Sirat Ibn Hisham 23
Something of Tubban's career
[ اعْتِنَاقُ تُبَّانَ النصرانيَّةَ وَكِسْوَتُهُ الْبَيْتَ وَتَعْظِيمَهُ وَشِعْرُ سُبَيعَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ تُبَّعٌ وَقَوْمُهُ أَصْحَابَ أَوْثَانٍ يَعْبُدُونَهَا، فَتَوَجَّهَ إلَى مَكَّةَ، وَهِيَ طَرِيقُهُ إلَى الْيَمَنِ، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ عُسْفانَ، وَأَمَجٍ، أَتَاهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ هُذَيلِ بْنِ مُدْرِكَةَ بْنِ إلْيَاسَ بْنِ مُضَرَ بْنِ نِزَارِ بْنِ مَعَدٍّ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، أَلَا نَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَيْتِ مَالٍ دَاثِرٍ أَغَفَلَتْهُ الْمُلُوكُ قَبْلَكَ، فِيهِ اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالزَّبَرْجَدُ وَالْيَاقُوتُ وَالذَّهَبُ وَالْفِضَّةُ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالُوا: بَيْتٌ بِمَكَّةَ يَعْبُدُهُ أَهْلُهُ، وَيُصَلُّونَ عِنْدَهُ وَإِنَّمَا أَرَادَ الْهُذَلِيُّونَ هَلَاكَهُ بِذَلِكَ لِمَا عَرَفُوا مِنْ هَلَاكِ مَنْ أَرَادَهُ مِنْ الْمُلُوكِ وَبَغَى عِنْدَهُ. فَلَمَّا أَجْمَعَ لِمَا قَالُوا أَرْسَلَ إلَى الْحَبْرَيْنِ، فَسَأَلَهُمَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَا لَهُ: مَا أَرَادَ الْقَوْمُ إلَّا هَلَاكَكَ وَهَلَاكَ جُنْدِكَ، مَا نَعْلَمُ بَيْتًا لِلَّهِ اتَّخَذَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِنَفْسِهِ غَيْرَهُ وَلَئِنْ فَعَلْتَ مَا دَعَوْكَ إلَيْهِ لَتَهْلَكَنَّ وَلَيَهْلَكَنَّ مَنْ مَعَكَ جَمِيعًا - قَالَ: فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرَانِنِي أَنْ أَصْنَعَ إذَا أَنَا قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَا: تَصْنَعُ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَصْنَعُ أَهْلُهُ: تَطُوفُ بِهِ وَتُعَظِّمُهُ وَتُكْرِمُهُ وَتَحْلِقُ رَأْسَكَ عِنْدَهُ، وَتَذِلُّ لَهُ، حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، قَالَ فَمَا يَمْنَعُكُمَا أَنْتُمَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ: أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ إنَّهُ لَبَيْتُ أَبِينَا إبْرَاهِيمَ. وَإِنَّهُ لَكَمَا أَخْبَرْنَاكَ وَلَكِنَّ أَهْلَهُ حَالُوا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ بِالْأَوْثَانِ الَّتِي نَصَبُوهَا حَوْلَهُ وَبِالدِّمَاءِ الَّتِي يُهْرِقُونَ عِنْدَهُ، وَهُمْ نَجَسٌ أَهْلُ شِرْكٍ - أَوْ كَمَا قَالَا لَهُ - فَعَرَفَ نُصْحَهُمَا وَصِدْقَ حَدِيثِهِمَا فَقَرَّبَ النَّفَرَ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ، فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ، ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ. فَطَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَنَحَرَ عِنْدَهُ، وَحَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ، وَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ - فِيمَا يَذْكُرُونَ - يَنْحَرُ بِهَا لِلنَّاسِ، وَيُطْعِمُ أَهْلَهَا وَيَسْقِيهِمْ الْعَسَلَ، وَأُرَى فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنْ يَكْسُوَ الْبَيْتَ، فَكَسَاهُ الْخَصَفَ، ثُمَّ أُرَى أَنْ يَكْسُوَهُ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَكَسَاهُ الْمَعَافِرَ، ثُمَّ أُرَى أَنْ يَكْسُوَهُ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَكَسَاهُ الْمُلَاءَ وَالْوَصَائِلَ، فَكَانَ تُبَّعٌ - فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ كَسَا الْبَيْتَ، وَأَوْصَى بِهِ وُلَاتَهُ مِنْ جُرْهُمٍ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِتَطْهِيرِهِ وَأَلَّا يُقَرِّبُوهُ دَمًا وَلَا مِيتَةً وَلَا مِئْلَاةً، وَهِيَ الْمَحَايِضُ، وَجَعَلَ لَهُ بَابًا وَمِفْتَاحًا وَقَالَتْ سُبَيعَةُ بِنْتُ الْأَحَبِّ بْنِ زَبِينةَ بْنِ جَذِيمَةَ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ نَصْرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ هَوَازِنَ بْنِ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ خَصَفَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَيْلَانَ، وَكَانَتْ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبِ بْنِ فِهْرِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ، لِابْنِ لَهَا مِنْهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ خَالِدٌ، تُعَظِّمُ عَلَيْهِ حُرْمَةَ مَكَّةَ، وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنْ الْبَغْيِ فِيهَا، وَتَذْكُرُ تُبَّعًا وَتَذَلُّلَهُ لَهَا، وَمَا صَنَعَ بِهَا: أَبُنَيَّ لَا تَظْلِمْ بِمَكَّةَ لَا الصَّغِيرَ وَلَا الْكَبِيرْ وَاحْفَظْ مَحَارِمَهَا بُنَ يَّ وَلَا يَغُرَّنكَ الغَرورْ أَبُنَيَّ مَنْ يَظْلِمْ بِمَكَّةَ يَلْقَ أَطْرَافَ الشُّرورْ أَبُنَيَّ يُضْرَبْ وَجْهُهُ وَيَلُحْ بِخَدَّيْهِ السَّعيرْ أَبُنَيَّ قَدْ جَرَّبْتهَا فَوَجَدْتُ ظَالِمهَا يَبُورْ اللَّهُ أَمَّنَهَا وَمَا بُنِيَتْ بِعَرْصَتِهَا قُصورْ وَاَللَّهُ أَمَّنَ طَيْرَهَا وَالْعُصْمُ تَأْمَنُ فِي ثَبيرْ وَلَقَدْ غَزَاهَا تُبَّعٌ فَكَسَا بَنِيَّتَهَا الْحَبِيرْ وَأَذَلَّ رَبِّي مُلْكَهُ فِيهَا فَأَوْفَى بالنُّذُورْ يَمْشِي إلَيْهَا حَافِيًا بِفِنَائِهَا أَلْفَا بَعِيرْ وَيَظَلُّ يُطْعِمُ أَهْلَهَا لَحْمَ الْمَهَارَى والجَزورْ يَسْقِيهِمْ الْعَسَلَ الْمُصَفَّى وَالرَّحِيضَ مِنْ الشعيرْ وَالْفِيلُ أُهْلِكَ جَيْشُهُ يُرْمَوْنَ فِيهَا بِالصُّخُورْ وَالْمُلْكَ فِي أَقْصَى الْبِلَا دِ وَفِي الْأَعَاجِمِ وَالْخَزِيرْ فَاسْمَعْ إذَا حُدِّثْتَ وَافْهَمْ كَيْفَ عَاقِبَةُ الأمورْ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ. يُوقَفُ عَلَى قَوَافِيهَا لَا تُعْرَبُ
Translation
✧ [Tubbaʿ's embrace of Christianity, his clothing of the House, his veneration of it, and the poetry of Subayʿah concerning that] Ibn Isḥāq said: Tubbaʿ and his people were idol-worshippers. He set out for Makkah, which was on his route to Yemen, until when he was between ʿUsfān and Amaj, a group of men from Hudhayl b. Mudrikah b. Ilyās b. Muḍar b. Nizār b. Maʿadd came to him and said: "O king, shall we not guide you to a treasure-house, long unvisited, which the kings before you have neglected, containing pearls, chrysolite, rubies, gold, and silver?" He said: "Yes." They said: "A house in Makkah, whose people worship it and pray at it." The Hudhalīs only wanted his destruction thereby, because they knew of the destruction of any king who sought it and transgressed at it. When he resolved upon what they said, he sent for the two rabbis and asked them about that. They said to him: "The people intend nothing but your destruction and the destruction of your army. We know of no house that God has taken for Himself on earth other than it. If you do what they have called you to, you will surely perish, and all who are with you will perish." He said: "Then what do you two command