Sirat Ibn Hisham 547
Mention of the emigrants to Madinah
ذِكْرُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ [ هِجْرَةُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَزَوْجُهُ وَحَدِيثُهَا عَمَّا لَقِيَا ] فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ: أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَخْزُومٍ، وَاسْمُهُ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، هَاجَرَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَبْلَ بَيْعَةِ أَصْحَابِ الْعَقَبَةِ بِسَنَةٍ، وَكَانَ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ، فَلَمَّا آذَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ وَبَلَغَهُ إسْلَامُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ، خَرَجَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ مُهَاجِرًا. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي إسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَتْ: لَمَّا أَجْمَعَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُرُوجَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَحَلَ لِي بَعِيرَهُ ثُمَّ حَمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ، وَحَمَلَ مَعِي ابْنِي سَلَمَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فِي حِجْرِي، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بِي يَقُودُ بِي بَعِيرَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ رِجَالُ بَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَخْزُومٍ قَامُوا إلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا هَذِهِ نَفْسُكَ غَلَبْتنَا عَلَيْهَا، أَرَأَيْتَ صَاحِبَتَكَ هَذِهِ ؟ عَلَامَ نَتْرُكُكَ تَسِيرُ بِهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَنَزَعُوا خِطَامَ الْبَعِيرِ مِنْ يَدِهِ، فَأَخَذُونِي مِنْهُ. قَالَتْ: وَغَضِبَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ، رَهْطُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، فَقَالُوا: لَا وَاَللَّهِ، لَا نَتْرُكُ ابْنَنَا عِنْدَهَا إذْ نَزَعْتُمُوهَا مِنْ صَاحِبِنَا. قَالَتْ: فَتَجَاذَبُوا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى خَلَعُوا يَدَهُ، وَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ، وَحَبَسَنِي بَنُو الْمُغِيرَةِ عِنْدَهُمْ، وَانْطَلَقَ زَوْجِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَتْ: فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ زَوْجِي وَبَيْنَ ابْنِي. قَالَتْ: فَكُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ كُلَّ غَدَاةٍ فَأَجْلِسُ بِالْأَبْطُحِ، فَمَا أَزَالُ أَبْكِي، حَتَّى أَمْسَى سَنَةً أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا حَتَّى مَرَّ بِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَمِّي، أَحَدُ بَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ، فَرَأَى مَا بِي فَرَحِمَنِي فَقَالَ لِبَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ: أَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ هَذِهِ الْمِسْكِينَةَ، فَرَّقْتُمْ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ زَوْجِهَا وَبَيْنَ وَلَدِهَا قَالَتْ: فَقَالُوا لِي: الْحَقِي بِزَوْجِكَ إنْ شِئْتِ. قَالَتْ: وَرَدَّ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ إلَيَّ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ابْنِي. قَالَتْ: فَارْتَحَلْتُ بَعِيرِي ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ابْنِي فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حِجْرِي، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ أُرِيدُ زَوْجِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَتْ: وَمَا مَعِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ. قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: أَتَبَلَّغُ بِمَنْ لَقِيتُ حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَيَّ زَوْجِي، حَتَّى إذَا كُنْتُ بِالتَّنْعِيمِ لَقِيتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَخَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ فَقَالَ لِي: إلَى أَيْنَ يَا بِنْتَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: أُرِيدُ زَوْجِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَ: أَوَمَا مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: لَا وَاَللَّهِ، إلَّا اللَّهُ وَبُنَيَّ هَذَا. قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا لَكَ مِنْ مَتْرَكٍ، فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِ الْبَعِيرِ، فَانْطَلَقَ مَعِي يَهْوِي بِي، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا صَحِبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْعَرَبِ قَطُّ، أَرَى أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَكْرَمَ مِنْهُ، كَانَ إذَا بَلَغَ الْمَنْزِلَ أَنَاخَ بِي، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْخَرَ عَنِّي، حَتَّى إذَا نَزَلْتُ اسْتَأْخَرَ بِبَعِيرِي، فَحَطَّ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَيَّدَهُ فِي الشَّجَرَةِ، ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى ( عَنِّي ) إلَى شَجَرَةٍ، فَاضْطَجَعَ تَحْتَهَا، فَإِذَا دَنَا الرَّوَاحُ، قَامَ إلَى بَعِيرِي فَقَدَّمَهُ فَرَحَلَهُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْخَرَ عَنِّي، وَقَالَ: ارْكَبِي. فَإِذَا رَكِبْتُ وَاسْتَوَيْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرِي أَتَى فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِهِ، فَقَادَهُ، حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ بِي. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ بِي حَتَّى أَقْدَمَنِي الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إلَى قَرْيَةِ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ بقُباءٍ، قَالَ: زَوْجُكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ - وَكَانَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بِهَا نَازِلًا - فَادْخُلِيهَا عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَاجِعًا إلَى مَكَّةَ. قَالَ: فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ: وَاَللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَصَابَهُمْ مَا أَصَابَ آلَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَمَا رَأَيْتُ صَاحِبًا قَطُّ كَانَ أَكْرَمَ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ
