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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب المغازي
Book of Military Campaigns
ما (ذكروا) في أهل نجران وما أراد النبي ﷺ (بهم)
Reports on the people of Najran and what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended for them
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39796 — Reports on the people of Najran
٣٩٧٩٦ - حدثنا ابن إدريس عن أبيه عن سماك عن علقمة بن وائل عن المغيرة ابن شعبة قال: بعثني رسول اللَّه ﷺ إلى نجران فقالوا (لي) (١): إنكم (تقرأون) (٢): ﴿يَاأُخْتَ هَارُونَ﴾ [مريم: ١٢٨] وبين (موسى وعيسى) (٣) ما شاء اللَّه من السنين؟ فلم أدر ما (أجيبهم) (٤) به، حتى رجعت إلى النبي ﷺ (فسألته) (٥) فقال: "ألا أخبرتهم أنهم كانوا يسمون بأنبيائهم والصالحين من قبلهم" (٦).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to (the people of) Najran, and they asked me: "You people recite: 'O sister of Harun' [Maryam: 28], yet there is an interval of a great many years between Musa and Isa?" I did not know the answer to their question, until I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and put this question to him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not tell them that they used to name (their children) after the prophets and righteous people who came before them?"
