The Book of Jihad, Expeditions, and Authority-07a
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The reciter: Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, Hatim—meaning ibn Isma'il—narrated to us from Yazid ibn Abi 'Ubayd, who said: I heard Salama ibn al-Akwa' say:
أَنَا ابْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ *** وَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الرُّضَّعِ
، فَأَرْتَجِزُ حَتَّى اسْتَنْقَذْتُ اللِّقَاحَ مِنْهُمْ، وَاسْتَلَبْتُ مِنْهُمْ ثَلَاثِينَ بُرْدَةً، قَالَ : وَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّاسُ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنِّي قَدْ حَمَيْتُ الْقَوْمَ الْمَاءَ وَهُمْ عِطَاشٌ، فَابْعَثْ إِلَيْهِمِ السَّاعَةَ، فَقَالَ : يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ مَلَكْتَ فَأَسْجِحْ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ رَجَعْنَا وَيُرْدِفُنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ.
I went out before the first adhan was called, and the she-camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were grazing at Dhi Qarad. He said: A young man belonging to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf met me and said: The she-camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) have been taken. I said: Who took them? He said: Ghatafan. He said: So I shouted three times, "O morning!" He said: And I made myself heard between the two banks of Medina, then I set out in my direction until I caught up with them at Dhi Qarad, and they had started to drink from the water. I began to throw my arrows at them, and I was a skilled archer, and I said: I am Ibn al-Akwa' *** And today is the day of the sucklings. I kept chanting until I rescued the she-camels from them and stripped them of thirty cloaks. He said: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the people came, and I said: O Prophet of Allah, I have prevented the people from the water while they are thirsty, so send to them now. He said: O Ibn al-Akwa', you have taken control, so be generous. He said: Then we returned, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding behind me on his she-camel until we entered Medina.
خَرَجْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُؤَذَّنَ بِالْأُولَى، وَكَانَتْ لِقَاحُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَرْعَى بِذِي قَرَدٍ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيَنِي غُلَامٌ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، فَقَالَ : أُخِذَتْ لِقَاحُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ : مَنْ أَخَذَهَا؟ قَالَ : غَطَفَانُ، قَالَ : فَصَرَخْتُ ثَلَاثَ صَرَخَاتٍ، يَا صَبَاحَاهْ، قَالَ : فَأَسْمَعْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ، ثُمَّ انْدَفَعْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي حَتَّى أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ بِذِي قَرَدٍ، وَقَدْ أَخَذُوا يَسْقُونَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِمْ بِنَبْلِي، وَكُنْتُ رَامِيًا، وَأَقُولُ :أَنَا ابْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ *** وَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الرُّضَّعِ
، فَأَرْتَجِزُ حَتَّى اسْتَنْقَذْتُ اللِّقَاحَ مِنْهُمْ، وَاسْتَلَبْتُ مِنْهُمْ ثَلَاثِينَ بُرْدَةً، قَالَ : وَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّاسُ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنِّي قَدْ حَمَيْتُ الْقَوْمَ الْمَاءَ وَهُمْ عِطَاشٌ، فَابْعَثْ إِلَيْهِمِ السَّاعَةَ، فَقَالَ : يَا ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ مَلَكْتَ فَأَسْجِحْ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ رَجَعْنَا وَيُرْدِفُنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