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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5091

✧ Killing of Ka'b b. al-Ashraf

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ، يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، قَالَ:

إِنَّهُمُ اجْتَمَعُوا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى بَلَغَ بَقِيعَ الْغَرْقَدِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُقْمِرَةٍ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنْهُمْ، وَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلُوا حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى حِصْنِهِ، يَعْنِي: كَعْبَ بْنَ الْأَشْرَفِ، فَهَتَفَ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ بِهِ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: إِنَّكَ مُحَارِبٌ، وَإِنَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَرْبِ لَا يَنْزِلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: إِنَّهُ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ، وَاللهِ لَوْ وَجَدَنِي نَائِمًا مَا أَيْقَظَنِي، فَقَالَتْ: وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ فِي صَوْتِهِ الشَّرَّ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: لَوْ يُدْعَى الْفَتَى لِطَعْنِهِ لَأَجَابَ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَتَحَدَّثُوا سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: لَوْ مَشَيْنَا إِلَى شِعْبِ الْعَجُوزِ فَتَحَدَّثْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا عَهْدَ لَنَا بِذَلِكَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَبَا نَائِلَةَ شَامَ يَدَهُ فِي فَوْدِ رَأْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ كَاللَّيْلَةِ عِطْرًا أَطْيَبَ، ثُمَّ مَشَى سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ عَادَ بِمِثْلِهَا حَتَّى اطْمَأَنَّ، فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي فَوْدِ رَأْسِهِ، فَأَخَذَ شَعَرَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اضْرِبُوا عَدُوَّ اللهِ قَالَ: فَاخْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَسْيَافُهُمْ، قَالَ: وَصَاحَ عَدُوُّ اللهِ صَيْحَةً فَلَمْ يَبْقَ حِصْنٌ إِلَّا أُوقِدَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَارٌ، قَالَ: وَأُصِيبَتْ رِجْلُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ السُّيُوفَ لَا تُغْنِي شَيْئًا ذَكَرْتُ مِغْوَلًا فِي سَيْفِي، فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى سُرَّتِهِ فَتَحَامَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عَانَتَهُ فَوَقَعَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا فَسَلَكْنَا عَلَى بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، ثُمَّ عَلَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، ثُمَّ عَلَى بُعَاثٍ، ثُمَّ أَسْرَيْنَا فِي حَرَّةِ الْعُرَيْضِ، وَأَبْطَأَ الْحَارِثُ وَنَزَفَ الدَّمُ فَوَقَفْنَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ احْتَمَلْنَاهُ حَتَّى جِئْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِقَتْلِ عَدُوِّ اللهِ، فَتَفَلَ ﷺ عَلَى جُرْحِ الْحَارِثِ، فَرَجَعْنَا بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا خَافَتْ يَهُودُ لِوَقْعَتِنَا بِعَدُوِّ اللهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ يَهُودَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ، فَوَثَبَ مُحَيِّصَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى ابْنِ سُنَيْنَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ تُجَّارِ يَهُودَ، وَكَانَ يُبَايِعُهُمْ وَيُخَالِطُهُمْ فَقَتَلَهُ، قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ حُوَيِّصَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُشْرِكٌ، وَكَانَ أَسَنَّ مِنْهُ يَضْرِبُهُ وَيَقُولُ: أَيْ عَدُوَّ اللهِ أَقَتَلْتَهُ، وَاللهِ لَرُبَّ شَحْمٍ فِي بَطْنِكَ مِنْ مَالِهِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، لَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي بِقَتْلِهِ رَجُلٌ لَوْ أَمَرَنِي بِقَتْلِكَ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ، قَالَ: آللهِ لَوْ أَمَرَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِقَتْلِي لَقَتَلْتَنِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَاللهِ فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، إِنَّ دِينًا بَلَغَ بِكَ هَذَا لَدِينٌ عَجَبٌ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ إِسْلَامِ حُوَيِّصَةَ مِنْ قِبَلِ قَوْلِ أَخِيهِ، فَقَالَ مُحَيِّصَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ شِعْرًا

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Isḥāq
  2. And Hb b. Jarīr
  3. my father
  4. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq
  5. Thawr b. Yazīd
  6. ʿIkrimah
  7. Ibn ʿAbbās

✧ They gathered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he walked with them until he reached Baqi' al-Gharqad on a moonlit night. He said: Go forth in the name of Allah. O Allah, help them. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to his house. They went on until they reached his fortress, meaning Ka'b b. al-Ashraf. Abu Na'ilah called out to him, and he came down to him while he was recently married. His wife said to him: You are a warrior, and a man of war does not come down at such an hour. He said to her: It is Abu Na'ilah. By Allah, if he found me sleeping, he would not wake me. She said: By Allah, I recognize evil in his voice. He said to her: If a young man is called to a thrust, he answers. So he came down to them, and they talked for a while. Then they said: If we walked to Shi'b al-'Ajuz and talked tonight, for we have not done that for a long time. He said: Yes. They went out walking. Then Abu Na'ilah felt his hand in the side of his head and said: I have never seen perfume as fragrant as tonight. Then he walked for a while, then repeated it until he was reassured. He put his hand into the side of his head and grabbed his hair, then said: Strike the enemy of Allah. Their swords fell upon him in confusion. The enemy of Allah screamed a scream, and no fortress remained but a fire was lit on it. Al-Harith's leg was injured. Muhammad b. Maslamah said: When I saw that the swords were not effective, I remembered a short sword in my scabbard. I took it and placed it on his navel and pressed on it until it reached his pubic area, and he fell. Then we left and took the road past Banu Umayyah, then Banu Qurayzah, then Bu'ath, then we traveled at night through the Harrah of al-'Urayd. Al-Harith was delayed and bleeding, so we stopped for him. Then we carried him until we came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the end of the night while he was praying. He came out to us, and we informed him of the killing of the enemy of Allah. He ﷺ spat on the wound of al-Harith, and we returned with him to his house. The people dispersed to their camps. When morning came, the Jews feared because of our attack on the enemy of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever you find of the men of the Jews, kill him. Muhayyisah b. Mas'ud jumped on Ibn Sunaynah, a man from the Jewish merchants, who used to trade with them and mix with them, and killed him. Huwayyisah b. Mas'ud, who was then a polytheist and older than him, began to beat him and say: O enemy of Allah, you killed him? By Allah, there is much fat in your belly from his wealth. He said: By Allah, a man ordered me to kill him, and if he ordered me to kill you, I would strike your neck. He said: By Allah, if Muhammad ordered you to kill me, would you kill me? He said: Yes, by Allah. He said: By Allah, a religion that has brought you to this is indeed amazing. Thus the first Islam of Huwayyisah came from the words of his brother. Muhayyisah composed poetry about that.

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