Sirat Ibn Hisham 1543
The Messenger's capture of the daughter of Ḥātim and her subsequent release
[ أَسْرُ الرَّسُولِ ابْنَةَ حَاتِمٍ ثُمَّ إطْلَاقُهَا ] وَتُخَالِفُنِي خَيْلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَتُصِيبُ ابْنَةَ حَاتِمٍ، فِيمَنْ أَصَابَتْ، فَقُدِمَ بِهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَبَايَا مِنْ طَيِّئٍ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَرَبِي إلَى الشَّامِ، قَالَ: فَجُعِلَتْ بِنْتُ حَاتِمٍ فِي حَظِيرَةٍ بِبَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، كَانَتْ السَّبَايَا يُحْبَسْنَ فِيهَا، فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَامَتْ إلَيْهِ، وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً جَزْلَةً، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَلَكَ الْوَالِدُ، وَغَابَ الْوَافِدُ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ. قَالَ: وَمَنْ وَافِدُكَ ؟ قَالَتْ: عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ. قَالَ: الْفَارُّ مِنْ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ؟ قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتَرَكَنِي، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ مِنْ الْغَدِ مَرَّ بِي، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ بِالْأَمْسِ. قَالَتْ: حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ بَعْدَ الْغَدِ مَرَّ بِي وَقَدْ يَئِسْتُ مِنْهُ، فَأَشَارَ إلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ أَنْ قَوْمِي فَكَلِّمِيهِ؛ قَالَتْ: فَقُمْتُ إلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَ الْوَالِدُ، وَغَابَ الْوَافِدُ، فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ؛ فَقَالَ ﷺ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ، فَلَا تَعْجَلِي بِخُرُوجِ حَتَّى تَجِدِي مِنْ قَوْمِكَ مَنْ يَكُونُ لَكَ ثِقَةً، حَتَّى يُبَلِّغُكَ إلَى بِلَادِكَ، ثُمَّ آذِنِينِي. فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي أَشَارَ إلَيَّ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَهُ، فَقِيلَ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَقَمْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمَ رَكْبٌ مِنْ بَلِيَّ أَوْ قُضَاعَةَ، قَالَتْ: وَإِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ آتِيَ أَخِي بِالشَّامِ. قَالَتْ: فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ قَدِمَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي، لِي فِيهِمْ ثِقَةٌ وَبَلَاغٌ. قَالَتْ: فَكَسَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَحَمَلَنِي، وَأَعْطَانِي نَفَقَةً، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الشَّامَ
Translation
✧ The Messenger's taking captive the daughter of Ḥātim, then releasing her. A cavalry of the Messenger of God ﷺ opposed me, and they captured the daughter of Ḥātim among those they captured. She was brought to the Messenger of God ﷺ among captives from Ṭayyiʾ, and the Messenger of God ﷺ had learned of my flight to Syria. He said: The daughter of Ḥātim was placed in an enclosure by the gate of the mosque, where the captives were kept. The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by her, and she stood up to him—she was a woman of sound judgment—and said: "O Messenger of God, the father has perished, and the visitor is absent, so be gracious to me, may God be gracious to you." He said: "And who is your visitor?" She said: "ʿAdī b. Ḥātim." He said: "The one who fled from God and His Messenger?" She said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ went on and left me. When the next day came, he passed by me, and I said to him the like of that, and he said to me the like of what he had said the day before. She said: Then when the day after the next came, he passed by me, and I had despaired of him, but a man behind him gestured to me: "Rise and speak to him." She said: So I stood up to him and said: "O Messenger of God, the father has perished, and the visitor is absent, so be gracious to me, may God be gracious to you." He ﷺ said: "I have done so. Do not be hasty to leave until you find someone from your people whom you trust to convey you to your land; then inform me." She asked about the man who had gestured to her to speak, and it was said: "ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, may God be pleased with him." She stayed until a caravan from Balī or Quḍāʿah arrived. She said: "I only wanted to go to my brother in Syria." She said: "I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, a group of my people has arrived; among them I have trust and conveyance.' She said: "So the Messenger of God ﷺ clothed me, mounted me, and gave me provision, and I departed with them until I arrived in Syria."
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