وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ : خَرَجْتُ حَاجًّا فِي جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ نُورًا سَاطِعًا مِنَ الْكَعْبَةِ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إِلَى جِبَالِ يَثْرِبَ أَشْعَرَ جُهَيْنَةَ ، فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا فِي النُّورِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ :
انْقَشَعَتِ الظَّلْمَاءُ وَسَطَعَ الضِّيَاءُ وَبُعِثَ خَاتَمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ
ثُمَّ أَضَاءَ إِضَاءَةً أُخْرَى حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى قُصُورِ الْحِيرَةِ وَأَبْيَضِ الْمَدَائِنِ فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا فِي النُّورِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ :
ظَهَرَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَكُسِرَتِ الْأَصْنَامُ وَوُصِلَتِ الْأَرْحَامُ
فَانْتَبَهْتُ فَزِعًا وَقُلْتُ لِقَوْمِي : وَاللَّهِ لَيَحْدُثَنَّ فِي هَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ حَدَثٌ . وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ بِمَا رَأَيْتُ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا عَمْرُو بْنَ مُرَّةَ ، أَنَا النَّبِيُّ الْمُرْسَلُ إِلَى الْعِبَادِ كَافَّةً ، أَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَآمُرُهُمْ بِحَقْنِ الدِّمَاءِ ، وَصِلَةِ الْأَرْحَامِ ، وَعِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ وَرَفْضِ الْأَصْنَامِ ، وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ ، وَصِيَامِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ مِنَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، فَمَنْ أَجَابَ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ، وَمَنْ عَصَى فَلَهُ النَّارُ ، فَآمِنْ بِاللَّهِ يَا عَمْرُو يُؤَمِّنُكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ هَوْلِ جَهَنَّمَ " ، قُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، وَآمَنْتُ بِكُلِّ مَا جِئْتَ بِهِ مِنْ حَلَالٍ وَحَرَامٍ ، وَأَنْ أُرْغِمَ ذَلِكَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْأَقْوَامِ ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَدْتُهُ أَبْيَاتًا ، قُلْتُ حِينَ سَمِعْتُ بِهِ وَكَانَ لَنَا صَنَمٌ ، وَكَانَ أَبِي سَادِنًا لَهُ ، فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَكَسَرْتُهُ ، ثُمَّ لَحِقْتُ بِالنَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَنَا أَقُولُ :
شَهِدْتُ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ حَقٌّ وَإِنَّنِي لِآلِهَةِ الْأَحْجَارِ أَوَّلُ تَارِكٍ وَشَمَّرْتُ عَنْ سَاقِي الْإِزَارَ مُهَاجِرًا
إِلَيْكَ أَحُوزُ الْفَوْزَ بَعْدَ الدَّكَادِكِ لِأَصْحَبَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ نَفْسًا وَوَالِدًا
رَسُولَ مَلِيكِ النَّاسِ فَوْقَ الْحَبَائِكِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَرْحَبًا [ بِكَ ] يَا عَمْرُو بْنَ مُرَّةَ " ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ، ابْعَثْنِي إِلَى قَوْمِي لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُؤَمِّرَنِي عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا مَنَّ بِكَ عَلَيَّ ، فَبَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِالرِّفْقِ وَالْقَوْلِ السَّدِيدِ ، وَلَا تَكُنْ فَظًّا وَلَا مُتَكَبِّرًا وَلَا حَسُودًا " ، فَأَتَيْتُ قَوْمِي فَقُلْتُ : يَا بَنِي رِفَاعَةَ ، يَا مَعَاشِرَ جُهَيْنَةَ ، إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَيْكُمْ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَأُحَذِّرُكُمُ النَّارَ ، وَآمُرُكُمْ بِحَقْنِ الدِّمَاءِ وَصِلَةِ الْأَرْحَامِ ، وَعِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ وَرَفْضِ الْأَصْنَامِ ، وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ ، وَصِيَامِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرٌ مِنَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا ، فَمَنْ أَجَابَ فَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ عَصَى فَلَهُ النَّارُ . يَا مَعْشَرَ جُهَيْنَةَ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَعَلَكُمْ خِيَارَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ مِنْهُ ، وَبَغَّضَ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي جَاهِلِيَّتِكُمْ مَا حَبَّبَ إِلَى غَيْرِكُمْ ، مِنْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَجْمَعُونَ بَيْنَ الْأُخْتَيْنِ ، وَيَخْلُفُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ أَبِيهِ ، وَالْغَزَاةِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ ، فَأَجِيبُوا هَذَا النَّبِيَّ الْمُرْسَلَ مِنْ بَنِي لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبٍ ، تَنَالُوا شَرَفَ الدُّنْيَا وَكَرَامَةَ الْآخِرَةِ ، وَسَارِعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ فَضِيلَةٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ، فَأَجَابُوهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا قَالَ : يَا عَمْرُو بْنَ مُرَّةَ - أَمَرَّ اللَّهُ عَيْشَكَ - تَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَرْفُضَ آلِهَتَنَا ، وَنُفَرِّقَ جَمَاعَتَنَا ، وَنُخَالِفَ دِينَ آبَائِنَا إِلَى مَا يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ هَذَا الْقُرَشِيُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ تِهَامَةَ ؟ لَا ، وَلَا حُبًّا وَلَا كَرَامَةَ ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ الْخَبِيثُ يَقُولُ :
إِنَّ ابْنَ مُرَّةَ قَدْ أَتَى بِمَقَالَةٍ لَيْسَتْ مَقَالَةَ مَنْ يُرِيدُ صَلَاحَا إِنِّي لَأَحْسَبُ قَوْلَهُ وَفِعَالَهُ يَوْمًا وَإِنْ طَالَ الزَّمَانُ رِيَاحَا أَيُسَفَّهُ الْأَشْيَاخُ مِمَّنْ قَدْ مَضَى ؟ مَنْ رَامَ ذَاكَ فَلَا أَصَابَ فَلَاحَا .
فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ : الْكَاذِبُ مِنِّي وَمِنْكَ أَمَرَّ اللَّهُ فَمَهُ ، وَأَبْكَمَ لِسَانَهُ ، وَأَكْمَهَ عَيْنَيْهِ ، وَأَسْقَطَ أَسْنَانَهُ ، قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ : فَوَاللَّهِ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى سَقَطَ فُوهُ ، وَكَانَ لَا يَجِدُ طَعْمَ الطَّعَامِ ، وَعُمِيَ وَخُرِسَ ، فَخَرَجَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ حَتَّى أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَرَحَّبَ بِهِمْ وَحَبَاهُمْ وَكَتَبَ لَهُمْ كِتَابًا هَذِهِ نُسْخَتُهُ : " بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا كِتَابٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كِتَابٌ صَادِقٌ وَحَقٌّ نَاطِقٌ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْجُهَنِيِّ لِجُهَيْنَةَ بْنِ زَيْدَانَ ، لَكُمْ بُطُونُ الْأَرْضِ وَسُهُولُهَا وَتِلَاعُ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَظُهُورُهَا ، تَرْعَوْنَ نَبَاتَهُ وَتَشْرَبُونَ صَافِيَهِ عَلَى أَنْ تُقِرُّوا بِالْخَمْسِ ، وَتُصَلُّوا صَلَاةَ الْخَمْسِ ، وَفِي السِّعَةِ وَالصُّرَيْمَةِ شَاتَانِ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَتَا ، وَإِنْ تَفَرَّقَتَا فَشَاةٌ شَاةٌ ، لَيْسَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْمُثِيرَةِ صَدَقَةٌ " . وَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَمَنْ حَضَرَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِكِتَابِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ ، فَذَلِكَ حِينَ يَقُولُ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ الْجُهَنِيُّ :
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَظْهَرَ دِينَهُ وَبَيَّنَ بُرْهَانَ الْقُرْآنِ لِعَامِرِ كِتَابٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ يَجْعَلُنَا مَعًا وَأَخْلَافُنَا فِي كُلِّ بَادٍ وَحَاضِرِ إِلَى خَيْرِ مَنْ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا وَأَفْضَلِهَا عِنْدَ اعْتِكَارِ الضَّرَائِرِ أَطَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمَّا تَقَطَّعَتْ بُطُونُ الْأَعَادِي بِالظِّبَاءِ الْخَوَاطِرِ فَنَحْنُ قَبِيلٌ قَدْ بَنَى الْمَجْدُ حَوْلَنَا إِذَا اجْتُلِيَتْ فِي الْحَرْبِ هَامُ الْأَكَابِرِ بَنُو الْحَرْبِ نَفْرِيهَا بِأَيْدٍ طَوِيلَةٍ وَبِيضٍ تَلَأْلَأُ فِي أَكُفِّ الْمَغَاوِرِ وَمِنْ حَوْلِهِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَحْمُوا أَمِيرَهُمْ بِسُمْرِ الْعَوَالِي وَالسُّيُوفِ الْبَوَاتِرِ إِذَا الْحَرْبُ دَارَتْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ عَظِيمَةٍ وَدَارَتْ رَحَاهَا لِلُّيُوثِ الْهَوَاصِرِ تَبَلَّجَ مِنْهُ اللَّوْنُ وَازْدَانَ وَجْهُهُ كَمِثْلِ ضِيَاءِ الْبَدْرِ بَيْنَ الزَّوَاهِرِ .
وَذَكَرَ يَاسِرُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَجَّهَهُ فِي خَيْلٍ أَوْ سَرِيَّةِ وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَامِلٌ ، فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ مَوْلُودًا فَحَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَدْ وُلِدَ هَذَا الْمَوْلُودُ وَأَبَوْهُ فِي الْخَيْلِ ، فَسَمِّهِ ، فَأَخَذَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَمَرَّ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ رِجَالَهُمْ ، وَأَقِلَّ أَيَّامَهُمْ ، وَلَا تُحْوِجَهُمْ ، وَلَا تُرِ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ خَصَاصَةً " ، فَقَالَ : " سَمِّيهِ مُسْرِعًا فَقَدْ أَسْرَعَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ .
