Sirat Ibn Hisham 517
al-ʿAbbās seeks assurances for the Prophet (peace be upon him)
[ الْعَبَّاسُ يَتَوَثَّقُ لِلنَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ ] قَالَ: فَاجْتَمَعْنَا فِي الشِّعْبِ نَنْتَظِرُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى جَاءَنَا وَمَعَهُ ( عَمُّهُ ) الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى دِينِ قَوْمِهِ، إلَّا أَنَّهُ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَحْضُرَ أَمْرَ ابْنِ أَخِيهِ وَيَتَوَثَّقَ لَهُ. فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مُتَكَلِّمٍ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْخَزْرَجِ - قَالَ: وَكَانَتْ الْعَرَبُ إنَّمَا يُسَمُّونَ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ: الْخَزْرَجَ، خَزْرَجَهَا وَأَوْسَهَا -: إنَّ مُحَمَّدًا مِنَّا حَيْثُ قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ وَقَدْ مَنَعْنَاهُ مِنْ قَوْمِنَا، مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى مِثْلِ رَأْيِنَا فِيهِ، فَهُوَ فِي عِزٍّ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَمَنَعَةٍ فِي بَلَدِهِ، وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَبَى إلَّا الِانْحِيَازَ إلَيْكُمْ، وَاللُّحُوقَ بِكُمْ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّكُمْ وَافُونَ لَهُ بِمَا دَعَوْتُمُوهُ إلَيْهِ، وَمَانِعُوهُ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَهُ، فَأَنْتُمْ وَمَا تَحَمَّلْتُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ أَنَّكُمْ مُسْلِمُوهُ وَخَاذِلُوهُ بَعْدَ الْخُرُوجِ بِهِ إلَيْكُمْ، فَمِنْ الْآنَ فَدَعُوهُ. فَإِنَّهُ فِي عِزٍّ وَمَنَعَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَبَلَدِهِ. قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: قَدْ سَمِعْنَا مَا قُلْتُ، فَتَكَلَّمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَلِرَبِّكَ مَا أَحْبَبْتُ
Translation
✧ [Al-ʿAbbās securing the matter for the Prophet ﷺ ] He said: We gathered in the mountain pass, waiting for the Messenger of God ﷺ, until he came to us, and with him was his uncle al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, who was on that day upon the religion of his people, except that he loved to attend to the matter of his brother's son and to secure it for him. When he sat down, the first to speak was al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, and he said: O company of al-Khazraj—he said: The Arabs used to call this tribe of the Anṣār only al-Khazraj, both its Khazraj and its Aws—: Muḥammad is of us, as you have known, and we have protected him from our people, from those who hold the same opinion of him as we do. So he is in honor among his people and in protection in his land. And he has refused anything but turning aside to you and joining you. So if you consider that you will fulfill for him what you have called him to, and protect him from those who oppose him, then you are responsible for what you have undertaken. But if you consider that you will surrender him and forsake him after he has gone out to you, then from now leave him, for he is in honor and protection among his people and in his land. He said: We said to him: We have heard what you said, so speak, O Messenger of God, and take for yourself and for your Lord what you love.
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