Sirat Ibn Hisham 518
The Messenger's covenant (peace be upon him) with the Anṣār
[ عَهْدُ الرَّسُولِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى الْأَنْصَارِ ] قَالَ: فَتَكَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ. فَتَلَا الْقُرْآنَ، وَدَعَا إلَى اللَّهِ، وَرَغَّبَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أُبَايِعُكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ تَمْنَعُونِي مِمَّا تَمْنَعُونَ مِنْهُ نِسَاءَكُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَعْرُورٍ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَاَلَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ ( نَبِيًّا ) لَنَمْنَعَنَّكَ مِمَّا نَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ أُزُرَنَا فَبَايِعْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَنَحْنُ وَاَللَّهِ أَبْنَاءُ الْحُرُوبِ، وَأَهْلُ الْحَلْقَةِ وَرِثْنَاهَا كَابِرًا ( عَنْ كَابِرٍ ) قَالَ: فَاعْتَرَضَ الْقَوْلَ، وَالْبَرَاءُ يُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بْنُ التَّيِّهَانِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الرِّجَالِ حِبَالًا، وَإِنَّا قَاطِعُوهَا - يَعْنِي الْيَهُودَ - فَهَلْ عَسَيْتَ إنْ نَحْنُ فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ أَظْهَرَكَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إلَى قَوْمِكَ وَتَدَعَنَا ؟ قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَلْ الدَّمَ الدَّمَ، وَالْهَدْمَ الْهَدْمَ أَنَا مِنْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ مِنِّي، أُحَارِبُ مَنْ حَارَبْتُمْ، وَأُسَالِمُ مَنْ سَالَمْتُمْ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَقَالَ: الْهَدْمَ الْهَدْمَ: ( يَعْنِي الْحُرْمَةَ ) أَيْ ذِمَّتِي ذِمَّتُكُمْ وَحُرْمَتِي حُرْمَتُكُمْ ؟. قَالَ كَعْبُ ( بْنُ مَالِكٍ ): وَقَدْ ( كَانَ ) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَخْرِجُوا إلَيَّ مِنْكُمْ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا، لِيَكُونُوا عَلَى قَوْمِهِمْ بِمَا فِيهِمْ. فَأَخْرَجُوا مِنْهُمْ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا، تِسْعَةً مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ، وَثَلَاثَةً مِنْ الْأَوْسِ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's covenant (peace and prayers be upon him) upon the Anṣār] He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke. He recited the Quran, called to Allah, and encouraged Islam. Then he said: "I make a covenant with you that you will protect me from what you protect your women and children from." He said: Al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr took his hand and said: "Yes, by the One who sent you with the truth as a prophet, we will indeed protect you from what we protect our waists from. So accept our pledge, O Messenger of Allah. For we, by Allah, are sons of war and people of the ring; we inherited it great one after great one." He said: Then Abū al-Haytham b. al-Tayyihān interrupted the speech while al-Barāʾ was talking to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, between us and the men there are cords, and we will cut them—meaning the Jews. Is it possible that if we do that and then Allah makes you victorious, you would return to your people and leave us?" He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, then said: "Nay, blood is blood, and destruction is destruction. I am of you and you are of me. I fight whom you fight, and I make peace with whom you make peace with." Ibn Hishām said: And he said: "destruction is destruction"—meaning sanctity; that is, my protection is your protection and my sanctity is your sanctity. Kaʿb b. Mālik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had said: "Bring out to me twelve representatives from among you, to be responsible for their people in what concerns them." So they brought out twelve representatives from among them, nine from the Khazraj and three from the Aws.
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