The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 2 of 4

146 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
"The home of Banii Jahsh was shut up when the migration occurred. Wtba b.
Rabi'a, al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Mugalib and Abii Jahl b. Hishm passed by it on
their way up to the heights of Mecca. 'Utba looked at its doors blowing open,
unoccupied, and he sighed deeply and said,
'Every house, no matter how long safe, will one day be
beset by disaster and outrage."'
Ibn Hish-, however, mentioned that this verse was a line from a poem by Abn
Dn%d al-Iyyadi. Al-Suhayli said that Abii DPiid was Hanrala b. Sharqi; also his
name was given as Hiwitha.
(Ihn Ishq continued) "Wtba then said, 'The home of Banii J&sh has become
devoid of its people.' Abii Jahl commented, 'No one at all will weep over that!'
He then said, to alLCAbbas that is, 'All this is the work of your nephew! He has
split us up and completely divided our community."'
Ibn Ishaq stated, "Aba Salama, CAmir b. Rabi'a and the Banii Jahsh took
up residence at Quba' with Mubashsh'ir b. 'Abd al-Mundhir; after this the
Emigrants arrived in groups.
"Banti Ghanm b. Diidm had accepted Islam and moved as Emigrants to
Medina, men and women both. They consisted of 'Abd Allah b. J&sh and his
brother Abii Aipnad, Wkzsha b. Mihsan, Shuja' and Wqba, both sons of Wahb,
Arbad b. Jumayra, Munqidh b. Nubnta, Sa'id b. Ruqaysh, Muhriz b. Nadla,
Zayd b. Ruqaysh, @ys b. Jabir, 'Amr b. Muhsin, Mnlik b. 'Amr, Safwm b.
'Amr, Thaqf b. 'Amr, Rabi'a b. Aktham, al-Zubayr b. 'Ubayda, Tam- b.
'Ubayda, Sakhbara b. Whayda and Muhammad b. 'Abd All& b. Jahsh. Their
women included Zaynab, Humna and Umm Habiba, daughters of Jabsh,
Jud-a, daughter of Jandal, Umm Qays, daughter of Muh~in, Umm Habib,
daughter of Thumama, Amina, daughter of Ruqaysh, and Sakhbara, daughter of
Tamim.
"Abn Ahad b. Jahsh spoke the following verses concerning their emigration
to Medina:
'When Umm &mad saw me leaving under the protection of
One supernatural whom I fear and revere,
She said, "If this is what you have to do, then take us
some place else, far from Yathrib."
I said to her, "Yathrib is not just a possible location;
man does whatever the All-Merciful wishes.
I head towards God and to the Messenger; and whoever
directs himself to God one day will not be disappointed.
What a lot of true, real friends we have left behind, and
a woman, too, who weeps tears and laments.
You think it is vengeance that distances us from our
land; we think that it is our aspiration that we seek.