58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ captured a man from the Banī 'Āqil tribe. They tied him up and left him in the desert. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him while we were with him, or he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across him while riding on a donkey, with a saddle made of Qatifa underneath him." The man called out, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" So the Prophet ﷺ came to him and said, "What is your matter?" He replied, "What will happen to me?" The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What did you do to deserve this? And what did the two men who were captured before you do?" He said, "I was taken as a prisoner by the armed men from Thaqif while they had captured two of the Prophet's companions. So I left them and ran away." Then the man called out again, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had mercy on him and went back to him, saying, "What is your matter?" The man said, "I am hungry, so feed me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "I thought he would say this." Then the man said, "I am thirsty, so give me something to drink." The Prophet ﷺ said, "This is your need." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ransomed the two men from Thaqif and took the man's camel as compensation.
أَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عَقِيلٍ فَأَوْثَقُوهُ فَطَرَحُوهُ فِي الْحَرَّةِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ أَوْ قَالَ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَتَحْتَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ فِيمَ أُخِذْتُ وَفِيمَ أُخِذَتْ سَابِقَةُ الْحَاجِّ؟ قَالَ أُخِذْتَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكُمْ ثَقِيفٍ وَكَانَتْ ثَقِيفٌ قَدْ أَسَرَتْ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَتَرَكَهُ وَمَضَى فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَرَحِمَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ وَمَضَى فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ وَإِنِّي عَطْشَانُ فَاسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ فَفَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَسَرَتْهُمَا ثَقِيفٌ وَأَخَذَ نَاقَتَهُ تِلْكَ