Sirat Ibn Hisham 1582
The account of the expedition of Ghālib b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Laythī against the Banū al-Mulawwaḥ
[ بَلَاءُ ابْنِ مَكِيثٍ فِي هَذِهِ الْغَزْوَةِ ] قَالَ: ثُمَّ سِرْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْكَدِيدَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ، فَكُنَّا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْوَادِي، وَبَعَثَنِي أَصْحَابِي رَبِيئَةً لَهُمْ، فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى آتِيَ تَلًّا مُشْرَفًا عَلَى الْحَاضِرِ، فَأَسْنَدْتُ فِيهِ، فَعَلَوْتُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إلَى الْحَاضِرِ، فَوَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَمُنْبَطِحٌ عَلَى التَّلِّ، إذْ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ خِبَائِهِ، فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ: إنِّي لَأَرَى عَلَى التَّلِّ سَوَادًا مَا رَأَيْتُهُ فِي أَوَّلِ يَوْمِي، فَانْظُرِي إلَى أَوْعِيَتِكَ هَلْ تَفْقِدِينَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، لَا تَكُونُ الْكِلَابُ جَرَّتْ بَعْضَهَا؛ قَالَ: فَنَظَرَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: لَا، وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَفْقِدُ شَيْئًا؛ قَالَ: فَنَاوِلِينِي قَوْسِي وَسَهْمَيْنِ، فَنَاوَلَتْهُ، قَالَ: فَأَرْسَلَ سَهْمًا، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا أَخَطَأَ جَنْبِي، فَأَنْزِعُهُ، فَأَضَعُهُ، وَثَبَّتُّ مَكَانِي، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ الْآخَرَ، فَوَضَعَهُ فِي مَنْكِبِي، فَأَنْزِعُهُ فَأَضَعُهُ، وَثَبَّتُّ مَكَانِي، فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ: لَوْ كَانَ رَبِيئَةً لِقَوْمِ لَقَدْ تَحَرَّكَ، لَقَدْ خَالَطَهُ سَهْمَايَ لَا أَبَا لَكَ، إذَا أَصْبَحْتِ فَابْتَغِيهِمَا، فَخُذِيهِمَا، لَا يَمْضُغُهُمَا عَلَيَّ الْكِلَابُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ دَخَلَ. [ نَجَاةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِالنَّعَمِ ] قَالَ: وَأَمْهَلْنَاهُمْ، حَتَّى إذَا اطْمَأَنُّوا وَنَامُوا، وَكَانَ فِي وَجْهِ السَّحَرِ، شَنَنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ الْغَارَةَ، قَالَ: فَقَتَلْنَا، وَاسْتَقْنَا النَّعَمَ، وَخَرَجَ صَرِيخُ الْقَوْمِ، فَجَاءَنَا دَهْمٌ، لَا قِبَلَ لَنَا بِهِ، وَمَضَيْنَا بِالنَّعَمِ، وَمَرَرْنَا بِابْنِ الْبَرْصَاءِ وَصَاحِبِهِ، فاحتملناهما مَعَنَا؛ قَالَ: وَأَدْرَكْنَا الْقَوْمَ حَتَّى قَرِبُوا مِنَّا، قَالَ: فَمَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ إلَّا وَادِي قُدَيْدٍ، فَأَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ الْوَادِيَ بِالسَّيْلِ مِنْ حَيْثُ شَاءَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، مِنْ غَيْرِ سَحَابَةٍ نَرَاهَا، وَلَا مَطَرٍ، فَجَاءَ بِشَيْءِ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدِ بِهِ قُوَّةٌ، وَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يُجَاوِزَهُ، فَوَقَفُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إلَيْنَا، وَإِنَّا لَنَسُوقُ نَعَمَهُمْ، مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ أَنْ يُجِيزَ إلَيْنَا، وَنَحْنُ نَحْدُوهَا سِرَاعًا، حَتَّى فُتْنَاهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَى طَلَبِنَا [ شِعَارُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْغَزْوَةِ ] قَالَ: فَقَدِمْنَا بِهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ: أَنَّ شِعَارَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ: أَمِتْ أَمِتْ. فَقَالَ رَاجِزٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهُوَ يَحْدُوهَا. أَبَى أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ أَنْ تَعَزَّبِي فِي خَضِلٍ نَبَاتُهُ مُغْلَوْلِبِ صُفْرٍ أَعَالِيهِ كَلَوْنِ الْمُدْهَبِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُرْوَى: كَلَوْنِ الذَّهَبِ. تَمَّ خَبَرُ الْغُزَاةِ، وَعُدْتُ إلَى ذِكْرِ تَفْصِيلِ السَّرَايَا وَالْبُعُوثِ
Translation
✧ [The trial of Ibn Makīth in this expedition] He said: Then we travelled until we came to al-Kadīd at sunset, and we were in a side of the valley. My companions sent me as a lookout for them, so I went out until I came to a hill overlooking the encampment. I leaned on it, then climbed to its top, and looked at the encampment. By God, while I was lying flat on the hill, a man of theirs came out of his tent and said to his wife: 'I see on the hill a blackness that I did not see at the beginning of my day. Look at your vessels, see if you are missing anything from them, lest the dogs have dragged some of them.' He said: So she looked and said: 'No, by God, I miss nothing.' He said: 'Then hand me my bow and two arrows.' She handed them to him. He said: He shot an arrow, and by God, it did not miss my side. I pulled it out, placed it aside, and stayed firmly in my place. He said: Then he shot the other, and placed it in my shoulder. I pulled it out, placed it aside, and stayed firmly in my place. He said to his wife: 'If it were a lookout for a people, he would have moved. My two arrows have certainly struck him, may you be without a father. When morning comes, seek them and take them, lest the dogs chew them on me.' He said: Then he went in. [The escape of the Muslims with the cattle] He said: We gave them time, until when they were at ease and asleep, and it was near dawn, we launched the raid upon them. He said: We killed, and drove off the cattle, and the cry of the people went out. A great host came to us which we could not withstand, so we went on with the cattle, and passed by Ibn al-Barṣāʾ and his companion, and we carried them off with us. He said: The people caught up with us until they drew near to us. He said: Between us and them there was nothing but the wadi of Qudayd. Then God sent the wadi with a flood from where He willed, Blessed and Exalted be He, without a cloud that we saw and without rain. It came with something that no one had strength against, and no one was able to cross it. So they halted, looking at us, while we were driving their cattle. Not one man of them was able to cross over to us, and we were urging them on swiftly, until we outdistanced them, and they were unable to pursue us. [The watchword of the Muslims in this expedition] He said: We brought them to the Messenger of God ﷺ. Ibn Isḥāq said: A man of Aslam narrated to me, from a man of them, that the watchword of the companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ that night was: 'Amit, amit' (Kill, kill). A rajaz poet of the Muslims said while urging them on: Abū al-Qāsim refused that you be far away In a lush place whose plants are tangled, Yellow its tops, like the color of gold. Ibn Hishām said: It is also narrated: 'like the color of gold.' The account of the expedition is complete, and I return to the mention of the detailed listing of the expeditions and missions.
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording.