Sirat Ibn Hisham 1602
The expedition of b. Abī Ḥadrad to Baṭn Iḍam, and the killing of ʿĀmir b. al-Aḍbaṭ al-Ashjaʿī
[ ابْنُ حَابِسٍ وَابْنُ حِصْنٍ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي دَمِ ابْنِ الْأَضْبَطِ إلَى الرَّسُولِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ زِيَادَ بْنَ ضُمَيْرةَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السُّلَمِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، وَكَانَا شَهِدَا حُنَيْنًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ، ثُمَّ عَمِدَ إلَى ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ، فَجَلَسَ تَحْتَهَا، وَهُوَ بِحُنَيْنٍ، فَقَامَ إلَيْهِ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ، وَعُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ بَدْرٍ، يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي عَامِرِ بْنِ أَضْبَطَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ: عُيَيْنَةُ يَطْلُبُ بِدَمِ عَامِرٍ، وَهُوَ يَوْمئِذٍ رَئِيسُ غَطَفَانَ، وَالْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ يَدْفَعُ عَنْ مُحَلِّمِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ، لِمَكَانِهِ مِنْ خُنْدُفَ، فَتَدَاوَلَا الْخُصُومَةَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَنَحْنُ نَسْمَعُ، فَسَمِعْنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنَ حِصْنٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَاَللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَا أَدْعُهُ حَتَّى أُذِيقَ نِسَاءَهُ مِنْ الْحُرْقَةِ مِثْلَ مَا أَذَاقَ نِسَائِي، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: بَلْ تَأْخُذُونَ الدِّيَةَ خَمْسِينَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا، وَخَمْسِينَ إذَا رَجَعْنَا، وَهُوَ يَأْبَى عَلَيْهِ، إذْ قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: مُكَيْثِرٌ، قَصِيرٌ مَجْمُوعٌ - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: مُكَيْتِلٌ - فَقَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ لِهَذَا الْقَتِيلِ شَبَهًا فِي غُرَّةِ الْإِسْلَامِ إلَّا كَغَنَمٍ وَرَدَتْ فَرُمِيَتْ أُولَاهَا، فَنَفَرَتْ أُخْرَاهَا، اُسْنُنْ الْيَوْمَ، وَغَيِّرْ غَدًا. قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ. فَقَالَ: بَلْ تَأْخُذُونَ الدِّيَةَ خَمْسِينَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا، وَخَمْسِينَ إذَا رَجَعْنَا. قَالَ: فَقَبِلُوا الدِّيَةَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالُوا: أَيْنَ صَاحِبُكُمْ هَذَا، يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ آدَمُ ضَرْبٌ طَوِيلٌ، عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ لَهُ، قَدْ كَانَ تَهَيَّأَ لِلْقَتْلِ فِيهَا، حَتَّى جَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا اسْمُكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا مُحَلِّمُ بْنُ جَثَّامَةَ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَغْفِرْ لِمُحَلِّمِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ ثَلَاثًا. قَالَ: فَقَامَ وَهُوَ يَتَلَقَّى دَمْعَهُ بِفَضْلِ رِدَائِهِ. قَالَ: فَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَنَقُولُ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا: إنَّا لَنَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ، وَأَمَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهَذَا
Translation
✧ Ibn Ḥābis and Ibn Ḥiṣn contend before the Messenger concerning the blood of Ibn al-Aḍbaṭ. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, saying: I heard Ziyād b. Ḍumayra b. Saʿd al-Sulamī relate from ʿUrwa b. al-Zubayr, from his father, from his grandfather—both of whom had witnessed Ḥunayn with the Messenger of God ﷺ—he said: The Messenger of God ﷺ performed the noon prayer with us, then went to the shade of a tree and sat beneath it, while he was at Ḥunayn. Then al-Aqraʿ b. Ḥābis and ʿUyayna b. Ḥiṣn b. Ḥudhayfa b. Badr rose and went to him, disputing about ʿĀmir b. Aḍbaṭ al-Ashjaʿī. ʿUyayna was demanding the blood of ʿĀmir—he was then the chief of Ghaṭafān—while al-Aqraʿ b. Ḥābis was defending Muḥallim b. Jaththāma because of his position in Khunduf. They took turns presenting their dispute before the Messenger of God ﷺ while we listened, and we heard ʿUyayna b. Ḥiṣn say: “By God, O Messenger of God, I will not leave him until I make his women taste the burning like that which he made my women taste.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Rather, you will take the bloodwit, fifty in this journey of ours and fifty when we return,” but he refused. Then a man of the Banū Layth stood up, called Mukaythir—short and compact; Ibn Hishām said: Mukaytil—and said: “By God, O Messenger of God, I find no likeness for this slain man in the first age of Islam except a flock that came down to water and its foremost were shot, so the rest fled. Establish the practice today, and change it tomorrow.” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ raised his hand and said: “Rather, you will take the bloodwit, fifty in this journey of ours and fifty when we return.” He said: So they accepted the bloodwit. He said: Then they said: “Where is this companion of yours, that the Messenger of God ﷺ may seek forgiveness for him?” He said: A tall, dark, sturdy man stood up, wearing a fine garment of his, in which he had prepared himself for execution, until he sat before the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said to him: “What is your name?” He said: “I am Muḥallim b. Jaththāma.” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ raised his hand then said: “O God, do not forgive Muḥallim b. Jaththāma”—three times. He said: He rose, catching his tears with the edge of his cloak. He said: As for us, we say among ourselves: We hope that the Messenger of God ﷺ did seek forgiveness for him, but as for what appeared from the Messenger of God ﷺ, it was this.
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