Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

Concerning the two of them, she pleaded:
“Messenger of Allah, he is your cousin, and this other is the son of your paternal aunt—your brother-in-law.”
He replied:
“I have no need of them. As for my cousin, he has violated my honor,(1) and as for the son of my aunt, he is the one who spoke to me in Mecca as he did.(2)”

When this response reached the two men—while Abū Sufyān held a small son in his arms—he exclaimed, “By Allah, he will grant me permission, or I shall take this boy by the hand and roam the earth until we die of thirst and hunger!” When that was reported to the Prophet ﷺ, he felt compassion for them, allowed them to enter, and they came before him and embraced Islam. Abū Sufyān then recited the following verses on accepting Islam, apologizing for his past:

[long metre]
By your life! The day I raised a banner
for al-Lāt’s horsemen to defeat Muhammad’s,
I was like a traveller lost in darkest night;
but now the time has come for me to find true guidance.
A guide other than myself has guided me—by God!—
and the very one I hounded from every place has reached me.
I strove to resist and distance myself from Muhammad,
yet I am summoned though I claim no lineage through Muhammad.
They value nothing the man who spurns their desires,
though he be one of sound opinion, wise and prudent.
I tried to please them, but I would never cling to any folk
until, in every gathering, I was granted guidance.
So tell Thaqīf: I do not wish to fight them;
tell Thaqīf: that affair is neither mine nor my clan’s.
I was not in the force that struck ʿĀmir,
nor did my tongue or hand commit that outrage.
Tribes came from far-flung lands—
scattered bands drawn together by arrows and spear-points.

Ibn Isḥāq (3) relates: They allege that when Abū Sufyān recited before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the line “…and the very one I hounded from every place has reached me,” the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck his chest with his hand and said, “You indeed drove me from every place!”

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When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached Marr al-Ẓahrān,(4) he halted there and stayed, as al-Bukhārī narrates on the authority of Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr,

(1) Because he used to harm and revile the Messenger of God (peace be upon him). (2) It was he who said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): “By God, I will not believe in you until you erect a ladder to the heavens and ascend it before me, then return with a document and four angels witnessing that God has sent you.” See al-Suhili, Rawd al-Anf, ed. ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, vol. 7, p. 89. (3) See Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyah, vol. 2, p. 401. (4) Marra al-Zahran: a station on the route from Mecca. See Marasid al-Ittila‘, vol. 3, p. 1257.
فيهما، فقالت: يا رسول الله، ابنُ عمِّك، وابن عمِّتك وصهرك. قال: "لا حاجة لي بهما؛ أمَّا ابن عَمِّي فهتك عِرْضي (١) ، وأمَّا ابن عَمَّتي فهو الذي قال لي بمكَّة ما قال (٢) . قال: فلمَّا خرج إليهما الخبر بذلك ومع أبي سفيان بُنيٌّ له، فقال: والله ليأذننَّ لي أو لآخذنَّ بيد بنيَّ هذا، ثم لنذهبنَّ في الأرض حتى نموت عطشًا وجوعًا. فلمَّا بلغ ذلك النبيَّ ﷺ رقَّ لهما، ثم أذن لهما فدخلا عليه فأسلما، وأنشد أبو سفيان قوله في إسلامه، واعتذر إليه ممَّا كان مضى منه: [من الطويل] لَعَمْرُكَ إني يومَ أحملُ رايةً … لِتَغْلِبَ خيل اللَّاتِ خيلِ محمدِ لكَالُمْدلج الحَيْرَان أظلم لَيْلُهُ … فهذا أَوَاني حين أُهدى وأَهْتَدي هَدَاني هادٍ غير نفسي ونالني … مع الله من طَرَّدْتُ كل مطرَّدِ أَصُدُّ وأنأى جاهدًا عن محمدٍ … وأُدعى وإنْ لم أنتسب من محمِد هُمُ ما هُمُ من لم يَقُلْ بِهواهُمُ … وإن كان ذَا رأى يُلَمْ ويفنَّدِ أُريد لأُرضيهم ولَسْتُ بلائطٍ … مع القوم ما لم أُهد في كل مقعدِ فقُلْ لثقيف لا أُريد قِتَالَهَا … وقُل لثقيفٍ تلك غيريَ أَو عدي فما كُنْتُ في الجيش الذي نال عَامرًا … وما كان عن جَرَّا لساني ولا يدي قبائلُ جاءَت من بلادٍ بعيدةٍ … نزائعُ جاءت مِنْ سهامٍ وسَرْدُدِ قال ابن إسحاق (٣) : فزعموا أنَّه حين أنشد رسول الله ﷺ : ................. ونالني … مع الله من طرَّدت كل مُطَرَّد ضرب رسول الله ﷺ بيده في صدره وقال: "أنت طَرَّدتني كُلَّ مُطَرَّد! ". * * * [فصل] ولمَّا انتهى رسول الله ﷺ إلى مرِّ الظَّهران (٤) ، نزل فيه فأقام؛ كما روى البخاريُّ عن يحيى بن بكير،
(١) لأنه كان يؤذي رسول الله ﷺ ويهجوه. (٢) فهو الذي قال له ﷺ : والله لا آمنت بك حتى تتخذ سُلَّمًا إلى السماء فتعرج فيه وأنا أنظر، ثم تأتي بصك وأربعة من الملائكة يشهدون أن الله قد أرسلك. قاله السُّهيلي في "الروض الأنف" (٧/ ٨٩) بتحقيق الأستاذ عبد الرحمن الوكيل. (٣) انظر "السيرة النبوية" لابن هشام (٢/ ٤٠١). (٤) مرّ الظَّهران: موضع على مرحلة من مكة. انظر "مراصد الاطلاع" (٣/ ١٢٥٧).

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