Sirat Ibn Hisham 292
The Quraysh delegation to Abu Talib regarding the Messenger ﷺ
[ وَفْدُ قُرَيْشٍ مَعَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: أَوْ مَنْ مَشَى مِنْهُمْ. فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ، إنَّ ابْنَ أَخِيكَ قَدْ سَبَّ آلِهَتَنَا، وَعَابَ دِينَنَا، وَسَفَّهُ أَحْلَامَنَا، وَضَلَّلَ آبَاءَنَا؛ فَإِمَّا أَنْ تَكُفَّهُ عَنَّا، وَإِمَّا أَنَّ تُخِلِّي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ، فَإِنَّكَ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خِلَافِهِ، فَنَكْفِيكَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُو طَالِبٍ قَوْلًا رَفِيقًا، وَرَدَّهُمْ رَدًّا جَمِيلًا، فَانْصَرَفُوا عَنْهُ. [ اسْتِمْرَارُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي دَعْوَتِهِ، وَرُجُوعُ وَفْدِ قُرَيْشٍ إلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثَانِيَةً ] وَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ، يُظْهِرُ دِينَ اللَّهِ، وَيَدْعُو إلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ شَرَى الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى تَبَاعَدَ الرِّجَالُ وَتَضَاغَنُوا، وَأَكْثَرَتْ قُرَيْشٌ ذِكْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهَا، فَتَذَامَرُوا فِيهِ، وَحَضَّ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ إنَّهُمْ مَشَوْا إلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ، إنَّ لَكَ سِنًّا وَشَرَفًا وَمَنْزِلَةً فِينَا، وَإِنَّا قَدْ اسْتَنْهَيْنَاكَ مِنْ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ فَلَمْ تَنْهَهُ عَنَّا، وَإِنَّا وَاَللَّهِ لَا نَصْبِرُ عَلَى هَذَا مِنْ شَتْمِ آبَائِنَا، وَتَسْفِيهِ أَحْلَامِنَا، وَعَيْبِ آلِهَتِنَا، حَتَّى تَكُفَّهُ عَنَّا، أَوْ نُنَازِلَهُ وَإِيَّاكَ فِي ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى يَهْلِكَ أَحَدُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا لَهُ. ( ثُمَّ ) انْصَرَفُوا عَنْهُ، فَعَظُمَ عَلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِرَاقُ قَوْمِهِ وَعَدَاوَتُهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَطِبْ نَفْسًا بِإِسْلَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَهُمْ وَلَا خِذْلَانِهِ
Translation
✧ The delegation of Quraysh with Abu Talib concerning the Messenger ﷺ Ibn Ishaq said: or those of them who walked. They said: “O Abu Talib, your brother’s son has reviled our gods, and found fault with our religion, and called our forbearance foolishness, and led our fathers astray. Either you restrain him from us, or you leave the way open between us and him, for you are upon the like of what we are upon in opposing him, and we will spare you him.” So Abu Talib said to them a gentle word, and sent them back with a goodly return, and they turned away from him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continuing in his call, and the delegation of Quraysh returning to Abu Talib a second time And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on with what he was upon, showing the religion of Allah and calling to it. Then the affair grew worse between him and them until the men drew apart and bore mutual hatred, and Quraysh increased their mention of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among themselves, and they urged one another against him, and incited one another to oppose him. Then they walked to Abu Talib another time, and said to him: “O Abu Talib, indeed you have age and honour and standing among us, and we have asked you to restrain your brother’s son, but you have not restrained him from us. And, by Allah, we will not endure this reviling of our fathers, and calling our forbearance foolishness, and finding fault with our gods, until you restrain him from us, or we fight him and you over that, until one of the two parties perishes” — or as they said to him. Then they turned away from him, and it became grievous for Abu Talib the parting of his people and their enmity, and his soul was not pleased to surrender the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to them, nor to forsake him.
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