Sirat Ibn Hisham 1549
The arrival of al-Ashʿath b. Qays in the delegation of Kindah
قُدُومُ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ فِي وَفْدِ كِنْدَةَ [ قُدُومُهُمْ وَإِسْلَامُهُمْ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، فِي وَفْدِ كِنْدَةَ، فَحَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ بْنُ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ثَمَانِينَ رَاكِبًا مِنْ كِنْدَةَ، فَدَخَلُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَسْجِدَهُ، وَقَدْ رَجَّلُوا جُمَمَهُمْ وَتَكَحَّلُوا، وَعَلَيْهِمْ جُبَبُ الْحِبَرَةِ، وَقَدْ كَفَّفُوهَا بِالْحَرِيرِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: أَلَمْ تُسْلِمُوا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَمَا بَالُ هَذَا الْحَرِيرِ فِي أَعْنَاقِكُمْ؛ قَالَ: فَشَقُّوهُ مِنْهَا، فَأَلْقَوْهُ [ انْتِسَابُ الْوَفْدِ إلَى آكِلِ الْمُرَارِ ] ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: نَحْنُ بَنُو آكِلِ الْمُرَارِ، وَأَنْتُ ابْنُ آكِلِ الْمُرَارِ؛ قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ: نَاسَبُوا بِهَذَا النَّسَبِ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَرَبِيعَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَرَبِيعَةُ رَجُلَيْنِ تَاجِرَيْنِ وَكَانَا إذَا شَاعَا فِي بَعْضِ الْعَرَبِ، فَسُئِلَا مِمَّنْ هُمَا ؟ قَالَا: نَحْنُ بَنُو آكِلِ الْمُرَارِ، يَتَعَزَّزَانِ بِذَلِكَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ كِنْدَةَ كَانُوا مُلُوكًا. ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: لَا، بَلْ نَحْنُ بَنُو النَّضْرِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ، لَا نَقَفُوا أُمَّنَا، وَلَا نَنْتَفِي مِنْ أَبِينَا، فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ: هَلْ فَرَغْتُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ كِنْدَةَ ؟ وَاَللَّهِ لَا أَسْمَعُ رَجُلًا يَقُولُهَا إلَّا ضَرَبْتُهُ ثَمَانِينَ.
Translation
✧ The arrival of al-Ashʿath b. Qays in the delegation of Kindah [Their arrival and their Islam] Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Ashʿath b. Qays came to the Messenger of God ﷺ in the delegation of Kindah. Al-Zuhrī b. Shihāb related to me that he came to the Messenger of God ﷺ with eighty riders from Kindah. They entered the mosque of the Messenger of God ﷺ, having combed their long hair and applied kohl, wearing striped cloaks which they had edged with silk. When they entered upon the Messenger of God ﷺ, he said: 'Have you not submitted?' They said: 'Indeed, yes.' He said: 'Then what is the matter with this silk on your necks?' So they tore it off and threw it away. [The delegation's claim of descent from Ākil al-Murār] Then al-Ashʿath b. Qays said to him: 'O Messenger of God, we are the Banū Ākil al-Murār, and you are the son of Ākil al-Murār.' The Messenger of God ﷺ smiled and said: 'They trace this lineage to al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Rabīʿah b. al-Ḥārith.' Al-ʿAbbās and Rabīʿah were two merchants. When they spread out among some of the Arabs and were asked who they were, they would say: 'We are the Banū Ākil al-Murār,' seeking honor by that, because Kindah were kings. Then he said to them: 'No, rather we are the Banū al-Naḍr b. Kinānah; we do not disavow our mother, nor do we disown our father.' Al-Ashʿath b. Qays said: 'Have you finished, O assembly of Kindah? By God, I will not hear any man say it except that I will strike him eighty times.'
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