Sirat Ibn Hisham 1544
The advice of Ḥātim's daughter to ʿAdī to accept Islam
[ إشَارَةُ ابْنَةِ حَاتِمٍ عَلَى عَدِيٍّ بِالْإِسْلَامِ ] قَالَ عَدِيٌّ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَقَاعِدٌ فِي أَهْلِي، إذْ نَظَرْتُ إلَى ظَعِينَةٍ تَصُوبُ إلَيَّ تُؤْمِنَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ ابْنَةُ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ: فَإِذَا هِيَ هِيَ، فَلَمَّا وَقَفَتْ عَلَيَّ انْسَحَلَتْ تَقُولُ: الْقَاطِعُ الظَّالِمُ، احْتَمَلْتَ بِأَهْلِكَ وَوَلَدِكَ، وَتَرَكْتُ بَقِيَّةَ وَالِدِكَ عَوْرَتَكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَيْ أُخَيَّةُ، لَا تَقُولِي إلَّا خَيْرًا، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا لِي مِنْ عُذْرٍ، لَقَدْ صَنَعْتُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَتْ فَأَقَامَتْ عِنْدِي، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً حَازِمَةً، مَاذَا تَرَيْنَ فِي أَمْرِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ ؟ قَالَتْ: أَرَى وَاَللَّهِ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِهِ سَرِيعًا، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ الرَّجُلُ نَبِيًّا فَلِلسَّابِقِ إلَيْهِ فَضْلُهُ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مَلِكًا فَلَنْ تَذِلَّ فِي عِزِّ الْيَمَنِ، وَأَنْتَ أَنْتَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاَللَّهِ إنَّ هَذَا الرَّأْيُ
Translation
✧ [The daughter of Ḥātim's urging ʿAdī toward islam] ʿAdī said: By God, while I was sitting among my family, I saw a woman in a howdah making for me, intending me. He said: I said, The daughter of Ḥātim. He said: And it was indeed she. When she stopped before me, she burst out saying: The severer, the wrongdoer! You have carried off your family and children and left the remnant of your father, your nakedness. He said: I said: My little sister, say nothing but good, for by God I have no excuse; I did what you mentioned. He said: Then she dismounted and stayed with me. I said to her—and she was a resolute woman—What do you think concerning the affair of this man? She said: By God, I think you should join him quickly, for if the man is a prophet, the one who precedes to him has his excellence, and if he is a king, you will not be humbled in the might of Yemen, and you are still you. He said: I said: By God, this is a sound opinion.
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