Sirat Ibn Hisham 656
The affair of al-Sayyid and al-ʿĀqib, and mention of the mutual imprecation
[ مَنْزِلَةُ أَبِي حَارِثَةَ عِنْدَ مُلُوكِ الرُّومِ ] وَكَانَ أَبُو حَارِثَةَ قَدْ شَرُفَ فِيهِمْ، وَدَرَسَ كُتُبَهُمْ، حَتَّى حَسُنَ عِلْمُهُ فِي دِينِهِمْ، فَكَانَتْ مُلُوكُ الرُّومِ مِنْ النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ قَدْ شَرَّفُوهُ وَمَوَّلُوهُ وَأَخْدَمُوهُ، وَبَنَوْا لَهُ الْكَنَائِسَ، وَبَسَطُوا عَلَيْهِ الْكَرَامَاتِ، لِمَا يَبْلُغُهُمْ عَنْهُ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ وَاجْتِهَادِهِ فِي دِينِهِمْ. [ سَبَبُ إسْلَامِ كُوزِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ ] فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نَجْرَانَ، جَلَسَ أَبُو حَارِثَةَ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ لَهُ مُوَجِّهًا ( إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ )، وَإِلَى جَنْبِهِ أَخٌ لَهُ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: كُوزُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: كُرْزٌ - فَعَثَرَتْ بَغْلَةُ أَبِي حَارِثَةَ، فَقَالَ كُوزٌ: تَعِسَ الْأَبْعَدُ: يُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ: فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو حَارِثَةَ: بَلْ أَنْتَ تَعِسْتَ فَقَالَ: وَلِمَ يَا أَخِي ؟ قَالَ: وَاَللَّهِ إنَّهُ لَلنَّبِيُّ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَنْتَظِرُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ كُوزٌ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْهُ وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: مَا صَنَعَ بِنَا هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ، شَرَّفُونَا وَمَوَّلُونَا وَأَكْرَمُونَا، وَقَدْ أَبَوْا إلَّا خِلَافَهُ، فَلَوْ فَعَلْتُ نَزَعُوا مِنَّا كُلَّ مَا تَرَى. فَأَضْمَرَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ أَخُوهُ كُوزُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ، حَتَّى أَسْلَمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ. فَهُوَ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي
Translation
✧ [The station of Abū Ḥārithah with the kings of the Romans] And Abū Ḥārithah had been honored among them and had studied their books, until his knowledge of their religion became excellent. And the kings of the Romans, of the Christians, had honored him, enriched him, and provided him servants, built churches for him, and extended to him marks of honor, because of what reached them of his knowledge and his diligent striving in their religion. [The reason for the Islam of Kūz b. ʿAlqamah] When they returned to the Messenger of God ﷺ from Najrān, Abū Ḥārithah sat upon a mule of his, facing toward the Messenger of God ﷺ, and at his side was a brother of his called Kūz b. ʿAlqamah—Ibn Hishām said: It is also said Kurz—and the mule of Abū Ḥārithah stumbled, so Kūz said: "May the far-off one stumble," meaning the Messenger of God ﷺ. Then Abū Ḥārithah said to him: "Rather you have stumbled." He said: "And why, my brother?" He said: "By God, he is indeed the Prophet whom we were awaiting." Then Kūz said to him: "What prevents you from him, when you know this?" He said: "What these people have done with us: they have honored us, enriched us, and shown us generosity, and they have refused anything but opposing him; so if I did so, they would strip from us all that you see." So his brother Kūz b. ʿAlqamah kept this secret from him about it, until he later embraced Islam. And it was he who related this account from him, as it has reached me.
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