Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (6/147)

get my things ready.’

She replied, ‘Abū Ṣafwān, have you forgotten what your Yathribī brother told you?’

He said, ‘No, but I only intend to go with them a short way.’

The narrator continued: When Umayyah set out, he never halted at a campsite without hobbling his camel, and he carried on like that until Allah caused him to be killed at Badr.

Kaʿb ibn Mālik said:

‘Ubayy ibn Khalaf, of Banū Jumāḥ, had sworn while he was in Mecca that he would kill the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him. When the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—was informed of his oath, he said, “Rather, I shall kill him, if Allah—Mighty and Majestic—wills.”

Thereupon Ubayy advanced, encased in iron armor, saying, “May I not survive if Muḥammad survives!” He charged at the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—intending

جَهِّزِينِي. فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا صَفْوَانَ قَدْ نَسِيتَ مَا قَالَ لَكَ أَخُوكَ الْيَثْرِبِيُّ. قَالَ: لَا، وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجُوزَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَّا قَرِيبًا. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ أُمَيَّةُ جَعَلَ لَا يَنْزِلُ مَنْزِلًا إِلَّا عَقَلَ بِعِيرَهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ اللَّهُ بِبَدْرٍ» . وَعَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: «كَانَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَخُو بَنِي جُمَحَ قَدْ حَلَفَ وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَقْتُلَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَلْفَتُهُ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بَلْ أَنَا أَقْتُلُهُ - إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ -. فَأَقْبَلَ أُبَيٌّ مُقَنَّعًا فِي الْحَدِيدِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَا نَجَوْتُ إِنْ نَجَا مُحَمَّدٌ، فَحَمَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُرِيدُ