Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Asbab <strong>al</strong>-Nuzul<br />
him and give him peace, gave the key of the Ka‘bah to me and ‘Uthman and said: ‘Take it, O children of<br />
Abu T<strong>al</strong>hah, to be etern<strong>al</strong>ly kept among your offspring, and none sh<strong>al</strong>l take it from you except a transgressor’.<br />
Thus, the Banu T<strong>al</strong>hah who are the caretaker of the Ka‘bah belong to Banu ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Dar”.<br />
(O ye who believe! Obey <strong>Al</strong>lah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority…)<br />
[4:59].<br />
Abu ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn Abu Hamid <strong>al</strong>-‘Adl informed us> Abu Bakr ibn Abi Zakariyya <strong>al</strong>-Hafiz> Abu<br />
Hamid ibn <strong>al</strong>-Sharqi> Muhammad ibn Yahya> Hajjaj ibn Muhammad> Ibn Jurayj> Ya‘la ibn Muslim><br />
Sa‘id ibn Jubayr> Ibn ‘Abbas that he said regarding the saying of <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, (O ye who believe!<br />
Obey <strong>Al</strong>lah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority): “It was reve<strong>al</strong>ed about Hudhafah<br />
ibn Qays ibn ‘Adiyy who was sent by the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, in<br />
a military expedition”. This was narrated by Bukhari from Sadaqah ibn <strong>al</strong>-Fadl and <strong>al</strong>so by Muslim from<br />
Zuhayr ibn Harb and both transmitter related it from Hajjaj. 26<br />
Said Ibn ‘Abbas, according to the narration of Badhan: “<strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and<br />
give him peace, sent Kh<strong>al</strong>id ibn <strong>al</strong>-W<strong>al</strong>id in a military expedition to one of the Arab clans. He was accompanied<br />
in this expedition by ‘Ammar ibn Yasir. When he drew closer to them at night, he stopped to<br />
camp in order to try to conquer them the following morning. Meanwhile this clan was warned about the<br />
approaching military expedition which made them flee the area, except for one man who was a Muslim.<br />
This man asked his family to get ready to move and then he went to the camp of Kh<strong>al</strong>id and entered in<br />
on ‘Ammar. He said to him: ‘O Abu’l-Yaqzan! I am one of you. But my people ran away when they heard<br />
you were coming. I stayed because I am Muslim. Is this of any benefit to me, or sh<strong>al</strong>l I flee as my people<br />
did’ ‘Ammar said: ‘Stay, for it is benefici<strong>al</strong> to you’. <strong>The</strong> man returned to his family and told them to stay.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following morning, Kh<strong>al</strong>id invaded the clan but found no one except this man, and so he imprisoned<br />
him and seized his property. ‘Ammar went to him and said: ‘Let the man go, for he is a Muslim<br />
and I have <strong>al</strong>ready given him amnesty and told him to stay’. Kh<strong>al</strong>id said: ‘You give protection from me to<br />
others while I am the leader!’ Ammar said: ‘Yes, I give protection from you to others while you are the<br />
leader’. And they exchanged angry words. <strong>The</strong>n they both went to the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give<br />
him peace, and informed him about the man. <strong>The</strong> Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, gave the<br />
man amnesty, sanctioned the amnesty that ‘Ammar had given to the man and then forbade him from<br />
giving amnesty to anyone in the future without the express permission of his leader. ‘Ammar and Kh<strong>al</strong>id<br />
insulted each other in the presence of <strong>Al</strong>lah’s Messenger, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, and when<br />
‘Ammar spoke very rudely to Kh<strong>al</strong>id, the latter became very angry and said: ‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, will<br />
you <strong>al</strong>low this slave to insult me By <strong>Al</strong>lah, if it were not for you, he would not insult me’. ‘Ammar, by<br />
the way, was a client of Hashim ibn <strong>al</strong>-Mughirah. <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him<br />
peace, said: ‘O Kh<strong>al</strong>id, leave ‘Ammar <strong>al</strong>one, for whoever insults ‘Ammar, <strong>Al</strong>lah will insult him, and whoever<br />
hates ‘Ammar, <strong>Al</strong>lah will hate him’. Upon which ‘Ammar left. Kh<strong>al</strong>id followed him, and held him<br />
by his cloak and asked him to forgive him, which he did. <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse,<br />
enjoining obedience to those who are in authority”. 27<br />
(Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is reve<strong>al</strong>ed unto thee and<br />
that which was reve<strong>al</strong>ed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to f<strong>al</strong>se<br />
deities when they have been ordered to abjure them) [4:60].<br />
Sa‘id ibn Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-‘Adl informed us> Abu ‘Amr ibn Hamdan> <strong>al</strong>-Hasan ibn Sufyan> Ibrahim ibn<br />
Sa‘d <strong>al</strong>-Jawhari> Abu’l-Yaman> Safwan ibn ‘Amr>> ‘Ikrimah> Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “Abu Burdah <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Aslami was a soothsayer who used to settle the disputes that the Jews had amongst themselves. When a<br />
group of people from Aslam took their dispute to him, <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Hast thou not seen<br />
26<br />
Tabari, :148; Durr, :576.<br />
27<br />
Durr, :573-574; Tabari, :148.<br />
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