Sirat Ibn Hisham 726
Abu Sufyan's Caution and His Flight with the Caravan
[ حَذَرُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَهَرَبُهُ بِالْعِيرِ ] وَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَتَّى تَقَدَّمَ الْعِيرَ حَذَرًا، حَتَّى وَرَدَ الْمَاءَ، فَقَالَ لِمَجْدِيِّ بْنِ عَمْرٍو: هَلْ أَحْسَسْتَ أَحَدًا، فَقَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَنْكَرَهُ، إلَّا أَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَاكِبَيْنِ قَدْ أَنَاخَا إلَى هَذَا التَّلِّ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقَيَا فِي شَنٍّ لَهُمَا، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَا. فَأَتَى أَبُو سُفْيَانَ مُنَاخَهُمَا، فَأَخَذَ مِنْ أَبْعَارِ بَعِيرَيْهِمَا، فَفَتَّهُ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ النَّوَى؛ فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ وَاَللَّهِ عَلَائِفُ يَثْرِبَ. فَرَجَعَ إلَى أَصْحَابِهِ سَرِيعًا، فَضَرَبَ وَجْهَ عِيرِهِ عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ، فَسَاحَلَ بِهَا، وَتَرَكَ بَدْرًا بِيَسَارِ، وَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَسْرَعَ
Translation
✧ [Abū Sufyān's precaution and his flight with the caravan] Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb came forward until he advanced ahead of the caravan out of caution, until he reached the water. He said to Majdī b. ʿAmr: "Have you perceived anyone?" He replied: "I have not seen anyone I would find suspicious, except that I did see two riders who made their camels kneel by that hill, then drew water in a waterskin of theirs, then departed." Abū Sufyān went to their kneeling place, took some of the droppings of their two camels, and crumbled it; and behold, there were date stones in it. He said: "These, by God, are the fodder of Yathrib." He returned to his companions quickly, turned the face of his caravan away from the road, took it along the coast, left Badr on his left, and went on until he hastened.
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