Sirat Ibn Hisham 1558
The conversion of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb at the hands of Khālid b. al-Walīd when he marched against them
[ كِتَابُ الرَّسُولِ إلَى خَالِدٍ يَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَجِيءِ ] فَكَتَبَ إلَيْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ: مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ. سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ، فَإِنِّي أَحْمَدُ إلَيْكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إلَهَ إلَّا هُوَ. أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ كِتَابَكَ جَاءَنِي مَعَ رَسُولِكَ تُخْبِرُ أَنَّ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُقَاتِلَهُمْ، وَأَجَابُوا إلَى مَا دَعَوْتهمْ إلَيْهِ مِنْ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَشَهِدُوا أَنْ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَأَنْ قَدْ هَدَاهُمْ اللَّهُ بِهُدَاهُ، فَبَشِّرْهُمْ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ، وَأَقْبِلْ وَلْيُقْبِلْ مَعَكَ وَفْدُهُمْ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ. [ قُدُومُ خَالِدٍ مَعَ وَفْدِهِمْ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ ] فَأَقْبَلَ خَالِدٌ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَأَقْبَلَ مَعَهُ وَفْدُ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، مِنْهُمْ قَيْسُ بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ ذِي الْغُصَّةِ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَدَانِ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ الْمُحَجَّلِ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قُرَادٍ الزِّيَادِيُّ؛ وَشَدَّادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَنَانِيُّ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الضَّبَابِيُّ. [ حَدِيثُ وَفْدِهِمْ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ ] فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَآهُمْ، قَالَ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَأَنَّهُمْ رِجَالُ الْهِنْدِ، قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَؤُلَاءِ رِجَالُ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ؛ فَلَمَّا وَقَفُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالُوا: نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَأَنَّهُ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ؛ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَنْتُمْ الَّذِينَ إذَا زُجِرُوا اُسْتُقْدِمُوا، فَسَكَتُوا، فَلَمْ يُرَاجِعْهُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ، فَلَمْ يُرَاجِعْهُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ، فَلَمْ يُرَاجِعْهُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا الرَّابِعَةَ، فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَدَانِ: نَعَمْ، يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ إذَا زُجِرُوا اُسْتُقْدِمُوا، قَالَهَا أَرْبَعَ مِرَارٍ؛ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَوْ أَنَّ خَالِدًا لَمْ يَكْتُبْ إلَيَّ أَنَّكُمْ أَسْلَمْتُمْ وَلَمْ تُقَاتِلُوا، لَأَلْقَيْتُ رُءُوسَكُمْ تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِكُمْ؛ فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَدَانِ: أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا حَمِدْنَاكَ وَلَا حَمِدْنَا خَالِدًا، قَالَ: فَمَنْ حَمِدْتُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: حَمِدْنَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِي هَدَانَا بِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؛ قَالَ: صَدَقْتُمْ. ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: بِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ مَنْ قَاتَلَكُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ قَالُوا: لَمْ نَكُنْ نَغْلِبُ أَحَدًا؛ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ مَنْ قَاتَلَكُمْ؛ قَالُوا: كُنَّا نَغْلِبُ مَنْ قَاتَلَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إنَّا كُنَّا نَجْتَمِعُ وَلَا نَفْتَرِقُ، وَلَا نَبْدَأُ أَحَدًا بِظُلْمِ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتُمْ وَأَمَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَيْسَ بْنَ الْحُصَيْنِ. فَرَجَعَ وَفْدُ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ إلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فِي بَقِيَّةٍ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ، أَوْ فِي صَدْرِ ذِي الْقَعَدَةِ، فَلَمْ يَمْكُثُوا بَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَعُوا إلَى قَوْمِهِمْ إلَّا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَرَحِمَ وَبَارَكَ، وَرَضِيَ وَأَنْعَمَ
Translation
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ wrote to him: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: From Muḥammad the Prophet, Messenger of God, to Khālid b. al-Walīd. Peace be upon you. I praise to you God, besides whom there is no deity. Now then, your letter came to me with your messenger, informing me that the Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb had submitted before you fought them and had answered what you called them to of Islam, and testified that there is no deity but God and that Muḥammad is the servant of God and His Messenger, and that God had guided them by His guidance. So give them glad tidings and warn them, and come, and let their delegation come with you. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings. Khālid came to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and with him came the delegation of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb, among them Qays b. al-Ḥuṣayn Dhū al-Ghuṣṣah, Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Madān, Yazīd b. al-Muḥajjal, ʿAbd Allāh b. Qurād al-Ziyādī, Shaddād b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Qanānī, and ʿAmr b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḍabābī. When they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and he saw them, he said: “Who are these people who look like men of India?” It was said: “O Messenger of God, these are men of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb.” When they stood before the Messenger of God ﷺ, they greeted him and said: “We bear witness that you are the Messenger of God, and that there is no deity but God.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “And I bear witness that there is no deity but God and that I am the Messenger of God.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Are you the ones who, when driven back, advance?” They fell silent, and none of them answered him. Then he repeated it a second time, and none of them answered him. Then he repeated it a third time, and none of them answered him. Then he repeated it a fourth time, and Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Madān said: “Yes, O Messenger of God, we are the ones who, when driven back, advance.” He said it four times. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Had Khālid not written to me that you had submitted and had not fought, I would have cast your heads beneath your feet.” Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Madān said: “By God, we did not praise you, nor did we praise Khālid.” He said: “Whom did you praise?” They said: “We praised God, Mighty and Majestic, who guided us through you, O Messenger of God.” He said: “You have spoken truly.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “How did you defeat those who fought you in the Age of Ignorance?” They said: “We did not defeat anyone.” He said: “Indeed, you used to defeat those who fought you.” They said: “We used to defeat those who fought us, O Messenger of God, because we would gather together and not separate, and we would not begin with anyone by wrongdoing.” He said: “You have spoken truly.” The Messenger of God ﷺ appointed Qays b. al-Ḥuṣayn as commander over the Banū al-Ḥārith b. Kaʿb. The delegation of the Banū al-Ḥārith returned to their people in the remainder of Shawwāl or the beginning of Dhū al-Qaʿdah. They remained only four months after returning to their people until the Messenger of God ﷺ died, may God have mercy on him and bless him, be pleased with him and bestow favors upon him.
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