Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 479-2b
✧ 'Alqamah b. 'Ulathah al-'Amiri
"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أبِى الْفَغْوَاءِ الْخُزَاعِىِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: بَعَثَنِى النَّبِىُّ ﷺ بِمَالٍ إِلَى أَبِى سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ يُفَرِّقُهُ في فُقَرَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ يَتَألَّفُهُمْ، فَقَالَ لِى: الْتَمِسْ صَاحِبًا، فَلَقِيتُ عَمْرو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِىَّ قَالَ: فَأَنَا أَخْرُجُ مَعَكَ وَأُحْسِنُ صُحْبَتَكَ، فَجِئْتُ النَّبىَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ الله إِنِّى قَدْ وَجَدْتُ صَاحِبًا، قَالَ: مَنْ؟ قُلْتُ: عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِىُّ زَعَمَ أنَّهُ سَيُحْسِنُ صُحْبَتِى قَالَ: فَهُوَ إِذَنْ: فَلَمَّا أَجْمَعَتُ الْمَسِيرَ خَلَا بِىَ دُونَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلْقَمَةُ إِذَا بَلَغْتَ بِلَادَ بَنِى ضَمْرَةَ فَكُنْ مِنْ أَخِيكَ عَلَى حَذَرٍ، فَإِنِّى قَدْ (ذَكَرْتُ) قَوْلَ الْقَائِلِ: أخُوكَ الْبَكْرِىُّ وَلَا تَأمَنْهُ، فَخَرَجْنَا حَتَّى جِئْنَا الأَبْوَاءَ وَهِىَ بِلَادُ بَنِى ضَمْرَةَ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ إِنِّى أُرِيدُ أَنْ آتِى بَعْضَ قَوْمِى هَهُنَا لِحَاجَةٍ لِى، قُلْتُ: لَا عَلَيْكَ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّى ضَرَبْتُ بَعِيرِى وَذَكَرْتُ مَا أَوْصَانِى بِهِ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ وَالله قَدْ طَلَعَ بِنَفَرٍ مِنْهُمْ مَعَهُمُ الْقِسِىُّ والنَّبْلُ: فَلَمَّا رَأيْتُهُمْ ضَرَبْتُ بَعِيرِى، فَلَمَّا رآنِى قَد فُتُّ الْقَوْمَ أَدْرَكَنِى، فَقَالَ: جِئْتُ قَوْمِى؟ وَكَانَتْ لِى إلَيْهِمْ حَاجَةٌ، فَقُلْتُ أَجَلْ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ مَكَّةَ دَفَعْتُ الْمَالَ إِلَى أَبِى سُفْيَانَ، فَجَعَلَ أَبو سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ رَأَى أَبرَّ مِنْ هَذَا وَلَا أَوْصَلَ - يَعْنِى النَّبِىَّ ﷺ ؟ إِنَّا نجاهِدُهُ وَنَطْلُبُ دَمَهُ، وَهُوَ يَبْعَثُ إِلَيْنَا بِالصِّلاتِ يَبَرُّنا بِهَا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAlqamah b. Biá al-Faghwāʾ al-Khuzāʿi from his father
- Baʿathaniá
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"From 'Abd Allah ibn 'Alqamah ibn Abi al-Faghwa' al-Khuza'i, from his father, who said: The Prophet ﷺ sent me with money to Abu Sufyan ibn Harb to distribute among the poor of Quraysh, while they were polytheists, to win their hearts. He said to me: 'Find a companion.' I met 'Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri, who said: 'I will go out with you and treat you well in your company.' I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have found a companion.' He said: 'Who?' I said: 'Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri, who claims that he will treat me well in my company.' He said: 'Then so be it.' When I had resolved to set out, he took me aside privately and said: 'O 'Alqamah, when you reach the lands of Banu Damrah, be cautious of your brother. Verily, I remember the saying of the poet: Your brother is al-Bakri, so do not trust him.' We set out until we came to al-Abwa', which is the land of Banu Damrah. 'Amr ibn Umayyah said: 'I want to go to some of my people here for a matter of mine.' I said: 'Do not worry about it.' When he turned away, I struck my camel and recalled what the Prophet ﷺ had charged me with. Behold, by Allah, he had come up with a group of them carrying bows and arrows. When I saw them, I struck my camel. When he saw that I had outpaced the people, he caught up with me and said: 'Did you go to your people?' He had some need of them, and I said: 'Yes.' When I reached Makkah I handed the money to Abu Sufyan. Abu Sufyan kept saying: 'Who has seen one more righteous or more generous than this man, meaning the Prophet ﷺ? We fight him and seek his blood, yet he sends us gifts and treats us kindly.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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