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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
من مسند الزبير بن العوام
From the Musnad of al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam
مِنْ مُسْنَدِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ
From the Musnad of al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam
Musnad Abi Ya'la 686 — on the day of the Battle of Uhud a woman was
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي الزُّبَيْرُ ، أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْعَى حَتَّى كَادَتْ تُشْرِفُ عَلَى الْقَتْلَى ، قَالَ : فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ تَرَاهُمْ ، فَقَالَ : الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَرْأَةَ ، قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ : فَتَوَسَّمْتُ أَنَّهَا أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ قَالَ : فَخَرَجْتُ أَسْعَى إِلَيْهَا ، فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى ، قَالَ : فَلَكَمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي ، وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً جَلْدَةً ، وَقَالَتْ : إِلَيْكَ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ ! قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَزَمَ عَلَيْكِ ، قَالَ : فَوَقَفَتْ وَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَوْبَيْنِ مَعَهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : هَذَانِ ثَوْبَانِ جِئْتُ بِهِمَا لِأَخِي حَمْزَةَ ، فَإِذَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قُتِلَ ، قَدْ فُعِلَ بِهِ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِحَمْزَةَ ، فَوَجَدْنَا غَضَاضَةً وَحَيَاءً أَنْ يُكَفَّنَ حَمْزَةُ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ ، وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَا كَفَنَ لَهُ ، فَقُلْنَا : لِحَمْزَةَ ثَوْبٌ ، وَلِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثَوْبٌ ، فَقَدَرْنَاهُمَا ، فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ ، فَأَقْرَعْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَجُعِلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي صَارَ لَهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Uhud a woman was seen coming quickly towards the battlefield, until she was about to arrive right in front of the bodies of the martyrs. He says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked that she should see them (in that state), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out: "The woman! The woman! (Stop the woman, stop the woman!)" Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I sensed that she was my mother, Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), so I ran towards her and caught up with her before she reached the martyrs. She was a very strong and resolute woman; she struck me on the chest with her fist and said: "Get away from me, may it go well with you (move back)!" I said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has strictly forbidden you (to go forward)." He says: Hearing this, she stopped, took out two garments she had brought with her and said: "These are two garments that I have brought for the shroud of my brother Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him)." Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Beside Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) there also lay a martyred Ansari Companion (may Allah be pleased with him), with whom the same had been done (mutilation) as had been done to Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him). We felt it a slight, and were ashamed, that Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) should be shrouded in two garments while the Ansari Companion had no shroud. So we decided that one garment should be for Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) and one for the Ansari Companion. Then we measured the two garments, and one of them was larger than the other, so we cast lots between them, and each was shrouded in the garment that fell to his share.
