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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي أَبِي ذَرٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -
Reports on Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him)
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15814
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وَعَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ : كَانَ لِي أَخٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ : أُنَيْسٌ ، وَكَانَ شَاعِرًا ، فَتَنَافَرَ هُوَ وَشَاعِرٌ آخَرُ ، فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ : أَنَا أَشْعَرُ مِنْكَ ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ : أَنَا أَشْعَرُ ، فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ : فَبِمَنْ تَرْضَى أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَنَا ؟ قَالَ : أَرْضَى أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَنَا كَاهِنُ مَكَّةَ . قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، فَخَرَجَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَاجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ الْكَاهِنِ ، فَأَنْشَدَهُ هَذَا كَلَامَهُ وَهَذَا كَلَامَهُ ، فَقَالَ لِأُنَيْسٍ : قَضَيْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ، فَكَأَنَّهُ فَضَّلَ شِعْرَ أُنَيْسٍ . فَقَالَ أَخِي : بِمَكَّةَ رَجُلٌ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَهُوَ عَلَى دِينِكَ .
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ : وَمَا كَانَ دِينُكَ ؟ قَالَ : رَغِبْتُ عَنْ آلِهَةِ قَوْمِي الَّتِي كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ . فَقُلْتُ : أَيَّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتَ تَعْبُدُ ؟ قَالَ : لَا شَيْءَ ، كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى أَسْقُطَ كَأَنِّي خَفَاءٌ حَتَّى يُوقِظَنِي حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ . فَقِيلَ لَهُ : أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تُوَجِّهُ وَجْهَكَ ؟ قَالَ : حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي رَبِّي .
قَالَ لِي أُنَيْسٌ : وَقَدْ شَنَئُوهُ - يَعْنِي كَرِهُوهُ - .
قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ مَكَّةَ ، فَكُنْتُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً وَيَوْمًا ، أَخْرُجُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ شَرْبَةً ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سَخْفَةَ جُوعٍ وَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَجَعَلْتِ امْرَأَتَانِ تَدْعُوَانِ لَيْلَةً آلِهَتَهُمَا ، وَتَقُولُ إِحْدَاهُمَا : يَا أَسَافُ ، هَبْ لِي غُلَامًا ، وَتَقُولُ الْأُخْرَى : يَا نَائِلَةُ ، هَبْ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا . فَقُلْتُ : هُنَّ بِهِنَّ فَوَلَّتَا وَجَعَلَتَا تَقُولَانِ : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، إِذْ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَمْشِي وَرَاءَهُ ، فَقَالَتَا : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، فَتَكَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِكَلَامٍ قَبَّحَ مَا قَالَتَا . قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ : " وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ " . - ثَلَاثًا - ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي : " مُنْذُ كَمْ أَنْتَ هَهُنَا ؟ " . قُلْتُ : مُنْذُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً . قَالَ : " فَمِنْ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَأْكُلُ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : كُنْتُ آتِي زَمْزَمَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا شَرْبَةً ، فَمَا وُجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سَخْفَةَ جُوعٍ وَلَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنَّهَا طُعْمٌ وَشُرْبٌ ، وَهِيَ مُبَارَكَةٌ " - قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا - . ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ " . فَقُلْتُ : مِنْ غِفَارَ قَالَ : وَكَانَتْ غِفَارُ يَقْطَعُونَ عَلَى الْحَاجِّ ، فَكَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - تَقَبَّضَ عَنِّي ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ : " انْطَلِقْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ انْطَلِقْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ " . فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَقَرَّبَ لَنَا زَبِيبًا ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ، وَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَعَلَّمَنِي الْإِسْلَامَ ، وَقَرَأْتُ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ . فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُظْهِرَ دِينِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ " . قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ ، قَالَ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ " . قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ، فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقُرَيْشٌ حِلَقٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، فَتَنَفَّضَتِ الْحِلَقُ ، فَقَامُوا إِلَيَّ فَضَرَبُونِي حَتَّى تَرَكُونِي كَأَنِّي [ نُصُبٌ ] أَحْمَرُ ، وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ قَتَلُونِي ، فَقُمْتُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - [ فَرَأَى مَا بِي مِنَ الْحَالِ ، فَقَالَ : " أَلَمْ أَنْهَكَ ؟ " . فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَاجَةٌ كَانَتْ فِي نَفْسِي فَقَضَيْتُهَا ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ] فَقَالَ لِي : " الْحَقْ بِقَوْمِكَ ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ ظُهُورِي فَائْتِنِي " . فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَلَقِيتُ أُنَيْسًا فَبَكَى وَقَالَ : يَا أَخِي ، مَا كُنْتُ أَرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ قُتِلْتَ لِمَا أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، فَأَسْلَمَ مَكَانَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ أُمِّي فَلَمَّا رَأَتْنِي بَكَتْ وَقَالَتْ : [ يَا بُنَيَّ ] ، أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تَخَوَّفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ قُتِلْتَ ، مَا فَعَلْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ . قَالَتْ : فَمَا صَنَعَ أُنَيْسٌ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَسْلَمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : وَمَا بِي عَنْكُمَا رَغْبَةٌ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ . فَأَقَمْتُ فِي قَوْمِي ، فَأَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ ، حَتَّى بَلَغَنَا ظُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَتَيْتُهُ . قُلْتُ : هُوَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ بِاخْتِصَارٍ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ .
