Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حِسْبَةَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أُكَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ ذَكَرَ مَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَهُ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ فَقَالَ نَبْكِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَكَرَ يَوْمًا مَا يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيُفِيءُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الشَّامَ فَقَالَ إِنْ يُنْسَأْ فِي أَجَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ فَحَسْبُكَ مِنْ الْخَدَمِ ثَلَاثَةٌ خَادِمٌ يَخْدُمُكَ وَخَادِمٌ يُسَافِرُ مَعَكَ وَخَادِمٌ يَخْدُمُ أَهْلَكَ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَحَسْبُكَ مِنْ الدَّوَابِّ ثَلَاثَةٌ دَابَّةٌ لِرَحْلِكَ وَدَابَّةٌ لِثَقَلِكَ وَدَابَّةٌ لِغُلَامِكَ ثُمَّ هَذَا أَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيْتِي قَدْ امْتَلَأَ رَقِيقًا وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى مِرْبَطِي قَدْ امْتَلَأَ دَوَابَّ وَخَيْلًا فَكَيْفَ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ هَذَا وَقَدْ أَوْصَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي مَنْ لَقِيَنِي عَلَى مِثْلِ الْحَالِ الَّذِي فَارَقَنِي عَلَيْهَا.
English Translation
Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr said: On the Day of the Trench, Umar ibn Abi Salamah and I were placed with the women in the fortress. He would lower himself so I could climb on his back and watch, and I would lower myself so he could climb on my back and watch. I saw my father, al-Zubayr, riding his horse, going back and forth to Banu Qurayzah two or three times. When he returned, I said: 'O father, I saw you going back and forth.' He said: 'Did you see me, my son?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Who will go to Banu Qurayzah and bring me their news? So I went. When I returned, the Messenger of Allah gathered his parents' ransom for me and said: May my father and mother be ransomed for you.'