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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
بَابُ مَنِ اسْمُهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
Those Named Ibrahim
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2764 — from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr that he said: I had
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ : نَا قَطَنُ بْنُ نُسَيْرٍ الذَّارِعُ قَالَ : نَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ قَالَ : نَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الْمَدِينِيِّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ : كَانَ لِي أَخٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُنَيْسٌ وَكَانَ شَاعِرًا ، فَتَنَافَرَ هُوَ وَشَاعِرٌ آخَرُ ، فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ : أَنَا أَشْعَرُ مِنْكَ ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ : أَنَا أَشْعَرُ ، قَالَ أُنَيْسٌ : فَمَنْ 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 : يَا 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 خِفَاءٌ ، حَتَّى يُوقِظَنِي حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تُوَجِّهُ وَجْهَكَ ؟ قَالَ : حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي رَبِّي ، فَقَالَ لِي أُنَيْسٌ : وَقَدْ سَئِمُوهُ . 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 سَحْقَةَ جُوعٍ ، وَلَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَجَعَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ تَدْعُوَانِ لَيْلَةً آلِهَتَهُمَا ، وَتَقُولُ إِحْدَاهُمَا : يَا إِسَافُ هَبْ لِي غُلَامًا ، وَتَقُولُ الْأُخْرَى : يَا نَائِلُ هَبْ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا . فَقُلْتُ : هَنٌّ بِهَنٍّ ، فَوَلَّتَا وَجَعَلَتَا تَقُولَانِ : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، إِذْ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَمْشِي وَرَاءَهُ ، فَقَالَتَا : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، فَتَكَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِكَلَامٍ قَبَّحَ مَا قَالَتَا .
قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ، فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فَقَالَ : I " وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ I " ، ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي : I " مُنْذُ كَمْ أَنْتَ هَاهُنَا ؟ I " قُلْتُ : مُنْذُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً ، قَالَ : I " فَمِنْ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَأْكُلُ ؟ I " قَالَ : كُنْتُ آتِي زَمْزَمَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَأَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا شَرْبَةً ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سَحْقَةَ جُوعٍ ، وَلَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : إِنَّهَا طُعْمٌ وَشُرْبٌ ، وَهِيَ مُبَارَكَةٌ ، قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ I " فَقُلْتُ : مِنْ غِفَارٍ . قَالَ : وَكَانَتْ غِفَارٌ يَقْطَعُونَ عَلَى الْحَاجِّ ، وَكَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - انْقَبَضَ عَنِّي ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ : I " انْطَلِقْ بِنَا يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ I " ، فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَقَرَّبَ لَنَا زَبِيبًا ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ، وَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَعَلَّمَنِي الْإِسْلَامَ ، وَقَرَأْتُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا .
فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُظْهِرَ دِينِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ I " ، قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ . قَالَ : I " إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ . I " قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، وَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ ، فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقُرَيْشٌ حِلَقٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، فَتَنَفَّضَتِ الْحِلَقُ ، فَقَامُوا إِلَيَّ ، فَضَرَبُونِي حَتَّى تَرَكُونِي كَأَنِّي نُصُبٌ أَحْمَرُ ، وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ قَتَلُونِي ، فَقُمْتُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَرَأَى مَا بِي مِنَ الْحَالِ ، فَقَالَ لِي : I " أَلَمْ أَنْهَكَ ؟ I " فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، كَانَتْ حَاجَةٌ فِي نَفْسِي فَقَضَيْتُهَا .
فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ لِي : I " الْحَقْ بِقَوْمِكَ ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ ظُهُورِي فَأْتِنِي I " ، فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَلَقِيتُ أُنَيْسًا ، فَبَكَى ، وَقَالَ : يَا أَخِي مَا كُنْتُ أُرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ قُتِلْتَ لَمَّا أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ : يَا أَخِي ، مَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْكَ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ . وَأَسْلَمَ مَكَانَهَ .
ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ أُمِّي ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْنِي بَكَتْ ، وَقَالَتْ : يَا بُنَيَّ أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تَخَوَّفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ قُتِلْتَ ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَمَا صَنَعَ أُنَيْسٌ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَسْلَمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : وَمَا بِي عَنْكُمَا رَغْبَةٌ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، فَأَقَمْتُ فِي قَوْمِي ، فَأَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ ، حَتَّى بَلَغَنَا ظُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَتَيْتُهُ .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الْمَدِينِيِّ إِلَّا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مَوْلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ .
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 خِفَاءٌ ، حَتَّى يُوقِظَنِي حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تُوَجِّهُ وَجْهَكَ ؟ قَالَ : حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي رَبِّي ، فَقَالَ لِي أُنَيْسٌ : وَقَدْ سَئِمُوهُ . 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 سَحْقَةَ جُوعٍ ، وَلَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَجَعَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ تَدْعُوَانِ لَيْلَةً آلِهَتَهُمَا ، وَتَقُولُ إِحْدَاهُمَا : يَا إِسَافُ هَبْ لِي غُلَامًا ، وَتَقُولُ الْأُخْرَى : يَا نَائِلُ هَبْ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا . فَقُلْتُ : هَنٌّ بِهَنٍّ ، فَوَلَّتَا وَجَعَلَتَا تَقُولَانِ : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، إِذْ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَمْشِي وَرَاءَهُ ، فَقَالَتَا : الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا ، فَتَكَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِكَلَامٍ قَبَّحَ مَا قَالَتَا .
قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ : فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ، فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ : السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فَقَالَ : I " وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ I " ، ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي : I " مُنْذُ كَمْ أَنْتَ هَاهُنَا ؟ I " قُلْتُ : مُنْذُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً ، قَالَ : I " فَمِنْ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَأْكُلُ ؟ I " قَالَ : كُنْتُ آتِي زَمْزَمَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَأَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا شَرْبَةً ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سَحْقَةَ جُوعٍ ، وَلَقَدْ تَعَكَّنَ بَطْنِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : إِنَّهَا طُعْمٌ وَشُرْبٌ ، وَهِيَ مُبَارَكَةٌ ، قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ I " فَقُلْتُ : مِنْ غِفَارٍ . قَالَ : وَكَانَتْ غِفَارٌ يَقْطَعُونَ عَلَى الْحَاجِّ ، وَكَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - انْقَبَضَ عَنِّي ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ : I " انْطَلِقْ بِنَا يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ I " ، فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، فَقَرَّبَ لَنَا زَبِيبًا ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ، وَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَعَلَّمَنِي الْإِسْلَامَ ، وَقَرَأْتُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا .
فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُظْهِرَ دِينِي ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ I " ، قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ . قَالَ : I " إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُقْتَلَ . I " قُلْتُ : لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، وَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ ، فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقُرَيْشٌ حِلَقٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، فَتَنَفَّضَتِ الْحِلَقُ ، فَقَامُوا إِلَيَّ ، فَضَرَبُونِي حَتَّى تَرَكُونِي كَأَنِّي نُصُبٌ أَحْمَرُ ، وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ قَتَلُونِي ، فَقُمْتُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَرَأَى مَا بِي مِنَ الْحَالِ ، فَقَالَ لِي : I " أَلَمْ أَنْهَكَ ؟ I " فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، كَانَتْ حَاجَةٌ فِي نَفْسِي فَقَضَيْتُهَا .
فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ لِي : I " الْحَقْ بِقَوْمِكَ ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ ظُهُورِي فَأْتِنِي I " ، فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَلَقِيتُ أُنَيْسًا ، فَبَكَى ، وَقَالَ : يَا أَخِي مَا كُنْتُ أُرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ قُتِلْتَ لَمَّا أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ : يَا أَخِي ، مَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْكَ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ . وَأَسْلَمَ مَكَانَهَ .
ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ أُمِّي ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْنِي بَكَتْ ، وَقَالَتْ : يَا بُنَيَّ أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا حَتَّى تَخَوَّفْتُ أَنْ قَدْ قُتِلْتَ ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ أَلَقِيتَ صَاحِبَكَ الَّذِي طَلَبْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَمَا صَنَعَ أُنَيْسٌ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَسْلَمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : وَمَا بِي عَنْكُمَا رَغْبَةٌ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، فَأَقَمْتُ فِي قَوْمِي ، فَأَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ ، حَتَّى بَلَغَنَا ظُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَتَيْتُهُ .
لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الْمَدِينِيِّ إِلَّا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مَوْلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ .
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I had a brother called Unays, and he was a poet. He and another poet held a contest. Unays said: 'I am a better poet than you,' and the other made the same claim. Unays asked: 'Whom will you accept (as judge) between us?' He said: 'I will accept the soothsayer of Makkah.' Unays said: 'Very well.' So the two of them set out for Makkah and came together before the soothsayer. Each of them recited his verses, and the soothsayer said to Unays: 'You have judged in your own favour (that is, you have won)'; it was as if he preferred the verses of Unays. Then Unays said: 'O my brother! In Makkah there is a man who claims that he is a prophet, and he is on your very religion (of monotheism).'"
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I asked Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him): What was your religion (then)? He said: "I had turned away from the gods of my people which they used to worship." I asked: Then whom did you worship? He said: "No one. I would simply pray so much at night that I would fall down exhausted, as if I were a (discarded) cloak, until the heat of the sun woke me." I asked: Which way did you face? He said: "Whichever way my Lord turned me." Then Unays told me that the people of Makkah had grown weary of him (the Prophet), (that is, they disliked him).
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then I came to Makkah and stayed between the Ka'bah and its curtains for fifteen days and nights. Every night I would come out and drink a draught of Zamzam water. I did not feel even the slightest pang of hunger in my liver, and my stomach became folded (with fat). One night two women began calling upon their gods; one of them was saying: 'O Isaf! Grant me a son,' and the other was saying: 'O Na'ilah! Grant me such and such.' I said (to humiliate them) very indecent words, so they turned their backs and fled, saying: 'There is a renegade (Sabi') between the Ka'bah and its curtains!' Just then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came along, with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) walking behind him. The women said again: 'There is a Sabi' between the Ka'bah and its curtains!' And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said something that showed the ugliness of what they had said."
