Sirat Ibn Hisham 387
[ فَرَحُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ بِنُصْرَةِ النَّجَاشِيِّ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِ ] قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنَّا لِعَلَى ذَلِكَ، إذْ نَزَلَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْحَبَشَةِ يُنَازِعُهُ فِي مُلْكِهِ. قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُنَا حَزِنَّا حُزْنًا قَطُّ كَانَ أَشَدَّ ( عَلَيْنَا ) مِنْ حُزْنٍ حَزِنَّاهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ، تَخَوُّفًا أَنْ يَظْهَرَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ، فَيَأْتِي رَجُلٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ مِنْ حَقِّنَا مَا كَانَ النَّجَاشِيُّ يَعْرِفُ مِنْهُ. قَالَتْ: وَسَارَ إلَيْهِ النَّجَاشِيُّ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا عَرْضُ النِّيلِ، قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَنْ رَجُلٌ يَخْرَجُ حَتَّى يَحْضُرَ وَقِيعَةَ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ يَأْتِينَا بِالْخَبَرِ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ: أَنَا. قَالُوا: فَأَنْتَ. وَكَانَ مِنْ أَحْدَثِ الْقَوْمِ سِنًّا. قَالَتْ: فَنَفَخُوا لَهُ قِرْبَةً فَجَعَلَهَا فِي صَدْرِهِ، ثُمَّ سَبَحَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى خَرَجَ إلَى نَاحِيَةِ النِّيلِ الَّتِي بِهَا مُلْتَقَى الْقَوْمِ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى حَضَرَهُمْ. قَالَتْ: فَدَعَوْنَا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لِلنَّجَاشِيِّ بِالظُّهُورِ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِ، وَالتَّمْكِينِ لَهُ فِي بِلَادِهِ. قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنَّا لَعَلَى ذَلِكَ مُتَوَقِّعُونَ لِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ، إذْ طَلَعَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَهُوَ يَسْعَى، فَلَمَعَ بِثَوْبِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَلَا أَبْشِرُوا، فَقَدْ ظَفِرَ النَّجَاشِيُّ، وَأَهْلَكَ اللَّهُ عَدُوَّهُ، وَمَكَّنَّ لَهُ فِي بِلَادِهِ. قَالَتْ: فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتنَا فَرِحْنَا فَرْحَةً قَطُّ مِثْلَهَا. قَالَتْ: وَرَجَعَ النَّجَاشِيُّ، وَقَدْ أَهْلَكَ اللَّهُ عَدُوَّهُ، وَمَكَّنَ لَهُ فِي بِلَادِهِ، وَاسْتَوْسَقَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُ الْحَبَشَةِ، فَكُنَّا عِنْدَهُ فِي خَيْرِ مَنْزِلٍ، حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ
Translation
✧ She said: By God, while we were in that state, a man of Abyssinia descended upon him to contend with him for his kingship. She said: By God, I do not think we ever grieved with a grief more severe upon us than the grief we grieved at that time, fearing that that man would prevail over the Najāshī, and then there would come a man who did not know of our right what the Najāshī had known of it. She said: The Najāshī marched against him, and between the two of them lay the breadth of the Nile. She said: The companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ said: Who is a man who will go out until he attends the battle of the people, then come to us with the news? She said: Al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām said: I will. They said: Then you. And he was the youngest of the people in age. She said: So they blew up a water-skin for him, and he placed it on his chest, then he swam upon it until he came out to the side of the Nile where the meeting of the people was, then he went on until he attended them. She said: We prayed to God Most High for the Najāshī to prevail over his enemy and to establish him firmly in his lands. She said: By God, while we were in that state, awaiting what was to come, al-Zubayr appeared, running; he flashed with his garment, saying: Be glad! The Najāshī has triumphed, and God has destroyed his enemy, and has established him firmly in his lands. She said: By God, I do not think we ever rejoiced with a joy like it. She said: The Najāshī returned, after God had destroyed his enemy and established him firmly in his lands, and the affair of Abyssinia became orderly under him, and we remained with him in the best of abodes, until we came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in Makkah.
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording.