30. الإرشاد عن عبد الملك بن هشام ومحمّد بن إسحاق وغيرهم من أصحاب الآثار :
30. Al-Irshad, narrating from `Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham, Muhammad ibn Ishaq and other traditionists (ashab al-athar), who said:
حاصَرَ رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله خَيبَرَ بِضعا وعِشرينَ لَيلَةً ،
“The Messenger of Allah (SA) besieged Khaibar for more than twenty days.
وكانَتِ الرّايَةُ يَومَئِذٍ لِأَميرِ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام ،
At that time the banner was held by the Commander of the Faithful, (AS).
فَلَحِقَهُ رَمَدٌ أعجَزَهُ عَنِ الحرَبِ ،
He was suffering from pain in his eyes which kept him from the battle [for a time].
وكانَ المُسلِمونَ يُناوِشونَ اليَهودَ مِن بَينِ أيدي حُصونِهِم وجَنَباتِها .
The Muslims attacked the Jews in front of their forts and at the sides.
فَلَمّا كانَ ذاتَ يَومٍ فَتَحُوا البابَ
One day, they overcame the gate,
وقَد كانوا خَندَقوا عَلى أنفُسِهِم ،
but they had dug a ditch around themselves.
وخَرَجَ مَرحَبٌ بِرِجلِهِ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلحَربِ .
Marhab came out on foot to oppose them in battle.
فَدَعا رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله أبا بَكرٍ فَقالَ لَهُ :
The Messenger of Allah (SA) summoned Abu Bakr and said to him:
خُذِ الرّايَةَ ،
“Take the banner.”
فَأَخَذَها ـ في جَمعٍ مِنَ المُهاجِرينَ ـ
He took it with a number of the Muhajirun
فَاجتَهَدَ ولَم يُغنِ شَيئا ،
and strived without achieving anything.
فَعادَ يُؤَنِّبُ القَومَ الَّذينَ اتَّبَعوهُ ويُؤَنِّبونَهُ !
He returned denouncing the people who had followed him, while they were just blaming him.
فَلَمّا كانَ مِن الغَدِ تَعَرَّضَ لَها عُمَرُ ،
The next day he gave it to `Umar,
فَسارَ بِها غَيرَ بَعيدٍ ،
but he went a little way with it
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يُجَبِّنُ أصحابَهُ
and then came back accusing his followers of cowardice,
ويُجَبِّنونَهُ !
while they were also accusing him of cowardice.
فَقالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه و آله :
Then the Prophet (SA) said:
لَيسَت هذِهِ الرّايَةُ لِمَن حَمَلَها ،
“This banner was not in the hand of the person worthiest of holding it.
جيؤوني بِعَلِيِّ بنِ أبي طالِبٍ .
Bring me Ali ibn Abi Talib.”
فَقيلَ لَهُ : إنَّهُ أرمَدُ .
It was said to him: “He has sore eyes.”
قالَ : أرونيهِ تُروني رَجُلاً يُحِبُّ اللّهَ ورَسولَهُ ،
He (SA) said. “Show him to me, and you will show me a man who loves Allah and His Messenger
ويُحِبُّهُ اللّهُ ورَسولُهُ ،
and whom Allah and His Messenger love.
يَأخُذُها بِحَقِّها لَيسَ بِفَرّارٍ .
He takes things up in the right way and he will not flee.”
فَجاؤوا بِعَلِيِّ بنِ أبي طالِبٍ عليه السلام يَقودونَهُ إلَيهِ ،
They brought Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS), leading him to the Prophet (SA).
فَقالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه و آله :
The Prophet (SA) asked him:
ما تَشتَكي يا عَلِيُّ ؟
“What is troubling you, Ali?”
قالَ : رَمَدٌ ما اُبصِرُ مَعَهُ ،
He (AS) said: “Sore eyes which prevent me from seeing
وصُداعٌ بِرَأسي .
and a pain in my head.”
فَقالَ لَهُ :
The Prophet (SA) said:
اِجلِس وضَع رَأسَكَ عَلى فَخِذي .
“Sit down and put your head on my thigh.”
فَفَعَلَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام ذلِكَ ، فَدَعا لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه و آله
Ali, (AS) did that, and the Prophet (SA) prayed for him.
وتَفَلَ في يَدِهِ فَمَسَحَها عَلى عَينَيهِ ورَأسِهِ ،
He spat some saliva into his hand and rubbed it on his eyes and his head.
فَانفَتَحَت عَيناهُ وسَكَنَ ما كانَ يَجِدُهُ مِنَ الصُّداعِ .
His eyes opened, and the pain in the head which he had went away.
وقالَ في دُعائِهِ لَهُ :
The Prophet (SA) had said in his prayer:
اللّهُمَّ قِهِ الحَرَّ وَالبَردَ .
“O Allah, protect him against the heat and the cold.”
وأعطاهُ الرّايَةَ ـ وكانَت رايَةً بَيضاءَ ـ وقالَ لَهُ :
The Prophet (SA) then gave him the banner, and it was a white banner, and he said:
خُذِ الرّايَةَ وَامضِ بِها ، فَجَبرَئيلُ مَعَكَ ،
“Take the standard and set forth with it. Gabriel is with you.
وَالنَّصرُ أمامَكَ ، وَالرُّعبُ مَبثوثٌ في صُدورِ القَومِ ،
Victory is in front of you and terror is spread into the hearts of the enemy.
وَاعلَم ـ يا عَلِيُّ ـ أَنَّهُم يَجِدونَ في كِتابِهِم :
Be aware, Ali, that they have found in their Book
إنَّ الَّذي يُدَمِّرُ عَلَيهِمِ اسمُهُ آلِيا ،
that the name of the one who will destroy them is Aliya.
فَإِذا لَقيتَهُم فَقُل :
When you meet them, say:
أنَا عَلِيٌّ ، فَإِنَّهُم يُخذَلونَ إن شاءَ اللّهُ ... .
“I am Ali, then they will forsake [the field] if Allah wishes… .”
وجاءَ فَي الحَديثِ :
It is reported in a tradition:
أنَّ أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام لَمّا قالَ :
“When the Commander of the Faithful (AS) said:
أنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ أبي طالِبٍ ،
“I am Ali ibn Abi Talib,”
قالَ حِبرٌ مِن أحبارِ القَومِ :
one of the Rabbis of the people called out to them, saying:
غُلِبتُم وما اُنزِلَ عَلى موسى .
“I swear by what was revealed unto Moses that you are defeated.”
فَدَخَلَ قُلوبَهُم مِنَ الرُّعبِ ما لَم يُمكِنهُم مَعَهُ الاِستيطانُ بِهِ .
As a result, such terror entered their hearts that they were not able to bear it.”
الإرشاد : ج 1 ص 125 .
Al-Irshad, vol. 1, p. 125.
31. صحيح البخاري عن سهل بن سعد:
31. Sahih al-Bukhari, narrating from Sahl ibn Sa`d, who said:
إنَّ رَسولَ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله قالَ يَومَ خَيبَرَ:
“The Messenger of Allah (SA) said on the day of Khaibar:
لَاُعطِيَنَّ هذِهِ الرّايَةَ غَدا رَجُلاً يَفتَحُ اللّهُ عَلى يَدَيهِ ،
“Tomorrow I will give this banner to a man with whose hands Allah will bring victory.
يُحِبُّ اللّهَ ورَسولَهُ ،
He loves Allah and His Messenger,
ويُحِبُّهُ اللّهُ ورَسولُهُ .
and Allah and His Messenger love him too.”
قالَ : فَباتَ النّاسُ يَدوكونَ لَيلَتَهُم أيُّهُم يُعطاها ،
He [Sahl] said: “People then started to speak with each other throughout that night about the one to whom the banner will be given.
فَلَمّا أصبَحَ النّاسُ غَدَوا على رَسولِ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله كُلُّهُم يَرجو أن يُعطاها ،
فَقالَ : أينَ عَلِيُّ بنُ أبي طالِبٍ ؟
He (SA) said: “Where is Ali ibn Abi Talib?”
فَقيلَ : هُوَ يا رَسولَ اللّهِ يَشتَكي عَينَيهِ ،
They said: “He is suffering from a pain in his eyes.”
قالَ : فَأَرسِلوا إلَيهِ ،
He (SA) said: “Bring him to me.”
