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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 60 — he said: The beginning of my acceptance
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبُسْرِيُّ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ : نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَائِذٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ : نَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ : نَا أَبُو طَرْفَةَ عَبَّادُ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ اللَّخْمِيُّ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ رُوَيْمٍ اللَّخْمِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : حَدَّثَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ لُدَيْنٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا لَيْلَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَالَ : إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا دَعَانِي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ أَنَّا كُنَّا قَوْمًا عَرَبًا ، فَأَصَابَتْنَا السَّنَةُ ، فَاحْتَمَلْتُ أُمِّي وَأَخِي - وَكَانَ اسْمُهُ : أُنَيْسٌ - إِلَى أَصْهَارٍ لَنَا بِأَعْلَى نَجْدٍ ، فَلَمَّا حَلَلْنَا بِهِمْ أَكْرَمُونَا ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْحَيِّ مَشَى إِلَى خَالِي ، فَقَالَ : تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أُنَيْسًا يُخَالِفُكَ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ ؟ فَحَزَّ فِي قَلْبِهِ ، فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ رَعِيَّةِ إِبِلِي ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ كَئِيبًا يَبْكِي ، فَقُلْتُ : مَا بُكَاؤُكَ يَا خَالِ ؟ فَأَعْلَمَنِي الْخَبَرَ . فَقُلْتُ : حَجَزَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، إِنَّا نَعَافُ الْفَاحِشَةَ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الزَّمَانُ قَدْ أَخَلَّ بِنَا ، وَلَقَدْ كَدَّرْتَ عَلَيْنَا صَفْوَ مَا ابْتَدَأْتَنَا بِهِ ، وَلَا سَبِيلَ إِلَى اجْتِمَاعٍ .
فَاحْتَمَلْتُ أُمِّي وَأَخِي حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا بِحَضْرَةِ مَكَّةَ . فَقَالَ أَخِي : إِنِّي مُدَافِعٌ رَجُلًا عَلَى الْمَاءِ بِشِعْرٍ - وَكَانَ امْرَأً شَاعِرًا - فَقُلْتُ : لَا تَفْعَلْ . فَخَرَجَ بِهِ اللَّجَاجُ حَتَّى دَافَعَ دُرَيْدَ بْنَ الصِّمَّةِ صِرْمَتَهُ إِلَى صِرْمَتِهِ . وَايْمُ اللهِ ، لَدُرَيْدٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَشْعَرُ مِنْ أَخِي ، فَتَقَاضَيَا إِلَى خَنْسَاءَ ، فَقَضَتْ لِأَخِي عَلَى دُرَيْدٍ ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ دُرَيْدًا خَطَبَهَا إِلَى أَبِيهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ ، لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ ، فَحَقَدَتْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَضَمَمْنَا صِرْمَتَهُ إِلَى صِرْمَتِنَا ، فَكَانَتْ لَنَا هَجْمَةٌ .
ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ مَكَّةَ ، فَابْتَدَأْتُ بِالصَّفَا ، فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ رِجَالَاتُ قُرَيْشٍ ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ بِهَا صَابِئًا أَوْ مَجْنُونًا أَوْ شَاعِرًا أَوْ سَاحِرًا . فَقُلْتُ : أَيْنَ هَذَا الَّذِي تَزْعُمُونَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا : هَا هُوَ ذَلِكَ حَيْثُ تَرَى . فَانْقَلَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ . فَوَاللهِ مَا جُزْتُ عَنْهُمْ قِيسَ حَجَرٍ حَتَّى أَكَبُّوا عَلَى كُلِّ عَظْمٍ وَحَجَرٍ وَمَدَرٍ ، فَضَرَّجُونِي بِدَمِي ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَيْتَ ، فَدَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ السُّتُورِ وَالْبِنَاءِ ، وَصِرْتُ فِيهِ ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا لَا آكُلُ وَلَا أَشْرَبُ إِلَّا مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةٌ قَمْرَاءُ إِضْحِيَانٌ ، أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ ، فَطَافَتَا بِالْبَيْتِ ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَتَا إِسَافًا وَنَائِلَةَ ، وَهُمَا وَثَنَانِ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُمَا ، فَأَخْرَجْتُ رَأْسِي مِنْ تَحْتِ السُّتُورِ ، فَقُلْتُ : احْمِلَا أَحَدَهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ ، فَغَضِبَتَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَتَا : أَمَ وَاللهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ رِجَالُنَا حُضُورًا مَا تَكَلَّمْتَ بِهَذَا . فَخَرَجْتُ أَقْفُو آثَارَهُمَا ، حَتَّى لَقِيَتَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ أَنْتُمَا ؟ وَمِمَّنْ أَنْتُمَا ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمَا ؟ وَمَا جَاءَ بِكُمَا ؟ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ الْخَبَرَ . فَقَالَ : I " أَيْنَ تَرَكْتُمَا الصَّابِئَ ؟ I " فَقَالَتَا : تَرَكْنَاهُ بَيْنَ السُّتُورِ وَالْبِنَاءِ . فَقَالَ لَهُمَا : I " هَلْ قَالَ لَكُمَا شَيْئًا ؟ I " قَالَتَا : نَعَمْ ، كَلِمَةً تَمْلَأُ الْفَمَ . فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، ثُمَّ انْسَلَّتَا ، وَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ . فَقَالَ : I " مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ وَمِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ ؟ وَمَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ I " فَأَنْشَأْتُ أُعْلِمُهُ الْخَبَرَ ، فَقَالَ : I " مِنْ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَأْكُلُ وَتَشْرَبُ ؟ I " فَقُلْتُ : مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ، فَقَالَ : I " أَمَا إِنَّهُ طَعَامُ طُعْمٍ I " وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أُعَشِّيَهِ قَالَ : I " نَعَمْ I " .
ثُمَّ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَمْشِي ، وَأَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِي حَتَّى وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِبَابِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَيْتَهُ . ثُمَّ أَتَى بِزَبِيبٍ مِنْ زَبِيبِ الطَّائِفِ ، فَجَعَلَ يُلْقِيهِ لَنَا قَبْضًا قَبْضًا ، وَنَحْنُ نَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ ، حَتَّى تَمَلَّأْنَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - I " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ I " فَقُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ . فَقَالَ : I " إِنَّهُ قَدْ رُفِعَتْ لِي أَرْضٌ ، وَهِيَ ذَاتُ نَخْلٍ ، لَا أَحْسَبُهَا إِلَّا تِهَامَةَ ، فَاخْرُجْ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ ، فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى مَا دَخَلْتَ فِيهِ I " .
قَالَ : فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ أُمِّي وَأَخِي ، فَأَعْلَمْتُهُمَا الْخَبَرَ ، فَقَالَا : مَا بِنَا رَغْبَةٌ عَنِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي دَخَلْتَ فِيهِ ، فَأَسْلَمْنَا . ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ ، فَأَعْلَمْتُ قَوْمِي ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّا قَدْ صَدَّقْنَاكَ ، وَلَكِنَّا نَلْقَى مُحَمَّدًا - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَقِينَاهُ . فَقَالَتْ لَهُ غِفَارٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَدْ أَعْلَمَنَا مَا أَعْلَمْتَهُ ، وَقَدْ أَسْلَمْنَا وَشَهِدْنَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ، ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَتْ أَسْلَمُ خُزَاعَةَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنَّا قَدْ رَغِبْنَا وَدَخَلْنَا فِيمَا دَخَلَ إِخْوَانُنَا وَحُلَفَاؤُنَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " [ أَسْلَمُ ] سَالَمَهَا اللهُ ، وَغِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا I " .
