Sirat Ibn Hisham 1610
The sending of ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī to fight Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb and what he did on the way
بَعْثُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيَّ لِقِتَالِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ وَمَا صَنَعَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ [ قُدُومُهُ مَكَّةَ وَتَعْرُّفُ الْقَوْمِ عَلَيْهِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَمِمَّا لَمْ يَذْكُرْهُ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ مِنْ بُعُوثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَرَايَاهُ بَعْثُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيَّ، بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فِيمَا حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ أَثِقُ بِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، بَعْدَ مَقْتَلِ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ وَأَصْحَابِهِ إلَى مَكَّةَ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، وَبَعَثَ مَعَهُ جَبَّارُ بْنُ صَخْرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ فَخَرَجَا حَتَّى قَدِمَا مَكَّةَ، وَحَبَسَا جَمَلَيْهِمَا بِشِعْبٍ مِنْ شِعَابِ يَأْجَجَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَا مَكَّةَ لَيْلًا؛ فَقَالَ جَبَّارٌ لِعَمْرِو: لَوْ أَنَّا طُفْنَا بِالْبَيْتِ وَصَلَّيْنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: إنَّ الْقَوْمَ إذَا تَعَشَّوْا جَلَسُوا بِأَفْنِيَتِهِمْ؛ فَقَالَ: كَلَّا، إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ؛ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: فَطُفْنَا بِالْبَيْتِ، وَصَلَّيْنَا، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ، فَوَاَللَّهِ إنَّا لَنَمْشِي بِمَكَّةَ إذْ نَظَرَ إلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَعَرَفَنِي، فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ: وَاَللَّهِ إنْ قَدِمَهَا إلَّا لِشَرٍّ، فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي: النَّجَاءُ، فَخَرَجْنَا نَشْتَدُّ، حَتَّى أَصْعَدْنَا فِي جَبَلٍ، وَخَرَجُوا فِي طَلَبِنَا، حَتَّى إذَا عَلَوْنَا الْجَبَلَ يَئِسُوا مِنَّا، فَرَجَعْنَا، فَدَخَلْنَا كَهْفًا فِي الْجَبَلِ، فَبِتْنَا فِيهِ، وَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا حِجَارَةً فَرَضَمْنَاهَا دُونَنَا؛ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا غَدًا رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَقُودُ فَرَسًا لَهُ، وَيَخْلِي عَلَيْهَا، فَغَشِيَنَا وَنَحْنُ فِي الْغَارِ، فَقُلْتُ: إنْ رَآنَا صَاحَ بِنَا، فَأُخِذْنَا فَقُتِلْنَا. [ قَتْلُهُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَهَرَبُهُ ] قَالَ: وَمَعِي خِنْجَرٌ قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُهُ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ، فَأَخْرُجُ إلَيْهِ، فَأَضْرِبُهُ عَلَى ثَدْيِهِ ضَرْبَةً، وَصَاحَ صَيْحَةً أَسْمَعَ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ، وَأَرْجِعُ فَأَدْخُلُ مَكَانِي، وَجَاءَهُ النَّاسُ يَشْتَدُّونَ وَهُوَ بِآخِرِ رَمَقٍ، فَقَالُوا: مَنْ ضَرَبَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، وَغَلَبَهُ الْمَوْتُ، فَمَاتَ مَكَانَهُ، وَلَمْ يَدْلُلْ عَلَى مَكَانِنَا، فَاحْتَمَلُوهُ. فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي، لَمَّا أَمْسَيْنَا: النَّجَاءُ؛ فَخَرَجْنَا لَيْلًا مِنْ مَكَّةَ نُرِيدُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَمَرَرْنَا بِالْحَرَسِ وَهُمْ يَحْرَسُونَ جِيفَةَ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ؛ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ كَاللَّيْلَةِ أَشَبَهَ بِمِشْيَةِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، لَوْلَا أَنَّهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَقُلْتُ هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا حَاذَى الْخَشَبَةَ شَدَّ عَلَيْهَا، فَأَخَذَهَا فَاحْتَمَلَهَا، وَخَرَجَا شَدًّا، وَخَرَجُوا وَرَاءَهُ، حَتَّى أَتَى جُرْفًا بِمَهْبِطِ مَسِيلِ يَأْجَجَ، فَرَمَى بِالْخَشَبَةِ فِي الْجُرْفِ، فَغَيَّبَهُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: وَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي: النَّجَاءَ النَّجَاءَ، حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ بَعِيرَكَ فَتَقْعُدَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنِّي سَأَشْغَلُ عَنْكَ الْقَوْمَ، وَكَانَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَا رُجْلَةَ لَهُ. [ قَتْلُهُ بَكْرِيًّا فِي غَارٍ ] قَالَ: وَمَضَيْتُ حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ عَلَى ضَجْنَانَ، ثُمَّ أَوَيْتُ إلَى جَبَلِ، فَأَدْخُلُ كَهْفًا، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِيهِ، إذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ شَيْخٌ مِنْ بَنِي الدِّيلِ أَعْوَرُ، فِي غُنَيْمَةٍ لَهُ؛ فَقَالَ: مَنْ الرَّجُلُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ، فَمَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: مَرْحَبًا، فَاضْطَجَعَ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ عَقِيرَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: وَلَسْتُ بِمُسْلِمٍ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا وَلَا دَانٍ لِدِينِ الْمُسْلِمِينَا فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: سَتَعْلَمُ، فَأَمْهَلْتُهُ، حَتَّى إذَا نَامَ أَخَذْتُ قَوْسِي، فَجَعَلْتُ سِيَتَهَا فِي عَيْنِهِ الصَّحِيحَةِ، ثُمَّ تَحَامَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ الْعَظْمَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ النَّجَاءَ، حَتَّى جِئْتُ الْعَرْجَ، ثُمَّ سَلَكْتُ رَكُوبَةً، حَتَّى إذَا هَبَطْتُ النَّقِيعَ إذَا رَجُلَانِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مِنْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ بَعَثَتْهُمَا عَيْنًا إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ يَنْظُرَانِ وَيَتَحَسَّسَانِ، فَقُلْتُ اسْتَأْسِرَا، فَأَبَيَا، فَأَرْمِي أَحَدَهُمَا بِسَهْمِ فَأَقْتُلُهُ، وَاسْتَأْسَرَ الْآخَرُ، فَأُوَثِّقُهُ رِبَاطًا، وَقَدِمْتُ بِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ.
