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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 15258 — When the Prophet ﷺ sent al-Ala' bin

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بِسْطَامٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ صَاحِبُ الْهَرَوِيِّ، ثنا أَبِي، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، صَاحِبِ الْجَرْبُوعِيِّ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: لَمَّا بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ تَبِعْتُهُ، فَرَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ، لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّتُهُنَّ أَعْجَبُ، انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ فَقَالُوا: سَمُّوا وَاقْتَحِمُوا، فَسَمَّيْنَا وَاقْتَحَمْنَا، فَعَبَرْنَا فَمَا بَلَّ الْمَاءُ إِلَّا أَسَافِلَ أَخْفَافِ إِبِلِنَا، فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا صِرْنَا بَعْدُ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مَاءٌ، فَشَكَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا، فَإِذَا سَحَابَةٌ مِثْلُ التُّرْسِ ثُمَّ أَرْخَتْ عَزَالِيَهَا فَسَقَيْنَا وَاسْتَقَيْنَا، وَمَاتَ بَعْدَ مَا بَعَثَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ، لَمَّا ارْتَدَّتْ رَبِيعَةُ، فَأَظْفَرَهُ اللهُ بِهِمْ وَأَعْطُوا مَا مَنَعُوا مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ، وَمَاتَ فَدَفَنَّاهُ فِي الرَّمْلِ فَلَمَّا سِرْنَا غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ قُلْنَا: يَجِيءُ سَبْعٌ فَيَأْكُلُهُ فَرَجَعْنَا فَلَمْ نَرَهُ "
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent al-Ala' bin al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) to Bahrain, I went with him, and I saw three qualities in him; I do not know which of them is more amazing. We reached the seashore, and the people said: Say Bismillah and go in. So we said Bismillah and went in, and we crossed over, and the water wet nothing but the lower part of our camels' hooves. When we returned, we came to a desert land where we had no water. We complained to him, so he prayed two rak'ahs, then supplicated, and suddenly a cloud like a shield appeared, then it opened its mouths, and we drank and filled our water. He died after Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him to Bahrain when Rabi'ah apostatised; Allah granted him victory over them, and they paid the zakah that they had been withholding. When he died, we buried him in the sand. Then, when we had gone a little way, we said: A wild beast might come and eat him. So we went back, but we did not find him.
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 15258
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 18، صفحہ 95، حدیث 167