Sirat Ibn Hisham 315
The report of b. al-ʿĀṣ about the worst thing he saw Quraysh inflict on the Messenger of God ﷺ
[ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ الْعَاصِ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا رَأَى قُرَيْشًا نَالَتْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا رَأَيْتَ قُرَيْشًا أَصَابُوا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيمَا كَانُوا يُظْهِرُونَ مِنْ عَدَاوَتِهِ ؟ قَالَ: حَضَرْتُهُمْ، وَقَدْ اجْتَمَعَ أَشْرَافُهُمْ يَوْمًا فِي الْحِجْرِ، فَذَكَرُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: مَا رَأَيْنَا مِثْلَ مَا صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَطُّ، سَفَّهَ أَحْلَامَنَا، وَشَتَمَ آبَاءَنَا، وَعَابَ دِينَنَا، وَفَرَّقَ جَمَاعَتَنَا، وَسَبَّ آلِهَتَنَا، لَقَدْ صَبَرْنَا مِنْهُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا: فَبَيْنَا هُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ إذْ طَلَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَقْبَلَ يَمْشِي حَتَّى اسْتَلَمَ الرُّكْنَ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهِمْ طَائِفًا بِالْبَيْتِ، فَلَمَّا مَرَّ بِهِمْ غَمَزُوهُ بِبَعْضِ الْقَوْلِ. قَالَ: فَعَرَفْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَضَى، فَلَمَّا مَرَّ بِهِمْ الثَّانِيَةَ غَمَزُوهُ بِمِثْلِهَا، فَعَرَفْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهِمْ الثَّالِثَةَ فَغَمَزُوهُ بِمِثْلِهَا، فَوَقَفَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَتَسْمَعُونَ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، أَمَا وَاَلَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَقَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالذَّبْحِ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَتْ الْقَوْمَ كَلِمَتُهُ حَتَّى مَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إلَّا كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ طَائِرٌ وَاقِعٌ، حَتَّى إنَّ أَشَدَّهُمْ فِيهِ وَصَاةً قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لَيَرْفَؤُهُ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ الْقَوْلِ، حَتَّى إنَّهُ لِيَقُولَ: انْصَرِفْ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا كُنْتَ جَهُولًا. قَالَ: فَانْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ الْغَدُ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْحِجْرِ وَأَنَا مَعَهُمْ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضِ: ذَكَرْتُمْ مَا بَلَغَ مِنْكُمْ، وَمَا بَلَغَكُمْ عَنْهُ، حَتَّى إذَا بَادَاكُمْ بِمَا تَكْرَهُونَ تَرَكْتُمُوهُ. فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ طَلَعَ ( عَلَيْهِمْ ) رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَوَثَبُوا إلَيْهِ وَثْبَةَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَأَحَاطُوا بِهِ، يَقُولُونَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، لِمَا كَانَ يَقُولُ مِنْ عَيْبِ آلِهَتِهِمْ وَدِينِهِمْ؛ فَيَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: نَعَمْ: أَنَا الَّذِي أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ أَخَذَ بِمِجْمَعِ رِدَائِهِ. قَالَ: فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ دُونَهُ، وَهُوَ يَبْكِي وَيَقُولُ: أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّي اللَّهُ ؟ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا عَنْهُ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَأَشَدُّ مَا رَأَيْتُ قُرَيْشًا نَالُوا مِنْهُ قَطُّ
Translation
✧ [Report of Ibn al-ʿĀṣ about the most that he saw Quraysh inflict upon the Messenger of God ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: Yaḥyā b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr related to me, from his father ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr, from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ, who said: I said to him: What is the most that you saw Quraysh inflict upon the Messenger of God ﷺ in what they openly displayed of enmity toward him? He said: I was present with them when their nobles gathered one day in the Ḥijr and mentioned the Messenger of God ﷺ. They said: We have never seen the like of what we have patiently endured in the matter of this man. He has made fools of our minds, reviled our fathers, found fault with our religion, divided our community, and cursed our gods. We have indeed patiently endured a great matter from him—or as they said. While they were in that state, the Messenger of God ﷺ appeared. He came walking until he touched the corner, then passed by them while circumambulating the House. When he passed them, they made gestures at him with some words. He said: I recognized that in the face of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: Then he went on. When he passed them the second time, they made gestures at him with the like of it, and I recognized that in the face of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Then he passed them the third time and they made gestures at him with the like of it, so he stopped and said: Do you hear, O company of Quraysh? By Him in whose hand is my soul, I have brought you slaughter. He said: His words seized the people, so that there was not a man among them but as if a bird had landed on his head, until even the harshest of them in counseling against him before that was soothing him with the best words he could find, until he was saying: Depart, O Abū al-Qāsim, for by God you were never ignorant. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ departed. When it was the morrow, they gathered in the Ḥijr, and I was with them. Some of them said to others: You mentioned what reached you from him, and what reached him from you, until when he confronted you with what you dislike, you left him alone. While they were in that state, the Messenger of God ﷺ appeared to them, and they leapt at him with the leap of one man and surrounded him, saying: Are you the one who says such and such?—referring to what he used to say in faulting their gods and their religion. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Yes, I am the one who says that. He said: I saw a man among them take hold of the gathered folds of his cloak. He said: Abū Bakr ؓ stood before him, weeping and saying: Will you kill a man because he says, My Lord is God? Then they went away from him. That was the most severe thing I ever saw Quraysh inflict upon him.
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