Sirat Ibn Hisham 694
Ibn Jahsh Opens the Prophet's ﷺ Letter and Proceeds to His Destination
[ فَضُّ ابْنِ جَحْشٍ كِتَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمُضِيُّهُ لِطَيَّتِهِ ] فَلَمَّا سَارَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَحْشٍ يَوْمَيْنِ فَتَحَ الْكِتَابَ، فَنَظَرَ فِيهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ: إذَا نَظَرْتَ فِي كِتَابِي هَذَا فَامْضِ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ نَخْلَةَ، بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالطَّائِفِ، فَتَرَصَّدْ بِهَا قُرَيْشًا وَتَعَلَّمْ لَنَا مِنْ أَخْبَارِهِمْ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَحْشٍ فِي الْكِتَابِ، قَالَ: سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: قَدْ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَمْضِيَ إلَى نَخْلَةَ، أَرْصُدَ بِهَا قُرَيْشًا، حَتَّى آتِيَهُ مِنْهُمْ بِخَبَرِ، وَقَدْ نَهَانِي أَنْ أَسْتَكْرِهَ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ. فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يُرِيدُ الشَّهَادَةَ وَيَرْغَبُ فِيهَا فَلْيَنْطَلِقْ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَرْجِعْ؛ فَأَمَّا أَنَا فَمَاضٍ لِأَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَمَضَى وَمَضَى مَعَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ، لَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْهُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ
Translation
✧ [Ibn Jaḥsh's breaking open the Prophet's ﷺ letter and his proceeding to its destination] When ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaḥsh had traveled for two days, he opened the letter and looked into it, and there in it was: "When you look into this letter of mine, proceed until you halt at Nakhlah, between Makkah and al-Ṭāʾif, and lie in wait there for Quraysh, and learn for us some of their news." When ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaḥsh looked into the letter, he said: "Hearkening and obedience." Then he said to his companions: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has commanded me to proceed to Nakhlah to lie in wait there for Quraysh until I bring him news of them, and he has forbidden me to compel any one of you. So whoever among you desires martyrdom and yearns for it, let him go forth, and whoever dislikes that, let him return. As for me, I am proceeding to carry out the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So he went on, and his companions went on with him; not one of them held back from him.
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