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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Madinah, Allah will strike him with fear, and upon him rests the curse of Allah.’ (1)

It was related by Muslim ibn Abi Maryam and a group of others, from ʿAtaʾ ibn Yasar, from him.

Juwairiyah ibn Asmaʾ also transmitted, on the authority of his shaykhs, that they said:

‘On the Day of al-Harrah the people of Madinah marched out in numbers and in a martial array the like of which had never been seen before. When the Syrian army caught sight of them they were loath to fight; so Musrif ordered that his couch be placed between the two lines and his herald proclaimed, “Fight on my behalf, or withdraw.”

They charged, but then heard the takbir rise behind them from the city, and the men of Banu Harithah burst upon them. The people broke and fled, while ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Ghasil, who was leaning against his sleeping son, woke him. When he saw what was happening he ordered his eldest son forward; the son fought until he was killed. He continued to send his sons one after another until they were all slain, then he smashed the scabbard of his sword and kept fighting until he too was killed. (2)

Al-Waqidi narrated with his chain:

‘When the people of al-Harrah rose up and expelled the Umayyads from Madinah, they pledged to Ibn al-Ghasil to fight to the death. He said, “O my people! By Allah, we did not revolt until we feared that stones would rain down upon us from the sky—a man who beds the slave-women who have borne his children, the daughters, and the sisters, who drinks wine and abandons the prayer!

“He spent those nights in the mosque, breaking his fast with no more than a draught of sawiq. He fasted continuously and never lifted his gaze to the sky. Then he addressed the people, urged them to fight, and said, ‘O Allah, in You we place our trust.’”

They fought with utmost ferocity. The Syrians shouted the takbir, the city was stormed from every side, and the people were slain. Only the banner of Ibn al-Ghasil remained, with five men around it. When he saw that, he cast off his mail and fought them bare-headed until he was killed. Marwan then stood over him while he lay there with his forefinger extended and said, “By Allah, had you raised it…"

(1) The report continues: “…the angels and all humanity; on the Day of Resurrection Allah will accept from him neither compensation nor ransom.” Recorded in Ahmad, Musnad, 4:55–56, with an authentic chain. Al-Hafiz, in Al-Isaba, attributes it to al-Nasai. A related hadith from Jabir ibn Abd Allah is found in Ibn Hibban (no. 1039). (2) Khalifa, Tarikh, p. 238; Ibn Asakir, Tarikh Dimashq, 9:77a.

المَدِيْنَةِ، أَخَافَهُ اللهُ، وَعَلَيْهِ لَعنَةُ اللهِ (١)) . رَوَاهُ: مُسْلِمُ بنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، وَجَمَاعَةٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْهُ. وَرَوَى: جُوَيْرِيَةُ بنُ أَسْمَاءَ، عَنْ أَشْيَاخِهِ، قَالُوا: خَرَجَ أَهْلُ المَدِيْنَةِ يَوْمَ الحَرَّةِ بِجُمُوعٍ وَهَيْئَةٍ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهَا، فَلَمَّا رَآهُم عَسكَرُ الشَّامِ، كَرِهُوا قِتَالَهُم؛ فَأَمَرَ مُسْرِفٌ بِسَرِيرِهِ، فَوُضِعَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَّيْنِ، وَنَادَى مُنَادِيْهِ: قَاتِلُوا عَنِّي، أَوْ دَعُوا. فَشَدُّوا، فَسَمِعُوا التَّكَبِيْرَ خَلفَهُم مِنَ المَدِيْنَةِ، وَأَقَحَمَ عَلَيْهِم بَنُو حَارِثَةَ، فَانْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ الغَسِيْلِ مُتَسَانِدٌ إِلَى ابْنِهِ نَائِمٌ، فَنَبَّهَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا جَرَى، أَمَرَ أَكْبَرَ بَنِيْهِ، فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يُقدِّمُهُمْ وَاحِداً وَاحِداً حَتَّى قُتِلُوا، وَكَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ، وَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ (٢) . وَرَوَى: الوَاقِدِيُّ بِإِسْنَادٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا وَثَبَ أَهْلُ الحَرَّةَ، وَأَخْرَجُوا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ مِنَ المَدِيْنَةِ، بَايَعُوا ابْنَ الغَسِيْلِ عَلَى المَوْتِ، فَقَالَ: يَا قَوْمُ! وَاللهِ مَا خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى خِفْنَا أَنْ نُرجَمَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، رَجُلٌ يَنْكِحُ أُمَّهَاتِ الأَولاَدِ، وَالبَنَاتِ، وَالأَخَوَاتِ، وَيَشرَبُ الخَمْرَ، وَيَدَعُ الصَّلاَةَ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَبِيتُ تِلْكَ اللَّيَالِي فِي المَسْجَدِ، وَمَا يَزِيْدُ فِي إِفطَارِهِ عَلَى شَربَةِ سَوِيْقٍ، وَيَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ، وَلاَ يَرفعُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ؛ فَخَطَبَ، وَحَرَّضَ عَلَى القِتَالِ، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا بِكَ وَاثقُوْنَ. فَقَاتَلُوا أَشَدَّ قِتَالٍ، وَكَبَّرَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، وَدُخِلَتِ المَدِيْنَةُ مِنَ النَّوَاحِي كُلِّهَا، وَقُتِلَ النَّاسُ، وَبَقِيَ لِوَاءُ ابْنِ الغَسِيْلِ مَا حَوْلَهُ خَمْسَةٌ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ، رَمَى دِرْعَهُ، وَقَاتَلَهُم حَاسِراً حَتَّى قُتِلَ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ مَرْوَانُ وَهُوَ مَادٌّ إِصْبَعَهُ السَّبَّابَةَ؛ فَقَالَ: أَمَا وَاللهِ، لَئِنْ نَصَبْتَهَا

(١) وتمامه " والملائكة والناس أجمعين، لا يقبل الله منه يوم القيامة صرفا ولا عدلا " أخرجه أحمد ٤ / ٥٥ و٥٦، وإسناده صحيح، ونسبه الحافظ في " الإصابة " إلى النسائي، وفي الباب عن جابر بن عبد الله، عند ابن حبان (١٠٣٩) . (٢) " تاريخ خليفة ": ٢٣٨، و" ابن عساكر " ٩ / ٧٧ آ.