Sirat Ibn Hisham 723
The Messenger ﷺ and Abu Bakr Seek News of Quraysh
[ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَتَعَرَّفَانِ أَخْبَارَ قُرَيْشٍ ] ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَفِرَانَ، فَسَلَكَ عَلَى ثَنَايَا. يُقَالُ لَهَا الْأَصَافِرُ، ثُمَّ انْحَطَّ مِنْهَا إلَى بَلَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الدَّبَّةُ، وَتَرَكَ الْحَنَّانَ بِيَمِينٍ وَهُوَ كَثِيبٌ عَظِيمٌ كَالْجَبَلِ الْعَظِيمِ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ بَدْرٍ، فَرَكِبَ هُوَ وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: الرَّجُلُ هُوَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حِبَّانَ: حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى شَيْخٍ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، وَمَا بَلَغَهُ عَنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ: لَا أُخْبِرُكُمَا حَتَّى تُخْبِرَانِي مِمَّنْ أَنْتُمَا ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إذَا أَخْبَرْتنَا أَخْبَرْنَاكَ قَالَ: أَذَاكَ بِذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ الشَّيْخُ فَإِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ خَرَجُوا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَدَقَ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي، فَهُمْ الْيَوْمَ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، لِلْمَكَانِ الَّذِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؛ وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا خَرَجُوا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَإِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي صَدَقَنِي فَهُمْ الْيَوْمَ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِلْمَكَانِ الَّذِي فِيهِ قُرَيْشٌ. فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ خَبَرِهِ، قَالَ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتُمَا ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: نَحْنُ مِنْ مَاءٍ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ قَالَ يَقُولُ الشَّيْخُ: مَا مِنْ مَاءٍ، أَمِنْ مَاءِ الْعِرَاقِ ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: يُقَالُ: ذَلِكَ الشَّيْخُ: سُفْيَانُ الضَّمَرِيُّ
Translation
✧ [The Messenger ﷺ and Abū Bakr seeking news of Quraysh] Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed from Dhafirān and took a route through mountain passes called al-Aṣāfir. Then he descended from them to a land called al-Dabba, leaving al-Ḥannān on his right, which is a great sandhill like a huge mountain. Then he camped near Badr. He and a man from his companions rode on—Ibn Hishām said: the man was Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq. Ibn Isḥāq said, as Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥibbān narrated to me: until he stopped at an old man of the Arabs, and asked him about Quraysh, and about Muḥammad and his companions, and what news had reached him of them. The old man said: I will not tell you two until you tell me who you are. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you tell us, we will tell you. He said: That for that? He said: Yes. The old man said: It has reached me that Muḥammad and his companions went out on such-and-such a day, and if the one who told me spoke truly, they are today at such-and-such a place—the place where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was; and it has reached me that Quraysh went out on such-and-such a day, and if the one who told me spoke truly to me, they are today at such-and-such a place—the place where Quraysh was. When he finished his account, he said: Who are you two? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: We are from water. Then he turned away from him. He said: The old man said: From what water? From the water of Iraq? Ibn Hishām said: That old man is said to be Sufyān al-Ḍamarī.
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