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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and I fear he may perish, even though you have granted security to both the red and the black alike.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Catch up with your cousin, for he is safe. (1)

Ibn al-Zubayr narrated that Safwan lent the Prophet ﷺ one hundred coats of mail together with their full equipment. The Messenger of Allah ordered him to take them to Hunayn and to keep them there until the Prophet ﷺ returned to al-Jiʿrāna. (2)

As the Prophet was riding along with Safwan, looking over the spoils, Safwan’s gaze fell upon a valley filled with camels, sheep, and their herdsmen. He kept staring at it while the Messenger of Allah watched him. Then the Prophet said, “Abū Wahb! Does this please you?” He replied, “Yes.” The Prophet said, “It is yours.” Safwan exclaimed, “No one could give something like this with a contented heart except a Prophet. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. (3)

Al-Wāqidī reported through his authorities that the Prophet ﷺ borrowed from Safwan ibn Umayyah in Mecca fifty thousand, and Safwan lent it to him.

Shurayk narrated—from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Rufayʿ, from Ibn Abī Mulaykah, from Umayyah ibn Safwan, from his father—that the Prophet ﷺ borrowed several coats of mail from him, some of which were lost. The Prophet said, “If you wish, I will pay you for them.” He replied, “No; my desire to accept Islam is greater than that. (4)

(1) Tahdhib Ibn Asakir, vol. 6, p. 432. (2) al-Jiʿirranah: a watering place situated between Taif and Mecca. The Prophet ﷺ encamped there on his return from the battle of Hunayn, when he distributed the booty taken from the tribe of Hawazin. The site lies outside the sanctuary limits (al-hill), and the Prophet entered the state of ihram from it. (3) Tahdhib Ibn Asakir, vol. 6, pp. 430–431 (through the isnad of al-Waqidi); and al-Isabah, vol. 5, p. 145. (4) Sharik is a weak narrator with a poor memory. The report is also recorded by Ahmad, 3/401 and 6/465; Abu Dawud, no. 3562; al-Hakim, 2/47; and al-Bayhaqi, 6/89—all through Sharik, from Abd al-Aziz b. Rafiʿ, from Umayyah b. Safwan b. Umayyah, from his father, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ borrowed some coats of mail from me on the day of Hunayn. I asked, ‘Muhammad, is this seizure by force?’ He replied, ‘No, it is a loan for which I stand surety.’” Al-Hakim (3/48) and al-Bayhaqi (6/89) also transmit it through Ibn Ishaq, who said: “Asim b. Umar b. Qatadah related to me from Abd al-Rahman b. Jabir, from his father Jabir b. …”

وَأَخْشَى أَنْ يَهْلِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ قَدْ أَمَّنْتَ الأَحْمَرَ وَالأَسْوَدَ. قَالَ: (أَدْرِكِ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ، فَهُوَ آمِنٌ (١)) . وَعَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ: أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ أَعَارَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مائَةَ دِرْعٍ بِأَدَاتِهَا، فَأَمَرَهُ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ بِحَمْلِهَا إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ، إِلَى أَنْ رَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الجِعْرَانَةِ (٢) . فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يَسِيْرُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الغَنَائِمِ وَمَعَهُ صَفْوَانُ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى شِعْبٍ مَلأَى نَعَماً وَشَاءً وَرِعَاءً، فَأَدَامَ النَّظَرَ، وَرَسُوْلُ اللهِ يَرْمُقُهُ، فَقَالَ: (أَبَا وَهْبٍ! يُعْجِبُكَ هَذَا؟) . قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: (هُوَ لَكَ) . فَقَالَ: مَا طَابَتْ نَفْسُ أَحَدٍ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، إِلاَّ نَفْسُ نَبِيٍّ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهَ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ (٣) . وَرَوَى: الوَاقِدِيُّ، عَنْ رِجَالِهِ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اسْتَقْرَضَ مِنْ صَفْوَانَ بنِ أُمَيَّةَ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسِيْنَ أَلْفاً، فَأَقْرَضَهُ. شَرِيْكٌ: عَنْ عَبْدِ العَزِيْزِ بنِ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بنِ صَفْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ اسْتَعَارَ مِنْهُ أَدْرُعاً، فَهَلَكَ بَعْضُهَا، فَقَالَ: (إِنْ شِئْتَ غَرِمْتُهَا لَكَ) . قَالَ: لاَ، أَنَا أَرْغَبُ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ (٤) .

(١) " تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٦ / ٤٣٢. (٢) الجعرانة: ماء بين الطائف ومكة، نزلها النبي ﷺ لما قسم غنائم هوازن مرجعه من غزاة حنين، وهي من الحل وقد أحرم منها ﷺ. (٣) " تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٦ / ٤٣٠، ٤٣١ من طريق الواقدي، و" الإصابة " ٥ / ١٤٥. (٤) شريك: سيء الحفظ، وأخرجه أحمد ٣ / ٤٠١، و٦ / ٤٦٥، وأبو داود (٣٥٦٢) والحاكم ٢ / ٤٧، والبيهقي ٦ / ٨٩ كلهم من طريق شريك، عن عبد العزيز بن رفيع، عن أمية ابن صفوان بن أمية، عن أبيه أن رسول الله ﷺ استعار منه أدراعا يوم حنين، فقال: أغصب يا محمد؟ فقال: " لا بل عارية مضمونة " وأخرجه الحاكم أيضا ٣ / ٤٨، والبيهقي ٦ / ٨٩ من طريق ابن إسحاق حدثني عاصم بن عمر بن قتادة، عن عبد الرحمن بن جابر، عن أبيه جابر بن =