Sirat Ibn Hisham 722
The Messenger's ﷺ Seeking Assurance from the Ansar
[ اسْتِيثَاقُ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْأَنْصَارِ ] ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَإِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الْأَنْصَارَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمْ عَدَدُ النَّاسِ، وَأَنَّهُمْ حِينَ بَايَعُوهُ بِالْعَقَبَةِ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: إنَّا بُرَاءٌ مِنْ ذِمَامِكَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إلَى دِيَارِنَا، فَإِذَا وَصَلْتَ إلَيْنَا، فَأَنْتَ فِي ذِمَّتِنَا نَمْنَعُكَ مِمَّا نَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَنَا. فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَخَوَّفُ أَلَّا تَكُونَ الْأَنْصَارُ تَرَى عَلَيْهَا نَصْرَهُ إلَّا مِمَّنْ دَهَمَهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ، وَأَنْ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَسِيرَ بِهِمْ إلَى عَدُوٍّ مِنْ بِلَادِهِمْ. فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ: وَاَللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّكَ تُرِيدُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ أَجَلْ، قَالَ: فَقَدْ آمَنَّا بِكَ وَصَدَّقْنَاكَ، وَشَهِدْنَا أَنَّ مَا جِئْتَ بِهِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ، وَأَعْطَيْنَاكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عُهُودَنَا وَمَوَاثِيقَنَا، عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ، فَامْضِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَا أَرَدْتَ فَنَحْنُ مَعَكَ، فَوَاَلَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، لَوْ اسْتَعْرَضْتَ بِنَا هَذَا الْبَحْرَ فَخُضْتَهُ لَخُضْنَاهُ مَعَكَ، مَا تَخَلَّفَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَمَا نَكْرَهُ أَنْ تَلْقَى بِنَا عَدُوَّنَا غَدًا، إنَّا لَصُبُرٌ فِي الْحَرْبِ، صُدُقٌ فِي اللِّقَاءِ. لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يُرِيكَ مِنَّا مَا تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُكَ، فَسِرْ بِنَا عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ. فَسُرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَوْلِ سَعْدٍ، وَنَشَّطَهُ ذَلِكَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: سِيرُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ وَعَدَنِي إحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ، وَاَللَّهِ لَكَأَنِّي الْآنَ أَنْظُرُ إلَى مَصَارِعِ الْقَوْمِ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger's ﷺ seeking assurance concerning the Anṣār] Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Counsel me, O people," intending thereby the Anṣār. That was because they were the majority of the people, and because when they pledged allegiance to him at al-ʿAqabah, they said: "O Messenger of God, we are free of any obligation to protect you until you reach our land; when you reach us, you will be under our protection, and we will defend you as we defend our own sons and women." So the Messenger of God ﷺ feared that the Anṣār might think they were not obliged to help him except against an enemy who attacked him in Madinah, and that they were not obliged to march with him against an enemy from their own lands. When the Messenger of God ﷺ said that, Saʿd b. Muʿādh said to him: "By God, it is as if you mean us, O Messenger of God?" He said: "Yes." Saʿd said: "We have believed in you and declared you truthful, and we have testified that what you have brought is the truth, and on that basis we have given you our covenants and binding pledges to hear and obey. So go forth, O Messenger of God, to whatever you desire, for we are with you. By Him who sent you with the truth, if you were to lead us into this sea and wade into it, we would wade into it with you; not one man of us would stay behind. We do not dislike that you meet our enemy with us tomorrow. Indeed we are steadfast in war, true in encounter. Perhaps God will show you from us what will delight your eye. So march with us, with the blessing of God." The Messenger of God ﷺ was delighted by Saʿd's words, and that cheered him. Then he said: "March and be of good cheer, for God, may He be exalted, has promised me one of the two parties. By God, it is as if I now see the places where the people will fall."
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