Sirat Ibn Hisham 528
The Quraysh's visit to the Anṣār concerning the pledge of allegiance
[ خَلَاصُ ابْنِ عُبَادَةَ مِنْ أَسْرِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَمَا قِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ شِعْرٍ ] قَالَ سَعْدٌ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَفِي أَيْدِيهمْ إذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيَّ نَفَرٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ وَضِيءٌ أَبْيَضُ، شَعْشَاعٌ حُلْوٌ مِنْ الرِّجَالِ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: إنْ يَكُ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ خَيْرٌ، فَعِنْدَ هَذَا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنِّي رَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَلَكَمَنِي لَكْمَةً شَدِيدَةً. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا عِنْدَهُمْ بَعْدَ هَذَا مِنْ خَيْرٍ. قَالَ: فَوَاَللَّهِ إنِّي لَفِي أَيْدِيهِمْ يَسْحَبُونَنِي إذْ أَوَى لِي رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ، فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ أَمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ جِوَارٌ وَلَا عَهْدٌ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَى، وَاَللَّهِ، لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُجِيرُ لِجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ تِجَارَةً، وَأَمْنَعُهُمْ مِمَّنْ أَرَادَ ظُلْمَهُمْ بِبِلَادِي، وَلِلْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَرْبِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ قَالَ: وَيْحَكَ فَاهْتِفْ بِاسْمِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، وَاذْكُرْ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُمَا. قَالَ: فَفَعَلْتُ، وَخَرَجَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ إلَيْهِمَا، فَوَجَدَهُمَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عِنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: إنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْخَزْرَجِ الْآنَ يُضْرَبُ بِالْأَبْطَحِ وَيَهْتِفُ بِكُمَا، وَيَذْكُرُ أَنَّ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَكُمَا جِوَارًا ؟ قَالَا: وَمَنْ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ؛ قَالَا: صَدَقَ وَاَللَّهِ إنْ كَانَ لَيُجِيرُ لَنَا تِجَارَنَا، وَيَمْنَعُهُمْ أَنْ يُظْلَمُوا بِبَلَدِهِ. قَالَ: فَجَاءَا فَخَلَّصَا سَعْدًا مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ، فَانْطَلَقَ. وَكَانَ الَّذِي لَكَمَ سَعْدًا، سُهَيْلَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو أَخَا بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَوَى إلَيْهِ، أَبَا الْبَخْتَرِيِّ بْنَ هِشَامٍ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ أَوَّلُ شِعْرٍ قِيلَ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ بَيْتَيْنِ، قَالَهُمَا ضِرَارُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ مِرْدَاسٍ، أَخُو بَنِي مُحَارِبِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ ( فَقَالَ ):: تَدَارَكْتَ سَعْدًا عَنْوَةً فَأَخَذْتَهُ وَكَانَ شِفَاءً لَوْ تَدَارَكْتَ مُنْذِرَا وَلَوْ نِلْتُهُ طُلَّتْ هُنَاكَ جِرَاحُهُ وَكَانَتْ حَرِيًّا أَنْ يُهَانَ وَيُهْدَرَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُرْوَى: وَكَانَ حَقِيقًا أَنْ يُهَانَ وَيُهْدَرَا قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَأَجَابَهُ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ:: لَسْتَ إلَى سَعْدٍ وَلَا الْمَرْءِ مُنْذِرٍ إذَا مَا مَطَايَا الْقَوْمِ أَصْبَحْنَ ضُمَّرَا فَلَوْلَا أَبُو وَهْبٍ لَمَرَّتْ قَصَائِدٌ عَلَى شَرَفِ الْبَرْقَاءِ يَهْوِينَ حُسَّرًا أَتَفْخُرُ بِالْكَتَّانِ لَمَّا لَبِسْتَهُ وَقَدْ تَلْبَسُ الْأَنْبَاطُ رَيْطًا مُقَصَّرَا فَلَا تَكُ كَالْوَسْنَانِ يَحْلُمُ أَنَّهُ بِقَرْيَةِ كِسْرَى أَوْ بِقَرْيَةِ قَيْصَرَا وَلَا تَكُ كَالثَّكْلَى وَكَانَتْ بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنْ الثُّكْلِ لَوْ كَانَ الْفُؤَادُ تَفَكَّرَا وَلَا تَكُ كَالشَّاةِ الَّتِي كَانَ حَتْفُهَا بِجَفْرِ ذِرَاعَيْهَا فَلَمْ تَرْضَ مَحْفَرَا وَلَا تَكُ كَالْعَاوِي فَأَقْبَلَ نَحْرَهُ وَلَمْ يَخْشَهُ، سَهْمًا مِنْ النَّبْلِ مُضْمَرَا فَإِنَّا وَمَنْ يُهْدِي الْقَصَائِدَ نَحْوَنَا كَمُسْتَبْضِعٍ تَمْرًا إلَى أَرْضِ خَيْبَرَا
