المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
فَضْلِ أبي أمامة رضي اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
The virtue of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him)
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قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ ، ثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ هُرْمُزَ الْقَسْمَلِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى قَوْمِي ، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَا طَاوِي ، وَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ الدَّمَ ، فَقَالُوا : هَلُمَّ ، فَقُلْتُ : جِئْتُ أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ هَذَا ، فَنِمْتُ وَأَنَا مَغْلُوبٌ ، فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فِي مَنَامِي بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ شَرَابٌ ، فَقَالَ : خُذْ ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَشَرِبْتُ ، فَشَبِعْتُ وَرَوِيتُ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ : أَتَاكُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ سَرَاةِ قَوْمِكُمْ فَلَمْ تُتْحِفُوهُ بِمَذِيقَةٍ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَوْنِي بِمَذِيقَتِهِمْ ، فَقُلْتُ : لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا ، قَالُوا : إِنَّا رَأَيْنَاكَ بِجَهْدٍ ، فَأَرَيْتُهُمْ بَطْنِي ، فَأَسْلَمُوا عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to my people (to invite them to Islam). When I reached them I was utterly exhausted with hunger, and they were (sitting and) eating blood. They said to me: 'Come (join us).' I said: 'I have come to you to forbid you from this very vile practice.' Then, overcome by the severity of hunger and thirst, I fell asleep, and in my dream someone came to me bringing a vessel containing something to drink, and he said: 'Take it.' So I took it and drank, until I was fully satisfied and my thirst was quenched. (Meanwhile) a man among them said: 'A man from among the nobles of your people has come to you, and you have not offered him even a sip of diluted milk?' He relates: Then they brought me diluted milk, but I said: 'I have no need of it now.' They said (in surprise): 'But we saw you in a state of severe hardship and hunger?' Then I showed them my stomach (which had been miraculously filled), and they all, to the very last of them, entered the fold of Islam. May Allah Almighty be pleased with them all."
Imam Abu Ya'la narrated this hadith in his Musnad; its chain contains Sadaqah bin Hurmuz al-Qasmali, about whom the statements of the hadith scholars differ. However, other supporting reports of this incident exist in the books of Sirah and hadith.
Imam Abu Ya'la narrated this hadith in his Musnad; its chain contains Sadaqah bin Hurmuz al-Qasmali, about whom the statements of the hadith scholars differ. However, other supporting reports of this incident exist in the books of Sirah and hadith.
وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ ، ثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سَلِيمُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي أُمَامَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : ابْنُ كَمْ كُنْتَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ قَالَ : مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا غَيْرُكَ قَبْلَكَ ، كُنْتُ ابْنَ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَحَضَرْتُ خُطْبَةً ، فَجَعَلَ يَمِيلُ بِصَدْرِ رَاحِلَتِهِ فَيَكَادُ أَنْ تُزِيلَنِي عَنِ السَّمَاعِ ، فَأَضَعُ كَتِفِي فِي صَدْرِ رَاحِلَتِهِ فَأُزِيلُهَا .
It is narrated from Sulaym bin Amir (may Allah have mercy on him): I asked Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) how old he was in the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He replied: "No one before you except you has asked me about this. I was thirty-three years old at that time. And I remember the scene when I attended one of his (peace and blessings be upon him) sermons: he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to turn the chest of his she-camel towards me, until it almost pushed me away from listening to the sermon or moved me from my place, so I set my shoulder against the chest of that she-camel and pushed it away."
Imam Ahmad bin Mani' narrated it, and all of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Imam Ahmad bin Mani' narrated it, and all of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
