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فلما اطمأن رسول الله ﷺ أهدت له زينب إبنة الحارث إمرأة سلّام بن مشكم شاة مصليّة وقد سألت أي عضو من الشاة أحبّ إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقيل لها الذراع فأكثرت فيها من السمّ ثم سمّت سائر الشاة ثم جاءت بها فلما وضعتها بين يدي رسول الله ﷺ تناول الذراع فلاك منها مُضغة فلم يُسغها ومعه بشر بن البراء بن معرور قد أخذ منها كما أخذ رسول الله ﷺ فأما بشر فأساغها وأما رسول الله ﷺ فلفظها ثم قال إن هذا العظم ليخبرني أنه مسموم ثم دعا بها فاعترفت فقال ما حملكِ على ذلك قالت بلغتَ من قومي ما لم يخفَ عليك فقلت إن كان ملكاً استرحتُ منه وإن كان نبياً فسيُخبَر قال فتجاوز عنها رسول الله ﷺ ومات بشر من أكلته التي أكل

السيرة النبوية لإبن هشام زينب بنت الحارث تهدي إلى الرسول س شاة مسمومة

And when the Messenger of Allah (SAW) was at ease, Zainab bint Al-Harith, Sallam ibn Mishkam’s woman, presented him with a roast lamb. She had asked beforehand which part of the lamb the Messenger of Allah (SAW) liked best; they told her the shoulder, so she put extra poison in it, and then poisoned the rest of the lamb. Then she brought it out, and when she placed it before the Messenger of Allah (SAW), He reached for the shoulder, and chewed a bite of it, but did not swallow it. And Bishr ibn Al-Baraa ibn Ma’rur was with him, and took a piece like the Messenger of Allah (SAW) took, but Bishr swallowed it. And the Messenger of Allah (SAW) spit it out, then said: Indeed this bone tells me that it is poisoned. Then He called for her, and she confessed, and He said: What made you do this? She said: You are not unaware of what you have caused my people; I said: If he is a king, I will be rid of him, but if he is a prophet, it will be told to him. And the Messenger of Allah (SAW) let her be. And Bishr died from the meal he ate.

Ibn Hisham, Al-sirah Al-nabawiya [Biography of the Prophet], Topic section: Zainab bint Al-Harith presents a poisoned lamb to the Messenger (SAW)

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