Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 476-5b
✧ 'Aqil b. Abi Talib
"عَنْ أبِى إِسْحَاقَ السُّبَيْعِى، عَنِ الشَّعْبِىِّ، عَن عَبْدِ الْمَلكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عقيل بْنِ أَبِى طَالِبٍ وَمُحَمَّد بْنِ عَبْدِ الله ابْنِ أَخِى الزُّهرِىِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ: مَرَّ بِالنَّبِىِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُ النُّقَبَاءَ وَيُكَلِّمُونَهُ، فَعَرَفَ صَوْتَ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَنَزَلَ وَعَقَلَ رَاحِلَتَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ هَذَا ابْنُ أَخِى، وَهُوَ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ، فإِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَدَّقْتُمُوهُ وآمَنْتُمْ بِهِ وَأرَدْتُمْ إِخْرَاجَهُ مَعَكُمْ فَإِنِّى أُرِيدُ أَنْ آخُذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَوْثِقًا تَطْمئنُّ بِهِ نَفْسِى، وَلَا تَخْذُلُوهُ وَلَا تَغُدُّوهُ فَإنَّ جِيرَانَكُمْ الْيَهُودُ، وَهُمْ لَهُ عَدُوٌّ، وَلَا آمَنُ مَكْرَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ أَسْعَدُ بْنُ زُرَارَةَ - وَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُ الْعباسِ حِينَ اتَّهَمَ عَلَيْهِ أسْعَدَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ - يَا رسُولَ الله ائْذَنْ لَنَا فَلْنُجِبْهُ غَيْر مُخْشِنِينَ لصَدْرِكَ وَلَا مُتَعَرِّضِينَ لِشَىْءٍ مِمَّا تَكْرَهُ إِلَّا تَصْدِيقًا لإِجَابَتِنَا إِيَّاكَ، وَإِيمَانًا بِكَ، فَقَالَ رسُولُ الله ﷺ أَجِيبُوهُ غَيْرَ مُتَّهَمِينَ، فَقَالَ أَسْعَدُ بْنُ زُرَارَةَ وَأقْبَل عَلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ الله إِنَّ لِكُلِّ دَعْوَةٍ سَبِيلًا إِنْ لِينًا وَإنْ شِدَّةً، وَقَدْ دَعَوْتَنَا الْيَوْمَ إِلَى دَعْوَةٍ مُتَهَجَّمةٍ لِلنَّاسِ مُتَوَعِّرَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ، دَعَوتَنَا إِلَى تَرْكِ دَعْوَةِ دِينِنَا وَاتِّبَاعِكَ عَلَى دِينِكَ، وَتِلْكَ رُتْبَةٌ صَعْبَةٌ فَأَجبْنَاكَ إِلَى ذَلكَ وَدَعَوْتَنَا إِلَى قَطْعِ مَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْجِوَارِ وَالأَرْحامِ الْقَرِيب وَالْبَعِيدِ، وتِلكَ رُتْبَةٌ صَعْبَةٌ، فَأَجَبْنَاكَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَدَعَوتَنَا وَنَحْنُ جَمَاعَةٌ في دَارِ عِزٍّ ومَنَعَةٍ لَا يطْمَعُ فينا أَحَدٌ أنْ يَرْؤُسَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ غَيْرِنَا قَدْ أَفْرَدَهُ قَوْمُهُ وَأَسْلَمَهُ أَعْمَامُهُ، وَتِلْكَ رُتْبَةٌ صَعْبَةٌ، فَأَجَبْنَاكَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَكُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ الرُّتَبِ مَكْرُوهَةٌ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا مَنْ عَزَمَ الله لَهُ عَلَى رُشْدِهِ، وَالْتَمَسَ الْخَيْرَ في عَوَاقِبِهَا، وَقَدْ أَجَبْنَاكَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا وَصُدُورِنَا، إِيمَانًا بِمَا جِئْتَ، وَتَصْدِيقًا بِمَعْرِفَةٍ ثَبَتَتْ في قُلُوبِنَا نُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ونُبَايعُ الله رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّكَ، يَدُ الله فَوْقَ أَيْدِينَا وَدِمَاؤُنَا دُونَ دَمِكَ، وَأَيْدِينَا دُونَ يَدِكَ، نَمْنَعُكَ [مِمَّا] نَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَنَا وَأبْنَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَنَا، فإِنْ نَفِى بِذَلِكَ فَبِالله نَفِى، وَنَحْنُ بِهِ أَسْعَدُ، وَإنْ نَغْدِرْ فَبِالله نَغْدِر وَنَحْنُ بِهِ أَشْقَى، هَذَا الصِّدْقُ مِنَّا يَا رَسُولَ الله وَالله الْمُسْتَعَانُ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ: وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمُعْتَرِضُ لَنَا بِالْقَوْلِ دُونَ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَالله أَعْلَمُ بِمَا أَرَدْتُ بِذَلِكَ، ذَكَرْتَ أنَّهُ ابْنُ أَخِيكَ، وَأَنَّهُ أَحَبُّ النَّاس إِلَيْكَ، فَنَحْنُ قَدْ قَطَعْنَا الْقَرِيبَ وَالْبَعِيدَ وَذَا الرَّحِمِ، وَنَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَرْسَلَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، لَيْسَ بِكَذَّابٍ، وَأَنَّ ما [جَاءَ] بِهِ لَا يُشبهُ كَلَامَ الْبَشَرِ، وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَطْمئنُّ لَنَا فِى أَمْرِهِ حَتَّى تَأخُذ مَوَاثِيقَنَا، فَهَذِهِ خَصَلَةٌ لَا نَرُدُّهَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ [أَرَادَهَا] لرسُولِ الله ﷺ فَخُذْ مَا [شِئْتَ] ثُم الْتَفَت [إِلَى] النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ الله خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ مَا شِئْت، وَاشْترطْ لِرَبَّكَ مَا شِئْتَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ أَشْتَرطُ لِرَبَّى - ﷻ - أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا تُشركُوا بِه شَيْئًا، وَلِنَفْسِى أَنْ تَمْنَعُونِى مِمَّا تَمْنَعُونَ مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَكُم وَنِسَاءَكُمْ، قَالُوا: فَذلكَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ الله".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Biá Isḥāq al-Subayʿiá
- al-Shaʿbi
- ʿAbd al-Malk b. ʿUmayr
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar
