50. Expeditions

٥٠۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ

50.160 [Machine] With what are they commanded?

٥٠۔١٦٠ بَابٌ بِمَ يُؤْمَرُونَ

nasai-kubra:8787Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ibn Nawfal b. Musāḥiq > Ibn ʿIṣām from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say to his army or expedition, "When you see a mosque or hear a call to prayer, do not kill anyone." So the Prophet ﷺ sent us on an expedition and commanded us with that. We set out and traveled through the land of Tihamah. We came across a man driving his sheep, so we presented Islam to him and said, "Are you a Muslim?" He replied, "What is Islam?" We informed him of it, but he did not recognize it. He asked, "If I don't accept Islam, what will you do?" We said, "We will kill you." He asked, "Are you waiting for me to reach my sheep?" We replied, "Yes, we are waiting for you, and we will catch up to you." So, he left and approached a woman who was in her hut and said, "Embrace Islam, Hubaysh, before the means of sustenance are cut off. Embrace Islam nine or eight times in succession, then he said, "Do you remember when I passed by you and found you adorned or when I came to you with false pretenses? Wasn't it right for a lover to go to extremes to enter secret and hidden places even if I am not guilty?" I said, "When we were together, we traveled together, and I embraced you with affection before parting ways. Then the leader is separated from the beloved one, and he approached us and said, "What is your condition? We have killed him, and the other fell on him from her hut, grieving for him until she died."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ مُسَاحِقٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِصَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ جَيْشًا أَوْ سَرِيَّةً قَالَ لَهُمْ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مَسْجِدًا أَوْ سَمِعْتُمْ مُؤَذِّنًا فَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَحَدًا فَبَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةً فَأَمَرَنَا بِذَلِكَ فَخَرَجْنَا نَسِيرُ فِي أَرْضِ تِهَامَةَ فَأَدْرَكْنَا رَجُلًا يَسُوقُ ظَعَائِنَ فَعَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْإِسْلَامَ فَقُلْنَا أَمُسْلِمٌ أَنْتَ» فَقَالَ «وَمَا الْإِسْلَامُ؟ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ» قَالَ «فَإِنْ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ فَمَا أَنْتُمْ صَانِعُونَ؟» قُلْنَا «نَقْتُلُكَ» قَالَ «فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَظِرِيَّ حَتَّى أُدْرِكَ الظَّعَائِنَ؟» قُلْنَا نَعَمْ وَنَحْنُ مُدْرِكُوكَ فَخَرَجَ فَأَتَى امْرَأَةً وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا فَقَالَ أَسْلِمِي حُبَيْشُ قَبْلَ انْقِطَاعِ الْعَيْشِ أَسْلِمِي عَشْرًا وَثَمَانِيًا تَتْرَى وَتِسْعًا وِتْرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَتَذْكُرْنَ إِذْ طَالَعْتُكُمْ فَوَجَدْتُكُمْ بِحِلْيَةٍ أَوْ أَدْرَكْتُكُمْ بِالْخَوَانِقِ أَلَمْ يَكُ حَقًّا أَنْ يَنُولَ عَاشِقٌ تَكَلَّفَ إِدْلَاجَ السُّرَى وَالْوَدَائِقِ فَلَا ذَنْبَ لِي قَدْ» قُلْتُ إِذْ أَهَلْنَا مَعًا أَثِيبِي بِوَصْلٍ قَبْلَ إِحْدَى الصَّفَائِقِ أَثِيبِي بِوَصْلٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَشْحَطَ النَّوَى وَيَنْأَى الْأَمِيرُ بِالْحَبِيبِ الْمُفَارِقِ ثُمَّ أَتَانَا فَقَالَ «شَأْنُكُمْ فَقَدَّمْنَاهُ فَضَرَبْنَا عُنُقَهُ فَنَزَلَتِ الْأُخْرَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ هَوْدَجِهَا فَحَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ»