Sirat Ibn Hisham 212
The Sacrilegious War
حَرْبُ الْفِجَارِ [ سَبَبُهُا ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً أَوْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فِيمَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ النَّحْوِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ، هَاجَتْ حَرْبُ الْفُجَّارِ بَيْنَ قُرَيْشٍ، وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ مِنْ كِنَانَةَ، وَبَيْنَ قَيْسِ عَيْلَانَ، وَكَانَ الَّذِي هَاجَهَا أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ الرَّحَّالَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ كِلَابِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ هَوَازِنَ، أَجَارَ لَطِيمَةً لِلنُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْمُنْذَرِ؛ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْبَرَّاضُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، أَحَدُ بَنِي ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَاةَ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ: أَتُجِيرُهَا عَلَى كِنَانَةَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَعَلَى الْخَلْقِ ( كُلِّهِ ). فَخَرَجَ فِيهَا عُرْوَةُ الرَّحَّالُ وَخَرَجَ الْبَرَّاضُ يَطْلُبُ غَفْلَتَهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِتَيْمَنَ ذِي طِلَالٍ بِالْعَالِيَةِ، غَفَلَ عُرْوَةُ، فَوَثَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَرَّاضُ فَقَتَلَهُ فِى الشِّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ، فَلِذَلِكُ سُمِّيَ الْفِجَارُ. وَقَالَ الْبَرَّاضُ فِي ذَلِكَ:: وَدَاهِيَةٍ تَهُمُّ النَّاسَ قَبْلِي شَدَدْتُ لَهَا بَنِي بَكْرٍ ضُلُوعِي هَدَمْتُ بِهَا بُيُوتَ بَنِي كِلَابٍ وَأَرْضَعْتُ الْمَوَالِي بِالضُّرُوعِ رَفَعْتُ لَهُ بِذِى طَلَّالَ كَفِّي فَخَرَّ يَمِيدُ كَالْجِذْعِ الصَّرِيعِ وَقَالَ لَبِيدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ جَعْفْرِ بْنِ كِلَابٍ:: أَبْلِغْ إِنْ عَرَضْتَ بَنِي كِلَابٍ وَعَامِرَ وَالْخُطُوبُ لَهَا مَوَالِي وَبَلِّغْ إِنْ عَرَضْتَ بَنِي نُمَيْرٍ وَأَخْوَالَ القَتِيلِ بَنِي هِلَالِ بِأَنَّ الْوَافِدَ الرَّحَّالَ أَمْسَى مُقِيمًا عِنْدَ تَيْمَنَ ذِى طِلَالٍ وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِى أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ فِيمَا ذَكَرَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ. [ نُشُوبُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَ قُرَيْشٍ وَهَوَازِنَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: فَأَتَى آتٍ قُرَيْشًا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْبَرَّاضَ قَدْ قَتَلَ عُرْوَةَ، وَهُمْ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ بِعُكَاظَ، فَارْتَحَلُوا وَهَوَازِنُ لَا تَشْعُرُ ( بِهِمْ )، ثُمَّ بَلَغَهُمْ الْخَبَرُ فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ، فَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا الْحَرَمَ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا حَتَّى جَاءَ اللَّيْلُ، وَدَخَلُوا الْحَرَمَ، فَأَمْسَكَتْ عَنْهُمْ هَوَازِنُ، ثُمَّ الْتَقَوْا بَعْدَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ أَيَّامًا، وَالْقَوْمُ مُتَسَانَدُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ قَبِيلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَكِنَانَةَ رَئِيسٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ قَبِيلٍ مِنْ قَيْسٍ رَئِيسٌ مِنْهُمْ. [ حُضُورُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ فِيهَا وَعُمْرُهُ ] وَشَهِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْضَ أَيَّامِهِمْ، أَخْرَجَهُ أَعْمَامُهُ مَعَهُمْ. وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: كُنْتُ أَنْبُلُ عَلَى أَعْمَامِي: أَيْ أَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبْلَ عَدُوِّهِمْ إذَا رَمَوْهُمْ بِهَا. [ سَبَبُ تَسْمِيَتِهَا بِذَلِكَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: هَاجَتْ حَرْبُ الْفُجَّارِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. وَإِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ يَوْمَ الْفُجَّارِ، بِمَا اسْتَحَلَّ هَذَانِ الْحَيَّانِ، كِنَانَةُ وَقَيْسُ عَيْلَانَ، فِيهِ مِنْ الْمَحَارِمِ بَيْنَهُمْ. [ قُوَّادُ قُرَيْشٍ وَهَوَازِنَ فِيهَا وَنَتِيجَتُهَا ] وَكَانَ قَائِدُ قُرَيْشٍ وَكِنَانَةَ حَرْبُ ( بْنُ ) أُمِّيَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ، وَكَانَ الظَّفَرُ فِي أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ لِقَيْسٍ عَلَى كِنَانَةَ، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ فِي وَسَطِ النَّهَارِ كَانَ الظَّفَرُ لِكِنَانَةِ عَلَى قِيسٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَحَدِيثُ الْفُجَّارِ أَطْوَلُ مِمَّا ذَكَرْتُ، وَإِنَّمَا مَنَعَنِي مِنْ اسْتِقْصَائِهِ قَطْعُهُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ.
