Sirat Ibn Hisham 1591
The expedition of ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays to kill Khālid b. Sufyān b. Nubayḥ al-Hudhalī
غَزْوَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ لِقَتْلِ خَالِدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ [ مَقْتَلُ ابْنُ نَبِيحٍ ] وَغَزْوَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ خَالِدَ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ، بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَيْهِ وَهُوَ بِنَخْلَةَ أَوْ بِعُرَنَةَ، يَجْمَعُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ لِيَغْزُوهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ: دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ابْنَ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ نُبَيْحٍ الْهُذَلِيَّ يَجْمَعُ لِي النَّاسَ لِيَغْزُونِي، وَهُوَ بِنَخْلَةَ أَوْ بِعُرَنَةَ، فَأْتِهِ فَاقْتُلْهُ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، انْعَتْهُ لِي حَتَّى أَعْرِفَهُ. قَالَ: إنَّكَ إذَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَذْكَرَكَ الشَّيْطَانَ، وَآيَةُ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ أَنَّكَ إذَا رَأَيْتُهُ وَجَدْتُ لَهُ قُشَعْرِيرَةً. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ مُتَوَشِّحًا سَيْفِي، حَتَّى دُفِعْتُ إلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي ظُعُنٍ يَرْتَادُ لَهُنَّ مَنْزِلًا، وَحَيْثُ كَانَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ؛ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ وَجَدْتُ مَا قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ الْقُشَعْرِيرَةِ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ نَحْوَهُ، وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مُجَاوَلَةٌ تَشْغَلُنِي عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ، فَصَلَّيْتُ وَأَنَا أَمْشِي نَحْوَهُ، أُومِئُ بِرَأْسِي، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إلَيْهِ، قَالَ: مَنْ الرَّجُلُ ؟ قُلْتُ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ سَمِعَ بِكَ وَبِجَمْعِكَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَجَاءَكَ لِذَلِكَ. قَالَ: أَجَلْ، إنِّي لَفِي ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ شَيْئًا، حَتَّى إذَا أَمْكَنَنِي حَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ، فَقَتَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ، وَتَرَكْتُ ظَعَائِنَهُ مُنْكَبَّاتٌ عَلَيْهِ؛ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَآنِي، قَالَ: أَفْلَحَ الْوَجْهُ؛ قُلْتُ: قَدْ قَتَلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: صَدَقْتُ.
Translation
✧ The expedition of ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays to kill Khālid b. Sufyān b. Nubayḥ al-Hudhalī [the slaying of Ibn Nubayḥ] And the expedition of ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays against Khālid b. Sufyān b. Nubayḥ: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him to him while he was at Nakhlah or at ʿUranah, gathering people against the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to raid him, and he killed him. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr narrated to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ summoned me and said: "It has reached me that Ibn Sufyān b. Nubayḥ al-Hudhalī is gathering people against me to raid me, and he is at Nakhlah or at ʿUranah. Go to him and kill him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, describe him to me so that I may recognize him." He said: "When you see him, he will remind you of Satan. A sign between you and him is that when you see him, you will feel a shudder." He said: I went out, wearing my sword across my body, until I came upon him while he was among some women's camel-litters, seeking a place for them to alight, and it was the time of the afternoon prayer. When I saw him, I felt what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had told me of the shudder, so I went toward him, and I feared that there might be a struggle between me and him that would keep me from the prayer, so I prayed while walking toward him, making gestures with my head. When I reached him, he said: "Who is the man?" I said: "A man of the Arabs who has heard of you and of your gathering against this man, so he has come to you for that." He said: "Indeed, I am engaged in that." He said: I walked with him for a while, until when I was able, I attacked him with the sword and killed him. Then I left, leaving his women bent over him. When I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he saw me, he said: "The face has prospered." I said: "I have killed him, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "You have spoken the truth."
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