Sirat Ibn Hisham 277
ذِكْرُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ أَوَّلُ ذَكَرٍ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ كَانَ أَوَّلَ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ النَّاسِ آمَنَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَصَلَّى مَعَهُ وَصَدَّقَ بِمَا جَاءَهُ مِنْ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ، رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ وَسَلَامُهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ يَوْمئِذٍ ابْنُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ. [ نَشَأَتْهُ فِي حِجْرِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ ] وَكَانَ مِمَّا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ ( بِهِ ) عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي حِجْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهَدِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ أَبِي الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: كَانَ مِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَمِمَّا صَنَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ، وَأَرَادَهُ بِهِ مِنْ الْخَيْرِ، أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَصَابَتْهُمْ أَزْمَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، وَكَانَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ ذَا عِيَالٍ كَثِيرٍ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِلْعَبَّاسِ عَمِّهِ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَيْسَرِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، يَا عَبَّاسُ: إنَّ أَخَاكَ أَبَا طَالِبٍ كَثِيرُ الْعِيَالِ، وَقَدْ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَزْمَةِ، فَانْطَلِقْ بِنَا إلَيْهِ، فَلْنُخَفِّفْ عَنْهُ مِنْ عِيَالِهِ، آخُذُ مِنْ بَنِيهِ رَجُلًا، وَتَأْخُذُ أَنْتَ رَجُلًا، فَنَكِلُهُمَا عَنْهُ فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: نَعَمْ. فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى أَتَيَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَا لَهُ: إنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُخَفِّفَ عَنْكَ مِنْ عِيَالِكَ حَتَّى يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْ النَّاسِ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ؛ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ: إذَا تَرَكْتُمَا لِي عَقِيلًا فَاصْنَعَا مَا شِئْتُمَا - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: عَقِيلًا وَطَالِبًا. فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلِيًّا، فَضَمَّهُ إلَيْهِ، وَأَخَذَ الْعَبَّاسُ جَعْفَرًا فَضَمَّهُ إلَيْهِ؛ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عَلِيٌّ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى نَبِيًّا، فَاتَّبَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ، وَآمَنَ بِهِ وَصَدَّقَهُ؛ وَلَمْ يَزَلْ جَعْفَرٌ عِنْدَ الْعَبَّاسِ حَتَّى أَسْلَمَ وَاسْتَغْنَى عَنْهُ.
Translation
✧ Mention that ʿAli b. Abi Talib ؓ was the first male to become Muslim. Ibn Ishaq said: Then the first male of the people to believe in the Messenger of God ﷺ, pray with him, and accept as true what he brought from God Almighty was ʿAli b. Abi Talib b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib b. Hashim, may God be pleased with him and grant him peace, and on that day he was a boy of ten years. [His upbringing in the care of the Messenger ﷺ and the reason for that] Among the blessings God bestowed upon ʿAli b. Abi Talib ؓ was that he was in the care of the Messenger of God ﷺ before Islam. Ibn Ishaq said: ʿAbd Allah b. Abi Najih narrated to me, from Mujahid b. Jabr Abu al-Hajjaj, who said: Among God's favor upon ʿAli b. Abi Talib, and what God did for him and intended for him of good, was that Quraysh were afflicted by a severe crisis, and Abu Talib had a large family. So the Messenger of God ﷺ said to al-ʿAbbas, his uncle, who was among the wealthiest of Banu Hashim: 'O ʿAbbas, your brother Abu Talib has a large family, and the people have been afflicted by what you see of this crisis. Come with us to him, so that we may relieve him of some of his dependents. I will take one of his sons, and you take one, and we will look after them for him.' Al-ʿAbbas said: 'Yes.' So they went until they came to Abu Talib, and said to him: 'We want to relieve you of some of your dependents until what the people are suffering from clears.' Abu Talib said to them: 'If you leave me ʿAqil, do whatever you wish.' Ibn Hisham said: It is also said: ʿAqil and Talib. So the Messenger of God ﷺ took ʿAli and embraced him to himself, and al-ʿAbbas took Jaʿfar and embraced him to himself. ʿAli remained with the Messenger of God ﷺ until God, Blessed and Exalted, sent him as a prophet, and ʿAli ؓ followed him, believed in him, and accepted him as true. Jaʿfar remained with al-ʿAbbas until he became Muslim and was no longer in need of him.
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