Mishkat al-Masabih 4042

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Al-Miswar ibn Makhrama and Marwan ibn al-Hakam reported: The Prophet ﷺ set out in the year of al-Hudaybiya with a little over a thousand of his Companions. When he reached Dhu al-Hulayfa, he garlanded the sacrificial animals, marked them, and entered ihram there for an ʿumra. He travelled until he was at the pass from which they would descend toward them. His riding camel knelt down. The people said, ‘Stop, stop! Al-Qaswaʾ has balked! Al-Qaswaʾ has balked!’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Al-Qaswaʾ has not balked; that is not her nature. Rather, the One who held back the elephant has held her back.’ Then he said: ‘By Him in Whose hand is my soul, they will not ask me for any arrangement that honors Allah’s inviolable things without my granting it to them.’ He urged her on, and she leapt up. He turned away from them and camped at the far end of al-Hudaybiya beside a small pool of water from which people were drawing little by little. Before long, the people had drained it. They complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of thirst. He pulled an arrow from his quiver and ordered them to put it in the pool. By Allah, the water kept welling up for them enough to quench their thirst until they departed. While they were in that state, Budayl ibn Warqa al-Khuzaʿi came with a group of Khuzaʿa. Then ʿUrwa ibn Masʿud came, and the hadith continues until it says: Suhayl ibn ʿAmr came. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Write: This is what Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, has agreed to.’ Suhayl said: ‘By Allah, if we knew you were Allah’s Messenger, we would not have barred you from the House or fought you. Rather, write: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘By Allah, I am indeed Allah’s Messenger, even if you deny me. Write: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah.’ Suhayl said: ‘And on condition that no man from us comes to you, even if he follows your religion, without your returning him to us.’ When the document’s terms had been completed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his Companions: ‘Stand up, sacrifice, then shave your heads.’ Then believing women came, and Allah Most High revealed: ‘O you who believe, when believing women come to you as emigrants...’ [the verse]. Allah Most High forbade them to return the women and ordered them to return the dowries. Then he returned to Medina. Abu Basir, a Qurayshi man who was Muslim, came to him. They sent two men to pursue him, and he handed him over to the two men. They took him away, and when they reached Dhu al-Hulayfa, they stopped to eat some dates they had. Abu Basir said to one of the men: ‘By Allah, so-and-so, I see your sword is good. Let me see it.’ He gave him access to it, and Abu Basir struck him until he was dead. The other man fled until he reached Medina, entered the mosque running, and the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘This man has clearly seen something terrifying.’ He said: ‘By Allah, my companion has been killed, and I too will be killed!’ Then Abu Basir arrived. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Woe to his mother! He would kindle a war, if only he had someone.’ When Abu Basir heard this, he knew that he would return him to them, so he left and went to the coast. The narrator said: Abu Jandal ibn Suhayl escaped and joined Abu Basir. No Qurayshi man who had become Muslim came out without joining Abu Basir, until a band had gathered around him. By Allah, whenever they heard of a Qurayshi caravan setting out for Syria, they intercepted it, killed them, and took their property. Quraysh then appealed to the Prophet ﷺ by Allah and kinship, asking him to send for them and promising that whoever came to him would be safe. So the Prophet ﷺ sent for them. Al-Bukhari transmitted it.