- ʿQyl b. Abiá Ṭālib and Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh Ibn Akhiá al-Zuhri
- al-Zuhri
- al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Mar Bi-al-Nnabi ﷺ Wahū Yukallim al-Nuqabāʾ Wayukallimūnah Faʿaraf Ṣawt al-Nabi ﷺ Fanazal Waʿaqal Rāḥilatah Thum
- Lahum Yā Maʿshar al-Aws Wa-al-Khazraj Hadhā Ibn Akhiá Wahū Aḥab al-Nās Ila Fʾin Kuntum Ṣaddaqtumūh Wāmantum Bih Waʾradtum Ikhrājah Maʿakum Faʾinniá Urīd
- Ākhudh ʿAlaykum Mawthiq Taṭmʾn Bih Nafsiá Walā Takhdhulūh Walā Taghuddūh Faʾn Jīrānakum al-Yahūd Wahum Lah ʿAdū Walā Āman Makrahum ʿAlayh
- Asʿad b. Zurārah
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"From Abu Ishaq al-Subay'i, from al-Sha'bi, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, from 'Aqil ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah, the nephew of al-Zuhri, from al-Zuhri that al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib passed by the Prophet ﷺ while he was speaking with the chiefs (nuqaba') and they were speaking with him. He recognized the voice of the Prophet ﷺ, so he dismounted, tied his mount, and then said to them: O assembly of al-Aws and al-Khazraj, this is my nephew, and he is the most beloved of people to me. If you have believed him and affirmed him and you wish to take him out with you, then I want to take from you a covenant that will reassure my soul, that you will not forsake him, nor deceive him, for your neighbors are the Jews, and they are his enemy, and I do not feel secure from their plotting against him. Then As'ad ibn Zurarah said, and the words of al-'Abbas were hard on him, when he accused As'ad and his companions: O Messenger of Allah, permit us, and we will answer him without angering your chest and without confronting anything you dislike, only out of confirmation of our answering you and faith in you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Answer him without accusing. As'ad ibn Zurarah said, turning toward the Prophet ﷺ: O Messenger of Allah, every call has a path, whether gentle or harsh. Today you have called us to a call that is bold toward the people and difficult for them. You called us to abandon the call of our religion and to follow you in your religion, and that is a difficult rank, so we answered you in that. You called us to cut off what is between us and the people of neighborhood and kinship, near and far, and that is a difficult rank, so we answered you in that. You called us while we are a group in a house of might and protection, no one hopes to have over us a man from outside us whom his people have isolated and whose paternal uncles have abandoned. That is a difficult rank, so we answered you in that. All these ranks are disliked by people except those whom Allah has resolved upon rectitude and who seek good in their outcomes. We have answered you in that with our tongues and our hearts, believing in what you brought and affirming with a knowledge settled in our hearts. We pledge to you on that, and we pledge to Allah, our Lord and yours: the hand of Allah is above our hands, our blood is beneath your blood, and our hands are beneath your hand. We will protect you as we protect ourselves, our sons, and our women. If we fulfil that, then it is by Allah that we fulfil, and we are happiest by it; and if we betray, then it is by Allah that we betray, and we are most wretched by it. This is our sincerity, O Messenger of Allah, and Allah is the One sought for help. Then he turned his face toward al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib and said: As for you, O one who objects to us with words instead of the Prophet ﷺ, Allah knows best what you intended by that. You mentioned that he is your nephew and that he is the most beloved of people to you. We have cut off the near and the far and the kin, and we testify that he is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whom He sent from Himself; he is not a liar, and what he has brought does not resemble the speech of humans. As for what you mentioned, that you do not feel reassured about us regarding his matter until you take our covenants, this is a condition we will not refuse to anyone who desires it for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So take what you wish. Then he turned to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, take for yourself what you wish, and stipulate for your Lord what you wish. The Prophet ﷺ said: I stipulate for my Lord, Exalted be He, that you worship Him and do not associate anything with Him, and for myself that you protect me from what you protect yourselves, your sons, and your women from. They said: That is for you, O Messenger of Allah."
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أبو نعيم
machine translationAbū Nuʿaym
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