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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5227

✧ The conquests of Iraq

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وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَارِثِ، سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، ثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ يَعْنِي الشَّعْبِيَّ، قَالَ:

وَكَتَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى خَالِدٍ ؓ - يَعْنِي يَوْمَ الْيَمَامَةِ وَقَتْلِ أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ - أَنْ يَسِيرَ إِلَى الْحِيرَةِ ثُمَّ يَمْضِيَ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الْحِيرَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ فَارِسَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ لَا أَبْرَحَ حَتَّى أُفْزِعَهُمْ، فَأَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى سُورَا، فَقَتَلَ وَسَبَى، ثُمَّ أَغَارَ عَلَى عَيْنِ التَّمْرِ فَقَتَلَ وَسَبَى، ثُمَّ مَضَى إِلَى الشَّامِ. قَالَ عَامِرٌ يَعْنِي الشَّعْبِيَّ: فَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ ابْنُ بُقَيْلَةَ - يَعْنِي عَبْدَ الْمَسِيحِ الْحِمْيَرِيَّ - كِتَابَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَيْهِمْ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، مِنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى مَرَازِبَةِ فَارِسَ، سَلَامٌ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَإِنِّي أَحْمَدُ اللهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، بِالْحَمْدِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْلُهُ، الَّذِي فَصَلَ حُرُمَكُمْ، وَفَرَّقَ جَمَاعَتَكُمْ، وَوَهَّنَ بَأْسَكُمْ، وَسَلَبَ مُلْكَكُمْ، فَإِذَا جَاءَكُمْ كِتَابِي هَذَا، فَاعْتَقِدُوا مِنِّي الذِّمَّةَ، وَأَدُّوا الْجِزْيَةَ، وَابْعَثُوا إِلَيَّ بِالرُّهُنِ، وَإِلَّا، فَوَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّكُمْ بِقَوْمٍ، يُحِبُّونَ الْمَوْتَ كَحُبِّكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá
  2. Abū al-Ḥārith Surayj b. Yūnus
  3. Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah
  4. Mujālid
  5. ʿĀmir / al-Shaʿbī

✧ Abu Bakr ؓ wrote to Khalid ؓ — meaning on the day of al-Yamamah and the killing of the apostates — to march to al-Hirah then proceed to Syria. When he camped at al-Hirah, he wrote to the people of Persia, then said: 'I would love not to leave until I frighten them.' So he raided them until he reached Sura, killing and taking captives. Then he raided Ayn al-Tamr, killing and taking captives. Then he proceeded to Syria. Amir, meaning al-Sha'bi, said: Ibn Buqaylah — meaning Abd al-Masih al-Himyari — brought out to me the letter of Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ to them: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Khalid ibn al-Walid to the marzbans of Persia: Peace be upon those who follow guidance. To proceed: I praise Allah, besides whom there is no deity, with the praise He deserves, who has cut off your sacred precincts, dispersed your unity, weakened your might, and stripped away your kingdom. When this letter of mine reaches you, accept from me the covenant of protection, pay the jizyah, and send hostages to me. Otherwise, by Him besides whom there is no deity, I will fight you with a people who love death as you love life. Peace be upon those who follow guidance.

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