فَاُتِيَ بِهِ ، فَبَصَقَ رَسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله في عَينَيهِ ودَعا لَهُ ،
He was brought, and the Messenger of Allah (SA) spat some saliva into his eyes and prayed for him.
فَبَرَأَ حَتّى كَأَن لَم يَكُن بِهِ وَجَعٌ ،
He was cured, as if he had no pain.
فَأَعطاهُ الرّايَةَ ،
The Prophet (SA) then gave him the banner.
فَقالَ عَلِيٌّ : يا رَسولَ اللّهِ ،
Ali said: “O Messenger of Allah (SA),
اُقاتِلُهُم حَتّى يَكونوا مِثلَنا ؟
I shall fight them until they become like us [Muslims]?”
فَقالَ : اُنفُذ عَلى رِسلِكَ حَتّى تَنزِلَ بِساحَتِهِم ،
He (SA) said: “Go at ease until you reach their field,
ثُمَّ ادعُهُم إلَى الإِسلامِ ،
then invite them to Islam
وأخبِرهُم بِما يَجِبُ عَلَيهِم مِن حَقِّ اللّهِ فيهِ ،
and inform them of what is incumbent upon them of the rights of Allah in Islam;
فَوَاللّهِ لِأَن يَهِديَ اللّهُ بِكَ رَجُلاً واحِدا
for by Allah, if Allah guides one through you,
خَيرٌ لَكَ مِن أن يَكونَ لَكَ حُمرُ النَّعَمِ .
it is better for you than you should have red camels.” [A camel, and especially a red camel, is considered to be one of the most valuable possessions of the Arabs of that time.]
صحيح البخاري : ج4 ص1542 ح3973 .
Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 4, p. 1542, h. 3973.
32. الإرشاد :
32. Al-Irshad:
لَمّا قَتَلَ أميرُ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام مَرحَبا
“When the Commander of the Faithful (AS) killed Marhab,
رَجَعَ مَن كانَ مَعَهُ
those who had gone out with Marhab withdrew
وأغلَقوا بابَ الحِصنِ عَلَيهِم دونَهُ ،
and barred the gate of the fortress to keep him out.
فَصارَ أميرُ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام إلَيهِ فَعالَجَهُ حَتّى فَتَحَهُ ،
The Commander of the Faithful (AS) advanced against it. He worked on it until he opened it.
وأكَثرُ النّاسِ مِن جانِبِ الخَندَقِ لَم يَعبُروا مَعَهُ ،
However, most of the people from the other side of the ditch did not come across against him.
فَأَخَذَ أميرُ المُؤمِنينَ عليه السلام بابَ الحِصنِ
So, the Commander of the Faithful (AS) uprooted the gate of the fortress,
فَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى الخَندَقِ جِسرا لَهُم
and then he used it as a bridge across the ditch
حَتّى عَبَروا وظَفِروا بِالحِصنِ
so that they might go across and conquer the fortress.
ونالُوا الغَنائِمَ .
They seized the spoils.
فَلَمَّا انصَرَفوا مِنَ الحُصونِ
When they withdrew from the fortress,
أخَذَهُ أميرُ المُؤمِنينَ بِيُمناهُ فَدَحا بِهِ أذرُعا مِنَ الأَرضِ ،
the Commander of the Faithful (AS) took the gate in his right hand and threw it many metres away.
وكانَ البابُ يُغلِقُهُ عِشرونَ رَجُلاً مِنهُم .
It used to take twenty men to bolt that gate.199
الإرشاد : ج1 ص127 .
199. Al-Irshad, vol. 1, p. 125.
33. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام:
33. Imam Ali (AS) said:
وَاللّهِ ما قَلَعتُ بابَ خَيبَرَ ،
“By Allah, I did not uproot the gate of Khaibar
ودَكدَكتُ حِصنَ يَهودٍ بِقُوَّةٍ جِسمانِيَّةٍ ،
and destroy the stronghold of the Jews with physical power,
بَل بِقُوَّةٍ إلهِيَّةٍ .
but it was with divine power.”
شرح نهج البلاغة : ج20 ص316 ح626 .
Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 20, p. 316, h. 626.
