Sirat Ibn Hisham 560
The Prophet's ﷺ departure and his appointing ʿAlī to lie on his bed
[ خُرُوجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَاسْتِخْلَافُهُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ ] فَأَتَى جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السِّلَامُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَا تَبِتْ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى فِرَاشِكَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَبِيتُ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ عَتَمَةٌ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى بَابِهِ يَرْصُدُونَهُ مَتَى يَنَامُ، فَيَثِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَكَانَهُمْ، قَالَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: نَمْ عَلَى فِرَاشِي وَتَسَجَّ بِبُرْدِي هَذَا الْحَضْرَمِيِّ الْأَخْضَرِ، فَنَمْ فِيهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَخْلُصَ إلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُهُ مِنْهُمْ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ فِي بُرْدِهِ ذَلِكَ إذَا نَامَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ قَالَ: لَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ، وَفِيهِمْ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، فَقَالَ وَهُمْ عَلَى بَابِهِ: إنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّكُمْ إنْ تَابَعْتُمُوهُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، كُنْتُمْ مُلُوكَ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ، ثُمَّ بُعِثْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ، فَجُعِلَتْ لَكُمْ جِنَانٌ كَجِنَانِ الْأُرْدُنِّ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا كَانَ لَهُ فِيكُمْ ذَبْحٌ، ثُمَّ بُعِثْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ، ثُمَّ جُعِلَتْ لَكُمْ نَارٌ تُحْرَقُونَ فِيهَا. قَالَ: وَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ تُرَابٍ فِي يَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ، أَنْتَ أَحَدُهُمْ. وَأَخَذَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى أَبْصَارِهِمْ عَنْهُ، فَلَا يَرَوْنَهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْثُرُ ذَلِكَ التُّرَابَ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ وَهُوَ يَتْلُو هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ مِنْ يس: يس وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ إلَى قَوْلِهِ: فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إلَّا وَقَدْ وَضَعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تُرَابًا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إلَى حَيْثُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ، فَأَتَاهُمْ آتٍ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَنْتَظِرُونَ هَاهُنَا ؟ قَالُوا: مُحَمَّدًا؛ قَالَ: خَيَّبَكُمْ اللَّهُ قَدْ وَاَللَّهِ خَرَجَ عَلَيْكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ، ثُمَّ مَا تَرَكَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلًا إلَّا وَقَدْ وَضَعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تُرَابًا، وَانْطَلَقَ لِحَاجَتِهِ، أَفَمَا تَرَوْنَ مَا بِكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ، ثُمَّ جَعَلُوا يَتَطَلَّعُونَ فَيَرَوْنَ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ مُتَسَجِّيًا بِبُرْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَيَقُولُونَ: وَاَللَّهِ إنَّ هَذَا لَمُحَمَّدٌ نَائِمًا، عَلَيْهِ بُرْدُهُ. فَلَمْ يَبْرَحُوا كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحُوا فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ عَنْ الْفِرَاشِ فَقَالُوا: وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَانَ صَدَقَنَا الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا
Translation
✧ [The going forth of the Prophet ﷺ and his leaving ʿAlī behind in his bed] Jibrīl ﷺ came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Do not spend this night on your bed on which you used to sleep. He said: When a part of the night had passed, they gathered at his door watching for him so that when he slept they would pounce upon him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw their place, he said to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib: Sleep on my bed and cover yourself with this green Ḥaḍramī cloak of mine, and sleep in it, for nothing you dislike from them will reach you. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sleep in that cloak of his when he slept. Ibn Isḥāq said: Yazīd b. Ziyād narrated to me, from Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Quraẓī, who said: When they gathered for him, and among them was Abū Jahl b. Hishām, he said while they were at his door: Muḥammad claims that if you follow him in his affair, you will be kings of the Arabs and the non-Arabs, then you will be raised after your death and gardens like the gardens of Jordan will be made for you; and if you do not, he will have slaughter among you, then you will be raised after your death, and then a fire will be made for you in which you will burn. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out upon them, took a handful of dust in his hand, then said: I say that—you are one of them. And Allah, exalted is He, took hold of their sight away from him, so they did not see him. He began to scatter that dust upon their heads while reciting these verses from Yā Sīn: Yā Sīn. By the wise Qurʾān, indeed you are among the messengers, on a straight path, a revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful, up to His saying: And We have covered them, so they do not see—until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished these verses, and there did not remain among them a man but that he had placed dust upon his head. Then he went away to where he intended to go. Someone who had not been with them came to them and said: What are you waiting for here? They said: Muḥammad. He said: May Allah disappoint you! By Allah, Muḥammad came out upon you, then he did not leave a man among you but that he placed dust upon his head, and he went off for his need. Do you not see what is upon you? He said: Each man of them put his hand on his head, and there was dust upon it. Then they began to peer and saw ʿAlī on the bed, covered with the cloak of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they said: By Allah, this is Muḥammad sleeping, with his cloak upon him. They did not cease thus until morning came, then ʿAlī ؓ rose from the bed, and they said: By Allah, the one who told us was truthful.
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