Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to my people so that I might invite them to Allah Almighty and convey to them the teachings of Islam. I came to them; they had brought in their camels, milked them and drunk the milk. When they saw me they said: Welcome to Sudayy bin Ajlan. They said: We have heard that you have abandoned your religion and gone over to that man. I said: No; rather, I have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and the Messenger of Allah has sent me to you so that I may present to you Islam and its teachings. The narrator says: While they were in this situation, a bowl containing blood was brought. They set it down, gathered around it and began to eat it. They said: O Sudayy, come and join us. I said: Woe to you! I have come to you from the one who has made this forbidden for you, except the animals you slaughter, as Allah Almighty has revealed to him. The people asked: What has Allah Almighty said? I said: This verse has been revealed:
"Forbidden to you are carrion, blood and the flesh of swine."
The verse continues up to: "and that you seek decisions by divining arrows."
The narrator says: Then I began inviting them to Islam, and they kept refusing. I said to them: Woe to you! Bring me a sip of water, for I am extremely thirsty. The narrator says: I was wearing a turban. They said: No; rather, we will leave you like this until you die of thirst. The narrator says: I tied my turban, laid my head on the turban and slept on the burning sand in intense heat. In my dream a person came to me holding a bowl made of glass; people could never have seen a more beautiful bowl than it. In it was a drink; people could never have seen a more delicious drink than it. He gave it to me and I drank it. When I finished drinking, I woke up. By Allah, after that I never felt thirsty, and after that drink I have not known thirst at all.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Bashir bin Shurayh, who is da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 16055
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