Sirat Ibn Hisham 1592
The expedition of ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays to kill Khālid b. Sufyān b. Nubayḥ al-Hudhalī
[ إهْدَاءُ الرَّسُولِ عَصًا لَابْنِ أُنَيْسٍ ] ثُمَّ قَامَ بِي، فَأَدْخَلَنِي بَيْتَهُ، فَأَعْطَانِي عَصًا، فَقَالَ: أَمْسِكْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا عِنْدَكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالُوا: مَا هَذِهِ الْعَصَا ؟ قُلْتُ: أَعْطَانِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُمْسِكَهَا عِنْدِي. قَالُوا: أَفَلَا تَرْجِعُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَسْأَلَهُ لِمَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لِمَ أَعْطَيْتنِي هَذِهِ الْعَصَا ؟ قَالَ: آيَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ. إنَّ أَقَلَّ النَّاسِ الْمُتَخَصِّرُونَ يَوْمئِذٍ، قَالَ: فَقَرَنَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ بِسَيْفِهِ، فَلَمْ تَزَلْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَضُمَّتْ فِي كَفَنِهِ، ثُمَّ دُفِنَا جَمِيعًا
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's gift of a staff to Ibn Unays] Then he rose with me and admitted me into his house, and he gave me a staff, saying: Keep this staff with you, O ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays. He said: I went out with it to the people, and they said: What is this staff? I said: The Messenger of God ﷺ gave it to me, and commanded me to keep it with me. They said: Will you not return to the Messenger of God ﷺ and ask him why that is? He said: So I returned to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, why did you give me this staff? He said: A sign between me and you on the Day of Resurrection. The least of people then will be those who lean on staffs. He said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Unays fastened it to his sword, and it remained with him until he died; then he ordered that it be placed with him in his shroud, and they were buried together.
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