Sirat Ibn Hisham 571
Surāqah and his riding in pursuit of the Messenger ﷺ
[ إسْلَامُ سُرَاقَةَ ] ( قَالَ ): فَكَتَبَ لِي كِتَابًا فِي عَظْمٍ، أَوْ فِي رُقْعَةٍ، أَوْ فِي خَزَفَةٍ، ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهُ إلَيَّ، فَأَخَذَتْهُ، فَجَعَلْتُهُ فِي كِنَانَتِي، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ، فَسَكَتُّ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَفَرَغَ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ وَالطَّائِفِ، خَرَجْتُ وَمَعِي الْكِتَابَ لَأَلْقَاهُ، فَلَقِيتُهُ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ. قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ فِي كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ خَيْلِ الْأَنْصَارِ. قَالَ: فَجَعَلُوا يَقْرَعُونَنِي بِالرِّمَاحِ وَيَقُولُونَ: إلَيْكَ ( إلَيْكَ )، مَاذَا تُرِيدُ ؟ قَالَ: فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ، وَاَللَّهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إلَى سَاقِهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ. قَالَ: فَرَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَذَا كِتَابُكَ ( لِي )، أَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ جُعْشُمٍ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ، ادْنُهْ. قَالَ: فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ، فَأَسْلَمْتُ. ثُمَّ تَذَكَّرْتُ شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهُ فَمَا أَذْكُرُهُ، إلَّا أَنِّي قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، الضَّالَّةُ مِنْ الْإِبِلِ تَغْشَى حِيَاضِي، وَقَدْ مَلَأْتهَا لِإِبِلِي، هَلْ لِي مِنْ أَجْرٍ فِي أَنْ أَسْقِيَهَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ حَرَّى أَجْرٌ قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إلَى قَوْمِي، فَسُقْتُ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَدَقَتِي
Translation
✧ [The Conversion of Surāqah] (He said): He wrote for me a document on a bone, or on a patch, or on a potsherd, then threw it to me. I took it and placed it in my quiver, then returned. I kept silent and mentioned nothing of what had happened until the conquest of Makkah by the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he had finished with Ḥunayn and al-Ṭāʾif. I went out with the document to meet him, and I met him at al-Jiʿrānah. He said: I entered among a squadron of the Anṣār's cavalry. He said: They began striking me with their spears and saying, 'Away with you! Away with you! What do you want?' He said: I drew near to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was on his she-camel. By God, it was as if I were looking at his shin in his stirrup, as if it were a palm pith. He said: I raised my hand with the document and said, 'O Messenger of God, this is your document to me. I am Surāqah b. Juʿshum.' He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'A day of fulfillment and righteousness. Draw near.' He said: I drew near to him and became a Muslim. Then I remembered something I wanted to ask the Messenger of God ﷺ about, but I do not remember it now, except that I said, 'O Messenger of God, stray camels come to my watering troughs, which I have filled for my own camels. Is there any reward for me if I give them water?' He said, 'Yes, in every living creature with a moist liver there is a reward.' He said: Then I returned to my people and sent my ṣadaqah to the Messenger of God ﷺ.
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