Sirat Ibn Hisham 1557
The conversion of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb at the hands of Khālid b. al-Walīd when he marched against them
إسْلَامُ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَلَى يَدَيْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ لَمَّا سَارَ إلَيْهِمْ [ دَعْوَةُ خَالِدٍ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَإِسْلَامُهُمْ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ، فِي شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْآخِرِ أَوْ جُمَادَى الْأُولَى، سَنَةَ عَشْرٍ، إلَى بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ بِنَجْرَانَ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَهُمْ إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقَاتِلَهُمْ ثَلَاثًا، فَإِنْ اسْتَجَابُوا فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَقَاتِلِهِمْ. فَخَرَجَ خَالِدٌ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَبَعَثَ الرُّكْبَانُ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي كُلِّ وَجْهٍ، وَيَدْعُونَ إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَسْلِمُوا تُسْلَمُوا. فَأَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ، وَدَخَلُوا فِيمَا دُعُوا إلَيْهِ، فَأَقَامَ فِيهِمْ خَالِدٌ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ الْإِسْلَامَ وَكِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ، وَبِذَلِكَ كَانَ أَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إنْ هُمْ أَسْلَمُوا وَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوا. [ كِتَابُ خَالِدٍ إلَى الرَّسُولِ يَسْأَلُهُ رَأْيَهُ فِي الْبَقَاءِ أَوْ الْمَجِيءِ ] ثُمَّ كَتَبَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، مِنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، فَإِنِّي أَحْمَدُ إلَيْكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إلَهَ إلَّا هُوَ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ، فَإِنَّكَ بَعَثْتنِي إلَى بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، وَأَمَرْتنِي إذَا أَتَيْتهمْ أَلَّا أُقَاتِلَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَأَنْ أَدْعُوَهُمْ إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا أَقَمْتُ فِيهِمْ، وَقَبِلْتُ مِنْهُمْ، وَعَلَّمْتهمْ مَعَالِمَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَكِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يُسْلِمُوا قَاتَلْتهمْ. وَإِنِّي قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَدَعَوْتهمْ إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، كَمَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَبَعَثْتُ فِيهِمْ رُكْبَانًا، قَالُوا: يَا بَنِي الْحَارِثِ، أَسَلِمُوا تُسْلَمُوا، فَأَسْلَمُوا وَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوا، وَأَنَا مُقِيمٌ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ، آمُرُهُمْ بِمَا أَمَرَهُمْ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَأَنْهَاهُمْ عَمَّا نَهَاهُمْ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، وَأُعَلِّمُهُمْ مَعَالِمَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَسُنَّةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى يَكْتُبَ إلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.
Translation
✧ The Islam of Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb at the hands of Khālid b. al-Walīd when he marched to them [Khālid's call to the people to Islam and their conversion] Ibn Isḥāq said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ sent Khālid b. al-Walīd, in the month of Rabīʿ al-Ākhir or Jumādā al-Ūlā, of the year ten, to Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb in Najrān, and commanded him to call them to Islam for three days before fighting them. If they respond positively, accept it from them; if they do not, fight them. Khālid set out until he arrived before them. He sent riders to go about in every direction, calling to Islam, saying: "O people, become Muslims and you will be safe." So the people became Muslims and entered into what they were called to. Khālid stayed among them teaching them Islam, the Book of God, and the Sunnah of His Prophet ﷺ, as the Messenger of God ﷺ had commanded him if they embraced Islam and did not fight. [Khālid's letter to the Messenger asking his opinion on staying or coming] Then Khālid b. al-Walīd wrote to the Messenger of God ﷺ: "From Khālid b. al-Walīd. Peace be upon you, O Messenger of God, and the mercy of God and His blessings. I praise God before you, besides whom there is no god. To proceed: O Messenger of God, may God bless you. You sent me to Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb and commanded me, when I came to them, not to fight them for three days, and to call them to Islam. If they embraced Islam, I was to stay among them, accept it from them, and teach them the marks of Islam, the Book of God, and the Sunnah of His Prophet. If they did not embrace Islam, I was to fight them. I came to them and called them to Islam for three days, as the Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me, and I sent riders among them saying: 'O Banū al-Ḥārith, become Muslims and you will be safe.' So they embraced Islam and did not fight. I am staying among them, commanding them with what God has commanded them and forbidding them from what God has forbidden them, and teaching them the marks of Islam and the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ until the Messenger of God ﷺ writes to me. Peace be upon you, O Messenger of God, and the mercy of God and His blessings."
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