Translation
✧ The dispatch of ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī to fight Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb and what he did on his way [His arrival in Makkah and the people's recognition of him] Ibn Hishām said: Among the expeditions and raiding parties of the Messenger of God ﷺ which Ibn Isḥāq did not mention is the dispatch of ʿAmr b. Umayyah al-Ḍamrī. The Messenger of God ﷺ sent him, according to what was told to me by one of the people of knowledge whom I trust, after the killing of Khubayb b. ʿAdī and his companions, to Makkah, and ordered him to kill Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb. He sent with him Jabbār b. Ṣakhr al-Anṣārī. They set out until they reached Makkah and tethered their two camels in a ravine of the ravines of Yaʾjaj. Then they entered Makkah at night. Jabbār said to ʿAmr: "Would that we circumambulated the House and prayed two rakʿahs?" ʿAmr said: "The people, when they have eaten their evening meal, sit in their courtyards." He said: "Not at all, God willing." ʿAmr said: So we circumambulated the House and prayed, then we went out seeking Abū Sufyān. By God, while we were walking in Makkah, a man of the people of Makkah looked at me and recognized me. He said: "ʿAmr b. Umayyah! By God, he has not come here except for evil." I said to my companion: "Flee!" We went out running until we ascended a mountain, and they came out in pursuit of us. When we had climbed the mountain, they despaired of us and turned back. We entered a cave in the mountain and spent the night in it, having taken stones and piled them up as a barrier before us. When morning came, a man of Quraysh came early leading a horse of his and letting it graze freely. He came upon us while we were in the cave. I said: "If he sees us, he will cry out against us, and we will be seized and killed." [His killing of Abū Sufyān and his flight] He said: I had with me a dagger which I had prepared for Abū Sufyān. I went out to him and struck him on the chest with a blow, and he cried out a cry that the people of Makkah heard. I returned and entered my place. The people came running to him while he was at his last breath. They said: "Who struck you?" He said: "ʿAmr b. Umayyah." Death overcame him, and he died on the spot, and he did not point out our location. They carried him away. When evening came, I said to my companion: "Flee!" We left Makkah at night, heading for Madinah. We passed by the guards while they were guarding the corpse of Khubayb b. ʿAdī. One of them said: "By God, I have never seen a night in which anything more resembles the gait of ʿAmr b. Umayyah; were it not that he is in Madinah, I would say it is ʿAmr b. Umayyah." He said: When he came alongside the wooden stake, he rushed upon it, took it, and carried it off. They both went out at a run, and they went out after him until he came to a bank at the bottom of the watercourse of Yaʾjaj. He threw the stake into the bank, and God hid it from them, so they could not find it. He said: I said to my companion: "Flee, flee, until you reach your camel and mount it, for I will keep the people occupied away from you." The Anṣārī had no skill in running. [His killing of a Bakrī in a cave] He said: I went on until I came out at Ḍajnān, then I took shelter in a mountain and entered a cave. While I was in it, an old one-eyed man of the Banū al-Dīl entered upon me with a small flock of sheep of his. He said: "Who is the man?" I said: "From the Banū Bakr. And who are you?" He said: "From the Banū Bakr." I said: "Welcome." He lay down, then raised his voice in song and said: "I am not a Muslim as long as I live, nor am I close to the religion of the Muslims." I said to myself: You will learn. I gave him respite until he fell asleep. Then I took my bow and placed its tip in his sound eye, then I leaned upon it until it reached the bone. Then I went out fleeing until I came to al-ʿArj, then I took the road of Rakūbah until I descended into al-Naqīʿ. There were two men of Quraysh, of the polytheists, whom Quraysh had sent as spies to Madinah to observe and seek information. I said: "Surrender yourselves as captives." They refused. I shot one of them with an arrow and killed him, and the other surrendered as a captive. I bound him with a rope and brought him to Madinah.
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