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ : وَمَا كَانَ دِينُكَ ؟ قَالَ : رَغِبْتُ عَنْ آلِهَةِ قَوْمِي الَّتِي كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ . فَقُلْتُ : أَيَّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتَ تَعْبُدُ ؟ قَالَ : لَا شَيْءَ ، كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى أَسْقُطَ كَأَنِّي خَفَاءٌ حَتَّى يُوقِظَنِي حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ . فَقِيلَ لَهُ : أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تُوَجِّهُ وَجْهَكَ ؟ قَالَ : حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي رَبِّي .
قَالَ لِي أُنَيْسٌ : وَقَدْ شَنَئُوهُ - يَعْنِي كَرِهُوهُ - .
قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ مَكَّةَ ، فَكُنْتُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً وَيَوْمًا ، أَخْرُجُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ شَرْبَةً ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سَخْفَةَ جُوعٍ وَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَجَعَلْتِ امْرَأَتَانِ تَدْعُوَانِ لَيْلَةً آلِهَتَهُمَا ، وَتَقُولُ إِحْدَاهُمَا : يَا أَسَافُ ، هَبْ لِي غُلَامًا ، وَتَقُولُ الْأُخْرَى : يَا نَائِلَةُ ، هَبْ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا . فَقُلْتُ : هُنَّ بِهِنَّ فَوَلَّتَا وَجَعَلَتَا تَقُولَانِ : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، إِذْ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَمْشِي وَرَاءَهُ ، فَقَالَتَا : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، فَتَكَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِكَلَامٍ قَبَّحَ مَا قَالَتَا . قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ : " وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ " . - ثَلَاثًا - ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي : " مُنْذُ كَمْ أَنْتَ هَهُنَا ؟ " . قُلْتُ : مُنْذُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً . قَالَ : " فَمِنْ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَأْكُلُ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : كُنْتُ آتِي زَمْزَمَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا شَرْبَةً ، فَمَا وُجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سَخْفَةَ جُوعٍ وَلَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنَّهَا طُعْمٌ وَشُرْبٌ ، وَهِيَ مُبَارَكَةٌ " - قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا - . ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ " . فَقُلْتُ : مِنْ غِفَارَ قَالَ : وَكَانَتْ غِفَارُ يَقْطَعُونَ عَلَى الْحَاجِّ ، فَكَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - تَقَبَّضَ عَنِّي ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ : " انْطَلِقْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ انْطَلِقْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ " . فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَقَرَّبَ لَنَا زَبِيبًا ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ، وَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَعَلَّمَنِي الْإِسْلَامَ ، وَقَرَأْتُ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ . فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُظْهِرَ دِينِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ " . قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ ، قَالَ : إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ " . قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ، فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقُرَيْشٌ حِلَقٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، فَتَنَفَّضَتِ الْحِلَقُ ، فَقَامُوا إِلَيَّ فَضَرَبُونِي حَتَّى تَرَكُونِي كَأَنِّي [ نُصُبٌ ] أَحْمَرُ ، وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ قَتَلُونِي ، فَقُمْتُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - [ فَرَأَى مَا بِي مِنَ الْحَالِ ، فَقَالَ : " أَلَمْ أَنْهَكَ ؟ " . فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَاجَةٌ كَانَتْ فِي نَفْسِي فَقَضَيْتُهَا ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ] فَقَالَ لِي : " الْحَقْ بِقَوْمِكَ ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ ظُهُورِي فَائْتِنِي " . فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَلَقِيتُ أُنَيْسًا فَبَكَى وَقَالَ : يَا أَخِي ، مَا كُنْتُ أَرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ قُتِلْتَ لِمَا أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، فَأَسْلَمَ مَكَانَهُ ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ أُمِّي فَلَمَّا رَأَتْنِي بَكَتْ وَقَالَتْ : [ يَا بُنَيَّ ] ، أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تَخَوَّفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ قُتِلْتَ ، مَا فَعَلْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ . قَالَتْ : فَمَا صَنَعَ أُنَيْسٌ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَسْلَمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : وَمَا بِي عَنْكُمَا رَغْبَةٌ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ . فَأَقَمْتُ فِي قَوْمِي ، فَأَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ ، حَتَّى بَلَغَنَا ظُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَتَيْتُهُ . قُلْتُ : هُوَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ بِاخْتِصَارٍ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ .
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) states: I had a brother whose name was Unays; he was a poet. He had a contest with another poet. Unays said: "I am a greater poet than you." The other said: "I am the greater poet." Unays said: "Whom will you accept to judge between us?" He said: "I will accept that the soothsayer of Makkah judge between us." He said: "Very well." So the two of them set out and went to Makkah, and they gathered before that soothsayer. Unays recited his verses and the other also recited his verses. The soothsayer said to Unays: "You have fulfilled what was due from you," as if he judged the poetry of Unays to be better. My brother came and told me: "In Makkah there is a man who says that he is a prophet, and he is upon your religion." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: I asked Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him): "What was your religion?" He said: "I had turned away from the deities that the people of my tribe worshipped." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: I asked: "Then whom did you worship?" He said: "Nothing. I used to pray at night (or supplicate) until I would fall down as if I were a cloak, until the heat of the sun would wake me." He was asked: "Which direction did you face?" He said: "Wherever my Lord turned me, that way." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) states: Unays said to me: "Those people have declared him detestable." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came and entered Makkah, and I stayed between the Ka'bah and its coverings for fifteen nights and a day. Every night I would come out and drink Zamzam water, and I did not feel hunger; rather, folds began to appear on my belly. During this time, one night two women came; they were supplicating to their deities. One of them was saying: "O Isaf, give me a son!" The other was saying: "O Na'ilah, give me such and such!" I said: "These are nonsense." So the two of them went away saying: "A renegade is present between the coverings of the Ka'bah." Just then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by there, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was walking behind him. Those women said: "A renegade is present behind the coverings of the Ka'bah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) condemned what they had said. Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I realised that this was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I came out to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, peace be upon you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah Almighty and His blessings." He said these words three times. Then he asked me: "How long have you been here?" I said: "For fifteen days." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where have you been eating from?" I said: "I come to Zamzam in the middle of the night and drink some of it, and I do not feel the pangs of hunger on my liver; rather, folds have appeared on my belly." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It satisfies the need for food and it satisfies the need for drink, and it is a blessed thing." He said these words three times. Then he asked me: "Which tribe do you belong to?" I said: "To the tribe of Ghifar." The narrator says: The people of the tribe of Ghifar used to rob the pilgrims, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) felt some hesitation about me. He said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Abu Bakr, go! O Abu Bakr, go!" Then he took us along to the house of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). He placed raisins before me, and we ate some of them. Then I stayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he taught me the teachings of Islam and taught me some Qur'an. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I want to proclaim my religion openly." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear for you that you will be killed." I said: "But I will certainly do it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear for you that you will be killed." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I will certainly do it, even if I am killed." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent. The people of Quraysh were sitting in circles around the Ka'bah, talking. I came and said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah Almighty, and that Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger." The circles broke up, and those people got up, came towards me and began to beat me, until they left me in such a state that I was like a red idol-stone; they thought they had killed me. I got up and came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw my condition, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did I not forbid you?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, there was a desire in my heart and I have fulfilled it." Then I stayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back to your people. When you learn of my emergence, then come to me." So I went back to my people. I had been late in coming to them. I met (my brother) Unays, and he began to weep. He said: "O my brother, you were so late in coming that I thought you might have been killed. What happened to you? Did you meet that man whom you went to seek?" I said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah Almighty, and that Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah." So Unays also accepted Islam on the spot. Then I came to my mother. When she saw me, she began to weep and said: "O my son, you were so late in coming to us that I feared you had been killed. What happened to you? Did you meet that man whom you went to seek?" I replied: "Yes. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah Almighty, and that Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah." My mother asked: "What did Unays do?" I said: "He has accepted Islam." My mother said: "I too will not turn away from you two. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah Almighty, and that Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: So I remained among my people, and many of them accepted Islam, until, when we learned of the emergence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I presented myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This report is narrated in the Sahih in abridged form.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat.
This report is narrated in the Sahih in abridged form.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat.
