المعجم الكبير للطبراني
Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (Tabarani)
باب السين
Companions Whose Names Begin with Sin (س)
كعب بن مالك بن جعشم عن أخيه سراقة
Kab bin Malik bin Jusham from his brother Suraqah (may Allah be pleased with him)
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، ثنا حَسَّانُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ، ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سُرَاقَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الضَّالَّةِ تَرِدُ عَلَى حَوْضَهِ، هَلْ لَهُ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ إِنْ أَشْبَعَهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَعَمْ فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ حَرَّى أَجْرٌ»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about a stray animal that comes to his trough: will he have a reward for satisfying it? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, there is a reward in giving water to every creature with a thirsting liver."
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْمُدْلِجِيُّ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سُرَاقَةَ يَقُولُ: " جَاءَتْنَا رُسُلُ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ يَجْعَلُونَ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ دِيَةَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمَا , أَوْ أَسَرَهُمَا، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ مِنْ مَجَالِسِ قَوْمِي مِنْ بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: يَا سُرَاقَةُ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ آنِفًا أَسْوِدَةً بِالسَّاحِلِ، أُرَاهَا مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ، قَالَ سُرَاقَةُ: فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُمْ هُمْ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِهِمْ، وَلَكِنَّكَ رَأَيْتَ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا انْطَلَقُوا بُغَاةً، قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثْتُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ إِلَّا سَاعَةً , حَتَّى قُمْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ بَيْتِي، فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي أَنْ تُخْرِجَ لِي فَرَسِي، وَهِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَكَمَةٍ تَحْبِسُهَا عَلَيَّ، وَأَخَذْتُ رُمْحِي , فَخَرَجْتُ بِهِ مِنْ ظَهْرِ الْبَيْتِ، فَخَطَطْتُ بِرُمْحِي فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَخَفَضْتُ عَالِيَةَ الرُّمْحِ، حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ فَرَسِي فَرَكِبْتُهَا فَرَفَعْتُهَا تُقَرِّبُ بِي، حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَسْوِدَتَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُمْ حَيْثُ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّوْتَ عَثَرَتْ بِي فَرَسِي، فَخَرَرْتُ عَنْهَا، فَقُمْتُ فَأَهْوَيْتُ بِيَدِي إِلَى كِنَانَتِي، فَأَخْرَجَتُ مِنْهَا الْأَزْلَامَ، فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا , أَضُرُّهُمْ؟ أَمْ لَا؟ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ، أَنْ لَا أَضُرَّهُمْ، فَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي , وَعَصَيْتُ الْأَزْلَامَ، فَرَفَعْتُهَا تُقَرِّبُ بِي مِنْهُمْ أَيْضًا، حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْتُ سَمِعْتُ قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ لَا يَلْتَفِتُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يُكْثِرُ الِالْتِفَاتَ، سَاخَتْ يَدَا فَرَسِي فِي الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتِ الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَنْهَا، فَزَجَرْتُهَا، فَنَهَضَتْ، فَلَمْ تَكَدْ تَخْرُجُ يَدَاهَا، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَتْ قَائِمَةً , إِذْ لِأَثَرِ يَدَيْهَا عُثَانٌ سَاطِعٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنَ الدُّخَانِ، - قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ: مَا الْعُثَانُ؟ فَسَكَتَ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هُوَ الدُّخَانُ مِنْ غَيْرِ نَارٍ، قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ: قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ - فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِالْأَزْلَامِ، فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ لَا أَضُرَّهُمَا، فَنَادَيْتُهُمَا بِالْأَمَانِ، فَوَقَفَا، وَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي حَتَّى جِئْتَهُمْ، وَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي حِينَ لَقِيتُ مِنْهُمْ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ عَنْهُمْ، أَنَّهُ سَيَظْهَرُ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ جَعَلُوا فِيكَ الدِّيَةَ، وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ سَفَرِهِمْ، وَمَا يُرِيدُ النَّاسُ بِهِمْ، وَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الزَّادَ وَالْمَتَاعَ، فَلَمْ يَرْزَءُونِي شَيْئًا، وَلَمْ يَسْأَلُونِي إِلَّا أَنْ: «أَخْفِ عَنَّا» ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لِي كِتَابَ مُوَادَعَةٍ، آمَنُ بِهِ , فَأَمَرَ عَامِرَ بْنَ فُهَيْرَةَ، فَكَتَبَهُ لِي فِي رُقْعَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ، ثُمَّ مَضَى "
Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Malik al-Mudliji (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Messengers of the disbelievers of Quraysh came to us, fixing for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), each of them, (a reward equal to) a blood-money for whoever would kill them or capture them. He said: While I was sitting in one of the gatherings of my people, Banu Mudlij, a man from among them approached until he stood over us and said: "O Suraqah! I have just seen some figures on the coast, and I think they are Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him)) and his companions." Suraqah said: I recognised that it was them, but I said: "It is not them; rather, you saw so-and-so and so-and-so, who set out searching (for something)." Then I stayed in the gathering only a short while, then I got up, went into my house and ordered my slave-girl to bring out my horse, which was behind a hillock where she kept it ready for me. I took my spear and went out with it from the back of the house, trailing a line on the ground with my spear and keeping the upper end of the spear lowered, until I reached my horse. I mounted it and urged it on, and it carried me swiftly until I saw their figures. When I came close enough to them that they could hear a voice, my horse stumbled with me and I fell off it. I got up, reached with my hand for my quiver, took out the divining arrows and cast lots with them: should I harm them or not? What I disliked came out: that I should not harm them. I mounted my horse again, disobeyed the divining arrows and urged it on, and it carried me close to them again, until, when I drew near, I heard the recitation of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not look around, while Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) kept looking back frequently. (Then) the two forelegs of my horse sank into the ground up to the knees, and I fell off it. Then I scolded it and it got up, but its legs could hardly come out. When it stood upright, suddenly from the marks of its legs a smoke-like dust ('uthan) was rising up towards the sky. (Ma'mar said: I asked Abu Amr bin al-Ala': "What is 'uthan?" He remained silent for a while, then said: "It is smoke without fire." Ma'mar said: Al-Zuhri said in his narration:) Then I cast lots with the divining arrows, and the same thing I disliked came out: that I should not harm the two of them. So I called out to them offering safety; they stopped, and I rode my horse until I reached them. When I was held back from them in this way, it settled in my heart that the cause of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would prevail. I said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "Your people have fixed (a reward equal to) a blood-money for you." I told them news about their journey and what the people intended to do with them, and I offered them provisions and goods, but they took nothing from me, and they asked nothing of me except: "Keep our matter hidden." Then I requested him (peace and blessings be upon him) to write for me a document of safety by which I would be secure. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded Amir bin Fuhayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he wrote it for me on a piece of leather. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went on his way.
