Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/503)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr related that Abu Bakr said: “By Allah, for birds to carry me off would be dearer to me than that I should initiate anything before the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” He therefore sent Usāmah out, but asked his permission to keep ʿUmar with him.

When the army reached Syria, a thick fog enveloped them, screening them until they attacked and obtained what they desired. News of both the Prophet’s death ﷺ and of Usāmah’s raid on Heraclius’s territory reached the emperor simultaneously. The Romans exclaimed, “What is the matter with these people? Their leader dies and yet they still raid our land!” (1)

Ibn Isḥāq transmitted—from Saʿīd ibn ʿUbayd ibn al-Sabbāq, from Muḥammad ibn Usāmah, from his father—who said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ grew gravely ill, I returned, and the people returned, to Medina. I entered upon him while he was silent, unable to speak. He would place his hands on me and then raise them, and I understood that he was praying for me.” (2)

Ahmad, in his Musnad, narrated: Ḥajjāj told us—Shurayk informed us—from al-ʿAbbās ibn Dhurayḥ, from al-Bahiy, from ʿĀʾishah: Usāmah once tripped over the door-threshold and split his forehead. The Prophet ﷺ sucked the blood from the wound and then spat it out, saying, “Had Usāmah been a girl, I would have clothed and adorned her until I could marry her off.” (3)

(1) The base manuscript reads as above. In Tadhhib Ibn Asakir, 2/397, the wording is: "ma balu haulai yamutu sahibuhum an agharu ala ardina" (What is the matter with these people? Their companion has died and yet they raid our land). Tabaqat Ibn Saʿd records: "ma bala haulai bimoeti sahibihim an agharu ala ardina" (Why are these people raiding our land because their companion has died?). (2) Reported by Ahmad, 5:201, and by al-Tabarani, no. 377. The chain is reliable, for Ibn Ishaq explicitly states the transmission in Ahmad’s version. (3) Reported by Ahmad, 6:222; Ibn Majah, no. 1976; and Ibn Saʿd, 4:61–62; see also 501 T 3 above.

قَالَ عُرْوَةُ بنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَاللهِ لأَنْ تَخْطَفَنِي الطَّيْرُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَبْدَأَ بِشَيْءٍ قَبْلَ أَمْرِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَبَعَثَ أُسَامَةَ، وَاسْتَأْذَنَهُ فِي عُمَرَ أَنْ يَتْرُكَهُ عِنْدَهُ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا الشَّامَ، أَصَابَتْهُمْ ضَبَابَةٌ شَدِيْدَةٌ، فَسَتَرَتْهُمْ حَتَّى أَغَارُوا، وَأَصَابُوا حَاجَتَهُمْ. فَقَدِمَ عَلَى هِرَقْلَ مَوْتُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإغَارَةُ أُسَامَةَ عَلَى أَرْضِهِ فِي آنٍ وَاحِدٍ. فَقَالَتِ الرُّوْمُ: مَا بَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ يَمُوْتُ صَاحِبُهُمْ وَأَنْ أَغَارُوا عَلَى أَرْضِنَا (١) ! ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: عَنْ سَعِيْدِ بنِ عُبَيْدِ بنِ السَّبَّاقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا ثَقُلَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ هَبَطْتُ، وَهَبَطَ النَّاسُ المَدِيْنَةَ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، وَقَدْ أَصْمَتَ فَلاَ يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَجَعَلَ يَضَعُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيَّ، ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُهُمَا؛ فَأَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ يَدْعُو لِي (٢) . أَحْمَدُ فِي (مُسْنَدِهِ) : حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيْكٌ، عَنِ العَبَّاسِ بنِ ذَرِيْحٍ، عَنِ البَهِيِّ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: أَنَّ أُسَامَةَ عَثَرَ بِأُسْكُفَةِ البَابِ، فَشُجَّ فِي جَبْهَتِهِ، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَمُصُّهُ، ثُمَّ يَمُجُّهُ، وَقَالَ: (لَوْ كَانَ أُسَامَةُ جَارِيَةً لَكَسَوْتُهُ، وَحَلَّيْتُهُ حَتَّى أُنْفِقَهُ) (٣) .

(١) كذا الأصل، وفي " تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٢ / ٣٩٧: ما بال هؤلاء يموت صاحبهم أن أغاروا على أرضنا. وفي " طبقات ابن سعد " ما بالى هؤلاء بموت صاحبهم أن أغاروا على أرضنا. (٢) أخرجه أحمد ٥ / ٢٠١، والطبراني (٣٧٧) وسنده قوي، فقد صرح ابن إسحاق بالتحديث عند أحمد. (٣) أخرجه أحمد ٦ / ٢٢٢، وابن ماجة (١٩٧٦) ، وابن سعد ٤ / ٦١، ٦٢، وقد تقدم في ٥٠١ ت ٣.