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I realised that this was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so I went out to him and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. Then he asked me: 'How long have you been here?' I said: 'For fifteen days and nights.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Where did you get food from?' I said: 'Every night at midnight I would go to Zamzam and drink a draught of it. I did not feel even the slightest severity of hunger, so much so that my stomach became heavy.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It is food and drink, and it is blessed.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me: 'From which tribe are you?' I said: 'From Ghifar.' The narrator said: The tribe of Ghifar used to rob the caravans of pilgrims, so it seemed as if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (on hearing this) drew back a little. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): 'O Abu Bakr, take us along.' So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took us to his house and set raisins (dried grapes) before us, which we ate. I stayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me Islam, and I read some of the Qur'an."
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I want to declare my religion openly.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I fear that you will be killed.' I said: 'This must be done.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said again: 'I fear that you will be killed.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I will certainly do it, even if I am killed.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent. Quraysh were sitting in circles talking in the Sacred Mosque, and I said (going there, in a loud voice): 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.' At once all the circles broke up, and the people rushed at me and beat me so much that they left me drenched in blood like a red idol; they thought they had killed me. I got up and came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw my condition and said: 'Did I not forbid you?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! There was a longing in my heart, and I have fulfilled it.'"
"Then I stayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'Go back to your people, and when you hear of my prevailing, come to me.' So I went back, having been late in reaching them. I met Unays, and he wept and said: 'O my brother! When you were late, I thought you had been killed. What did you do? Did you meet the one you were looking for?' I said: 'Yes, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' Unays said: 'O my brother! I have no aversion to your religion; I too bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' And he 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 did you do? Did you meet the one you were looking for?' I said: 'Yes, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' She asked: 'What did Unays do?' I said: 'He has accepted Islam.' She said: 'I too have no aversion to the religion of you two; I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' Then I stayed among my people, and many of them became Muslims, until the news of the prevailing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached us, and I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Yazid al-Madini except Abu Tahir, the freed slave of al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ja'far bin Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I asked Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him): What was your religion (then)? He said: "I had turned away from the gods of my people which they used to worship." I asked: Then whom did you worship? He said: "No one. I would simply pray so much at night that I would fall down exhausted, as if I were a (discarded) cloak, until the heat of the sun woke me." I asked: Which way did you face? He said: "Whichever way my Lord turned me." Then Unays told me that the people of Makkah had grown weary of him (the Prophet), (that is, they disliked him).
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then I came to Makkah and stayed between the Ka'bah and its curtains for fifteen days and nights. Every night I would come out and drink a draught of Zamzam water. I did not feel even the slightest pang of hunger in my liver, and my stomach became folded (with fat). One night two women began calling upon their gods; one of them was saying: 'O Isaf! Grant me a son,' and the other was saying: 'O Na'ilah! Grant me such and such.' I said (to humiliate them) very indecent words, so they turned their backs and fled, saying: 'There is a renegade (Sabi') between the Ka'bah and its curtains!' Just then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came along, with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) walking behind him. The women said again: 'There is a Sabi' between the Ka'bah and its curtains!' And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said something that showed the ugliness of what they had said."
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I realised that this was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so I went out to him and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. Then he asked me: 'How long have you been here?' I said: 'For fifteen days and nights.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Where did you get food from?' I said: 'Every night at midnight I would go to Zamzam and drink a draught of it. I did not feel even the slightest severity of hunger, so much so that my stomach became heavy.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It is food and drink, and it is blessed.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me: 'From which tribe are you?' I said: 'From Ghifar.' The narrator said: The tribe of Ghifar used to rob the caravans of pilgrims, so it seemed as if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (on hearing this) drew back a little. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): 'O Abu Bakr, take us along.' So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took us to his house and set raisins (dried grapes) before us, which we ate. I stayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me Islam, and I read some of the Qur'an."
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I want to declare my religion openly.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I fear that you will be killed.' I said: 'This must be done.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said again: 'I fear that you will be killed.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I will certainly do it, even if I am killed.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent. Quraysh were sitting in circles talking in the Sacred Mosque, and I said (going there, in a loud voice): 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.' At once all the circles broke up, and the people rushed at me and beat me so much that they left me drenched in blood like a red idol; they thought they had killed me. I got up and came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw my condition and said: 'Did I not forbid you?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! There was a longing in my heart, and I have fulfilled it.'"
"Then I stayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'Go back to your people, and when you hear of my prevailing, come to me.' So I went back, having been late in reaching them. I met Unays, and he wept and said: 'O my brother! When you were late, I thought you had been killed. What did you do? Did you meet the one you were looking for?' I said: 'Yes, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' Unays said: 'O my brother! I have no aversion to your religion; I too bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' And he 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 did you do? Did you meet the one you were looking for?' I said: 'Yes, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' She asked: 'What did Unays do?' I said: 'He has accepted Islam.' She said: 'I too have no aversion to the religion of you two; I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.' Then I stayed among my people, and many of them became Muslims, until the news of the prevailing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached us, and I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Yazid al-Madini except Abu Tahir, the freed slave of al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ja'far bin Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