ثُمَّ أَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِي ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ . فَقُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ . فَقَالَ : قَدْ كُنْتَ تَأَلَّهُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّتِكَ ؟ قُلْتُ ؟ نَعَمْ ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي أَقُومُ عِنْدَ الشَّمْسِ ، فَلَا أَزَالُ أُصَلِّي حَتَّى يُؤْذِيَنِي حَرُّهَا ، فَأَخِرُّ كَأَنِّي خِفَاءٌ . فَقَالَ لِي : فَأَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَوَجَّهُ ؟ قُلْتُ : لَا أَدْرِي إِلَّا حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي اللهُ ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلَ اللهُ عَلَيَّ الْإِسْلَامَ .
لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ رُوَيْمٍ إِلَّا أَبُو طَرْفَةَ عَبَّادُ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ ، وَلَا عَنْ عَبَّادٍ إِلَّا الْوَلِيدُ . تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَائِذٍ .
فَاحْتَمَلْتُ أُمِّي وَأَخِي حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا بِحَضْرَةِ مَكَّةَ . فَقَالَ أَخِي : إِنِّي مُدَافِعٌ رَجُلًا عَلَى الْمَاءِ بِشِعْرٍ - وَكَانَ امْرَأً شَاعِرًا - فَقُلْتُ : لَا تَفْعَلْ . فَخَرَجَ بِهِ اللَّجَاجُ حَتَّى دَافَعَ دُرَيْدَ بْنَ الصِّمَّةِ صِرْمَتَهُ إِلَى صِرْمَتِهِ . وَايْمُ اللهِ ، لَدُرَيْدٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَشْعَرُ مِنْ أَخِي ، فَتَقَاضَيَا إِلَى خَنْسَاءَ ، فَقَضَتْ لِأَخِي عَلَى دُرَيْدٍ ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ دُرَيْدًا خَطَبَهَا إِلَى أَبِيهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ ، لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ ، فَحَقَدَتْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَضَمَمْنَا صِرْمَتَهُ إِلَى صِرْمَتِنَا ، فَكَانَتْ لَنَا هَجْمَةٌ .
ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ مَكَّةَ ، فَابْتَدَأْتُ بِالصَّفَا ، فَإِذَا عَلَيْهِ رِجَالَاتُ قُرَيْشٍ ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ بِهَا صَابِئًا أَوْ مَجْنُونًا أَوْ شَاعِرًا أَوْ سَاحِرًا . فَقُلْتُ : أَيْنَ هَذَا الَّذِي تَزْعُمُونَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا : هَا هُوَ ذَلِكَ حَيْثُ تَرَى . فَانْقَلَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ . فَوَاللهِ مَا جُزْتُ عَنْهُمْ قِيسَ حَجَرٍ حَتَّى أَكَبُّوا عَلَى كُلِّ عَظْمٍ وَحَجَرٍ وَمَدَرٍ ، فَضَرَّجُونِي بِدَمِي ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْبَيْتَ ، فَدَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ السُّتُورِ وَالْبِنَاءِ ، وَصِرْتُ فِيهِ ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا لَا آكُلُ وَلَا أَشْرَبُ إِلَّا مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةٌ قَمْرَاءُ إِضْحِيَانٌ ، أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ ، فَطَافَتَا بِالْبَيْتِ ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَتَا إِسَافًا وَنَائِلَةَ ، وَهُمَا وَثَنَانِ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُمَا ، فَأَخْرَجْتُ رَأْسِي مِنْ تَحْتِ السُّتُورِ ، فَقُلْتُ : احْمِلَا أَحَدَهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ ، فَغَضِبَتَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَتَا : أَمَ وَاللهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ رِجَالُنَا حُضُورًا مَا تَكَلَّمْتَ بِهَذَا . فَخَرَجْتُ أَقْفُو آثَارَهُمَا ، حَتَّى لَقِيَتَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ أَنْتُمَا ؟ وَمِمَّنْ أَنْتُمَا ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمَا ؟ وَمَا جَاءَ بِكُمَا ؟ فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ الْخَبَرَ . فَقَالَ : I " أَيْنَ تَرَكْتُمَا الصَّابِئَ ؟ I " فَقَالَتَا : تَرَكْنَاهُ بَيْنَ السُّتُورِ وَالْبِنَاءِ . فَقَالَ لَهُمَا : I " هَلْ قَالَ لَكُمَا شَيْئًا ؟ I " قَالَتَا : نَعَمْ ، كَلِمَةً تَمْلَأُ الْفَمَ . فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، ثُمَّ انْسَلَّتَا ، وَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ . فَقَالَ : I " مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ وَمِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ ؟ وَمَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ I " فَأَنْشَأْتُ أُعْلِمُهُ الْخَبَرَ ، فَقَالَ : I " مِنْ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَأْكُلُ وَتَشْرَبُ ؟ I " فَقُلْتُ : مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ، فَقَالَ : I " أَمَا إِنَّهُ طَعَامُ طُعْمٍ I " وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أُعَشِّيَهِ قَالَ : I " نَعَمْ I " .
ثُمَّ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَمْشِي ، وَأَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِي حَتَّى وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِبَابِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَيْتَهُ . ثُمَّ أَتَى بِزَبِيبٍ مِنْ زَبِيبِ الطَّائِفِ ، فَجَعَلَ يُلْقِيهِ لَنَا قَبْضًا قَبْضًا ، وَنَحْنُ نَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ ، حَتَّى تَمَلَّأْنَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - I " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ I " فَقُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ . فَقَالَ : I " إِنَّهُ قَدْ رُفِعَتْ لِي أَرْضٌ ، وَهِيَ ذَاتُ نَخْلٍ ، لَا أَحْسَبُهَا إِلَّا تِهَامَةَ ، فَاخْرُجْ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ ، فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى مَا دَخَلْتَ فِيهِ I " .
قَالَ : فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ أُمِّي وَأَخِي ، فَأَعْلَمْتُهُمَا الْخَبَرَ ، فَقَالَا : مَا بِنَا رَغْبَةٌ عَنِ الدِّينِ الَّذِي دَخَلْتَ فِيهِ ، فَأَسْلَمْنَا . ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ ، فَأَعْلَمْتُ قَوْمِي ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّا قَدْ صَدَّقْنَاكَ ، وَلَكِنَّا نَلْقَى مُحَمَّدًا - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَقِينَاهُ . فَقَالَتْ لَهُ غِفَارٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَدْ أَعْلَمَنَا مَا أَعْلَمْتَهُ ، وَقَدْ أَسْلَمْنَا وَشَهِدْنَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ، ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَتْ أَسْلَمُ خُزَاعَةَ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، إِنَّا قَدْ رَغِبْنَا وَدَخَلْنَا فِيمَا دَخَلَ إِخْوَانُنَا وَحُلَفَاؤُنَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : I " [ أَسْلَمُ ] سَالَمَهَا اللهُ ، وَغِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا I " .
ثُمَّ أَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِي ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ . فَقُلْتُ : لَبَّيْكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ . فَقَالَ : قَدْ كُنْتَ تَأَلَّهُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّتِكَ ؟ قُلْتُ ؟ نَعَمْ ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي أَقُومُ عِنْدَ الشَّمْسِ ، فَلَا أَزَالُ أُصَلِّي حَتَّى يُؤْذِيَنِي حَرُّهَا ، فَأَخِرُّ كَأَنِّي خِفَاءٌ . فَقَالَ لِي : فَأَيْنَ كُنْتَ تَوَجَّهُ ؟ قُلْتُ : لَا أَدْرِي إِلَّا حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي اللهُ ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلَ اللهُ عَلَيَّ الْإِسْلَامَ .
لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ رُوَيْمٍ إِلَّا أَبُو طَرْفَةَ عَبَّادُ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ ، وَلَا عَنْ عَبَّادٍ إِلَّا الْوَلِيدُ . تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ : مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَائِذٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The beginning of my acceptance of Islam was like this: we were an Arab people, and a famine struck us. I took my mother and my brother, whose name was Unays, to our in-laws in upper Najd. When we stayed with them, they treated us with great hospitality, but when a man of the tribe saw this, he went to my maternal uncle and said: 'Do you know that Unays goes to your wife in your absence?' This settled in my uncle's heart. When I returned from grazing my camels, I found him grief-stricken and weeping. I asked: 'O uncle, why are you weeping?' He told me the whole matter. I said: 'May Allah Almighty protect us from that! We shun indecency, however hard the times may have pressed us. You have spoiled the pleasant beginning you made with us, and now there is no way for us to stay together.'
So I set out from there with my mother and my brother until we stopped near Makkah. My brother said: 'I am going to compete with a man at the well in poetry' (he was a poet). I said: 'Do not do it.' But he went out in his stubbornness to compete, until he competed with Durayd bin al-Simmah, staking his herd of camels against Durayd's herd. By Allah, on that day Durayd was a greater poet than my brother. Then they both went to al-Khansa' for judgement, and she judged in my brother's favour against Durayd. The reason was that Durayd had asked her father for her hand, and she had said: 'He is an old man; I have no need of him.' Because of this she bore a grudge against Durayd. So we joined his herd to our herd, and we came to have a large herd of camels.
Then I came to Makkah and began at (the hill of) al-Safa, where the leading men of Quraysh were present. News had reached me that there was a Sabi (one who has left his religion), a madman, a poet or a sorcerer there. I asked: 'Where is this man you speak of?' They said: 'There he is, where you see.' So I turned towards him. By Allah, I had not gone the distance of a stone's throw from them when they fell upon me with every bone, stone and clod of earth, and left me covered in blood. Then I came to the House (the Ka'bah), hid between the curtains and the building, and stayed there for thirty days, eating and drinking nothing except the water of Zamzam. Then one night, when the moonlight was spread wide, two women of the tribe of Khuza'ah came and began to circle the House, then they mentioned Isaf and Na'ilah, two idols they used to worship. I put my head out from under the curtains and said: 'Mount one of them on the other' (that is, I insulted them). They became angry and said: 'By Allah, if our men were present, you would not have said this.' I went out following them until they met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Who are you two? Of which tribe are you? Where have you come from? And what has brought you?' They told him the whole story. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: 'Where did you leave the Sabi?' They said: 'We left him between the curtains and the building.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Did he say anything to you?' They said: 'Yes, he said something most offensive.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled, then the two of them went away, and I came forward and presented myself to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that time I greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Who are you? Of which tribe are you? Where are you from? Where have you come from? And what has brought you here?' I began to inform him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the whole situation. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Where were you getting your food and drink from?' I said: 'From the water of Zamzam.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, it is food that satisfies.' Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: 'O Messenger of Allah, permit me to give him his evening meal.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Yes.'
Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on foot, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took hold of my hand, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at the door of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) went into his house and brought raisins of Ta'if, and began giving them to us by the handful, and we ate them until we were full. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'O Abu Dharr!' I said: 'Here I am (labbayk).' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'A land has been shown to me which has date palms; I think it is none other than Tihamah. So go to your people and invite them to that (religion) which you have entered.'
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I set out until I came to my mother and my brother and told them the news, and they both said: 'We have no aversion to the religion you have entered.' So we became Muslims. Then we set out from there until we came to Madinah. I told my people, and they said: 'We have believed you, but we wish to meet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us, we met him (peace and blessings be upon him). The tribe of Ghifar said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): 'O Messenger of Allah, Abu Dharr has told us what you told him; we have accepted Islam and we bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' Then the tribe of Aslam, the ally of Khuza'ah, came forward and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we too desire this religion and enter into that which our brothers and allies have entered.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Aslam, may Allah grant it safety; and Ghifar, may Allah forgive it.'
Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took my hand and said: 'O Abu Dharr!' I said: 'Here I am, O Abu Bakr!' He asked: 'Did you worship even in your days of ignorance (Jahiliyyah)?' I said: 'Yes, I remember that I would stand at sunrise and keep praying until its heat hurt me, then I would collapse exhausted like an old cloth.' He asked me: 'In which direction did you face?' I said: 'I do not know, except wherever Allah turned me, until Allah granted me the blessing of Islam.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated it from Urwah bin Ruwaym (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abbad bin al-Rayyan (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from Abbad except al-Walid bin Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him). Muhammad bin A'idh (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
So I set out from there with my mother and my brother until we stopped near Makkah. My brother said: 'I am going to compete with a man at the well in poetry' (he was a poet). I said: 'Do not do it.' But he went out in his stubbornness to compete, until he competed with Durayd bin al-Simmah, staking his herd of camels against Durayd's herd. By Allah, on that day Durayd was a greater poet than my brother. Then they both went to al-Khansa' for judgement, and she judged in my brother's favour against Durayd. The reason was that Durayd had asked her father for her hand, and she had said: 'He is an old man; I have no need of him.' Because of this she bore a grudge against Durayd. So we joined his herd to our herd, and we came to have a large herd of camels.
Then I came to Makkah and began at (the hill of) al-Safa, where the leading men of Quraysh were present. News had reached me that there was a Sabi (one who has left his religion), a madman, a poet or a sorcerer there. I asked: 'Where is this man you speak of?' They said: 'There he is, where you see.' So I turned towards him. By Allah, I had not gone the distance of a stone's throw from them when they fell upon me with every bone, stone and clod of earth, and left me covered in blood. Then I came to the House (the Ka'bah), hid between the curtains and the building, and stayed there for thirty days, eating and drinking nothing except the water of Zamzam. Then one night, when the moonlight was spread wide, two women of the tribe of Khuza'ah came and began to circle the House, then they mentioned Isaf and Na'ilah, two idols they used to worship. I put my head out from under the curtains and said: 'Mount one of them on the other' (that is, I insulted them). They became angry and said: 'By Allah, if our men were present, you would not have said this.' I went out following them until they met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Who are you two? Of which tribe are you? Where have you come from? And what has brought you?' They told him the whole story. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: 'Where did you leave the Sabi?' They said: 'We left him between the curtains and the building.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Did he say anything to you?' They said: 'Yes, he said something most offensive.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled, then the two of them went away, and I came forward and presented myself to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that time I greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Who are you? Of which tribe are you? Where are you from? Where have you come from? And what has brought you here?' I began to inform him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the whole situation. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Where were you getting your food and drink from?' I said: 'From the water of Zamzam.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, it is food that satisfies.' Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: 'O Messenger of Allah, permit me to give him his evening meal.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Yes.'
Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on foot, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took hold of my hand, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped at the door of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) went into his house and brought raisins of Ta'if, and began giving them to us by the handful, and we ate them until we were full. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'O Abu Dharr!' I said: 'Here I am (labbayk).' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'A land has been shown to me which has date palms; I think it is none other than Tihamah. So go to your people and invite them to that (religion) which you have entered.'
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I set out until I came to my mother and my brother and told them the news, and they both said: 'We have no aversion to the religion you have entered.' So we became Muslims. Then we set out from there until we came to Madinah. I told my people, and they said: 'We have believed you, but we wish to meet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us, we met him (peace and blessings be upon him). The tribe of Ghifar said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): 'O Messenger of Allah, Abu Dharr has told us what you told him; we have accepted Islam and we bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' Then the tribe of Aslam, the ally of Khuza'ah, came forward and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we too desire this religion and enter into that which our brothers and allies have entered.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Aslam, may Allah grant it safety; and Ghifar, may Allah forgive it.'
Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took my hand and said: 'O Abu Dharr!' I said: 'Here I am, O Abu Bakr!' He asked: 'Did you worship even in your days of ignorance (Jahiliyyah)?' I said: 'Yes, I remember that I would stand at sunrise and keep praying until its heat hurt me, then I would collapse exhausted like an old cloth.' He asked me: 'In which direction did you face?' I said: 'I do not know, except wherever Allah turned me, until Allah granted me the blessing of Islam.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated it from Urwah bin Ruwaym (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abbad bin al-Rayyan (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from Abbad except al-Walid bin Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him). Muhammad bin A'idh (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
