Sirat Ibn Hisham 502
The Messenger of God and a group from the Khazraj at al-ʿAqabah
بَدْءُ إسْلَامِ الْأَنْصَارِ [ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَرَهْطٌ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ عِنْدَ الْعَقَبَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إظْهَارَ دِينِهِ، وَإِعْزَازَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ، وَإِنْجَازَ مَوْعِدِهِ لَهُ، خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَوْسِمِ الَّذِي لَقِيَهُ فِيهِ النَّفَرُ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَعَرَضَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى قَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ، كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِي كُلِّ مَوْسِمٍ. فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ عِنْدَ الْعَقَبَةِ لَقِيَ رَهْطًا مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهِمْ خَيْرًا. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، قَالُوا: لَمَّا لَقِيَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ لَهُمْ: مَنْ أَنْتُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَفَرٌ مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ، قَالَ: أَمِنْ مَوَالِي يَهُودَ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَفَلَا تَجْلِسُونَ أُكَلِّمُكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى. فَجَلَسُوا مَعَهُ، فَدَعَاهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ الْقُرْآنَ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ اللَّهُ بِهِمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، أَنَّ يَهُودَ كَانُوا مَعَهُمْ فِي بِلَادِهِمْ، وَكَانُوا أَهْلَ كِتَابٍ وَعِلْمٍ، وَكَانُوا هُمْ أَهْلَ شِرْكٍ وَأَصْحَابَ أَوْثَانٍ، وَكَانُوا قَدْ غَزَوْهُمْ بِبِلَادِهِمْ، فَكَانُوا إذَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ شَيْءٌ قَالُوا لَهُمْ: إنَّ نَبِيًّا مَبْعُوثٌ الْآنَ، قَدْ أَظَلَّ زَمَانُهُ، نَتَّبِعُهُ فَنَقْتُلُكُمْ مَعَهُ قَتْلَ عَادٍ وَإِرَمَ. فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرَ، وَدَعَاهُمْ إلَى اللَّهِ، قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضِ: يَا قَوْمِ، تَعْلَمُوا وَاَللَّهِ إنَّهُ لَلنَّبِيُّ الَّذِي تَوَعَّدَكُمْ بِهِ يَهُودُ، فَلَا تَسْبِقُنَّكُمْ إلَيْهِ. فَأَجَابُوهُ فِيمَا دَعَاهُمْ إلَيْهِ، بِأَنْ صَدَّقُوهُ وَقَبِلُوا مِنْهُ مَا عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَقَالُوا: إنَّا قَدْ تَرَكْنَا قَوْمَنَا، وَلَا قَوْمَ بَيْنَهُمْ مِنْ الْعَدَاوَةِ وَالشَّرِّ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَجْمَعَهُمْ اللَّهُ بِكَ، فَسَنَقْدَمُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَنَدْعُوهُمْ إلَى أَمْرِكَ، وَتَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِمْ الَّذِي أَجَبْنَاكَ إلَيْهِ مِنْ هَذَا الدِّينِ، فَإِنْ يَجْمَعْهُمْ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا رَجُلَ أَعَزُّ مِنْكَ. ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَاجِعِينَ إلَى بِلَادِهِمْ، وَقَدْ آمَنُوا وَصَدَّقُوا.
Translation
✧ The beginning of the Anṣār's conversion to Islam [The Messenger of Allah and a group of the Khazraj at al-ʿAqabah] Ibn Isḥāq said: When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, willed to make His religion manifest, to honor His Prophet ﷺ, and to fulfill His promise to him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out in the season in which the band of the Anṣār met him, and he presented himself to the tribes of the Arabs, as he used to do in every season. While he was at al-ʿAqabah, he met a group of the Khazraj for whom Allah willed good. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah narrated to me, from elders of his people, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met them, he said to them, "Who are you?" They said, "A band from the Khazraj." He said, "Are you clients of the Jews?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Will you not sit down so that I may speak with you?" They said, "Certainly." So they sat with him, and he called them to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, presented Islam to them, and recited the Qur'an to them. He said: It was among the things that Allah did for them in Islam that the Jews were with them in their lands, and they were people of a Scripture and knowledge, while they themselves were people of polytheism and idolaters. They had raided them in their lands, and whenever something occurred between them, they would say to them, "A prophet is now to be sent, whose time has drawn near. We shall follow him and kill you with him, as ʿĀd and Iram were killed." So when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke to that band and called them to Allah, some of them said to others, "O people, know by Allah that he is the prophet with whom the Jews have threatened you, so do not let them get to him before you." They responded to what he called them to, believing him and accepting what he presented to them of Islam. They said, "We have left our people, and no people have between them such enmity and evil as exists between them. Perhaps Allah will unite them through you. We shall go to them and call them to your affair, and present to them this religion which we have accepted from you. If Allah unites them upon it, then no man will be mightier than you." Then they departed from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, returning to their lands, having believed and affirmed.
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