Sirat Ibn Hisham 699
The Revelation of the Qurʾan Regarding b. Jahsh's Action and the Prophet's ﷺ Endorsement of It
[ نُزُولُ الْقُرْآنِ فِي فِعْلِ ابْنِ جَحْشٍ وَإِقْرَارُ الرَّسُولِ لَهُ ﷺ فِي فِعْلِهِ ] فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرَ النَّاسُ فِي ذَلِكَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ: يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيهِ قُلْ قِتَالٌ فِيهِ كَبِيرٌ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَكُفْرٌ بِهِ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَإِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَيْ إنْ كُنْتُمْ قَتَلْتُمْ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ فَقَدْ صَدُّوكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَعَ الْكُفْرِ بِهِ، وَعَنْ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ، وَإِخْرَاجُكُمْ مِنْهُ وَأَنْتُمْ أَهْلُهُ، أَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ قَتْلِ مَنْ قَتَلْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ أَيْ قَدْ كَانُوا يَفْتِنُونَ الْمُسْلِمَ فِي دِينِهِ، حَتَّى يَرُدُّوهُ إلَى الْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إيمَانِهِ، فَذَلِكَ أَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ الْقَتْلِ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتَّى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ دِينِكُمْ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعُوا أَيْ ثُمَّ هُمْ مُقِيمُونَ عَلَى أَخْبَثِ ذَلِكَ وَأَعْظَمِهِ، غَيْرَ تَائِبِينَ وَلَا نَازِعِينَ. فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ بِهَذَا مِنْ الْأَمْرِ، وَفَرَّجَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا كَانُوا فِيهِ مِنْ الشَّفَقِ قَبَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعِيرَ وَالْأَسِيرَيْنِ، وَبَعَثَتْ إلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فِي فِدَاءِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالْحَكَمِ ابْنِ كَيْسَانَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَا نُفْدِيكُمُوهَا حَتَّى يَقْدَمَ صَاحِبَانَا - يَعْنِي سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، وَعُتْبَةَ بْنَ غَزْوَانَ - فَإِنَّا نَخْشَاكُمْ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَإِنْ تَقْتُلُوهُمَا، نَقْتُلْ صَاحِبَيْكُمْ فَقَدِمَ سَعْدٌ وَعُتْبَةُ، فَأُفْدَاهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْهُمْ
Translation
✧ [The Revelation of the Qur'an concerning Ibn Jaḥsh's act and the Messenger's ﷺ approval of his act] When the people spoke much about that, God sent down upon His Messenger ﷺ: "They ask you about the sacred month, about fighting in it. Say, 'Fighting in it is a grave matter, and barring from God's way, and disbelief in Him, and the Sacred Mosque, and expelling its people from it are graver in God's sight'" — that is, if you killed in the sacred month, they had barred you from God's way along with disbelief in Him, and from the Sacred Mosque, and expelled you from it while you were its people; that is graver in God's sight than killing those of them whom you killed. "And persecution is graver than killing" — that is, they used to persecute the Muslim in his religion until they turned him back to disbelief after his faith; that is graver in God's sight than killing. "And they will not cease fighting you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able" — that is, then they are persisting in the foulest and gravest of that, not repenting nor desisting. When the Qur'an came down with this matter, and God, exalted is He, relieved the Muslims of the anxious fear they had been in, the Messenger of God ﷺ seized the caravan and the two captives. Quraysh sent to him concerning the ransom of ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd Allāh and al-Ḥakam b. Kaysān, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "We will not ransom them to you until our two companions arrive" — meaning Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ and ʿUtbah b. Ghazwān — "for we fear you concerning them. If you kill them, we will kill your two companions." Then Saʿd and ʿUtbah arrived, and the Messenger of God ﷺ ransomed the two from them.
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