Sirat Ibn Hisham 323
The account of the leaders of Quraysh with the Messenger ﷺ
[ حَدِيثُ رُؤَسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ ] اجْتَمَعَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَشَيْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَالنَّضْرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ( بْنِ كَلَدَةَ )، أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ، وَأَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، وَالْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ، وَزَمْعَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، وَأَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، وَالْعَاصِ بْنُ وَائِلٍ، وَنَبِيهٌ وَمُنَبِّهٌ ابْنَا الْحَجَّاجِ السَّهْمِيَّانِ، وَأُمَيَّةُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، أَوْ مَنْ اجْتَمَعَ مِنْهُمْ. قَالَ: اجْتَمِعُوا بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ ظَهْرِ الْكَعْبَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضِ: ابْعَثُوا إلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَكَلِّمُوهُ وَخَاصِمُوهُ حَتَّى تُعْذِرُوا فِيهِ، فَبَعَثُوا إلَيْهِ: إنَّ أَشْرَافَ قَوْمِكَ قَدْ اجْتَمَعُوا لَكَ لِيُكَلِّمُوكَ، فَأْتِهِمْ؛ فَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرِيعًا، وَهُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنْ قَدْ بَدَا لَهُمْ فِيمَا كَلَّمَهُمْ فِيهِ بَدَاءٌ، وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَرِيصًا يُحِبُّ رُشْدَهُمْ، وَيَعِزُّ عَلَيْهِ عَنَتُهُمْ، حَتَّى جَلَسَ إلَيْهِمْ؛ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إنَّا قَدْ بَعَثْنَا إلَيْكَ لِنُكَلِّمَكَ، وَإِنَّا وَاَللَّهِ مَا نَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْعَرَبِ أَدْخَلَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ مِثْلَ مَا أَدْخَلْتَ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ، لَقَدْ شَتَمْتَ الْآبَاءَ، وَعِبْتَ الدِّينَ، وَشَتَمْتَ الْآلِهَةَ، وَسَفَّهْتَ الْأَحْلَامَ، وَفَرَّقْتَ الْجَمَاعَةَ، فَمَا بَقِيَ أَمْرٌ قَبِيحٌ إلَّا قَدْ جِئْتَهُ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ - أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا لَهُ - فَإِنْ كُنْتَ إنَّمَا جِئْتَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَطْلُبُ بِهِ مَالًا جَمَعْنَا لَكَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِنَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَكْثَرَنَا مَالًا، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ إنَّمَا تَطْلُبُ بِهِ الشَّرَفَ فِينَا، فَنَحْنُ نُسَوِّدُكَ عَلَيْنَا، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ بِهِ مُلْكًا مَلَّكْنَاكَ عَلَيْنَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الَّذِي يَأْتِيكَ رِئْيًا تَرَاهُ قَدْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْكَ - وَكَانُوا يُسَمُّونَ التَّابِعَ مِنْ الْجِنِّ رِئْيًا - فَرُبَّمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ، بَذَلْنَا لَكَ أَمْوَالَنَا فِي طَلَبِ الطِّبِّ لَكَ حَتَّى نُبْرِئَكَ مِنْهُ، أَوْ نُعْذِرَ فِيكَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَا بِي مَا تَقُولُونَ مَا جِئْتُ بِمَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ أَطْلُبُ أَمْوَالَكُمْ، وَلَا الشَّرَفَ فِيكُمْ، وَلَا الْمُلْكَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي إلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيَّ كِتَابًا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ لَكُمْ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا، فَبَلَّغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّي، وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنْ تَقْبَلُوا مِنِّي مَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ، فَهُوَ حَظُّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنَّ تَرُدُّوهُ عَلَيَّ أَصْبِرْ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ - ﷺ
Translation
✧ [Report of the leaders of Quraysh with the Messenger ﷺ] ʿUtbah b. Rabīʿah, Shaybah b. Rabīʿah, Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb, al-Naḍr b. al-Ḥārith (b. Kaladah), the brother of the Banū ʿAbd al-Dār, Abū al-Bakhtarī b. Hishām, al-Aswad b. al-Muṭṭalib b. Asad, Zamʿah b. al-Aswad, al-Walīd b. al-Mughīrah, Abū Jahl b. Hishām, ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Umayyah, al-ʿĀṣ b. Wāʾil, Nubayh and Munabbih the two sons of al-Ḥajjāj al-Sahmī, and Umayyah b. Khalaf, or those of them who gathered, assembled. He said: They gathered after sunset at the back of the Kaʿbah. Then some of them said to others: Send for Muḥammad, speak with him and dispute with him until you have excuse concerning him. So they sent to him: The nobles of your people have gathered for you to speak with you, so come to them. The Messenger of God ﷺ came to them quickly, thinking that a change had occurred in them concerning what he had spoken to them about, for he was eager for them, loving their right guidance, and it was hard for him when they suffered hardship, until he sat down with them. They said to him: O Muḥammad, we have sent for you to speak with you. By God, we do not know any man among the Arabs who has brought upon his people the like of what you have brought upon your people. You have reviled the fathers, criticized the religion, reviled the gods, called the forbearing foolish, and split the community. There remains no ugly matter but that you have come with it between us and you—or as they said to him. If you have come with this talk seeking wealth, we will gather for you from our wealth until you become the richest of us. If you are seeking honor among us, we will make you our chief. If you want kingship, we will make you king over us. If this that comes to you is a vision you see that has overcome you—they used to call the companion from the jinn a rīʾ—then perhaps that is so, we will spend our wealth in seeking medicine for you until we cure you of it, or we will have excuse concerning you. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: What you say is not in me. I have not come to you with what I have brought seeking your wealth, nor honor among you, nor kingship over you, but God has sent me to you as a messenger, and has sent down to me a book, and has commanded me to be to you a bearer of good tidings and a warner. I have conveyed to you the messages of my Lord, and I have given you sincere counsel. If you accept from me what I have brought to you, it is your portion in this world and the next. If you reject it back to me, I will be patient with the command of God until God judges between me and you—or as he said—ﷺ
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