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“No.” He said, “Do you not know that I called upon the people of Ukaz for support, and when they failed me (1), I came to you with my family, my children, and those who obeyed me?” They said, “Yes.” He said, “This man has offered you a sound course, so accept it, and let me go to him.” They said, “Go to him.”

So he went to him and began speaking with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him much the same as he had said to Budayl. Urwah then said, “O Muhammad, if you were to wipe out your own people, have you ever heard of any Arab before you who annihilated his own roots? But if the other outcome occurs, then by Allah, I see faces and a motley assortment of people who are likely to flee and abandon you.”

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said to him, “Suck the clitoris of al-Lat (2)! Are we to flee from him and abandon him?”

He said, “Who is that?” They replied, “Abu Bakr.” He said, “By Him in whose Hand is my soul, were it not for a favor you have done me which I have not yet repaid, I would have answered you.”

He continued speaking with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and whenever he spoke to him, ⦗132/A⦘ he would take hold of his beard. Al-Mughira ibn Shu‘bah stood over the Prophet’s head, peace and blessings be upon him, wearing a helmet and carrying a sword. Whenever Urwah reached his hand toward the Prophet’s beard, peace and blessings be upon him, al-Mughira struck his hand with the hilt of his sword and said, “Keep your hand away from the beard of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.” Urwah raised his head and asked, “Who is this?” They said, “Al-Mughira ibn Shu‘bah.” He said, “O treacherous one! Have I not been striving to settle the consequences of your treachery?”

Al-Mughira had accompanied some people during the Age of Ignorance, then killed them and took their wealth. He later came and accepted Islam. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “As for Islam, I accept it; but as for the wealth, I have nothing to do with it.”

Urwah then began observing the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: By Allah, whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, spat, it fell into the palm of one of them, who would rub it over his face and skin. Whenever he commanded them, they hastened to carry out his command. Whenever he performed ablution, they nearly fought one another over his ablution water. Whenever he spoke, they lowered their voices in his presence, and they would not look directly at him out of reverence for him.

Urwah returned to his companions and said, “O people, by Allah, I have visited kings and have been to Caesar, Chosroes, and the Negus. By Allah, I have never seen any king revered by his companions as Muhammad is revered by the companions of Muhammad. By Allah, whenever he spat, it fell into the palm of one of them, who would rub it over his face and skin. Whenever he commanded them, they hastened to carry out his command. Whenever he performed ablution, they nearly fought one another over his ablution water. Whenever he spoke, they lowered their voices in his presence, and they would not look directly at him out of reverence for him. He has offered you a sound course, so accept it.”

A man from Banu Kinanah said, “Let me go to him.” They said, “Go to him.” When he came in view of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his Companions,

(1) They refrained. (2) Al-bazr: with a fathah on the ba and a sukun on the dotted zha; it is the part that remains in a woman's genitalia after circumcision. Al-Lat was the name of one of the idols worshipped by Quraysh and Thaqif. It was customary among the Arabs to use this as an insult, though they would express it by referring to one's mother.

لَا قَالَ: أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي اسْتَنْفَرْتُ أَهْلَ عُكَاظٍ، فَلَمَّا بَلَحُوا (١) عَلَيَّ جِئْتُكُمْ بِأَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي وَمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ عَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ خُطَّةَ رُشْدٍ فَاقْبَلُوهَا وَدَعُونِي آتِهِ، قَالُوا: ائْتِهِ. فَأَتَاهُ فَجَعَلَ يُكَلِّمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَحْوًا مِنْ قَوْلِهِ لِبُدَيْلٍ. فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَأْصَلْتَ قَوْمَكَ فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ اجْتَاحَ أَصْلَهُ قَبْلَكَ؟ وَإِنْ تَكُنِ الْأُخْرَى، فَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَأَرَى وُجُوهًا وَأَشْوَابًا مِنَ النَّاسِ خَلِيقًا أَنْ يَفِرُّوا وَيَدَعُوكَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ: امْصُصْ بَظَرَ اللَّاتِ (٢) ، أَنْحَنُ نَفِرُّ عَنْهُ وَنَدَعُهُ؟. فَقَالَ: مَنْ ذَا؟ قَالُوا: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا يَدٌ كَانَتْ لَكَ عِنْدِي لَمْ أَجْزِكَ بِهَا لَأَجَبْتُكَ. قَالَ: وَجَعَلَ يُكَلِّمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، وكلما كلمه ١٣٢/أأَخْذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ، وَالْمُغَيَّرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ السَّيْفُ وَعَلَيْهِ الْمِغْفَرُ، فَكُلَّمَا أَهْوَى عُرْوَةُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى لِحْيَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ضَرَبَ يَدَهُ بِنَعْلِ السَّيْفِ، وَقَالَ: أَخِّرْ يَدَكَ عَنْ لِحْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَرَفَعَ عُرْوَةُ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ، فَقَالَ: أَيْ غُدَرُ أَلَسْتُ أَسْعَى فِي غُدَرَتِكَ. وَكَانَ الْمُغِيرَةُ صَحِبَ قَوْمًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَتَلَهُمْ وَأَخَذَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَأَسْلَمَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: "أَمَّا الْإِسْلَامُ فَأَقْبَلُ، وَأَمَّا الْمَالُ فَلَسْتُ مِنْهُ فِي شَيْءٍ". ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُرْوَةَ جَعَلَ يَرْمُقُ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَوَاللَّهِ-مَا تَنَخَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نُخَامَةً إِلَّا وَقَعَتْ فِي كَفِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَدَلَكَ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ وَجِلْدَهُ، وَإِذَا أَمَرَهُمُ ابْتَدَرُوا أَمْرَهُ، وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ كَادُوا يَقْتَتِلُونَ عَلَى وُضُوئِهِ، وَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ خَفَضُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ، وَمَا يَحُدُّونَ إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ تَعْظِيمًا لَهُ، فَرَجَعَ عُرْوَةُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَيْ قَوْمِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ وَفَدْتُ عَلَى الْمُلُوكِ وَوَفَدْتُ عَلَى قَيْصَرَ وَكِسْرَى وَالنَّجَاشِيِّ، وَاللَّهِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُ مَلِكًا قَطُّ يُعَظِّمُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ مَا يُعَظِّمُ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ مُحَمَّدًا، وَاللَّهِ إِنْ تَنَخَّمَ نُخَامَةً إِلَّا وَقَعَتْ فِي كَفِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَدَلَكَ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ وَجِلْدَهُ، وَإِذَا أَمَرَهُمُ ابْتَدَرُوا أَمْرَهُ، وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ كَادُوا يَقْتَتِلُونَ عَلَى وُضُوئِهِ، وَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ خَفَضُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ، وَمَا يَحُدُّونَ إِلَيْهِ النَّظْرَةَ تَعْظِيمًا لَهُ، وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ عَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ خُطَّةَ رُشْدٍ فَاقْبَلُوهَا. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ: دَعُونِي آتِهِ، فَقَالُوا: ائْتِهِ، فَلَمَّا أَشْرَفَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ،

(١) امتنعوا. (٢) البظر: بفتح الموحدة وسكون المعجمة، قطعة تبقى بعد الختان في فرج المرأة، واللات: اسم أحد الأصنام التي كانت قريش وثقيف يعبدونها، وكانت عادة العرب الشتم بذلك لكن بلفظ الأم.