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towards them, his mount knelt down with him on her. The people (1) said: ‘Get up! Get up!’ But she remained where she was. They said: ‘Al-Qaswāʾ has become stubborn! Al-Qaswāʾ has become stubborn!’ (2) The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: ‘[Al-Qaswāʾ] (3) has not become stubborn, nor is that her nature. Rather, the One who restrained the elephant has restrained her.’ Then he said: ‘By Him in whose hand is my soul, whatever proposal they make to me that honours Allah’s sacred ordinances, I will grant it to them.’ Then he urged her on, and she sprang up.

He continued: “He turned away from them and camped at the farthest end of al-Hudaybiyah, beside a waterhole containing little water, which the people drew little by little. Before long, they had drained it and complained (4) to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—of thirst. He took an arrow from his quiver and ordered them to place it in the waterhole (5). By Allah, it kept welling up with enough water to quench their thirst (6) until they departed from it.

“While they were there, Budayl ibn Warqāʾ al-Khuzāʿī arrived, along with a group (7) of his people from Khuzāʿah. Among the people of Tihāmah, they were the trusted confidants and sincere advisers of the Messenger of Allah (8)—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” In a version transmitted by Ahmad: “both their Muslims and their polytheists (9).”

“He said: ‘I left the clans of Kaʿb ibn Luʾayy and ʿĀmir ibn Luʾayy encamped beside the perennial water sources of al-Hudaybiyah, with nursing mothers and their young. They will fight you and bar you from the House.’

(1) Al-Musnad alone reads: “Then the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said.” (2) The phrase khala’at al-Qaswā’ (al-Qaswā’ has refused to move) occurs twice only in (n), as it also does in al-Bukhārī. (3) Al-Qaswā’ is omitted from (n) and (m). (4) Al-Musnad: fa-lam yalbathhu al-nāsu an nazahūhu fa-shukiya (before long, the people drained it, so a complaint was made). Al-Bukhārī: fa-lam yalbathhu al-nāsu hattā nazahūhu wa-shukiya (before long, the people drained it, and a complaint was made). (5) (n), (m), (s): fīhā (in it). (6) Bi-l-rayy (with water to quench their thirst) is omitted from (s) and (b). (7) Al-Musnad and al-Bukhārī: fī nafar (with a group). (8) (n), (m), (s), and al-Musnad: li-rasūli (for the Messenger of…). (9) In the version in al-Musnad, 4/323: muslimihā wa-mushrikihā (both its Muslims and its polytheists).

عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْهَا بَرَكَتْ بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ (١) : حَلْ حَلْ فَأَلْحَتْ فَقَالُوا خَلَأَتِ الْقَصْوَاءُ خَلَأَتِ الْقَصْوَاءُ (٢) ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، " مَا خَلَأَتِ [الْقَصْوَاءُ] (٣) وَمَا ذَاكَ لَهَا بِخُلُقٍ، وَلَكِنْ حَبَسَهَا حَابِسُ الْفِيلِ؛ ثُمَّ قَالَ: " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَسْأَلُونِي خُطَّةً يُعَظِّمُونَ فِيهَا حُرُمَاتِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا أَعْطَيْتُهُمْ إِيَّاهَا "، ثُمَّ زَجَرَهَا فَوَثَبَتْ، قَالَ: فَعَدَلَ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى نَزَلَ بِأَقْصَى الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ عَلَى ثَمَدٍ قَلِيلِ الْمَاءِ يَتَبَرَّضُهُ النَّاسُ تَبَرُّضًا، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثِ النَّاسُ أَنْ نَزَحُوهُ وَشَكُوْا (٤) إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - الْعَطَشَ، فَانْتَزَعَ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَجْعَلُوهُ فِيهِ (٥) فَوَاللَّهِ مَا زَالَ يَجِيشُ لَهُمْ بِالرِّيِّ (٦) حَتَّى صَدَرُوا عَنْهُ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا جَاءَ بُدَيْلُ بْنُ وَرْقَاءَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَنَفَرٌ (٧) مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ وَكَانُوا عَيْبَةَ نُصْحِ رَسُولِ (٨) اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ أَهْلِ تِهَامَةَ» " وَفِي لَفْظٍ لِأَحْمَدَ: " مُسْلِمِهِمْ وَمُشْرِكِهِمْ (٩) " «فَقَالَ: إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ وَعَامِرَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ نَزَلُوا أَعْدَادَ مِيَاهِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ وَمَعَهُمُ الْعُوذُ الْمَطَافِيلُ، وَهُمْ مُقَاتِلُوكُ وَصَادُّوكَ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ.

(١) الْمُسْنَدُ (فَقَطْ) : فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -. (٢) تَكَرَّرَتْ عِبَارَةُ " خَلَأَتِ الْقَصْوَاءُ " فِي (ن) فَقَطْ مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ فِي " الْبُخَارِيِّ " (٣) الْقَصْوَاءُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٤) الْمُسْنَدُ: فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْهُ النَّاسُ أَنْ نَزَحُوهُ فَشُكِيَ، الْبُخَارِيُّ: فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْهُ النَّاسُ حَتَّى نَزَحُوهُ وَشُكِيَ. (٥) ن، م، س: فِيهَا (٦) بِالرِّيِّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (س) ، (ب) . (٧) الْمُسْنَدُ. الْبُخَارِيُّ: فِي نَفَرٍ. (٨) ن، م، س، الْمُسْنَدُ: لِرَسُولِ. . (٩) فِي رِوَايَةِ الْمُسْنَدِ ٤/٣٢٣: مُسْلِمِهَا وَمُشْرِكِهَا.