Sirat Ibn Hisham 241
The warning of the Jews about the Messenger of God ﷺ
[ حَدِيثُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ الْيَهُودِيِّ الَّذِي أَنْذَرَ بِالرَّسُولِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ إبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ أَخِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ سَلَامَةَ بْنِ وَقْشٍ، وَكَانَ سَلَمَةُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ بَدْرٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ لَنَا جَارٌ مِنْ يَهُودَ فِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمًا مِنْ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ - قَالَ سَلَمَةُ: وَأَنَا يَوْمئِذٍ مِنْ أَحْدَثِ مَنْ فِيهِ سِنًّا، عَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ لِي، مُضْطَجِعٌ فِيهَا بِفِنَاءِ أَهْلِي - فَذَكَرَ الْقِيَامَةَ وَالْبَعْثَ وَالْحِسَابَ وَالْمِيزَانَ وَالْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ لِقَوْمٍ أَهْلِ شِرْكٍ أَصْحَابِ أَوَثَانٍ، لَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ بَعْثًا كَائِنٌ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ. فَقَالُوا لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ يَا فُلَانُ أَوَتَرَى هَذَا كَائِنًا، أَنَّ النَّاسَ يُبْعَثُونَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمْ إلَى دَارٍ فِيهَا جَنَّةٌ وَنَارٌ يُجْزَوْنَ فِيهَا بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَاَلَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ، وَلَوَدَّ أَنَّ لَهُ بِحَظِّهِ مِنْ تِلْكَ النَّارِ أَعْظَمَ تَنُّورٍ فِي الدَّارِ، يَحْمُونَهُ ثُمَّ يُدْخِلُونَهُ إيَّاهُ فَيُطَيِّنُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ، بِأَنْ يَنْجُوَ مِنْ تِلْكَ النَّارِ غَدًا. فَقَالُوا لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ يَا فُلَانُ فَمَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَبِيٌّ مَبْعُوثٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ هَذِهِ الْبِلَادِ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إلَى مَكَّةَ وَالْيَمَنِ. فَقَالُوا: وَمَتَى تَرَاهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَنَظَرَ إلَيَّ وَأَنَا مِنْ أَحْدَثِهِمْ سِنًّا، فَقَالَ: إنْ يَسْتَنْفِدْ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ عُمْرَهُ يُدْرِكْهُ. قَالَ سَلَمَةُ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولَهُ ﷺ، وَهُوَ حَيٌّ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا، فَآمَنَّا بِهِ، وَكَفَرَ بِهِ بَغْيًا وَحَسَدًا. قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ يَا فُلَانُ أَلَسْتَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا قُلْتَ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ بِهِ
Translation
✧ [The ḥadīth of Salamah concerning the Jew who warned of the Messenger ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: Ṣāliḥ b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf narrated to me, from Maḥmūd b. Labīd, brother of the Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal, from Salamah b. Salāmah b. Waqsh—and Salamah was one of the companions of Badr—he said: We had a Jewish neighbor among the Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal. He said: One day he came out to us from his house until he stood before the Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal. Salamah said: At that time I was the youngest of them in age, wearing a burdah of mine, lying in it in the courtyard of my family. He mentioned the Resurrection, the raising, the reckoning, the balance, Paradise and Hell. He said: He said that to a people who were polytheists, worshippers of idols, who did not think that any resurrection would occur after death. They said to him: Woe to you, O so-and-so! Do you think this will happen, that people will be raised after their death to an abode in which there is a Paradise and a Hell, and they will be recompensed therein according to their deeds? He said: Yes, by the One by whom oaths are sworn. Indeed, he would love that for his share of that Fire there be the largest oven in the house, which they would heat and then make him enter it and seal it with clay over him, so that he might escape from that Fire tomorrow. They said to him: Woe to you, O so-and-so! What is the sign of that? He said: A prophet sent from the direction of these lands—and he pointed with his hand toward Makkah and Yemen. They said: When do you think he will appear? He said: He looked at me, while I was the youngest of them in age, and said: If this boy lives out his full lifespan, he will reach him. Salamah said: By God, no sooner had night and day passed than God sent Muḥammad as His Messenger ﷺ, while he was alive among us. We believed in him, and he disbelieved in him out of envy and jealousy. He said: So we said to him: Woe to you, O so-and-so! Are you not the one who said to us about him what you said? He said: Yes, but it is not him.
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