حَدَّثَنَا مَسْعَدَةُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْعَطَّارُ الْمَكِّيُّ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ الْمُدْلِجِيُّ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ مَالِكًا أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَخَاهُ سُرَاقَةَ بْنَ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا، إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مُحَمَّدًا قَالَ: فَأَوْمَأَتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنِ اسْكُتْ، وَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ , قَالَ: لَعَلَّهُ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ، فَمَكَثْتُ قَلِيلًا، وَقُمْتُ , فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي، فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي، فَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّتِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا، ثُمَّ لَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي، فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا، وَقَالَ: فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ: لَا يَضُرُّهُ، وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ، فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ، فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ , فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ، فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ، فَأَخْرَجَتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ: لَا يَضُرُّهُ، فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ، فَرَكِبْتُهُ , فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي، وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ، فَسَقَطْتُ، فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ، وَأَتْبَعَهَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعُثَانِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي , وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ، فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ: أَنْظِرُونِي , فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَرِيبُكُمْ , وَلَا يَبْدَؤُكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " قُلْ لَهُ: مَاذَا يَبْتَغِي؟ " فَقُلْتُ: اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً، قَالَ: «اكْتُبْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» ، قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ لِي، ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَيَّ، فَرَجَعْتُ، فَسَكَتُّ , فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ , حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مَكَّةَ، وَفَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي , قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ , دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَطَفِقُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقَيْهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ، فَدَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا كِتَابُكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ، ادْنُهْ» فَأَسْلَمْتُ
ثُمَّ تَذَكَّرْتُ شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَمَا ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا قَدْ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الضَّالَّةُ تَغْشَى حِيَاضَنَا قَدْ مَلَأْتُهَا لِإِبِلِي، هَلْ لِي مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَنْ أَسْقِيَهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَعَمْ فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ حَرَّى أَجْرٌ» فَانْصَرَفْتُ، فَسُقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَدَقَتِي
ثُمَّ تَذَكَّرْتُ شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَمَا ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا قَدْ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الضَّالَّةُ تَغْشَى حِيَاضَنَا قَدْ مَلَأْتُهَا لِإِبِلِي، هَلْ لِي مِنْ أَجْرٍ أَنْ أَسْقِيَهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَعَمْ فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ حَرَّى أَجْرٌ» فَانْصَرَفْتُ، فَسُقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَدَقَتِي
Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out from Makkah, emigrating to Madinah, Quraysh announced that whoever brought him back to them would receive one hundred she-camels as a reward. Sayyiduna Suraqah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was sitting in the gathering of my people when a man from among us came and said: "By Allah! I have just seen three riders who passed by me; I think it is Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him))." I signalled to him to keep quiet, and said: "They are only people of such-and-such tribe searching for a stray animal of theirs." He said: "Perhaps so," then fell silent. I stayed for a while, then got up and sent for my horse, and it was taken to the lower part of the valley. Then I brought out my weapons from behind my room, then took the arrows with which I used to cast lots, then put on my armour, then took out my arrows and cast lots with them, and the outcome I disliked came out: that he would not be harmed. But I hoped to bring him back and take the hundred she-camels. So I rode off on their trail. While my horse was galloping with me, it stumbled and I fell off it. I took out my arrows and cast lots again, and again the arrow I disliked came out: that he would not be harmed. But I refused and insisted on pursuing them, and I mounted it. When the people became visible to me and I looked at them, my horse stumbled, its two forelegs sank into the ground and I fell. It pulled out its leg, and smoke rose up behind it. Then I was certain that I had been prevented from reaching them and that he, Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him)), would prevail. So I called out to them and said: "Wait for me. By Allah! I will not trouble you, nor will anything you dislike reach you from me." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask him what he wants." I said: "Write for me a document as a sign between me and you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Bakr! Write it." So he wrote it for me and threw it to me. I went back and kept silent, mentioning nothing of what had happened, until, when Allah granted His Messenger the conquest of Makkah and they had finished with the people of Hunayn, I set out towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the document he (peace and blessings be upon him) had written for me was with me. As I was heading towards him (peace and blessings be upon him), I found myself in the midst of a battalion of the Ansar, and they began pushing me with their spears, saying: "Get back, get back!" until, when I came close to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was riding his she-camel, I was looking at his (peace and blessings be upon him) shins in the stirrup as though they were the heart of a palm trunk. I held out my hand with the document and said: "O Messenger of Allah! This is your document." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Today is a day of keeping promises and of goodness. Come near." So I accepted Islam. Then I remembered something I wanted to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and whatever came to my mind I asked: "O Messenger of Allah! A stray animal comes to our troughs which I have filled for my camels; will I have any reward for giving it water?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, there is a reward in giving water to every creature with a thirsting liver." Then I went back and sent my zakah animals to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، ثنا عَمِّي، ثنا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ الْمُدْلِجِيُّ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ سُرَاقَةَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا إِنِّي لَأَرَاهُ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: فَأَوْمَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنِ اسْكُتْ , إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَبْغُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ، فَلَبِثْتُ قَلِيلًا، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ، فَدَخَلْتُ، فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي، وَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّذِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا، وَلَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي، فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ، فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ لَا أَضُرَّهُ، قَالَ: وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ، فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ، فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ، فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ، فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ، فَأَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا، فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ: لَا أَضُرُّهُ، فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتْبَعَهُ، فَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي، فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي، وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ، فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَيْهِ، فَاتَّبَعَهُمَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعَصَا، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي، وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ، فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنْظِرُونِي، فَوَاللهِ، لَا آذَيْتُكُمْ وَلَا يَأْتِيكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَاذَا تَبْغِي؟» قُلْتُ: اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا يَكُونُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً، قَالَ: «اكْتُبْ لَهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» ، قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ لِي كِتَابًا، ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهُمْ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَكَتُّ، فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ , حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَكَّةَ، وَفَرَغَ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَلْقَاهُ، وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي، فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَجَعَلُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقِهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ، فَرَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ، وَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا كِتَابُكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ» ، فَأَسْلَمْتُ وَسُقْتُ إِلَيْهِ صَدَقَةَ مَالِي
Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out from Makkah, emigrating to Madinah, Quraysh fixed one hundred she-camels for whoever would bring him (peace and blessings be upon him) back. (Sayyiduna Suraqah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) I was sitting in the gathering of my people when a man came and said: "By Allah! I have just seen three riders who passed by me; I think it is Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him))." I signalled to him to keep quiet: "They are only people of such-and-such tribe searching for a stray animal of theirs." I stayed a little while, then got up and went (home) and sent for my horse, and it was taken down to the low ground of the valley. I brought out my weapons from behind my room, then took the arrows with which I used to cast lots, and put on my armour. Then I took out my arrows and cast lots, and the arrow I disliked came out: that I should not harm them. He said: And I hoped to bring him (peace and blessings be upon him) back and take the hundred she-camels. So I rode off after him (peace and blessings be upon him). While my horse was galloping swiftly with me, it stumbled and I fell off it. I took out my arrows and cast lots with them, and again the arrow I disliked came out: that I should not harm them. But I refused everything except pursuing, and I mounted my horse. When the people came into view and I looked at them, my horse stumbled with me, its two forelegs sank into the ground and I fell off it. It pulled out its legs, and behind them smoke rose up (straight) like a staff. Then I knew that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had been protected from me and that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would certainly prevail. So I called out to them and said: "Wait for me. By Allah! I will not trouble you, nor will anything you dislike reach you from me." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you want?" I said: "Write for me a document as a sign between me and you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Bakr! Write for him." So he wrote a document for me and threw it to me. I went back and kept silent, mentioning nothing of what had happened, until, when Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, granted His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) the conquest of Makkah and they had finished with Hunayn, I set out to meet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the document he (peace and blessings be upon him) had written for me was with me. As I was heading towards him (peace and blessings be upon him), I found myself in the midst of a battalion of the Ansar, and they began pushing me with their spears, saying: "Get back, get back!" until I came close to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was riding his she-camel. I was looking at his (peace and blessings be upon him) shin in the stirrup as though it were the heart of a palm trunk. I raised my hand with the document and said: "O Messenger of Allah! This is your document." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Today is a day of keeping promises and of goodness." So I accepted Islam and sent the zakah of my wealth to him (peace and blessings be upon him).
