Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/395)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“We have not come to fight anyone; rather, we have come to perform ʿumrah. War has exhausted Quraysh and taken its toll on them. If they wish, I will agree to a truce with them for a specified period, provided they leave me free to deal with the people. If I prevail, they may, if they wish, embrace what the people have embraced; otherwise, they will have had a respite (1). But if they refuse, then, by Him in whose hand is my soul, I will certainly fight them for this cause of mine until I die, and Allah will surely fulfil (2) His purpose.”

Budayl said, “I will convey what you say to them.” He then set off and reached Quraysh. He said, “We have come to you from this man and have heard what he has to say. If you wish us to present it to you, we will.”

The foolish among them said, “We have no need for you to tell us anything about him.” But those among them with sound judgment said, “Tell us what you heard him say.”

He said, “I heard him say such and such,” and related to them what the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had said.

Then ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd stood up and said, “My people, are you not as a father to me?” (3)

They replied, “Yes.”

He said, “And am I not as a son to you (4)?”

They replied, “Yes.”

He said, “Do you suspect me of disloyalty?”

They replied, “No.”

He said, “Do you not know that I called upon the people of ʿUkāz to mobilize, and when they failed to respond (5), I came to you with my family, my children, and those who obeyed me?”

They replied, “Yes.”

He said, “This man has offered you a sound course of action. Accept it from him (6), and let me go to him.”

They said, “Go to him.” So he went to him.

(1) In the commentary on al-Bukhārī: “That is, they rested from the strain of war.” (2) (n), (m), (s), and al-Musnad: aw la-yunfidhānna (or … will surely carry out). (3) (n), (m), (s): bi-l-walad (as a son). (4) (n), (m), (s): bi-l-wālid (as a father). (5) Ballahū means “they were unable.” (6) Minhu (from him) is absent from al-Musnad and al-Bukhārī.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " إِنَّا لَمْ نَجِئْ لِقِتَالِ أَحَدٍ، وَلَكِنَّا جِئْنَا مُعْتَمِرِينَ؛ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا قَدْ نَهِكَتْهُمُ الْحَرْبُ، وَأَضَرَّتْ بِهِمْ؛ فَإِنْ شَاءُوا مَادَدْتُهُمْ مُدَّةً وَيُخَلُّوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ؛ فَإِنْ أَظْهَرُ فَإِنْ شَاءُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا فِيمَا دَخَلَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ فَعَلُوا وَإِلَّا فَقَدَ جَمُّوا (١) وَإِنْ هُمْ أَبَوْا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّهُمْ عَلَى أَمْرِي هَذَا حَتَّى تَنْفَرِدَ سَالِفَتِي وَلَيُنْفِذَنَّ (٢) اللَّهُ أَمْرَهُ " . قَالَ بُدَيْلٌ: " سَأُبْلِغُهُمْ مَا تَقُولُ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى قُرَيْشًا؛ فَقَالَ: إِنَّا قَدْ جِئْنَاكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ وَسَمِعْنَاهُ يَقُولُ قَوْلًا؛ فَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَنْ نَعْرِضَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَعَلْنَا، فَقَالَ سُفَهَاؤُهُمْ: لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا أَنْ تُخْبِرَنَا عَنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ، وَقَالَ ذَوُو الرَّأْيِ مِنْهُمْ: هَاتِ مَا سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: كَذَا وَكَذَا فَحَدَّثَهُمْ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَامَ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ: أَيْ قَوْمِ أَلَسْتُمْ بِالْوَالِدِ؟ (٣) قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَوَلَسْتُ بِالْوَلَدِ (٤) ؟ ، قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَهَلْ تَتَّهِمُونِي؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي اسْتَنْفَرْتُ أَهْلَ عُكَاظٍ فَلَمَّا بَلَّحُوا (٥) عَلَيَّ جِئْتُكُمْ بِأَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي وَمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ عَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ خُطَّةَ رُشْدٍ فَاقْبَلُوهَا مِنْهُ (٦) وَدَعُونِي آتِهِ، قَالُوا: ائْتِهِ، فَأَتَاهُ

(١) فِي شَرْحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ: أَيِ اسْتَرَاحُوا مِنْ جُهْدِ الْحَرْبِ. (٢) ن، م، س، الْمُسْنَدُ: أَوْ لَيُنْفِذَانَّ. (٣) ن، م، س: بِالْوَلَدِ. (٤) ن، م، س: بِالْوَالِدِ. (٥) بَلَّحُوا: أَيْ عَجَزُوا. (٦) مِنْهُ: لَيْسَتْ فِي " الْمُسْنَدِ " وَ " الْبُخَارِيِّ ".