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al-Zubayr, from al-Miswar ibn Makhramah and Marwān ibn al-Hakam, each confirming the other’s account (1). They said:

“The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—set out at the time (2) of al-Hudaybiyyah with between thirteen and nineteen hundred of his Companions. When they reached Dhū al-Hulayfah, the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—garlanded and marked the sacrificial animals and entered the state of consecration for the lesser pilgrimage (3). He sent ahead a scout from Khuzā‘ah to bring him news of Quraysh. The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—continued until he reached Ghadīr al-Ashtāt, near ‘Usfān, where his Khuzā‘ī scout came to him and said: ‘When I left the descendants of Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy and ‘Āmir ibn Lu’ayy, they had rallied al-Ahābīsh against you.’”

Ahmad said: “Yahyā ibn Sa‘īd also related from Ibn al-Mubārak” (4):

“‘They have rallied al-Ahābīsh against you and assembled forces against you. They will fight you and bar you from the Sacred House.’ The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: ‘Advise me (5): do you think I should turn (6) towards the offspring of those who have helped them and attack them? If they stay where they are, they will remain bereaved and plundered (7); and if they escape, they will be a force that Allah has cut off. Or do you think we should head for the Sacred House and fight whoever bars us from it?’

“Abū Bakr said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know best, O Prophet of Allah. We have come only to perform the lesser pilgrimage, not to fight anyone (8). But whoever

(1) Al-Musnad: “Each of the two confirms the other’s account.” (2) Al-Musnad: zamāna (at the time of). (3) Al-Musnad: bi-l-‘umra (for the lesser pilgrimage). (4) This parenthetical addition appears two lines later in al-Musnad. (5) (n), (m), (s): ilayya (to me). The adopted reading is from (b) and al-Musnad. (6) Al-Musnad: namīla (we should turn). (7) (n): mahzūnīna (grief-stricken). In al-Musnad, after the phrase “and if they escape”: “Yahyā ibn Sa‘īd narrated from Ibn al-Mubārak: ‘grief-stricken; and if they yahnūna, it will be…’” (8) Al-Musnad: “…fight anyone…”

الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ وَمَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ يُصَدِّقُ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ (١) ، قَالَا: «خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - زَمَنَ (٢) الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي بِضْعِ عَشْرَةِ مِائَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ قَلَّدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْهَدْيَ وَأَشْعَرَهُ، وَأَحْرَمَ بِعُمْرَةٍ (٣) وَبَعَثَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ عَيْنًا لَهُ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ يُخْبِرُهُ عَنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَسَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِغَدِيرِ الْأَشْطَاطِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ عُسْفَانَ أَتَاهُ عَيْنُهُ الْخُزَاعِيُّ؛ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ وَعَامِرَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكَ الْأَحَابِيشَ» "، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: " وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ " (٤) : " «قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكَ الْأَحَابِيشَ، وَجَمَعُوا لَكَ جُمُوعًا وَهُمْ مُقَاتِلُوكَ وَصَادُّوكَ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ؛ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " أَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ (٥) : أَتَرَوْنَ أَنْ أَمِيلَ (٦) إِلَى ذَرَارِيِّ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ أَعَانُوهُمْ فَنُصِيبَهُمْ؛ فَإِنْ قَعَدُوا قَعَدُوا مَوْتُورِينَ مَحْرُوبِينَ (٧) ، وَإِنْ نَجَوْا يَكُنْ عُنُقًا قَطَعَهَا اللَّهُ، أَوْ تَرَوْنَ أَنْ نَؤُمَّ الْبَيْتَ، فَمَنْ صَدَّنَا عَنْهُ قَاتَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ؛ إِنَّمَا جِئْنَا مُعْتَمِرِينَ وَلَمْ نَجِئْ لِقِتَالِ أَحَدٍ (٨) ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ

(١) الْمُسْنَدُ: يُصَدِّقُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَدِيثَ صَاحِبِهِ (٢) الْمُسْنَدُ: زَمَانَ (٣) الْمُسْنَدُ: بِالْعُمْرَةِ (٤) هَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ الْمُعْتَرِضَةُ جَاءَتْ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بِسَطْرَيْنِ. (٥) ن. م. س: إِلَيَّ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ب) ، الْمُسْنَدِ. (٦) الْمُسْنَدُ: نَمِيلَ. (٧) ن: مَحْزُونِينَ. وَفِي الْمُسْنَدِ بَعْدَ عِبَارَةِ " وَإِنْ نَجَوْا ": وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ: مَحْزُونِينَ، وَإِنْ يَحْنُونَ تَكُنْ. . . (٨) الْمُسْنَدُ:. . . نُقَاتِلُ أَحَدًا. .