عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ عَفِيفٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ امْرَأً تَاجِرًا فَقَدِمْتُ الْحَجَّ فَأَتَيْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لِأَبْتَاعَ مِنْهُ بَعْضَ التِّجَارَةِ وَكَانَ امْرَأً تَاجِرًا فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَعِنْدَهُ بِمِنًى إِذْ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خِبَاءٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنْهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا مَالَتْ يَعْنِي قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخِبَاءِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَامَتْ خَلْفَهُ تُصَلِّي ثُمَّ خَرَجَ غُلَامٌ حِينَ رَاهَقَ الْحُلُمَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخِبَاءِ فَقَامَ مَعَهُ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِلْعَبَّاسِ مَنْ هَذَا يَا عَبَّاسُ قَالَ هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ابْنِ أَخِي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ قَالَ هَذِهِ امْرَأَتُهُ خَدِيجَةُ ابْنَةُ خُوَيْلِدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا الْفَتَى قَالَ هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ابْنُ عَمِّهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي يَصْنَعُ قَالَ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ إِلَّا امْرَأَتُهُ وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ هَذَا الْفَتَى وَهُوَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ يُفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرَ قَالَ فَكَانَ عَفِيفٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ يَقُولُ وَأَسْلَمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَحَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ لَوْ كَانَ اللَّهُ رَزَقَنِيَ الْإِسْلَامَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَأَكُونَ ثَالِثًا مَعَ ابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Afif Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him), who says: I was a merchant, I came for Hajj and met Sayyiduna ‘Abbas bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) to buy some trade goods; he was also a merchant. By Allah, I was with him at Mina when a man came out from a nearby tent and looked at the sun. When he thought the sun had declined, he stood up and began to pray. Then a woman came out from the same tent and stood behind that man and began to pray. Then a boy, close to puberty, came out from the same tent and stood with the man to perform the prayer. I said to ‘Abbas: O ‘Abbas! Who is this man? He said: This is Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). I said: Who is this woman? He said: This is his wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. I said: Who is this boy? He said: This is his cousin ‘Ali bin Abi Talib. I said: What is he doing? He said: He is praying and claims that he is a Prophet, but so far, the only ones following him in this matter are his wife and this cousin of his. He believes that he will conquer the treasures of Kisra and Caesar. This ‘Afif was a cousin of Ash’ath bin Qays; later he became Muslim and his Islam became beautiful, and afterwards he used to say: If only Allah had granted me Islam at that time, and I would have been the third person to become Muslim along with Ibn Abi Talib.