Conquest of Mecca Account

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عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَمَّا سَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

On the authority of his father, he said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, set out.

عَامَ الْفَتْحِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ قُرَيْشًا

It was the Year of the Conquest, and that news reached the Quraysh.

خَرَجَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ وَبُدَيْلُ بْنُ وَرْقَاءَ

Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Hakim ibn Hizam, and Budayl ibn Warqa went out.

يَلْتَمِسُونَ الْخَبَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

They seek news about the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.

فَأَقْبَلُوا يَسِيرُونَ حَتَّى أَتَوْا مَرَّ الظَّهْرَانِ

They then set out walking until they reached Marr al-Zahran.

فَإِذَا هُمْ بِنِيرَانٍ كَأَنَّهَا نِيرَانَ عَرَفَةِ

Then they were among fires, as if they were the fires of Arafah.

فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ مَا هَذِهِ لَكَأَنَّهَا نِيرَانُ عَرَفَةَ

Abu Sufyan said, "What are these? They look like the fires of Arafat."

فَقَالَ بُدَيْلُ بْنُ وَرْقَاءِ نِيرَانُ بُنَيِّ عَمْرِو

Then Budayl ibn Warqa said, "These are the fires of the sons of Amr."

فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ عَمْرٌو أَقَلُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

Abu Sufyan said, "Amr is less than that."

فَرَأَوْهُمْ نَاسٌ مِنْ حَرَسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Then men from the guard of the Messenger of God saw them.

فَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ فَأَخَذُوهُمْ

Then they caught up with them and seized them.

فَأَتَوْا بِهِمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

So they brought them to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.

فَأَسْلَمَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ

Then Abu Sufyan embraced Islam.

فَلَمَّا سَارَ قَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ

When he set out, he said to al-Abbas.

اِحْبِسْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ عِنْدَ حَطْمِ الْخَيْلِ

Detain Abu Sufyan at Hatm al-Khayl.

حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Until he could see the Muslims.

فَحَبَسَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ

So al-Abbas detained him.

فَجَعَلَتْ الْقَبَائِلُ تَمُرُّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

So the tribes began to pass by with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.

تَمُرُّ كَتِيبَةً كَتِيبَةً عَلَى أَبِيِ سُفْيَانِ

Unit after unit passes by Abu Sufyan.

فَمَرَّتْ كَتِيبَةٌ قَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ مَنْ هَذِهِ

Then a detachment passed by. He said, "O Abbas, who are these?"

قَالَ هَذِهِ غِفَارُ

He said, "This is Ghifar."

قَالَ مَا لِي وَلِغِفَارَ

He said, "What do I have to do with Ghifar?"

ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ جُهَيْنَةُ

Then Juhayna passed by.

قَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

He said the same.

ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ سَعْدُ بْنُ هُذَيْمٍ

Then Sa'd ibn Hudhaym passed by.

فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

So he said the same.

وَمَرَّتْ سُلَيْمُ

And Sulaym passed by,

فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

So he said the same.

حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ كَتِيبَةٌ لَمْ يَرَ مِثْلَهَا

Until a company arrived unlike any he had ever seen,

قَالَ مَنْْ هَذِهِ

He said, "Who is this?"

قَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ الأَنْصَارُ

He said, "These are the Ansar."

عَلَيْهِمْ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةِ مَعَهُ الرَّايَةُ

Sa'd ibn Ubadah is with them, and the banner is with him.

فَقَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ

Then Sa'd ibn 'Ubada said, "O Abu Sufyan."

اَلْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ الْمَلْحَمَةِ اَلْيَوْمَ تُسْتَحَلُّ الْكَعْبَةُ

Today is the day of the great battle; today the Kaaba will be desecrated.

فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ يَا عَبَّاسُ حَبَّذَا يَوْمُ الذِّمَارِ

So Abu Sufyan said, "O Abbas, how excellent is the Day of Dhimar."

ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ كَتِيبَةٌ وَهِيَ أَقَلُّ الْكَتَائِبِ

Then a detachment arrived, and it was the smallest of the detachments.

فِيهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ

Among them were the Messenger of God, may God send blessings upon him and grant him peace, and his companions.

وَرَايَةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ

The Prophet's standard, may God bless him and grant him peace, was with al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam,

فَلَمَّا مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ

When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by Abu Sufyan.

قَالَ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ مَا قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةِ

He said, "Did you not know what Sa'd ibn Ubadah said?"

قَالَ مَا قَالَ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا

He said what he said, saying such and such.

فَقَالَ كَذَبَ سَعْدٌ وَلَكِنْ هَذَا يَوْمٌ يُعَظِّمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ الْكَعْبَةَ

He said, "Sa'd lied; but this is a day on which God magnifies the Kaaba."

وَيَوْمٌ تُكْسَى فِيهِ الْكَعْبَةُ

And a day on which the Kaaba is clothed.

قَالَ وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُرْكَزَ رَايَتُهُ بِالْحَجُونِ

He said, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered that his banner be planted at al-Hajun.

قَالَ عُرْوَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ

Urwa said, and Nafi', son of Jubayr, son of Mut'im, told me.

قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ يَقُولُ لِلزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

He said, "I heard al‑Abbas say to al‑Zubayr ibn al‑Awwam, O Abu Abd Allah,"

هَا هُنَا أَمَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تَرْكُزَ الْرَّايَةَ

Here the Messenger of God commanded you to plant the banner.

قَالَ وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ

He said, and on that day the Messenger of Allah gave the order.

خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مِنْ أَعْلَى مَكَّةِ مِنْ كَدَاءٍ

Khalid ibn al-Walid was to enter from the highest part of Mecca, from Kuda.

وَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ كُدَىٰ

And the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered from Kuda.

فَقُتِلَ مِنْ خَيْلِ خَالِدِ يَوْمَئِذٍ رَجُلَانِ

So two men from Khalid's horsemen were killed that day.

حُبَيْشُ بْنُ الأَشْعَرِ وَ كُرْزُ بْنُ جَابِرِ الْفِهْرِيُّ

Hubaysh, son of al-Ash'ar, and Kurz, son of Jabir al-Fihri.