me to do when I come to it?" They said: "Do at it what its people do: circumambulate it, venerate it, honor it, shave your head at it, and humble yourself before it until you leave it." He said: "Then what prevents you two from doing that?" They said: "By God, it is indeed the house of our father Abraham, and it is as we have told you, but its people have barred us from it with the idols they have set up around it and the blood they shed at it, and they are impure, people of polytheism"—or as they said to him. He recognized their sincere counsel and the truth of their words, so he brought forward the group from Hudhayl and cut off their hands and feet. Then he went on until he arrived in Makkah. He circumambulated the House, sacrificed at it, shaved his head, and stayed in Makkah for six days—as they relate—sacrificing for the people, feeding its inhabitants, and giving them honey to drink. He was shown in a dream that he should clothe the House, so he clothed it with coarse palm-fiber cloth. Then he was shown that he should clothe it with something better than that, so he clothed it with Yemeni cloth. Then he was shown that he should clothe it with something better than that, so he clothed it with striped Yemeni garments and the waṣāʾil. Tubbaʿ—as they claim—was the first to clothe the House, and he entrusted it to his governors from Jurhum, commanding them to purify it and not to bring near it any blood, carrion, or miʾlāh, meaning menstrual cloths. He made for it a door and a key. Subayʿah bt. al-Aḥabb b. Zabīnah b. Jadhīmah b. ʿAwf b. Naṣr b. Muʿāwiyah b. Bakr b. Hawāzin b. Manṣūr b. ʿIkrimah b. Khaṣafah b. Qays b. ʿAylān, who was married to ʿAbd Manāf b. Kaʿb b. Saʿd b. Taym b. Murrah b. Kaʿb b. Luʾayy b. Ghālib b. Fihr b. Mālik b. al-Naḍr b. Kinānah, said to a son of hers by him called Khālid, magnifying for him the sanctity of Makkah, forbidding him from transgression in it, and mentioning Tubbaʿ and his submission to it, and what he did for it: My little son, do not wrong in Makkah, neither the small nor the great. Guard its sanctities, my son, and let not the deceiver deceive you. My little son, whoever wrongs in Makkah will meet the extremities of evils. My little son, his face will be struck, and the flame will blaze on his cheeks. My little son, I have tried it, and I found its wrongdoer perishes. God has secured it, and no palaces were built in its courtyard. By God, He has secured its birds, and the mountain goats are safe on Thabīr. Tubbaʿ raided it, and clothed its building with fine cloth. My Lord humbled his kingdom in it, so he fulfilled vows. He walked to it barefoot, with two thousand camels in its courtyard. He kept feeding its people the meat of young camels and slaughtered camels, giving them strained honey to drink and washed barley. And the elephant—its army was destroyed, hurled at with stones. And dominion is in the farthest lands, among the non-Arabs and the Khazar. So listen when you are told, and understand how the outcome of matters is. Ibn Hishām said: One pauses at its rhymes; they are not inflected.
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