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236 THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Ibn Hisham related, from Ibn Abn 'Amr b. alLcAla', that Abii 'Amr al-Madani said, "It was Mikraz h. Hafs who led them." I observe that al-Wzqidi's account, heretofore, gives two statements, one that the leader was Mikraz, the second that it was Ahn Sufym Sakhr b. Harb; but it seemed to hi more likely that it was Abii Sufyzn. God knows best. Ihn Ishaq then gave the ode attributed to Abii Bakr "the Trusting", written about this night raid. It begins, "Is it for your vision of Salma in the flat desert plains you lay awake, and for something happening in the tribe? In LuJayy you see a faction that no preaching, no messenger's mission could keep from unbelief. A truth-telling messenger came to them hut they denied him and told him he could not stay among them. When we called them to the truth, they turned their backs and fled like panting dogs retreating to their lair." He then gave the response of 'Abd Allzh h. al-Zibacra: "Is it because of the traces of a home now desolate amidst the sand dunes that you weep, your tears soon gone, And because of time's surprises, and destiny is all surprises, of things gone by and new. A great army that came to us, led by Wbayda who is called Ibn Harith, in battle, So we would leave idols set up in Mecca, passed down by heir to noble heir." Ibn Ishxq goes on to give the complete ode. And nothing prevents us from doing the same except for the fact that I mw 'Ahd al-Malik h. HishM, God bless him, who was an Imzm in language, reported that many scholars, expert in poetry, deny the authenticity of both these poems. Ibn Ishzq further stated, "Sa'd b. Abn Waqqas spoke the following verses concerning his having shot an arrow, or so they say, "Has the Messenger of God heard that I protected my companions with my arrow? Through it I well protected their front ranks over land both rough and easy. And no one shooting an arrow at an enemy will he counted before myself, 0 Messenger of God! And that was because your religion is that of truth; it was with truth and virtue that you brought it. By it the believers are saved, by it the unbelievers are punished at a place of boiling pitch.
IMAM ABO AL-FIDA' ISMA~~L IBN KATHTR 237 Take care, for you have erred, and do not decry me; woe upon you, Ibn Jahl, misleader of your tribe!" Ibn Hisham commented, "Most authorities on poetry deny that this poem is to be attributed to Sag." Ibn Ishaq stated further, "The banner given to Wbayda, so I have been told, was the first awarded by the Messenger of God (SAAS) to any Muslim." Al-Zuhri, Mna b. Wqba, and al-Waqidi disputed Ibn Ishaq in this and maintained that Hamza received a flag before Wbayd b. al-Hzrith. But God knows best. It will be related hereafter, from a hadith of Sa'd b. Aba Waqqq, that the first leader of these raids was 'Abd Allsh b. Jahsh al-Asadi. Ibn Ishaq went on, "Some scholars maintain that the Messenger of God (SAAS) sent him out when he arrived from the mission to al-Abw2 before he reached Medina. Masa b. Wqba related it so from al-Zuhri." Ibn Ishaq stated, "The Messenger of God (SAAS), while resident there, sent Hamza b. 'Abd al-Murwlib b. Hashim to the sea coast near al-'fq along with 30 mounted men drawn from the Emigrants; there were no Helpers among them. Hamza confronted Abii Jahl b. Hishzm and 300 mounted Meccans there on the shore. But Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani interposed himself between the opposing parties, for he was at peace with both. Both sides withdrew from one another and so no fighting occurred." Ibn Ishzq continued, "Some people say that Hamza's banner was the first awarded by the Messenger of God (SAAS) to any of the Muslims. This was because he had dispatched Hamza and Wbayda at the same time; this confused people." I comment that Mnsa b. Wqba quoted al-Zuhri as saying that he had dispatched Hamza before Wbayda b. al-H%~%h. He maintained that Hamza's mission came before the expedition to al-Abw2'. And that when the Messenger of God (SAAS) returned from al-Abw2 be dispatched Wbayda b. al-Harith along with 60 Emigrants. He then related much as above. It has been stated above that al-Waqidi said, "The raid made by uamza in Ramadan took place in 1 AH; Wbayda's expedition came thereafter, in Shawwd in the same year." But God knows best. Ibn Ishaq quoted from Hamza, God be pleased with him, poetry indicating that his banner was the first awarded in Islam. However Ibn Ishaq stated, "If Hamza did speak this, then so it was. He only ever spoke the truth. But God knows best what happened. What we have heard from scholars was that Wbayda was first. The poem is as follows: '0 my people, contemplate wisdom and foolishness and failure in man's thought and intellect, About those who have wronged us while we have not violated their people or property.
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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