Sirat Ibn Hisham 313
Poetry of Ḥakīm b. Umayyah in restraining his people from enmity toward the Prophet ﷺ
[ شِعْرُ حَكِيمِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ فِي صَدِّ قَوْمِهِ عَنْ عَدَاوَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ حَكِيمُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ الْأَوْقَصِ السُّلَمِيُّ، حَلِيفُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمَ، يُوَرِّعُ قَوْمَهُ عَمَّا أَجَمَعُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ عَدَاوَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَكَانَ فِيهِمْ شَرِيفًا مُطَاعًا:: هَلْ قَائِلٌ قَوْلًا هُوَ الْحَقُّ قَاعِدٌ عَلَيْهِ وَهَلْ غَضْبَانُ لِلرُّشْدِ سَامِعُ وَهَلْ سَيِّدٌ تَرْجُو الْعَشِيرَةُ نَفْعَهُ لِأَقْصَى الْمَوَالِي وَالْأَقَارِبِ جَامِعُ تَبَرَّأْتُ إلَّا وَجْهَ مَنْ يَمْلِكُ الصِّبَا وَأَهْجُرُكُمْ مَا دَامَ مُدْلٍ وَنَازِعُ وَأُسْلِمُ وَجْهِي لِلْإِلَهِ وَمَنْطِقِي وَلَوْ رَاعَنِي مِنْ الصَّدِيقِ رَوَائِعُ
Translation
✧ [Poetry of Ḥakīm b. Umayyah in restraining his people from enmity toward the Prophet ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: Ḥakīm b. Umayyah b. Ḥārithah b. al-Awqaṣ al-Sulamī, confederate of the Banū Umayyah, who had become a Muslim, said, restraining his people from what they had resolved upon of enmity toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—and he was among them a noble, obeyed leader: Will a sayer say a word that is the truth while he sits upon it, and will an angered one for right guidance listen? And will a chief whose benefit the clan hopes for—gathering the farthest clients and kinsmen—absolve me? I have cleared myself except toward the face of Him who owns the youth, and I will shun you as long as one lowers a rope and one contends. I submit my face to God and my speech, even if startling things from the friend alarm me.
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