Sirat Ibn Hisham 1612
The detachment of Sālim b. ʿUmayr to kill Abū ʿAfak
سَرِيَّةُ سَالِمِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ لِقَتْلِ أَبِي عَفَكٍ [ سَبَبُ نِفَاقِ أَبِي عَفَكٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَغَزْوَةُ سَالِمِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ لِقَتْلِ أَبِي عَفَكٍ، أَحَدُ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ بَنِي عُبَيْدَةَ، وَكَانَ قَدْ نَجَمَ نِفَاقُهُ، حِينَ قَتَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ بْنِ صَامِتٍ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ عِشْتُ دَهْرًا وَمَا إنْ أَرَى مِنْ النَّاسِ دَارًا وَلَا مَجْمَعَا أَبَرَّ عُهُودًا وَأَوْفَى لِمَنْ يُعَاقَدُ فِيهِمْ إذَا مَا دَعَا مِنْ أَوْلَادِ قَيْلَةَ فِي جَمْعِهِمْ يَهُدُّ الْجِبَالَ وَلَمْ يَخْضَعَا فَصَدَّعَهُمْ رَاكِبٌ جَاءَهُمْ حَلَالٌ حَرَامٌ لِشَتَّى مَعَا فَلَوْ أَنَّ بِالْعِزِّ صَدَّقْتُمْ أَوْ الْمُلْكِ تَابَعْتُمْ تُبَّعَا [ قَتْلُ ابْنِ عُمَيْرٍ لَهُ وَشِعْرُ الْمُزَيْرِيَّةِ ] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَنْ لِي بِهَذَا الْخَبِيثِ، فَخَرَجَ سَالِمُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، أَخُو بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْبَكَّائِينَ، فَقَتَلَهُ ؟ فَقَالَتْ أُمَامَةُ الْمُزَيْرِيَّةِ فِي ذَلِكَ: تُكَذِّبُ دِينَ اللَّهِ وَالْمَرْءَ أَحْمَدَا لَعَمْرُ الَّذِي أَمْنَاكَ أَنْ بِئْسَ مَا يُمْنِي حَبَاكَ حَنِيفٌ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ طَعْنَةً أَبَا عَفَكٍ خُذْهَا عَلَى كِبَرِ السِّنِّ
Translation
✧ Detachment of Sālim b. ʿUmayr to kill Abū ʿAfak [The cause of Abū ʿAfak's hypocrisy] Ibn Isḥāq said: And the expedition of Sālim b. ʿUmayr to kill Abū ʿAfak, one of the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf, then of the Banū ʿUbaydah. His hypocrisy had emerged when the Messenger of God ﷺ killed al-Ḥārith b. Suwayd b. Ṣāmit, and he said: I have lived a long time and never have I seen Among the people a dwelling or a gathering More faithful to covenants and more true to their promise To one who enters into pact with them When he called, than the sons of Qaylah in their assembly— They would crush mountains and not submit. Then a rider came to them and split them apart: Lawful, unlawful—for all manner of things. If only you had believed in might or kingship, You would have followed Tubbaʿ. [Ibn ʿUmayr kills him and the poem of al-Muzayriyyah] The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Who will deal with this vile one for me?' So Sālim b. ʿUmayr, brother of the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf, and one of the Weepers, went out and killed him. Umāmah al-Muzayriyyah said about that: You deny the religion of God and the man Aḥmad. By the life of the One who made you safe—evil is what He bestows upon you: a ḥanīf at the end of the night gave you A thrust, Abū ʿAfak—take it, despite your old age.
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