Sirat Ibn Hisham 320
What took place between ʿUtbah and the Messenger of God ﷺ
قَوْلُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ فِي أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ [ مَا دَارَ بَيْنَ عُتْبَةَ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، قَالَ: حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ، وَكَانَ سَيِّدًا، قَالَ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَحْدَهُ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، أَلَا أَقُومُ إلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَأُكَلِّمَهُ وَأَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أُمُورًا لَعَلَّهُ يَقْبَلُ بَعْضَهَا فَنُعْطِيهِ أَيَّهَا شَاءَ، وَيَكُفُّ عَنَّا ؟ وَذَلِكَ حِينَ أَسْلَمَ حَمْزَةُ، وَرَأَوْا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَزِيدُونَ وَيَكْثُرُونَ؛ فَقَالُوا: بَلَى يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ، قُمْ إلَيْهِ فَكَلِّمْهُ فَقَامَ إلَيْهِ عُتْبَةُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، إنَّكَ مِنَّا حَيْثُ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مِنْ السِّطَةِ فِي الْعَشِيرَةِ، وَالْمَكَانِ فِي النَّسَبِ، وَإِنَّكَ قَدْ أَتَيْتَ قَوْمَكَ بِأَمْرِ عَظِيمٍ فَرَّقْتَ بِهِ جَمَاعَتَهُمْ وَسَفَّهْتَ بِهِ أَحْلَامَهُمْ وَعِبْتَ بِهِ آلِهَتَهُمْ وَدِينَهُمْ وَكَفَّرْتَ بِهِ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ، فَاسْمَعْ مِنِّي أَعْرِضْ عَلَيْكَ أُمُورًا تَنْظُرُ فِيهَا لَعَلَّكَ تَقْبَلُ مِنْهَا بَعْضَهَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: قُلْ يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ، أَسْمَعْ؛ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، إنْ كُنْتَ إنَّمَا تُرِيدُ بِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَالًا جَمَعْنَا لَكَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِنَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَكْثَرَنَا مَالًا، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ بِهِ شَرَفًا سَوَّدْنَاكَ عَلَيْنَا، حَتَّى لَا نَقْطَعَ أَمْرًا دُونَكَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ بِهِ مُلْكًا مَلَّكْنَاكَ عَلَيْنَا؛ وَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الَّذِي يَأْتِيكَ رِئْيًا تَرَاهُ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ رَدَّهُ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ، طَلَبْنَا لَكَ الطِّبَّ، وَبَذَلْنَا فِيهِ أَمْوَالَنَا حَتَّى نُبْرِئَكَ مِنْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا غَلَبَ التَّابِعُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ حَتَّى يُدَاوَى مِنْهُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ لَهُ. حَتَّى إذَا فَرَغَ عُتْبَةُ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَمِعُ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: أَقَدْ فَرَغْتَ يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَاسْمَعْ مِنِّي؛ قَالَ: أَفْعَلُ؛ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم تَنْزِيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا فِي أَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهَا يَقْرَؤُهَا عَلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهَا مِنْهُ عُتْبَةُ، أَنْصَتَ لَهَا، وَأَلْقَى يَدَيْهِ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ مُعْتَمِدًا عَلَيْهِمَا يَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ؛ ثُمَّ انْتَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إلَى السَّجْدَةِ مِنْهَا، فَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتَ يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ مَا سَمِعْتَ، فَأَنْتَ وَذَاكَ
Translation
✧ Statement of ʿUtbah b. Rabīʿah concerning the matter of the Messenger of God ﷺ [What passed between ʿUtbah and the Messenger of God ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: Yazīd b. Ziyād related to me, from Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Quraẓī, who said: I was told that ʿUtbah b. Rabīʿah, who was a chief, said one day while he was sitting in the assembly of Quraysh, and the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting alone in the mosque: O assembly of Quraysh, shall I not go to Muḥammad, speak with him, and present matters to him? Perhaps he will accept some of them, and we will give him whichever he wishes, and he will leave us alone. That was when Ḥamzah had accepted Islam, and they saw the companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ increasing and becoming numerous. They said: Yes, O Abū al-Walīd, go to him and speak with him. So ʿUtbah went to him and sat down beside the Messenger of God ﷺ, and said: O son of my brother, you are of us, as you know, in your standing within the clan and your position in lineage. You have brought your people a great matter by which you have divided their community, made their dreams foolish, disparaged their gods and their religion, and declared as infidels those of their forefathers who have passed. So listen to me; I will present matters to you for you to consider. Perhaps you will accept some of them. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: Speak, O Abū al-Walīd, I will listen. He said: O son of my brother, if by this matter you have come with, you desire wealth, we will gather for you from our wealth until you are the wealthiest of us. If you desire honor, we will make you our chief, so that we decide no matter without you. If you desire kingship, we will make you king over us. If this thing that comes to you is a spirit (riʾy) that you see and cannot repel from yourself, we will seek medicine for you and spend our wealth on it until we cure you of it, for sometimes the follower (al-tābiʿ) overpowers a man until he is treated for it, or as he said to him. When ʿUtbah had finished, and the Messenger of God ﷺ was listening to him, he said: Have you finished, O Abū al-Walīd? He said: Yes. He said: Then listen to me. He said: I will do so. He said: In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Ḥā Mīm. A revelation from the Merciful, the Compassionate. A Book whose verses are set out as an Arabic Qurʾān for a people who know, as good news and warning; but most of them turn away and do not listen. They say: Our hearts are in coverings from that to which you call us. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ continued reciting it to him. When ʿUtbah heard it from him, he listened attentively, and cast his hands behind his back, leaning on them, listening to him. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ reached the prostration in it, and prostrated. Then he said: You have heard, O Abū al-Walīd, what you have heard; so you and that.
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