Sirat Ibn Hisham 242
The warning of the Jews about the Messenger of God ﷺ
[ إسْلَامُ ثَعْلَبَةَ وَأَسِيدِ ابْنَيْ سَعْيَةَ، وَأَسَدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ قَالَ لِي: هَلْ تَدْرِي عَمَّ كَانَ إسْلَامُ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ سَعْيَةَ وَأَسِيدِ بْنِ سَعْيَةَ وَأَسَدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، نَفَرٍ مِنْ بَنِي هَدْلٍ، إخْوَةِ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، كَانُوا مَعَهُمْ فِي جَاهِلِيَّتِهِمْ ثُمَّ كَانُوا سَادَتَهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ؛ قَالَ: فَإِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ يَهُودَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: ابْنُ الْهَيْبَانِ، قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا قُبَيْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ بِسِنِينَ، فَحَلَّ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا، لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا رَجُلًا قَطْ لَا يُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ أَفَضْلَ مِنْهُ، فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَنَا فَكُنَّا إذَا قَحِطَ عَنَّا الْمَطَرُ قُلْنَا لَهُ: اُخْرُجْ يَا ابْنَ الْهَيْبَانِ فَاسْتَسْقِ لَنَا. فَيَقُولُ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ حَتَّى تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ مَخْرَجِكُمْ صَدَقَةً. فَنَقُولُ لَهُ: كَمْ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ: أَوْ مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ. قَالَ: فَنُخْرِجُهَا ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ بِنَا إلَى ظَاهِرِ حَرَّتِنَا فَيَسْتَسْقِي اللَّهُ لَنَا. فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا يَبْرَحُ مَجْلِسَهُ حَتَّى يَمُرَّ السَّحَابُ وَنُسْقَى، قَدْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا ثَلَاثٍ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ عِنْدَنَا. فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ، قَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ، مَا تَرَوْنَهُ أَخْرَجَنِي مِنْ أَرْضِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْخَمِيرِ إلَى أَرْضِ الْبُؤْسِ وَالْجُوعِ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: إنَّكَ أَعْلَمُ؛ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي إنَّمَا قَدِمْتُ هَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةَ أتَوَكَّفُ خُرُوجَ نَبِيٍّ قَدْ أَظَلَّ زَمَانُهُ؛ وَهَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةُ مُهَاجَرُهُ، فَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يُبْعَثَ فَأَتَّبِعَهُ، وَقَدْ أَظَلَّكُمْ زَمَانُهُ، فَلَا تُسْبَقُنَّ إلَيْهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ، فَإِنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ بِسَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَسَبْيِ الذَّرَارِيِّ وَالنِّسَاءِ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَهُ، فَلَا يَمْنَعْكُمْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ. فَلَمَّا بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحَاصَرَ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْفِتْيَةُ، وَكَانُوا شَبَابًا أَحْدَاثًا: يَا بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، وَاَللَّهِ إنَّهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ الَّذِي كَانَ عَهِدَ إلَيْكُمْ فِيهِ ابْنُ الْهَيْبَانِ؛ قَالُوا: لَيْسَ بِهِ، قَالُوا: بَلَى وَاَللَّهِ، إنَّهُ لَهُوَ بِصِفَّتِهِ، فَنَزَلُوا وَأَسْلَمُوا، وَأَحْرَزُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَهَذَا مَا بَلَغَنَا عَنْ أَخْبَارِ يَهُودَ
Translation
✧ [The Islam of Thaʿlabah and Usayd, the two sons of Saʿyah, and Asad b. ʿUbayd] Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah related to me from a shaykh of the Banū Qurayẓah who said to me: Do you know about what the Islam of Thaʿlabah b. Saʿyah, Usayd b. Saʿyah, and Asad b. ʿUbayd—a group from the Banū Hadl, brethren of the Banū Qurayẓah—came about? They were with them in their Jāhiliyyah, and then became their chiefs in Islam. He said: I said: No, by God. He said: A man from the Jews of the people of Syria, called Ibn al-Haybān, came to us several years before Islam and settled among us. By God, we never saw a man who did not pray the five [daily prayers] more excellent than him. He stayed with us, and whenever rain withheld from us, we would say to him: Go out, O Ibn al-Haybān, and pray for rain for us. He would say: No, by God, not until you put forward before your going out a charitable offering. We would say to him: How much? He would say: A ṣāʿ of dates, or two mudds of barley. He said: We would bring it out, then he would go out with us to the outskirts of our ḥarrah and pray to God for rain for us. By God, he would not leave his sitting place until the clouds passed and we were given rain. He did that not once, nor twice, nor three times. He said: Then death came to him among us. When he knew that he was dying, he said: O assembly of Jews, what do you think brought me out of the land of wine and leavened bread to the land of misery and hunger? He said: We said: You know best. He said: I only came to this town watching for the emergence of a prophet whose time has drawn near; this town is his place of emigration. I had hoped that he would be sent and I would follow him. His time has drawn near upon you, so do not be preceded to him, O assembly of Jews. For he will be sent with the shedding of blood and the taking captive of offspring and women from those who oppose him. Let that not deter you from him. When the Messenger of God ﷺ was sent and besieged the Banū Qurayẓah, these young men—they were youths, young in age—said: O Banū Qurayẓah, by God, he is indeed the prophet about whom Ibn al-Haybān had covenanted with you. They said: He is not he. They said: Yes, by God, he is he according to his description. So they came down and became Muslims, and thus preserved their blood, their property, and their families. Ibn Isḥāq said: This is what has reached us concerning the reports of the Jews.
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