Sirat Ibn Hisham 731
The Counsel of al-Ḥubāb to the Messenger of God ﷺ
[ مَشُورَةُ الْحُبَابِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَحُدِّثْتُ عَنْ رِجَالٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ، أَنَّهُمْ ذَكَرُوا: أَنَّ الْحُبَابَ بْنَ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ الْجَمُوحِ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا الْمَنْزِلَ، أَمَنْزِلًا أَنْزَلَكَهُ اللَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَتَقَدَّمَهُ، وَلَا نَتَأَخَّرَ عَنْهُ، أَمْ هُوَ الرَّأْيُ وَالْحَرْبُ وَالْمَكِيدَةُ ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ الرَّأْيُ وَالْحَرْبُ وَالْمَكِيدَةُ ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ بِمَنْزِلِ، فَانْهَضْ بِالنَّاسِ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ أَدْنَى مَاءٍ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ، فَنَنْزِلَهُ، ثُمَّ نُغَوِّرُ مَا وَرَاءَهُ مِنْ الْقُلُبِ، ثُمَّ نَبْنِي عَلَيْهِ حَوْضًا فَنَمْلَؤُهُ مَاءً، ثُمَّ نُقَاتِلُ الْقَوْمَ، فَنَشْرَبُ وَلَا يَشْرَبُونَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَقَدْ أَشَرْتَ بِالرَّأْيِ. فَنَهَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ النَّاسِ، فَسَارَ حَتَّى إذَا أَتَى أَدْنَى مَاءٍ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالْقُلُبِ فَغُوِّرَتْ، وَبَنَى حَوْضًا عَلَى الْقَلِيبِ الَّذِي نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَمُلِئَ مَاءً، ثُمَّ قَذَفُوا فِيهِ الْآنِيَةَ
Translation
✧ [al-Ḥubāb's counsel to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: I was told on the authority of men from Banū Salimah that they mentioned that al-Ḥubāb b. al-Mundhir b. al-Jamūḥ said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you consider this stopping place: is it a place which Allah has caused you to alight, so that we have no right to advance beyond it or fall back from it, or is it a matter of opinion, war, and stratagem?" He said: "Rather, it is a matter of opinion, war, and stratagem." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is not a place to stop. Arise with the people until we come to the nearest water to the enemy and encamp there. Then we shall stop up the wells beyond it, and build a cistern over it, and fill it with water. Then we shall fight the people: we shall drink and they will not drink." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "You have indeed advised with sound judgment." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arose, he and those with him of the people, and marched until he came to the nearest water to the enemy and encamped there. Then he ordered the wells to be stopped up, and he built a cistern over the well at which he encamped, and it was filled with water. Then they threw the vessels into it.
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