Sirat Ibn Hisham 485
The uprising of Daws to avenge Abū Uzayhir, and the account of Umm Ghaylān
[ ثَوْرَةُ دَوْسٍ لِلْأَخْذِ بِثَأْرِ أَبِي أُزَيْهِرٍ، وَحَدِيثُ أُمِّ غَيْلَانَ ] وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أَبِي أُزَيْهِرٍ ثَأْرٌ نَعْلَمُهُ، حَتَّى حَجَزَ الْإِسْلَامُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، إلَّا أَنَّ ضِرَارَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ مِرْدَاسٍ الْفِهْرِيَّ خَرَجَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إلَى أَرْضِ دَوْسٍ، فَنَزَلُوا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ غَيْلَانَ، مَوْلَاةٌ لِدَوْسٍ، وَكَانَتْ تَمْشُطُ النِّسَاءَ وَتُجَهِّزُ الْعَرَائِسَ، فَأَرَادَتْ دَوْسٌ قَتْلَهُمْ بِأَبِي أُزَيْهِرٍ، فَقَامَتْ دُونَهُمْ أُمُّ غَيْلَانَ وَنِسْوَةٌ مَعَهَا حَتَّى مَنَعَتْهُمْ، فَقَالَ ضِرَارُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي ذَلِكَ:: جَزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا أُمَّ غَيْلَانَ صَالِحًا وَنِسْوَتَهَا إذْ هُنَّ شُعْثٌ عَوَاطِلُ فَهُنَّ دَفَعْنَ الْمَوْتَ بَعْدَ اقْتِرَابِهِ وَقَدْ بَرَزَتْ لِلثَّائِرِينَ الْمَقَاتِلُ دَعَتْ دَعْوَةً دَوْسًا فَسَالَتْ شِعَابُهَا بِعِزٍّ وَأَدَّتْهَا الشَّرَاجُ الْقَوَابِلُ وَعَمْرًا جًزًاهُ اللهُ خَيْرًا فَمَا وَنَى وَمَا بَردَتْ مِنْهُ لَدَيَّ الْمَفَاصِلُ فَجَرَّدْتُ سَيْفِي ثُمَّ قُمْتُ بِنَصْلِهِ وَعَنْ أَيِّ نَفْسٍ بَعْدَ نَفْسِي أُقَاتِلُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: أَنَّ الَّتِي قَامَتْ دُونَ ضِرَارٍ أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ. وَيُقَالُ أُمُّ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: وَيَجُوزُ أَنْ تَكُونَ أُمُّ غَيْلَانَ قَامَتْ مَعَ أُمِّ جَمِيلٍ فِيمَنْ قَامَ دُونَهُ. [ أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ] فَلَمَّا قَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَتَتْهُ أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ، وَهِيَ تُرَى أَنَّهُ أَخُوهُ: فَلَمَّا انْتَسَبَتْ لَهُ عَرَفَ الْقِصَّةَ، فَقَالَ: إنِّي لَسْتُ بِأَخِيهِ إلَّا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَهُوَ غَازٍ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ مِنَّتَكَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَعْطَاهَا عَلَى أَنَّهَا ابْنَةُ سَبِيلٍ. [ ضِرَارٌ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ] قَالَ الرَّاوِي: قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَكَانَ ضِرَارٌ لَحِقَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ. فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُهُ بِعَرْضِ الرُّمْحِ وَيَقُولُ: اُنْجُ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ لَا أَقْتُلُكَ فَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَعْرِفُهَا لَهُ بَعْدَ إسْلَامِهِ
Translation
✧ [The uprising of Daws to take vengeance for Abū Uzayhir, and the account of Umm Ghaylān] There was no vengeance known to us for Abū Uzayhir until Islam intervened among the people, except that Ḍirār b. al-Khaṭṭāb b. Mirdās al-Fihrī went forth among a group of Quraysh to the land of Daws. They alighted at a woman called Umm Ghaylān, a client of Daws, who used to comb women's hair and prepare brides. Daws wanted to kill them on account of Abū Uzayhir, but Umm Ghaylān and some women with her stood in their defence until they protected them. Ḍirār b. al-Khaṭṭāb said concerning that:: 'May God reward Umm Ghaylān well on our behalf, and her women, when they were dishevelled and unadorned. For they warded off death after it had drawn near, and the battle-fields had appeared to the vengeance-seekers. She called Daws with a call, and its ravines flowed with might, and the channels in the valleys conveyed it. And ʿAmr—may God reward him well—for he did not flag, nor did the joints grow cold from him with me. I drew my sword, then I rose with its blade; and for which soul after my own shall I fight?' Ibn Hishām said: Abū ʿUbaydah related to me that the one who stood in defence of Ḍirār was Umm Jamīl. And it is also said: Umm Ghaylān. He said: It is possible that Umm Ghaylān stood with Umm Jamīl among those who stood in his defence. [Umm Jamīl and ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb] When ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb rose to power, Umm Jamīl came to him, believing that he was his brother. When she traced her lineage to him, he recognized the story and said: 'I am not his brother except in Islam. He is away on a raid, and I have acknowledged your favour to him.' So he gave her provision as a daughter of the road (wayfarer). [Ḍirār and ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb] The narrator said: Ibn Hishām said: Ḍirār had caught up with ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb on the day of Uḥud. He began striking him with the broad side of the spear, saying: 'Escape, O son of al-Khaṭṭāb; I will not kill you.' ʿUmar used to acknowledge that for him after his conversion to Islam.
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