Sirat Ibn Hisham 570
Surāqah and his riding in pursuit of the Messenger ﷺ
[ سُرَاقَةُ وَرُكُوبُهُ فِي أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ حَدَّثَهُ. عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ سُرَاقَةَ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ فِيهِ مِئَةَ نَاقَةٍ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي إذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا، حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكْبَهُ ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا، إنِّي لَأَرَاهُمْ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ، قَالَ: فَأَوْمَأْتُ إلَيْهِ بِعَيْنِي: أَنْ اُسْكُتْ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: إنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ، يَبْتَغُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ، قَالَ: لَعَلَّهُ، ثُمَّ سَكَتَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَكَثْتُ قَلِيلًا، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ بَيْتِي، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي، فَقُيِّدَ لِي إلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي، وَأَمَرْتُ بِسِلَاحِي، فَأُخْرِجَ لِي مِنْ دُبُرِ حُجْرَتِي، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّتِي أَسَتَقْسِمُ بِهَا، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ، فَلَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي، ثُمَّ أَخَرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي، فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا، فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ. قَالَ: وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ، فَآخُذَ الْمِئَةَ النَّاقَةِ. قَالَ: فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ، فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ بِي، فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَخَرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا، فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ. قَالَ: فَأَبَيْتُ إلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ. قَالَ: فَرَكِبْتُ فِي أَثَرِهِ، فَبَيْنَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي، عَثَرَ بِي، فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَخَرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ، قَالَ: فَأَبَيْتُ إلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ، فَرَكِبْتُ فِي أَثَرِهِ. فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِي الْقَوْمُ وَرَأَيْتهمْ، عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي، فَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ انْتَزَعَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ، وَتَبِعَهُمَا دُخَانٌ كَالْإِعْصَارِ. قَالَ: فَعَرَفْتُ حَيْنَ رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي، وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ. قَالَ: فَنَادَيْتُ الْقَوْمَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ جُعْشُمٍ: اُنْظُرُونِي أُكَلِّمْكُمْ، فَوَاَللَّهِ لَا أَرَيْبُكُمْ، وَلَا يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: قُلْ لَهُ: وَمَا تَبْتَغِي مِنَّا ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: تَكْتُبُ لِي كِتَابًا يَكُونُ آيَةً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ. قَالَ: اُكْتُبْ لَهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ
Translation
✧ [Surāqah and his riding in pursuit of the Messenger ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: al-Zuhrī narrated to me that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mālik b. Juʿshum narrated to him, from his father, from his paternal uncle Surāqah b. Mālik b. Juʿshum, who said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ left Makkah as an emigrant to Madinah, Quraysh set a reward of a hundred she-camels for anyone who brought him back to them. He said: While I was sitting in the assembly of my people, a man from among us came up and stood before us and said: By God, I have just seen three riders pass by me; I think they were Muḥammad and his companions. He said: I gestured to him with my eye to be silent. Then I said: They are only the sons of so-and-so, looking for a stray camel of theirs. He said: Perhaps. Then he fell silent. He said: Then I waited a little, then I got up and entered my house. Then I ordered my horse to be brought and it was tethered for me at the bottom of the valley. I ordered my weapons and they were brought out to me from behind my chamber. Then I took my divining arrows with which I sought omens, and I set off. I put on my armor, then I took out my arrows and sought omens with them, and the arrow that I disliked came out: "it will not harm him." He said: I was hoping to bring him back to Quraysh and take the hundred she-camels. He said: So I rode in pursuit of him. While my horse was galloping with me, it stumbled and I fell off it. He said: I said: What is this? He said: Then I took out my arrows and sought omens with them, and the arrow that I disliked came out: "it will not harm him." He said: But I insisted on following him. He said: So I rode in pursuit of him. While my horse was galloping with me, it stumbled and I fell off it. He said: I said: What is this? He said: Then I took out my arrows and sought omens with them, and the arrow that I disliked came out: "it will not harm him." He said: But I insisted on following him, so I rode in pursuit of him. When the group appeared to me and I saw them, my horse stumbled, its forelegs sank into the ground, and I fell off it. Then it pulled its forelegs out of the ground, and they were followed by a smoke like a whirlwind. He said: When I saw that, I knew that he had been protected from me, and that he would prevail. He said: I called out to the group: I am Surāqah b. Juʿshum: wait for me so that I may speak to you. By God, I will not cause you any harm, and nothing you dislike will come to you from me. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Abū Bakr: Tell him: What do you seek from us? He said: Abū Bakr said that to him. I said: Write for me a document that will be a sign between me and you. He said: Write it for him, O Abū Bakr.
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