Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/454)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on one of his journeys. He had lagged behind his mount, so I held him up with my hand until he woke. He then said, “O Allah, safeguard Abu Qatadah as he safeguarded me tonight. I fear we have only wearied you.” (1)

Ibn Saʿd said: Abu Qatadah is Ibn Ribʿī ibn Baldamah ibn Khunās ibn Sinān ibn ʿUbayd ibn ʿAdī ibn Ghanm ibn Kaʿb ibn Salamah. He added: There is disagreement about his given name: Ibn Isḥāq said it was al-Ḥārith; Ibn ʿUmārah and al-Wāqidī said al-Nuʿmān; others say ʿAmr.

His children were: ʿAbd Allah, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Thābit, ʿUbayd, Umm al-Banīn, and Umm Abān. He fought at Uḥud and the Trench.

Ayyūb narrated from Muḥammad that the Prophet ﷺ sent for Abu Qatadah. They replied, “He is combing his hair,” so he sent again, and they replied, “He is combing his hair,” and he sent a third time, receiving the same reply. He then said, “Shave his head.”

Abu Qatadah came and said, “O Messenger of Allah, spare me this time; by Allah, I shall make it up to you.” (2) The very first enemy he met thereafter was Masʿadah, the leader of the polytheists, and he killed him.

(1) Reported by al-Tabarani (no. 3271) through the route of Abd al-Razzaq, from Maʿmar, with this same chain; the isnad is sound. Also recorded by Ahmad, 5/302, through Muhammad b. Jaʿfar, from Shuʿbah, from Qatadah; and, in an expanded version, by Muslim (no. 861) in the Book of Mosques, chapter “Making up missed prayers,” through Sulayman b. al-Mughirah, from Thabit, from Abd Allah b. Rabah, from Abu Qatadah. The phrase fa-daʿamtuhu means “I straightened his body when he nodded off, placing myself beneath him like a pillar that supports a building.” (2) aʿtabahu: he relinquished the grievance he felt against him and returned to an attitude that pleased him after previously displeasing him. The report is mursal (the chain ends with a Successor, not a Companion).

رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ، إِذْ تَأَخَّرَ عَنِ الرَّاحِلَةِ، فَدَعَمْتُهُ بِيَدِي حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَظَ. فَقَالَ: (اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ كَمَا حَفِظَنِي مُنْذُ اللَّيْلَةِ، مَا أُرَانَا إِلاَّ قَدْ شَقَقْنَا عَلَيْكَ (١)) . قَالَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ: أَبُو قَتَادَةَ بنُ رِبْعِيِّ بنِ بَلْدَمَةَ بنِ خُنَاسِ بنِ سِنَانِ بنِ عُبَيْدِ بنِ عَدِيِّ بنِ غَنْمِ بنِ كَعْبِ بنِ سَلَمَةَ. قَالَ: وَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْنَا فِي اسْمِهِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: الحَارِثُ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَارَةَ، وَالوَاقِدِيُّ: النُّعْمَانُ. وَقِيْلَ: عَمْرٌو. وَلَهُ أَوْلاَدٌ، وَهُم: عَبْدُ اللهِ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَثَابِتٌ، وَعُبَيْدٌ، وَأُمُّ البَنِيْنَ، وَأُمُّ أَبَانَ. شَهِدَ أُحُداً، وَالخَنْدَقَ. أَيُّوْبُ: عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبِي قَتَادَةَ. فَقِيْلَ: يَتَرَجَّلُ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ. فَقِيْلَ: يَتَرَجَّلُ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ. فَقِيْلَ: يَتَرَجَّلُ. فَقَالَ: (احْلِقُوا رَأْسَهُ) . فَجَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ، دَعْنِي هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ، فَوَاللهِ لأُعْتِبَنَّكَ (٢) ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا لَقِيَ، قَتَلَ رَأْسَ المُشْرِكِيْنَ مَسْعَدَةَ.

(١) أخرجه الطبراني (٣٢٧١) من طرى عبد الرزاق، عن معمر بهذا الإسناد، وسنده صحيح، وأخرجه أحمد ٥ / ٣٠٢ من طريق محمد بن جعفر، عن شعبة، عن قتادة ... ، وأخرجه مطولا مسلم (٨٦١) في المساجد: باب قضاء الصلاة الفائتة، من طريق سليمان بن المغيرة، عن ثابت، عن عبد الله بن رباح، عن أبي قتادة. وقوله: فدعمته: أي: أقمت ميله من النوم، وصرت تحته كالدعامة للبناء فوقها. (٢) أعتبه: ترك ما يجد عليه من أجله، ورجع إلى ما يرضيه عنه بعد إسخاطه عليه. والحديث مرسل.