Sayyiduna Amr bin Murrah al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the days of Ignorance I set out to perform Hajj with some people of my tribe. I saw in a dream that I was in Makkah, and a light was shining forth from the Ka'bah until it reached the mountains of Yathrib, the mountain called Ash'ar Juhaynah. Then I heard a voice in that light saying: "The darkness has cleared, the radiance is shining, and the Seal of the Prophets has been sent." Then there was another light, until I saw the palaces of al-Hirah and the whiteness of al-Mada'in, and I heard a voice in that light saying: "Islam has prevailed, the idols have been broken, and the ties of kinship have been joined." I woke up in a state of alarm and said to my people: "Some new development has come about in the tribe of Quraysh." Then I told them about the dream I had seen. When we reached our land, we received the news that a man named Ahmad had been sent. I came to him and told him (peace and blessings be upon him) about the dream I had seen, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Amr bin Murrah! I am the Prophet who has been sent to all the servants (of Allah). I invite them to Islam; I command them to refrain from bloodshed and to join the ties of kinship; I command them to worship Allah and cast aside the idols, and I command them to perform Hajj to the House and to fast the month of Ramadan, one of the twelve months of the year. Whoever accepts this will have Paradise, and whoever disobeys will go to Hell. So, O Amr! Believe in Allah, and He will keep you safe from the terrors of Hell." The narrator says: I said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah, and I believe in everything you have brought regarding the lawful and the unlawful, however much this may displease people." Then I recited to him the verses I had composed at the time when I heard about this. We used to have an idol, and my father was its custodian; I got up and broke it, then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and recited these verses: "I bear witness that Allah is the Truth, and I am the first to abandon gods of stone. I have tucked my waist-wrapper up from my shins and begun to make ready, so that I may emigrate to you, and make this emigration by crossing the wastelands, so that I may become the companion of the one who is the best of all people in his own person and in his father, and who is the Messenger of the King of the people above the heavens (that is, Allah)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Amr bin Murrah! Welcome to you." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Send me to my people, so that Allah Almighty may do those people a favour through me, just as He has done me a favour through you." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to those people, and he said: "You must act with gentleness and say good words; you must not show harshness, you must not be arrogant, and you must not be envious." I came to my people and said: "O Banu Rifa'ah! O people of the tribe of Juhaynah! I have come to you as the envoy of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I invite you to Paradise and urge you to save yourselves from Hell, and I instruct you that lives be protected, that the ties of kinship be joined, that Allah be worshipped, that the idols be cast aside, that Hajj be performed to the House of Allah, and that the month of Ramadan be fasted, which is one month out of twelve. Whoever accepts this will have Paradise, and whoever disobeys will have Hell. O assembly of the tribe of Juhaynah! Indeed, Allah Almighty has kept you in a better state; what used to be liked by other people in the days of Ignorance, He has kept disliked among you, such as their combining two sisters in marriage, or a man marrying his father's wife, or fighting in the sacred month (these things are not found among you). So accept the word of this 'sent Prophet' who belongs to Banu Lu'ayy bin Ghalib, so that you may attain honour in this world and dignity in the Hereafter, and hasten in this matter; you will attain virtue in the sight of Allah Almighty." Those people accepted what Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, except one man who did not accept it. He said: "O Amr bin Murrah! May Allah Almighty make your life bitter! Are you commanding us to abandon our gods, break away from our community, oppose the religion of our forefathers and go towards what that Qurashi man from the people of Tihamah is calling to? No! This can never be." Then that wicked man composed these verses: "Ibn Murrah has brought a saying that cannot be the saying of one who intends what is good. I consider his words and deeds worthless, however much time may pass. Does he declare the elders who have passed away to be fools? Whoever aims at that will never attain success." Sayyiduna Amr bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whichever of you and me is the liar, may Allah Almighty make his mouth bitter, strike his tongue dumb, make his eyes blind and make his teeth fall out." Sayyiduna Amr bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Before that man died, his mouth gave way (that is, his sense of taste was ruined); he could not perceive the taste of any food, and he also became blind and also became dumb. Then Sayyiduna Amr bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and those people of his tribe who followed him came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) welcomed them, gave them gifts and had a document written for them, the words of which are these: "Seeking blessing with the name of Allah Almighty, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is a document from Allah, by the tongue of His Prophet, a truthful document and a true word, for Amr bin Murrah al-Juhani, who belongs to Juhaynah bin Zaydan. To you belong the level parts of the land, its hillocks and their tops; you will graze your animals on its vegetation there and drink its clear water, on condition that you uphold the five things (or: that you pay the khums). You are to offer the five prayers. If the sa'ah and the suraymah are gathered together, two goats will be due on them, and if they are separate, one goat (each) will be due; and no zakah will be due on the owners of plough animals." Our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Muslims present there became witnesses to this document written by Sayyiduna Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him). That is why Sayyiduna Amr bin Murrah al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) composed these verses: "Have you not seen that Allah Almighty has made His religion prevail and made clear the proof of the Qur'an for the one who inhabits (the land)? It is a Book from the Most Merciful; it has gathered us all together, while our confederates are among every desert-dweller and town-dweller. And we have come to that being who is the best of those who walk upon the earth, and the most excellent when troubling difficulties arise. We obeyed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time when the bellies of the enemies were cut open by the swaying blades. So we are a tribe around whom glory has been built, when the heads of the mighty are cut off in battle. We are men of war; we stir it up with long arms and with what is in the hands of the raiders. And around him are the Ansar, who guard their commander with keen spears and cutting swords. When war turns around every great matter, its millstone is turned by lions that tear apart. From him the complexion shines bright and his face is adorned, like the full moon among the stars." Yasir bin Suwayd mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him on some military expedition while his wife was pregnant. She gave birth to a child, and the child's mother carried him to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! This child has been born to me, and his father has gone to battle, so please (peace and blessings be upon him) give him a name." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took that child, passed his hand over him and then said: "O Allah! Increase their men, lessen their hardship, do not make them needy, and do not let any of them see want." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Name him 'Musri'', for he has hastened into Islam."
Al-Tabarani recorded it.