11. THE PROPHET’S DISPATCHING OF KHALID IBN AL-WALEED TO BANI JADHEEMAH OF KINANAH AFTER THE CONQUEST
Ibn Ishaq related that Hakeem Ibn Hakeem Ibn ‘Abbad Ibn Hunaif said on the authority of Abu Ja‘afar Muhammad Ibn‘Ali, who said: When he conquered Makkah, Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, dispatched Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed for the purpose of inviting him (to Islam) and not to fight. He sent along with him some Arab tribes from Sulaim Ibn Mansoor and Mudlij Ibn Murrah. They calmed Banu Jadheemah Ibn ‘Amir Ibn ‘Abd Manaf Ibn Kinanah. When they saw him coming they drew their weapons, but Khalid said: “Drop your weapons for the people have accepted Islam.”
Ibn Ishaq also said that some people of knowledge from our companions among Banu Jadheemah informed me that when Khalid ordered us to drop our weapons, a person from among us named Jadham said: “O Banu Jadheemah, woe be to you, this is Khalid, by Allah, nothing will follow your laying down your weapons except strapping (cuffs) and nothing more will come after except the striking of your necks. By Allah, I shall never lay down my weapon.”
(The narrator added): Some men from his tribe spoke to him saying: “Jadham, do you wish for our blood to be spilled? The people have accepted Islam and have laid down their weapons, war has ended and there is now pervading security.” They kept pressuring him until they took away his weapons and all the people laid down their weapons (relying) on the statement of Khalid.
Ibn Ishaq related that Hakeem Ibn Hakeem said that Abu Ja‘afar said that when they laid down their weapons, Khalid ordered that they be shackled and then put a number of them to the sword. When the news of his action reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he raised his hand to the sky and said: “O Allah, I am innocent of what Khalid Ibn AlWaleed has done.”
Ibn Ishaq also said that Jadham had said to them when he saw what Khalid had done to Banu Jadheemah: “The striking (of the necks) has manifested itself. I had warned you concerning what you have fallen victim to.” Ibn Ishaq related that some altercation occurred between Khalid and ‘Abdur Rahman Ibn ‘Awf on the same issue. The latter asked: “Did you carry out an act from the period of Ignorance?” Khalid replied: “I took revenge for your father.” ‘Abdur Rahman responded: “You have lied, you have killed my father’s murderer previously; rather, you have taken revenge for your uncle Al-Fakih Ibn AlMugheerah.” There was an altercation between them which came to the attention of Allah’s Messenger, so he said: “Khalid, take your time, and let my Companions be (i.e. none should revile my Companions), for if you have as much gold as Uhud and you were to spend it (all) in charity, it would (still) not amount to as much as the early morning striving or evening striving of one of my Companions.”
By: Ibn Katheer
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