58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
كُلُّ عَسَى فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ وَاجِبَةٌ
[Machine] I and my mother were among those whom Allah excused.
كُنْتُ وَأُمِّي مِمَّنْ عَذَرَ اللهُ
سُفْيَانَ
[Machine] When we gathered for the migration, Ayash ibn Abi Rabia, Hisham ibn al-Aas ibn Wail, and I said that our meeting point would be the Adaat of the Bani Ghifar. So, whoever among you does not arrive by morning, he will be imprisoned. So, I stayed with Ayash ibn Abi Rabia and Hisham was imprisoned. There was a trial, and he was tested in Madinah. We used to say, "What is wrong with these people? They knew Allah, believed in Him, and confirmed His Messenger, but then turned away for worldly temptations." Then Allah revealed in them, "Say, O My servants who have transgressed against themselves: Despair not of the mercy of Allah" (Az-Zumar, 53) until His saying, "A refuge for the proud" (Az-Zumar, 60). Umar said, "So, I wrote it with my own hands in a book and sent it to Hisham." Hisham ibn al-Aas said, "When it reached me, I took it and went to Dhi Tuwa. I climbed up and directed it to Fuh'am to understand it. I said, "O Allah, give me understanding of it." Then I returned and sat on my camel and caught up with the Messenger of Allah. Hisham was martyred with Ajnad in the governorate of Abu Bakr.
لَمَّا اجْتَمَعْنَا لِلْهِجْرَةِ اتَّعَدْتُ أَنَا وَعَيَّاشُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ وَهِشَامُ بْنُ الْعَاصِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ وَقُلْنَا الْمِيعَادُ بَيْنَنَا التَّنَاضِبُ مِنْ أَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ فَمَنْ أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ لَمْ يَأْتِهَا فَقَدْ حُبِسَ فَلْيَمْضِ صَاحِبَاهُ فَأَصْبَحْتُ عِنْدَهُ أَنَا وَعَيَّاشُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ وَحُبِسَ عَنَّا هِشَامٌ وَفُتِنَ فَافْتُتِنَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَكُنَّا نَقُولُ مَا اللهُ بِقَابِلٍ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ تَوْبَةً قَوْمٌ عَرَفُوا اللهَ وَآمَنُوا بِهِ وَصَدَّقُوا رَسُولَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا عَنْ ذَلِكَ لِبَلَاءٍ أَصَابَهُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِيهِمْ {قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ} [الزمر 53] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {مَثْوًى لَلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ} [الزمر 60] قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَكَتَبْتُهَا بِيَدِي كِتَابًا ثُمَّ بَعَثْتُ بِهَا إِلَى هِشَامٍ فَقَالَ هِشَامُ بْنُ الْعَاصِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ عَلَيَّ خَرَجْتُ بِهَا إِلَى ذِي طُوًى فَجَعَلْتُ أَصْعَدُ بِهَا وَأُصَوِّبُ لِأَفْهَمَهَا فَقُلْتُ اللهُمَّ فَهِّمْنِيهَا وَفَرَقْتُ إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِينَا لِمَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا وَيُقَالُ فِينَا فَرَجَعْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرِي فَلَحِقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُتِلَ هِشَامٌ شَهِيدًا بِأَجْنَادِينَ فِي وِلَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to renounce their religion] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allah] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful (Using translation from Qurʾān 16:110)
أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِيمَنْ كَانَ يُفْتَنُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ {ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا ثُمَّ جَاهَدُوا وَصَبَرُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [النحل 110]
[Machine] Ayyash ibn Abi Rabee'ah embraced Islam and migrated to the Prophet ﷺ . Abu Jahl ibn Hisham, his maternal brother, came to him with another man and said to him, "Your mother is calling you, may Allah have mercy on her, and it is her right that you return to her." So he accompanied them and they tied him up until they reached Makkah, where they used to torture him.
أَسْلَمَ عَيَّاشُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ وَهَاجَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَهُوَ أَخُوهُ لِأُمِّهِ وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ أُمَّكَ تُنَاشِدُكَ رَحِمَهَا وَحَقَّهَا أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَقْبَلَ مَعَهُمَا فَرَبَطَاهُ حَتَّى قَدِمَا بِهِ مَكَّةَ فَكَانَا يُعَذِّبَانِهِ
[Machine] There were people in Mecca who had embraced Islam. When the people went out to Badr, they did not leave anyone except those who had embraced Islam. Those who had embraced Islam were killed and it was revealed about them in the Quran: "Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves..." [Quran 4:97] until His saying: "And it is not [possible] for them to find a way [to escape]." [Quran 4:98] A way of rising up to it and a path leading to the city. So the Muslims who were in Medina wrote to those who were in Mecca. When they received the letter, some people who had embraced Islam came out and the polytheists followed them and forced them until they gave them the test. Then Allah revealed about them: "Except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith." [Quran 16:106]
كَانَ نَاسٌ بِمَكَّةَ قَدْ أَقَرُّوا بِالْإِسْلَامِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ النَّاسُ إِلَى بَدْرٍ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَخْرَجُوهُ فَقُتِلَ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ أَقَرُّوا بِالْإِسْلَامِ فَنَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ} [النساء 97] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا} [النساء 98] حِيلَةً نُهُوضًا إِلَيْهَا وَسَبِيلًا طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَتَبَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بِالْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَنْ كَانَ بِمَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ إِلَيْهِمْ خَرَجَ نَاسٌ مِمَّنْ أَقَرُّوا بِالْإِسْلَامِ فَاتَّبَعَهُمُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَأَكْرَهُوهُمْ حَتَّى أَعْطَوْهُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِيهِمْ {إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْإِيمَانِ} [النحل 106]
While the Prophet ﷺ was offering the ʿIsha' prayer, he said, "Allah hears him who sends his praises to Him," and then said before falling in prostration, "O Allah, save ʿAiyash bin Rabiʿa. O Allah, save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah, save Al-Walid bin Al-Wahd. O Allah, save the weak ones among the believers. O Allah, let Your punishment be severe on the tribe of Mudar. O Allah, inflict upon them years (of famine) like the years of Joseph." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4598)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا قَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ قَالَ اللهُمَّ أَنْجِ عَيَّاشَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ اللهُمَّ أَنْجِ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ اللهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ اللهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اللهُمَّ اشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ سِنِينَ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