Sirat Ibn Hisham 696
Ibn Jahsh Opens the Prophet's ﷺ Letter and Proceeds to His Destination
[ مَا جَرَى بَيْنَ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ وَمَا خَلَصَ بِهِ ابْنُ جَحْشٍ ] فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ الْقَوْمُ هَابُوهُمْ وَقَدْ نَزَلُوا قَرِيبًا مِنْهُمْ، فَأَشْرَفَ لَهُمْ عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ مُحْصَنٍ، وَكَانَ قَدْ حَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ أَمِنُوا، وَقَالُوا عَمَّارٌ، لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُمْ. وَتَشَاوَرَ الْقَوْمُ فِيهِمْ وَذَلِكَ فِي آخِرِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ وَاَللَّهِ لَئِنْ تَرَكْتُمْ الْقَوْمَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ لَيَدْخُلُنَّ الْحَرَمَ، فَلَيَمْتَنِعُنَّ مِنْكُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ لَتَقْتُلُنَّهُمْ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ؛ فَتَرَدَّدَ الْقَوْمُ، وَهَابُوا الْإِقْدَامَ عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ شَجَّعُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَأَجْمَعُوا عَلَى قَتْلِ مَنْ قَدَرُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَخْذِ مَا مَعَهُمْ. فَرَمَى وَاقِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ التَّمِيمِيُّ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ بِسَهْمِ فَقَتَلَهُ، وَاسْتَأْسَرَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَكَمَ ابْنَ كَيْسَانَ، وَأَفْلَتَ الْقَوْمَ نَوْفَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَأَعْجَزَهُمْ. وَأَقْبَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَحْشٍ وَأَصْحَابُهُ بِالْعِيرِ وَبِالْأَسِيرَيْنِ، حَتَّى قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ آلِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ: أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: إنَّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِمَّا غَنِمْنَا الْخُمُسَ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْرِضَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى الْخُمُسَ مِنْ الْمَغَانِمِ - فَعَزَلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خُمُسَ الْعِيرِ، وَقَسَّمَ سَائِرَهَا بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ
Translation
✧ [What occurred between the two parties and how Ibn Jaḥsh resolved it] When the people saw them, they were wary of them, for they had camped near them. ʿUkkāshah b. Miḥṣan looked out at them, and he had shaved his head. When they saw him, they felt safe and said, "They are pilgrims; you have nothing to fear from them." The people consulted about them, and that was on the last day of Rajab. They said, "By God, if you leave the people tonight, they will enter the sanctuary and be protected from you by it; and if you kill them, you will kill them in the sacred month." The people hesitated and were wary of advancing against them. Then they encouraged themselves against them and resolved to kill whomever of them they could and to seize what they had. Wāqid b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī shot ʿAmr b. al-Ḥaḍramī with an arrow and killed him. They took ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd Allāh and al-Ḥakam b. Kaysān captive. Nawfal b. ʿAbd Allāh escaped the people and eluded them. ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaḥsh and his companions returned with the caravan and the two captives until they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ in Madinah. Some of the family of ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaḥsh mentioned that ʿAbd Allāh said to his companions, "The Messenger of God ﷺ is entitled to a fifth of what we have taken as booty"—that was before God Almighty prescribed the fifth from spoils—so he set aside a fifth of the caravan for the Messenger of God ﷺ and divided the rest among his companions.
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