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and began speaking to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said much the same to him as he had said to Budayl.

At that, ʿUrwah said, “Muhammad, tell me: if you wipe out your own people (1), have I heard of any Arab (2) who destroyed his own kin (3) before you? And if things turn out otherwise, then, by Allah, I certainly see (4) faces, and I see a motley crowd (5) of people likely to flee and abandon you.” Ahmad’s wording is: “likely to flee and abandon you (6).”

Abū Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—said [to him] (7), “Suck al-Lāt’s clitoris (8)! Would we flee from him and abandon him?”

He asked, “Who is that?”

They replied, “Abū Bakr.”

He said, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, were it not for a favour you did me that I have not repaid, I would have answered you.”

He continued speaking to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and whenever he spoke to him, he took hold of his beard. Al-Mughīrah stood beside the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—with his sword, wearing a mail coif. Whenever ʿUrwah reached towards the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—he struck his hand with the metal tip (9) of the sword’s scabbard, saying, “Keep your hand away from the beard of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace!”

ʿUrwah raised his head (10) and asked, “Who is that (11)?”

They replied, “Al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah.”

(1) Al-Bukhārī: āmura qawmaka. (2) Al-Bukhārī and al-Musnad: bi-ahadin min al-arab (of anyone among the Arabs). (3) (b), and a version in al-Bukhārī: ahlahu (his family). (4) (m), (b): lā arā (I do not see). (5) (n), (s): wa-arā awbāshan (and I see a motley crowd); (m): wa-arā awshāsan (and I see awshās). A version in al-Bukhārī reads ashwāban (a motley crowd). (6) The parenthetical expressions occur in the version in al-Musnad. (7) Lahu (to him) is omitted from (n), (m), and (s). (8) This expression has already been explained earlier. (9) Only al-Musnad reads bi-nasli (with the blade). (10)) (n), (m), (s), and al-Musnad: yadahu (his hand). (11)) Al-Bukhārī and al-Musnad: man hādhā (Who is this?).

فَجَعَلَ يُكَلِّمُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -؛ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَهُ نَحْوًا مِنْ قَوْلِهِ لِبُدَيْلٍ، فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: أَيْ مُحَمَّدُ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَأْصَلْتَ قَوْمَكَ (١) ، هَلْ سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ (٢) اجْتَاحَ أَصْلَهُ (٣) قَبْلَكَ؟ وَإِنْ تَكُنِ الْأُخْرَى، فَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَأَرَى (٤) وُجُوهًا وَإِنِّي لَأَرَى أَوْبَاشًا (٥) مِنَ النَّاسِ خَلِيقًا أَنْ يَفِرُّوا وَيَدَعُوكَ، وَلَفْظُ أَحْمَدَ: " خُلَقَاءَ أَنْ يَفِرُّوا وَيَدَعُوكَ (٦) " فَقَالَ [لَهُ] (٧) أَبُو بَكْرٍ: - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -: امْصُصْ بَظْرَ اللَّاتِ (٨) أَنَحْنُ نَفِرُّ عَنْهُ وَنَدَعُهُ؟ فَقَالَ: مَنْ ذَا؟ قَالُوا: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا يَدٌ كَانَتْ لَكَ عِنْدِي لَمْ أَجْزِكَ بِهَا لَأَجَبْتُكَ، وَجَعَلَ يُكَلِّمُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَكُلَّمَا كَلَّمَهُ أَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ، وَالْمُغِيرَةُ قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَمَعَهُ السَّيْفُ وَعَلَيْهِ الْمِغْفَرُ؛ فَكُلَّمَا أَهْوَى عُرْوَةُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ضَرَبَ يَدَهُ بِنَعْلِ (٩) السَّيْفِ، وَيَقُولُ: أَخِّرْ يَدَكَ عَنْ لِحْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، فَرَفَعَ عُرْوَةُ رَأْسَهُ (١٠) فَقَالَ: مَنْ ذَا (١١) ؟ قَالُوا: الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ.

(١) الْبُخَارِيُّ: آمُرَ قَوْمَكَ. (٢) الْبُخَارِيُّ، الْمُسْنَدُ: بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ (٣) ب، فِي رِوَايَةٍ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ: أَهْلَهُ. (٤) م، ب: لَا أَرَى. (٥) ن، س: وَأَرَى أَوْبَاشًا، م: وَأَرَى أَوَشَاصًا. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ " أَشْوَابًا ". (٦) الْعِبَارَاتُ الْمُعْتَرِضَةُ فِي رِوَايَةِ الْمُسْنَدِ. (٧) لَهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) (٨) سَبَقَ شَرْحُ هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَةِ فِيمَا مَضَى (٩) فِي " الْمُسْنَدِ " فَقَطْ: بِنَصْلِ. (١٠)) ن، م، س، الْمُسْنَدُ: يَدَهُ. (١١)) الْبُخَارِيُّ، الْمُسْنَدُ: مَنْ هَذَا.