Sirat Ibn Hisham 603
A testimony from Ṣafiyya concerning the obstinacy of the Jews
شَهَادَةٌ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ على عناد اليهود قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ قَالَ: حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: كُنْتُ أَحَبَّ وَلَدِ أَبِي إلَيْهِ، وَإِلَى عَمِّي أَبِي يَاسِرٍ، لَمْ أَلْقَهُمَا قَطُّ مَعَ وَلَدٍ لَهُمَا إلَّا أَخَذَانِي دُونَهُ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَنَزَلَ قُبَاءَ، فِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، غَدَا عَلَيْهِ أَبِي، حُيَيُّ بْنُ أَخْطَبَ، وَعَمِّي أَبُو يَاسِرِ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ، مُغَلِّسَيْنِ. قَالَتْ: فَلَمْ يَرْجِعَا حَتَّى كَانَا مَعَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ. قَالَتْ: فَأَتَيَا كَالَّيْنِ كَسْلَانَيْنِ سَاقِطَيْنِ يَمْشِيَانِ الْهُوَيْنَى. قَالَتْ: فَهَشِشْتُ إلَيْهِمَا كَمَا كُنْتُ أَصْنَعُ، فَوَاَللَّهِ مَا الْتَفَتَ إلَيَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا، مَعَ مَا بِهِمَا مِنْ الْغَمِّ. قَالَتْ: وَسَمِعْتُ عَمِّي أَبَا يَاسِرٍ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِأَبِي حُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ: أَهُوَ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ وَاَللَّهِ؛ قَالَ: أَتَعْرِفُهُ وَتُثْبِتُهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَمَا فِي نَفْسِكَ مِنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: عَدَاوَتُهُ وَاَللَّهِ مَا بَقِيتُ.
Translation
✧ A testimony from Ṣafiyyah concerning the obstinacy of the Jews. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm related to me, saying: I was told on the authority of Ṣafiyyah bt. Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab that she said: I was the dearest of my father’s children to him, and to my uncle Abū Yāsir. I never met them together with any child of theirs but they took me rather than him. She said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah and alighted at Qubāʾ among the Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf, my father Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab and my uncle Abū Yāsir b. Akhṭab went to him early, before dawn. She said: They did not return until sunset. She said: They came back weary, dejected, and drooping, walking slowly. She said: I hurried to meet them as I used to do, but by Allah, neither of them turned to me, because of the grief that was upon them. She said: And I heard my uncle Abū Yāsir saying to my father Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab: Is it he? He said: Yes, by Allah. He said: Do you recognize him and confirm him? He said: Yes. He said: Then what is in your heart concerning him? He said: Enmity toward him, by Allah, as long as I live.
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