Translation
✧ Mention of the Emigrants to Madinah [The Migration of Abū Salamah and His Wife, and Her Account of What They Encountered] The first of the Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ to emigrate to Madinah from among the Emigrants of Quraysh, of the Banū Makhzūm, was Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Asad b. Hilāl b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar b. Makhzūm – his given name was ʿAbd Allāh. He emigrated to Madinah a year before the pledge of al-ʿAqabah. He had arrived in Makkah to the Messenger of God ﷺ from the land of Abyssinia. When Quraysh harmed him and news reached him of the Islam of those of the Anṣār who had embraced Islam, he departed for Madinah as an emigrant. Ibn Isḥāq said: My father Isḥāq b. Yasār related to me, from Salamah b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah, from his grandmother Umm Salamah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ. She said: When Abū Salamah resolved to depart for Madinah, he saddled his camel for me, then seated me on it, and placed with me my son Salamah b. Abī Salamah in my lap. Then he set out with me, leading my camel. When the men of Banū al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar b. Makhzūm saw him, they rose against him and said: “This is yourself; you have overcome us regarding it. But do you see this companion of yours? How could we let you travel with her through the land?” She said: So they snatched the camel’s halter from his hand and took me away from him. She said: At that, the Banū ʿAbd al-Asad, the clan of Abū Salamah, became angry and said: “No, by God, we will not leave our son with her now that you have taken her from our companion.” She said: So they pulled my son Salamah between them until they dislocated his hand, and the Banū ʿAbd al-Asad went off with him, while the Banū al-Mughīrah detained me with them. My husband Abū Salamah departed for Madinah. She said: Thus I was separated from my husband and from my son. She said: I would go out every morning and sit in al-Abṭaḥ, and I did not cease weeping until evening, for a year or close to it, until a man of my paternal cousins, one of the Banū al-Mughīrah, passed by me. He saw what I was in and took pity on me, and said to the Banū al-Mughīrah: “Will you not let this poor woman go? You have separated her from her husband and her child.” She said: So they said to me: “Join your husband if you wish.” She said: And the Banū ʿAbd al-Asad returned my son to me at that. She said: So I saddled my camel, took my son and placed him in my lap, and set out seeking my husband in Madinah. She said: And there was not one of God’s creatures with me. She said: I said: I will manage with whomever I meet until I reach my husband. When I was at al-Tanʿīm, I met ʿUthmān b. Ṭalḥah b. Abī Ṭalḥah, brother of the Banū ʿAbd al-Dār. He said to me: “Where to, O daughter of Abū Umayyah?” She said: I said: “I seek my husband in Madinah.” He said: “Is there no one with you?” She said: I said: “No, by God, except God and this little son of mine.” He said: “By God, you shall not be left.” Then he took hold of the camel’s halter and went along with me, walking briskly. By God, I have never accompanied a man of the Arabs whom I considered more noble than he. When he reached a halting place, he made my camel kneel, then he withdrew from me. When I had dismounted, he withdrew with my camel, removed its load, then hobbled it to a tree. Then he turned aside to a tree and lay down beneath it. When the time of departure drew near, he came to my camel, brought it forward, saddled it, then withdrew from me and said: “Mount.” When I had mounted and settled on my camel, he came, took hold of its halter, and led it until he stopped with me. He kept doing that for me until he brought me to Madinah. When he looked at the village of Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf at Qubāʾ, he said: “Your husband is in this village – for Abū Salamah was staying there – enter it with God’s blessing.” Then he turned back to Makkah. She said: She used to say: By God, I know of no household in Islam afflicted as the family of Abū Salamah was afflicted, and I have never seen a companion more noble than ʿUthmān b. Ṭalḥah.
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