Sirat Ibn Hisham 1640
The Messenger’s command ﷺ to dispatch the expedition of Usāmah
[ أَمْرُ الرَّسُولِ بِإِنْفَاذِ بَعْثِ أُسَامَةَ ] وَقَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ الْعُلَمَاءِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَبْطَأَ النَّاسَ فِي بَعْثِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، وَهُوَ فِي وَجَعِهِ، فَخَرَجَ عَاصِبًا رَأْسَهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَقَدْ كَانَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا فِي إمْرَةِ أُسَامَةَ: أَمَّرَ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا عَلَى جِلَّةِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ. فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَنْفِذُوا بَعْثَ أُسَامَةَ، فَلِعَمْرِي لَئِنْ قُلْتُمْ فِي إمَارَتِهِ لَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ فِي إمَارَةِ أَبِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَخَلِيقٌ لِلْإِمَارَةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَبُوهُ لَخَلِيقًا لَهَا قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَانْكَمَشَ النَّاسُ فِي جَهَازِهِمْ، اسْتَعَزَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعُهُ، فَخَرَجَ أُسَامَةُ، وَخَرَجَ جَيْشُهُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى نَزَلُوا الْجُرْفَ، مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى فَرْسَخٍ، فَضَرَبَ بِهِ عَسْكَرَهُ، وَتَتَامَّ إلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، وَثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَقَامَ أُسَامَةُ وَالنَّاسُ، لِيَنْظُرُوا مَا اللَّهُ قَاضٍ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's command to dispatch Usāmah's expedition] Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr and other scholars, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deemed the people slow in dispatching the expedition of Usāmah b. Zayd while he was in his illness. He came out with his head bandaged and sat upon the pulpit. The people had spoken about the command of Usāmah, saying: "He has put a young lad in command over the leading men of the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār." He praised Allah and lauded Him as is His due, then said: "O people, carry out the expedition of Usāmah. By my life, if you speak about his command, you have indeed spoken about the command of his father before him. He is truly worthy of command, and his father was truly worthy of it." He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended, and the people hastened in their preparations. The illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intensified, so Usāmah went out, and his army went out with him until they camped at al-Jurf, one farsakh from Madinah. He pitched his camp there, and the people kept assembling to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew worse, so Usāmah and the people stayed to see what Allah would decree regarding the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
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