Sirat Ibn Hisham 602
The account of Mukhayrīq
حَدِيثُ مُخَيْرِيقٍ [ إِسْلَامُهُ وَمَوْتُهُ وَوُصَاتُهُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُخَيْرِيقٍ، وَكَانَ حَبْرًا عَالِمًا، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا غَنِيًّا كَثِيرَ الْأَمْوَالِ مِنْ النَّخْلِ، وَكَانَ يَعْرِفُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِصِفَتِهِ، وَمَا يَجِدُ فِي عِلْمِهِ، وَغَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ إلْفُ دِينِهِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى إذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ، وَكَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، قَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ، وَاَللَّهِ إنَّكُمْ لَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ نَصْرَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَقٌّ. قَالُوا: إنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ، قَالَ: لَا سَبْتَ لَكُمْ. ثُمَّ أَخَذَ سِلَاحَهُ، فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأُحُدٍ، وَعَهِدَ إلَى مَنْ وَرَاءَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ: إنْ قُتِلْتُ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ، فَأَمْوَالِي لِمُحَمَّدٍ ( ﷺ ) يَصْنَعُ فِيهَا مَا أَرَاهُ اللَّهُ. فَلَمَّا اقْتَتَلَ النَّاسُ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ. فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ - فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي - يَقُولُ: مُخَيْرِيقُ خَيْرُ الْيَهُودِ وَقَبَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمْوَالَهُ، فَعَامَّةُ صَدَقَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِنْهَا.
Translation
✧ The account of Mukhayrīq [his conversion, his death, and his bequest]. Ibn Isḥāq said: As for the account of Mukhayrīq—he was a learned rabbi, and he was a wealthy man with many date-palm properties. He recognized the Messenger of God ﷺ by his description and by what he found in his knowledge, but he was overcome by his attachment to his religion and remained so until the day of Uḥud. The day of Uḥud was a Saturday. He said: “O assembly of Jews, by God, you know that the victory of Muḥammad over you is certain.” They said: “Today is the Sabbath.” He said: “You shall have no Sabbath.” Then he took up his weapon and went out until he came to the Messenger of God ﷺ at Uḥud. He made a covenant with those of his people who were behind him: “If I am killed today, my properties are for Muḥammad ﷺ, to do with them what God shows him.” When the people fought, he fought until he was killed. The Messenger of God ﷺ, as it has reached me, used to say: “Mukhayrīq is the best of the Jews.” The Messenger of God ﷺ took possession of his properties, and most of the charitable endowments of the Messenger of God ﷺ in Madinah came from them.
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