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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4024 — The virtue of Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail

وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ كِتَابِهِ ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَيَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا حَارًّا مِنْ أَيَّامِ مَكَّةَ ، وَهُوَ مُرْدِفِي إِلَى نُصُبٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَابِ ، وَقَدْ ذَبَحْنَا لَهُ شَاةً فَأَنْضَجْنَاهَا ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ ، فَحَيَّا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ تَحِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَا زَيْدُ ، مَا لِي أَرَى قَوْمَكَ قَدْ شَنِفُوا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ : وَاللهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لِغَيْرِ نَايِلَةٍ لِي مِنْهُمْ ، وَلَكِنِّي خَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِي هَذَا الدِّينَ ، حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَى أَحْبَارِ فَدَكَ ، فَوَجَدْتُهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا هَذَا بِالَّذِي أَبْتَغِي .
فَقَالَ شَيْخٌ مِنْهُمْ : إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينٍ مَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَعْبُدُ اللهَ بِهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا شَيْخًا بِالْحِيرَةِ ، فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ : مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ : مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ اللهِ ، وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّوْكِ وَالْقَرَظِ فَقَالَ : إِنَّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ بِبِلَادِكَ ، قَدْ بُعِثَ نَبِيٌّ قَدْ طَلَعَ نَجْمُهُ ، وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ ، فَلَمْ أُحِسَّ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ .
قَالَ : فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْهِ السُّفْرَةَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ : شَاةٌ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لِنُصُبٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَابِ . فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا كُنْتُ لِآكُلَ مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ .
قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْبَيْتَ فَطَافَ بِهِ ، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ ، وَبِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ، وَكَانَ عِنْدَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ صَنَمَانِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ أَحَدُهُمَا يُقَالُ لَهُ : يَسَافٌ ، وَالْآخَرُ يُقَالُ لَهُ : نَائِلَةُ ، وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِذَا طَافُوا تَمَسَّحُوا بِهِمَا ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا تَمَسَّحَنَّهُمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا رِجْسٌ . فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي : لَأَمَسَّحَنَّهُمَا حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ مَا يَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَمَسَحْتُهُمَا ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَا زَيْدُ ، أَلَمْ تُنْهَ ؟
وَمَاتَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِزَيْدٍ : إِنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him): I once went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on one of the intensely hot days of Makkah; he (peace and blessings be upon him) had seated me behind him on his mount, and we were heading towards one of the idols (an altar). We had slaughtered a goat for it and cooked it well. He relates: On the way he (peace and blessings be upon him) met Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl, and each of them greeted the other with the customary greeting of the Jahiliyyah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O Zayd, what is the matter? I see that your people are greatly displeased and resentful towards you." He said: "By Allah, O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), this resentment of theirs is not due to the lack of any benefit reaching them from me; rather, I went out in search of this true religion until I came to the Jewish scholars of Fadak, and I saw that they worship Allah but also associate partners with Him. So I said to myself: This is not what I am seeking."
"Then an old scholar among them said to me: 'You are asking about a religion by which we know of no one who worships Allah Almighty at this time, except an aged elder living at al-Hirah.' So I set out from there and reached him. When he saw me, he asked: 'Where are you from?' I said: 'I am from the people of the House of Allah (Makkah), and from the land of thorny shrubs and acacia (qaraz).' He said: 'The one you are seeking has appeared in your own land; a Prophet has been sent whose star has risen, and all those you saw there are in misguidance.' (Zayd bin Amr said:) O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), since then I have not yet perceived anything in particular."
The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought the dining cloth near to him, and he asked: "What is this?" (Zayd bin Harithah) says: We said: "This is a goat which we slaughtered for an idol." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will not eat anything over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned."
Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the House of Allah and performed tawaf around it, and I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him); then he performed the sa'i between Safa and Marwah. At that time there were two idols made of copper near Safa and Marwah, one of which was called "Isaf" and the other "Na'ilah", and when the polytheists performed tawaf they would wipe their hands on them for blessing, that is, touch them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) emphatically told me: "Do not touch them at all, for they are filth and impurity." I thought to myself: I will certainly touch them, to see what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says. So I touched them. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in rebuke: "O Zayd, were you not forbidden?"
The narrator says: Then Zayd bin Amr passed away, and revelation descended upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said about Zayd: "Indeed, he will be raised as a whole nation by himself."
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب المناقب / 4024
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij «حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :إسناده حسن »
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