Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 36:26

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 36:26

Book of the Military Expeditions (Maghazi)

كتاب المغازي

Hadith 36:26

Abu Bakr narrated to us, he said: Ali bin Mushir narrated to us, from al-Ajlah, from al-Dhayyal bin Harmala, from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: Quraysh gathered one day and said: "Look for the most knowledgeable among you regarding sorcery, soothsaying, and poetry, so that he may come to this man who has divided our group, scattered our affairs, and criticized our religion, and let him speak to him and see what he replies to him." They said: "We do not know anyone other than Utbah bin Rabi'ah." They said: "You, O Abu al-Walid." So Utbah came to him and said: "O Muhammad, are you better, or is Abdullah?" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) remained silent. Then he said: "Are you better, or is Abd al-Muttalib?" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) remained silent. He said: "If you claim that these are better than you, then they worshipped the gods that you criticized. And if you claim that you are better than them, then speak so that we may hear your words. By Allah, we have never seen a young goat more ominous to its people than you; you have divided our group, scattered our affairs, criticized our religion, and disgraced us among the Arabs, until it has flown among them that there is a sorcerer in Quraysh and that there is a soothsayer in Quraysh. By Allah, we are waiting for nothing but the likes of the cry of a pregnant woman, for some of us to strike others with swords until we perish. O man, if it is only marriage that you desire, then choose any of the women of Quraysh and we will marry you to ten. And if it is need that you have, we will collect for you until you are the wealthiest man of Quraysh." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Have you finished?" He said: "Yes." So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) recited: "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Ha-Mim. A revelation from the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful..." until he reached: "...But if they turn away, then say, 'I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of 'Aad and Thamud.'" Utbah said: "Enough, enough! Do you have nothing else?" He said: "No." So he returned to Quraysh, and they said: "What is behind you?" He said: "I did not leave anything that I thought you would speak to him about except that I spoke to him about it." They said: "Did he answer you?" He said: "Yes." They said: "No, by the One who erected it as a structure, I did not understand anything of what he said, other than that he warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of 'Aad and Thamud." They said: "Woe to you! A man speaks to you in Arabic, and you do not know what he said?" He said: "No, by Allah, I did not understand anything of what he said other than the mention of the thunderbolt."

حدثنا أبو بكر قال حدثنا علي بن مسهر عن الأجلح عن الذيال بن حرملة عن جابر بن عبد الله قال اجتمعت قريش يوما فقالوا انظروا أعلمكم بالسحر والكهانة والشعر فليأت هذا الرجل الذي فرق جماعتنا وشتت أمرنا وعاب ديننا فليكلمه ولينظر ماذا يرد عليه فقالوا ما نعلم أحدا غير عتبة بن ربيعة فقالوا أنت يا أبا الوليد فأتاه عتبة فقال يا محمد أنت خير أم عبد الله فسكت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم قال أنت خير أم عبد المطلب فسكت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال إن كنت تزعم إن كنت تزعم أن هؤلاء خير منك فقد عبدوا الآلهة التي عبتها وإن كنت تزعم أنك خير منهم فتكلم حتى نسمع قولك إنا والله ما رأينا سخلة قط أشأم على قومه منك فرقت جماعتنا وشتت أمرنا وعبت ديننا وفضحتنا في العرب حتى لقد طار فيهم أن في قريش ساحرا وأن في قريش كاهنا والله ما ننتظر إلا مثل صيحة الحبلى أن يقول بعضنا لبعض بالسيوف حتى تنفانى أيها الرجل إن كان إنما بك الباءة فاختر أي نساء قريش ونزوجك عشرا وإن كان إنما بك الحاجة لك حتى تكون أغنى قريش رجلا واحدا فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أفرغت قال نعم فقرأ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم @QB@ حم تنزيل من الرحمن الرحيم @QE@ حتى بلغ فإن @QB@ أعرضوا فقل أنذرتكم صاعقة مثل صاعقة عاد وثمود @QE@ فقال عتبة حسبك حسبك ما عندك غير هذا قال لا فرجع إلى قريش فقالوا ما وراءك قال ما تركت شيئا أرى أنكم تكلمونه به إلا وقد كلمته به فقالوا فهل أجابك قال نعم قال لا والذي نصبها بنية ما فهمت شيئا مما قال غير أنه أنذركم صاعقة مثل صاعقة عاد وثمود قالوا ويلك يكلمك رجل بالعربية لا تدري ما قال لا والله ما فهمت شيئا مما قال غير ذكر الصاعقة