Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (3/526)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Then it occurred to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to comfort his Companions, so he dismounted and began to say:

“Jundub—and what shall make you know Jundub? …
and the maimed yet virtuous one is Zayd!”

Someone said, “Messenger of Allah, we heard you tonight uttering such-and-such words.”

He replied, “Two men in this community: one of them will strike a blow that separates truth from falsehood, and the other will have his hand cut off in the cause of Allah; thereafter the last part of his body will follow its first.”

Al-Ajlaḥ commented, “As for Jundub, he killed the sorcerer; and as for Zayd, his hand was severed on the Day of Jalulā, and he was killed on the Day of the Camel.” ⦗1⦘

Al-Aʿmash narrated from Ibrāhīm: Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān was once teaching when a Bedouin said, “Your speech pleases me, but your hand unsettles me.” Zayd replied, “Do you not see that it is the left one?” The man said, “By Allah, I do not know whether they cut off the right hand or the left.” Zayd then said, “Allah has spoken the truth: ‘The Bedouins are more intense in unbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to remain ignorant of the limits that Allah has revealed’ (Q 9:98).” Al-Aʿmash added that Zayd’s hand was severed on the day of Nahāwand. ⦗2⦘

Hammād ibn Salamah narrated from Abū al-Tayyāḥ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī al-Hudhayl, that a delegation from Kufa came to ʿUmar, with Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān among them. A man from Syria arrived seeking reinforcements, whereupon ʿUmar said, “O people of Kufa! You are the treasure of the Muslims; if the people of Basra ask you for support, give it to them, and if the people of Syria ask you for support, give it to them.” ʿUmar then arranged a mount for Zayd and said, “People of Kufa, treat Zayd in this way, or I shall punish you.” ⦗3⦘

(1) Al-Ajlah, Abd Allah b. Hujayʿa, is judged weak; as for Ubayd b. Lahiq, I have found no biographical entry for him. The report is recorded in Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, vol. 6, p. 123. (2) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, vol. 6, pp. 123-124. (3) Ibn Saʿd, vol. 6, p. 124.

ثُمَّ بَدَا لِرَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُوَاسِيَ أَصْحَابَهُ، فَنَزَلَ. فَجَعَلَ يَقُوْلُ: جُنْدُبُ وَمَا جُنْدُبُ ... وَالأقْطَعُ الخَيْرِ زَيْدُ قِيْلَ: يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ! سَمِعْنَاكَ اللَّيْلَةَ تَقُوْلُ كَذَا وَكَذَا. فَقَالَ: (رَجُلاَنِ فِي الأُمَّةِ يَضْرِبُ أَحَدُهُمَا ضَرْبَةً تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الحَقِّ وَالبَاطِلِ، وَالآخَرُ تُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ فِي سَبِيْلِ اللهِ، ثُمَّ يَتْبَعُ آخِرُ جَسَدِهِ أَوَّلَهُ) . قَالَ الأَجْلَحُ: أَمَّا جُنْدُبٌ، فَقَتَلَ السَّاحِرَ، وَأَمَّا زَيْدٌ، فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ يَوْمَ جَلُوْلاَءَ، وَقُتِلَ يَوْمَ الجَمَلِ (١) . قَالَ الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ، قَالَ: كَانَ زَيْدُ بنُ صُوْحَانَ يُحَدِّثُ، فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: إِنَّ حَدِيْثَكَ يُعْجِبُنِي، وَإِنَّ يَدَكَ لَتُرِيْبُنِي. قَالَ: أَوَ مَا تَرَاهَا الشِّمَالَ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي اليَمِيْنَ يَقْطَعُوْنَ أَمِ الشِّمَالَ؟ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: صَدَقَ اللهُ: ﴿الأَعْرَابُ أَشَدُّ كُفْراً وَنِفَاقاً، وَأَجْدَرُ أَنْ لاَ يَعْلَمُوا حُدُوْدَ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ﴾ [التَّوْبَةُ: ٩٨] . فَذَكَرَ الأَعْمَشُ: أَنَّ يَدَهُ قُطِعَتْ يَوْمَ نَهَاوْنَدَ (٢) . حَمَّادُ بنُ سَلَمَةَ: عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ أَبِي الهُذَيْلِ: أَنَّ وَفْدَ الكُوْفَةِ قَدِمُوا عَلَى عُمَرَ، فِيهِم زَيْدُ بنُ صُوْحَانَ، فَجَاءهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ يَسْتَمِدُّ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ الكُوْفَة! إِنَّكُم كَنْزُ أَهْلِ الإِسْلاَمِ، إِنِ اسْتَمَدَّكُم أَهْلُ البَصْرَةِ، أَمْدَدْتُمُوْهُم، وَإِنِ اسْتَمَدَّكُم أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، أَمْدَدْتُمُوْهُم. وَجَعَلَ عُمَرُ يُرَحِّلُ لِزِيْدٍ، وَقَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ الكُوْفَةِ! هَكَذَا فَاصْنَعُوا بِزَيْدٍ، وَإِلاَّ عَذَّبْتُكُم (٣) .

(١) الاجلح وهو ابن عبد الله بن حجية ضعيف، وعبيد بن لاحق لم أجد من ترجمه، وهو في " الطبقات ابن سعد " ٦ / ١٢٣ (٢) " طبقات ابن سعد " ٦ / ١٢٣، ١٢٤. (٣) ابن سعد ٦ / ١٢٤.