Sirat Ibn Hisham 552
The emigration of ʿUmar and the story of ʿAyyāsh
[ تَغْرِيرُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَالْحَارِثِ بِعَيَّاشٍ ] فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ نَزَلْنَا فِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ بقُباءٍ، وَخَرَجَ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ إلَى عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ، وَكَانَ ابْنَ عَمِّهِمَا وَأَخَاهُمَا لِأُمِّهِمَا، حَتَّى قَدِمَا عَلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ، فَكَلَّمَاهُ وَقَالَا: إنَّ أُمَّكَ قَدْ نَذَرَتْ أَنْ لَا يَمَسَّ رَأْسَهَا مُشْطٌ حَتَّى تَرَاكَ، وَلَا تَسْتَظِلَّ مِنْ شَمْسٍ حَتَّى تَرَاكَ، فَرَقَّ لَهَا، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا عَيَّاشُ، إنَّهُ وَاَللَّهِ إنْ يُرِيدَكَ الْقَوْمُ إلَّا لِيَفْتِنُوكَ عَنْ دِينِكَ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ آذَى أُمَّكَ الْقَمْلُ لَامْتَشَطَتْ، وَلَوْ قَدْ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا حَرُّ مَكَّةَ لَاسْتَظَلَّتْ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَبَرُّ قَسَمَ أُمِّي، وَلِي هُنَالِكَ مَالٌ فَآخُذُهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاَللَّهِ إنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ أَنِّي لَمِنْ أَكْثَرِ قُرَيْشٍ مَالًا، فَلَكَ نِصْفُ مَالِي وَلَا تَذْهَبْ مَعَهُمَا. قَالَ: فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ إلَّا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعَهُمَا؛ فَلَمَّا أَبَى إلَّا ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: أَمَّا إذْ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ مَا فَعَلْتَ، فَخُذْ نَاقَتِي هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا نَاقَةٌ نَجِيبَةٌ ذَلُولٌ، فَالْزَمْ ظَهْرَهَا، فَإِنْ رَابَكَ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ رَيْبٌ، فَانْجُ عَلَيْهَا. فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهَا مَعَهُمَا، حَتَّى إذَا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ، قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ اسْتَغْلَظْتُ بَعِيرِي هَذَا، أَفَلَا تُعْقِبَنِي عَلَى نَاقَتِكَ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَأَنَاخَ، وَأَنَاخَا لِيَتَحَوَّلَ عَلَيْهَا، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَوْا بِالْأَرْضِ عَدَوْا عَلَيْهِ، فَأَوْثَقَاهُ وَرَبَطَاهُ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَا بِهِ مَكَّةَ، وَفَتَنَاهُ فَافْتُتِنَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ بَعْضُ آلِ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ: أَنَّهُمَا حَيْنَ دَخَلَا بِهِ مَكَّةَ دَخَلَا بِهِ نَهَارًا مُوثَقًا، ثُمَّ قَالَا: يَا أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ، هَكَذَا فَافْعَلُوا بِسُفَهَائِكُمْ، كَمَا فَعَلْنَا بِسَفِيهِنَا هَذَا
Translation
✧ [The deception of Abū Jahl and al-Ḥārith concerning ʿAyyāsh] When we arrived in Madinah, we stayed among the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf at Qubāʾ. Abū Jahl b. Hishām and al-Ḥārith b. Hishām went out to ʿAyyāsh b. Abī Rabīʿah—he was their paternal cousin and their maternal brother—until they came to us in Madinah, while the Messenger of God ﷺ was in Makkah. They spoke to him and said: 'Your mother has vowed that no comb shall touch her head until she sees you, and that she shall not seek shade from the sun until she sees you.' So he felt compassion for her. I said to him: 'O ʿAyyāsh, by God, the people want only to tempt you away from your religion, so beware of them. By God, if lice were to afflict your mother, she would comb her hair, and if the heat of Makkah became severe upon her, she would seek shade.' He said: 'I will fulfill my mother's oath, and I have property there, so I will take it.' I said: 'By God, you know that I am among the wealthiest of Quraysh; you may have half of my wealth, and do not go with them.' But he refused to do anything but depart with them. When he insisted on that, I said to him: 'Since you have done what you have done, take this she-camel of mine, for she is a noble and docile camel; keep to her back, and if any doubt from the people arises in you, flee upon her.' So he departed upon her with them, until when they were on part of the road, Abū Jahl said to him: 'O son of my brother, by God, I find my camel here to be rough; will you not mount me behind you on this she-camel of yours?' He said: 'Yes.' So he made his camel kneel, and they made theirs kneel, so that he could move onto hers. When they were all on the ground, they fell upon him, bound him, and tied him up. Then they entered Makkah with him and tempted him, and he was tempted. Ibn Isḥāq said: Some of the family of ʿAyyāsh b. Abī Rabīʿah told me that when they entered Makkah with him, they entered with him in the daytime, bound. Then they said: 'O people of Makkah, thus do to your foolish ones, as we have done to this foolish one of ours.'
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