Translation
✧ The War of al-Fijār [its cause] Ibn Hishām said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached fourteen years of age or fifteen years, according to what Abū ʿUbaydah al-Naḥwī narrated to me, from Abū ʿAmr b. al-ʿAlāʾ, the War of al-Fijār broke out between Quraysh, along with those of Kinānah who were with them, and Qays ʿAylān. The cause of its outbreak was that ʿUrwah al-Raḥḥāl b. ʿUtbah b. Jaʿfar b. Kilāb b. Rabīʿah b. ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah b. Muʿāwiyah b. Bakr b. Hawāzin granted protection to a caravan of al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir. Al-Barrāḍ b. Qays, one of the Banū Ḍamrah b. Bakr b. ʿAbd Manāh b. Kinānah, said to him: 'Do you grant it protection against Kinānah?' He said: 'Yes, and against all creation.' So ʿUrwah al-Raḥḥāl set out with it, and al-Barrāḍ set out seeking an opportunity to catch him off guard, until when he was at Tayman Dhī Ṭilāl in al-ʿĀliyah, ʿUrwah became heedless, so al-Barrāḍ sprang upon him and killed him in the sacred month. For that reason it was called al-Fijār (the Sacrilege). Al-Barrāḍ said about that: And a calamity that concerns the people before me, I prepared for it my ribs [i.e., my strength] among Banū Bakr. With it I demolished the houses of Banū Kilāb, And I suckled the allies with the udders. I raised my hand to him at Dhū Ṭilāl, And he fell swaying like a felled palm trunk. Labīd b. Rabīʿah b. Mālik b. Jaʿfar b. Kilāb said: Convey, if you present yourself to Banū Kilāb, And ʿĀmir, while the vicissitudes have their successive turns, And convey, if you present yourself to Banū Numayr, And the maternal uncles of the slain one, Banū Hilāl, That the visitor, al-Raḥḥāl, has become Dwelling at Tayman Dhī Ṭilāl. These verses are among other verses of his, as Ibn Hishām mentioned. [The outbreak of war between Quraysh and Hawāzin] Ibn Hishām said: A herald came to Quraysh and said: 'Al-Barrāḍ has killed ʿUrwah, and they are in the sacred month at ʿUkāẓ.' So they departed while Hawāzin were unaware of them. Then the news reached them, and they pursued them, and overtook them before they could enter the sanctuary. They fought until night came, and they entered the sanctuary, so Hawāzin desisted from them. Then after that day they met on other days, with the people arrayed in supporting groups: over every tribe of Quraysh and Kinānah there was a chief from among them, and over every tribe of Qays there was a chief from among them. [The presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in it while he was young, and his age] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ witnessed some of their days; his paternal uncles took him out with them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I was handing arrows to my paternal uncles,' that is, returning to them the arrows of their enemy when they shot at them. [The reason for naming it thus] Ibn Isḥāq said: The War of al-Fijār broke out when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was twenty years old. It was named the Day of al-Fijār because of what these two clans, Kinānah and Qays ʿAylān, made permissible of the sacred prohibitions between them during it. [The commanders of Quraysh and Hawāzin in it and its outcome] The commander of Quraysh and Kinānah was Ḥarb b. Umayyah b. ʿAbd Shams. The victory at the beginning of the day belonged to Qays over Kinānah, until when it was the middle of the day, the victory belonged to Kinānah over Qays. Ibn Hishām said: The account of al-Fijār is longer than what I have mentioned, and the only thing that prevented me from giving it in full is that it would interrupt the account of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
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