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا. زَعَمَ أَنَّ وَفْدَ بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَخَلَّفُوا مُسَيْلِمَةَ فِي رِحَالِهِمْ، فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمُوا ذَكَرُوا مَكَانَهُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنَّا قَدْ خَلَّفْنَا صَاحِبًا لَنَا فِي رِحَالِنَا وَفِي رِكَابِنَا يَحْفَظُهَا لَنَا، قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ لِلْقَوْمِ؛ وَقَالَ: أَمَا إنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِشَرِّكُمْ مَكَانًا؛ أَيْ لِحِفْظِهِ ضَيْعَةَ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ. [ ارْتِدَادُهُ وَتُنَبَّؤُهُ ] قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: وَجَاءُوهُ بِمَا أَعْطَاهُ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إلَى الْيَمَامَةِ ارْتَدَّ عَدُوُّ اللَّهِ وَتَنَبَّأَ وَتَكَذَّبَ لَهُمْ، وَقَالَ: إنِّي قَدْ أُشْرِكْتُ فِي الْأَمْرِ مَعَهُ. وَقَالَ لِوَفْدِهِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ: أَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَكُمْ حِينَ ذَكَرْتُمُونِي لَهُ: أَمَا إنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِشَرِّكُمْ مَكَانًا؛ مَا ذَاكَ إلَّا لَمَا كَانَ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي قَدْ أُشْرِكْتُ فِي الْأَمْرِ مَعَهُ؛ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَسْجَعُ لَهُمْ الْأَسَاجِيعَ، وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ فِيمَا يَقُولُ مُضَاهَاةً لِلْقُرْآنِ: لَقَدْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْحُبْلَى، أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا نَسَمَةً تَسْعَى، مِنْ بَيْنَ صِفَاقٍ وَحَشًى. وَأَحَلَّ لَهُمْ الْخَمْرَ وَالزِّنَا، وَوَضَعَ عَنْهُمْ الصَّلَاةَ، وَهُوَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ يَشْهَدُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، فَأَصْفَقَتْ مَعَهُ حَنِيفَةُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيُّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ
Translation
✧ [The arrival of the delegation of Banū Ḥanīfah, with Musaylimah the Liar among them] And there came to the Messenger of God ﷺ the delegation of Banū Ḥanīfah, among them Musaylimah b. Ḥabīb al-Ḥanafī the Liar. Ibn Hishām said: Musaylimah b. Thumāmah, and he is called Abū Thumāmah. [What the Messenger did regarding Musaylimah] Ibn Isḥāq said: Their lodging was in the house of Bint al-Ḥārith, a woman of the Anṣār, then of Banū al-Najjār. Some of our scholars from the people of Madinah told me: Banū Ḥanafīah brought him to the Messenger of God ﷺ hiding him with clothing, while the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting among his companions, with him a palm branch from the leaves of the date palm, at its end some leaflets. When he ended up before the Messenger of God ﷺ, while they hid him with clothing, he spoke to him and asked him. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: 'If you asked me for this palm branch, I would not give it to you.' Ibn Isḥāq said: A shaykh of Banū Ḥanīfah from the people of al-Yamāmah told me that his account was otherwise. He claimed that the delegation of Banū Ḥanīfah came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and left Musaylimah behind in their camp. When they became Muslims, they mentioned his place and said: 'O Messenger of God, we have left a companion of ours in our camp and with our riding beasts to guard them for us.' He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ ordered for him the like of what he ordered for the people, and said: 'Indeed, he is not the worst of you in station'—meaning, for his guarding the property of his companions. That is what the Messenger of God ﷺ meant. [His apostasy and his claiming prophethood] He said: Then they departed from the Messenger of God ﷺ and brought him what he had given. When they reached al-Yamāmah, the enemy of God apostatized, claimed prophethood, and lied to them, saying: 'I have been made a partner in the affair with him.' He said to his delegation who had been with him: 'Did he not say to you when you mentioned me to him: "Indeed, he is not the worst of you in station"? That was only because he knew that I had been made a partner in the affair with him.' Then he began to produce rhymed prose for them, and said to them among what he said, imitating the Qur'an: 'God has indeed favored the pregnant woman; He brought forth from her a living soul that walks, from between a peritoneum and a bowel.' He made lawful for them wine and fornication, and removed from them the prayer, while he nevertheless testified that the Messenger of God ﷺ was a prophet. Ḥanīfah agreed with him on that. God knows best which of these it was.
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