Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad al-Dili (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah) in the market of Dhul-Majaz, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "O people, say: There is no true god except Allah, and you will be successful." He (peace and blessings be upon him) kept repeating this again and again, and the people were crowding around him (peace and blessings be upon him) and following him (peace and blessings be upon him). Behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a cross-eyed man with two braids and a handsome face, saying: He is a liar and a renegade - twice. So I asked: Who is this? The people said: This is his uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4567
Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), before he emigrated to Madinah, going around to the people at their camps in Mina, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "O people, indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commands you to worship Him and not to associate anything with Him." Behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a man saying: O people, this man is ordering you to abandon the religion of your forefathers. So I asked: Who is this man? The people said: His uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4568
Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad al-Dili (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Dhul-Majaz, following the people and calling them to Allah at their camps. Behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a cross-eyed man saying: Do not let this man turn you away from the religion of your forefathers. So I asked: Who is this? The people said: His uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4569
Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Dhul-Majaz, following the people and calling them to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, at their camps. Behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a cross-eyed man saying: O people, do not let this man deceive you away from your religion and the religion of your forefathers. So I asked: Who is this? The people said: His uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4570
Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated that he heard Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad al-Dili (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), before he emigrated to Madinah, going around to the people at their camps in Mina, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "O people, indeed Allah has commanded you to worship Him and not to associate anything with Him." Behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a cross-eyed, handsome man with two braids, saying: O people, this man is ordering you to abandon the religion of your forefathers. I asked about him and was told: This is his uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4571
Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) before the emigration in the market of Dhul-Majaz, going around among the people and saying: "O people, indeed Allah commands you to worship Him and not to associate anything with Him." Behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a man saying: O people, this man is ordering you to abandon the religion of your forefathers. I asked: Who is this? The people said: His uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4572
Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw Abu Lahab at Ukaz; he was following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and saying: O people, this man has gone astray, so do not let him lead you astray from the traditions of your forefathers. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was moving on, avoiding him, while he kept following him (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4573
Husayn bin Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad al-Dili (may Allah be pleased with him) say: I was a young man with my father, watching the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) going to the tribes, and behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) was a cross-eyed, handsome man with long hair. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would stop at a tribe and say: "O children of so-and-so, I am the Messenger of Allah to you. I command you to worship Allah and not to associate anything with Him, and to believe me and protect me until I convey from Allah the message with which I have been sent." When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished his words, the other man would say from behind: O children of so-and-so, this man wants you to abandon al-Lat and al-Uzza and your allies from the clan of Banu Malik bin Uqaysh, for the innovation and misguidance he has brought. So do not listen to him and do not follow him. I asked my father: Who is this? He said: This is his uncle, Abu Lahab.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4574
Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Ibad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw Abu Lahab at Ukaz; he was following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and saying: O people, this man has gone astray, so do not let him lead you astray from the traditions of your forefathers. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was walking quickly ahead while he kept on his trail, and we were following him. It is as if I am still looking at him: cross-eyed, with two braids, the fairest and most handsome of people.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4575
Ibn Ibad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) standing at a place before he was sent (as a prophet), then after he was sent I saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) standing at that same place in Arafat.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4576
Ibn Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), before he was sent (as a prophet), standing with the polytheists at Arafat; then after he was sent I saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) standing at that same place, and I knew that Allah had guided him (peace and blessings be upon him) to that very place.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4577
Ibn Ibad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, who said: A man from Banu Layth came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I recite poetry to you? He said this three times, then the fourth time he recited poetry in his (peace and blessings be upon him) praise. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If any of the poets can compose well, then you have composed well."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الراء / 4578