Sirat Ibn Hisham 553
The emigration of ʿUmar and the story of ʿAyyāsh
[ كِتَابُ عُمَرَ إلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ الْعَاصِي ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ، قَالَ: فَكُنَّا نَقُولُ: مَا اللَّهُ بِقَابِلٍ مِمَّنْ اُفْتُتِنَ صَرْفًا وَلَا عَدْلًا وَلَا تَوْبَةً، قَوْمٌ عَرَفُوا اللَّهَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إلَى الْكُفْرِ لِبَلَاءٍ أَصَابَهُمْ قَالَ: وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ. فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِمْ، وَفِي قَوْلِنَا وَقَوْلِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ: قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: فَكَتَبْتهَا بِيَدِي فِي صَحِيفَةٍ، وَبَعَثْتُ بِهَا إلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ الْعَاصِي قَالَ: فَقَالَ هِشَامُ بْنُ الْعَاصِي: فَلَمَّا أَتَتْنِي جَعَلْتُ أَقْرَؤُهَا بِذِي طُوًى، أُصَعِّدُ بِهَا فِيهِ وَأُصَوِّبُ وَلَا أَفْهَمُهَا، حَتَّى قُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ فَهِّمْنِيهَا. قَالَ: فَأَلْقَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي قَلْبِي أَنَّهَا إنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِينَا، وَفِيمَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا وَيُقَالُ فِينَا. قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إلَى بَعِيرِي، فَجَلَسْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَحِقْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ
Translation
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: Nāfiʿ related to me, from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar, from ʿUmar, in his ḥadīth, who said: We used to say: God will not accept from anyone who was tempted either a turn or a ransom or a repentance—a people who knew God, then returned to unbelief because of a trial that befell them. He said: They used to say that about themselves. When the Messenger of God ﷺ arrived in Madinah, God most high sent down concerning them, and concerning our saying and their saying about themselves: 'Say: O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. And turn to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped. And follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive.' ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said: I wrote it with my own hand on a sheet and sent it to Hishām b. al-ʿĀṣī. He said: Hishām b. al-ʿĀṣī said: When it came to me, I began to read it at Dhū Ṭuwā, going up with it there and going down, not understanding it, until I said: O God, make me understand it. He said: Then God most high cast into my heart that it was sent down only concerning us, and concerning what we used to say about ourselves and what was said about us. He said: So I went back to my camel, mounted it, and caught up with the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in Madinah.
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