Translation
✧ [The deliverance of Ibn ʿUbādah from Quraysh’s captivity, and the poetry said about that] Saʿd said: “By God, while I was in their hands, a group of Quraysh came upon me, among them a bright, fair-complexioned man, tall and handsome. I said to myself: ‘If there is any good in any of these people, it is in this one.’ When he drew near to me, he raised his hand and struck me a severe blow. Then I said to myself: ‘No, by God, there is no good in them after this.’ By God, while I was in their hands dragging me along, a man from among those with them leaned towards me and said: ‘Woe to you! Is there not between you and any one of Quraysh a pact of protection or a covenant?’ I said: ‘Yes, by God, I used to grant protection to the trade of Jubayr b. Muṭʿim b. ʿAdī b. Nawfal b. ʿAbd Manāf, and I would defend them from anyone who sought to wrong them in my lands; and likewise for al-Ḥārith b. Ḥarb b. Umayyah b. ʿAbd Shams b. ʿAbd Manāf.’ He said: ‘Woe to you! Cry out the names of the two men, and mention what is between you and them.’ I did so, and that man went out to the two of them and found them in the mosque near the Kaʿbah. He said to them: ‘A man of the Khazraj is now being beaten in al-Abṭaḥ, crying out to you two, and claiming that there is a pact of protection between him and you.’ They said: ‘Who is he?’ He said: ‘Saʿd b. ʿUbādah.’ They said: ‘He has spoken truly, by God; he used to grant protection to our trade and prevent them from being wronged in his land.’ So the two of them came and delivered Saʿd from their hands, and he went his way. The one who struck Saʿd was Suhayl b. ʿAmr, the brother of the Banū ʿĀmir b. Luʾayy.” Ibn Hishām said: “The man who leaned towards him was Abū al-Bakhtarī b. Hishām.” Ibn Isḥāq said: “The first poetry composed about the Hijrah were two verses spoken by Ḍirār b. al-Khaṭṭāb b. Mirdās, brother of the Banū Muḥārib b. Fihr: “You overtook Saʿd by force and seized him; / It would have been a cure had you overtaken Mundhir. / Had you got him, his wounds would have been avenged there; / And he was deserving of being humiliated and left unavenged.” Ibn Hishām said: “It is also related: ‘And he was worthy to be humiliated and left unavenged.’” Ibn Isḥāq said: “Ḥassān b. Thābit answered him regarding those two verses, saying: “You have no claim to Saʿd or the man Mundhir, / When the people’s mounts become lean and travel-worn. / Had it not been for Abū Wahb, elegies would have passed / Over the height of al-Barqāʾ, descending with bared heads. / Do you boast of linen when you have worn it, / Though the Nabataeans wear short cloaks? / Do not be like the drowsy one who dreams he is / In the village of Kisrā or the village of Qayṣar. / Do not be like the bereaved mother who was far removed / From bereavement, had her heart reflected. / Do not be like the ewe whose death came / Through the hollow of her own forelegs, and she was not content with a dug grave. / Do not be like the barker who advanced towards his own slaughter, / Not fearing an arrow from the quiver, fitted to the string. / For we and those who send odes towards us / Are like one who imports dates to the land of Khaybar.”
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