Sirat Ibn Hisham 781
The conversion of ʿUmayr b. Wahb
إسْلَامُ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ [ صَفْوَانُ يُحَرِّضُهُ عَلَى قَتْلِ الرَّسُولِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: جَلَسَ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الْجُمَحِيُّ مَعَ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ بَعْدَ مُصَابِ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِي الْحِجْرِ بِيَسِيرٍ، وَكَانَ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ شَيْطَانًا مِنْ شَيَاطِينِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَمِمَّنْ كَانَ يُؤْذِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ، وَيَلْقَوْنَ مِنْهُ عَنَاءً وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ، وَكَانَ ابْنُهُ وَهْبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ فِي أُسَارَى بَدْرٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: أَسَرَهُ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ أَصْحَابَ الْقَلِيبِ وَمُصَابَهُمْ، فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ: وَاَللَّهِ إنْ فِي الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَهُمْ خَيْرٌ، قَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرٌ: صَدَقَتْ وَاَللَّهِ، أَمَا وَاَللَّهِ لَوْلَا دَيْنٌ عَلَيَّ لَيْسَ لَهُ عِنْدِي قَضَاءٌ وَعِيَالٌ أَخْشَى عَلَيْهِمْ الضَّيْعَةَ بَعْدِي، لَرَكِبْتُ إلَى مُحَمَّدٍ حَتَّى أَقْتُلَهُ، فَإِنَّ لِي قِبَلَهُمْ عِلَّةً: ابْنِي أَسِيرٌ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، قَالَ: فَاغْتَنَمَهَا صَفْوَانُ وَقَالَ: عَلَيَّ دَيْنُكَ، أَنَا أَقْضِيهِ عَنْكَ، وَعِيَالُكَ مَعَ عِيَالِي أُوَاسِيهِمْ مَا بَقُوا، لَا يَسَعُنِي شَيْءٌ وَيَعْجِزُ عَنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَيْرٌ: فَاكْتُمْ شَأْنِي وَشَأْنَكَ، قَالَ: أَفْعَلُ.
Translation
✧ The Islam of ʿUmayr b. Wahb [Ṣafwān Urges Him to Kill the Messenger] Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr, who said: ʿUmayr b. Wahb al-Jumaḥī sat with Ṣafwān b. Umayyah after the disaster that befell the people of Badr from Quraysh, in al-Ḥijr, shortly after. ʿUmayr b. Wahb was one of the devils of Quraysh, and one of those who used to harm the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions, and they used to encounter hardship from him while he was in Makkah. His son Wahb b. ʿUmayr was among the captives of Badr. Ibn Hishām said: Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ, one of the Banū Zurayq, took him captive. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-Zubayr related to me, from ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr, who said: He mentioned the companions of the well and their disaster, and Ṣafwān said: "By Allah, there is no good in life after them." ʿUmayr said to him: "You have spoken the truth, by Allah. Indeed, by Allah, were it not for a debt upon me that I have no means to repay, and dependents whom I fear will be lost after me, I would ride to Muḥammad until I kill him. For I have a grievance against them: my son is a captive in their hands." He said: Ṣafwān seized upon this and said: "Your debt is upon me, I will pay it off for you, and your dependents will be with my dependents; I will support them as long as they live. Nothing that I possess will be too much for them, nor will I fall short concerning them." ʿUmayr said to him: "So keep my affair and your affair secret." He said: "I will do so."
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