Ali bin Zayd bin Jud'an (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Urwah bin Mas'ud al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him), at the time of the Truce of Hudaybiyah, said to his people: "O my people! I have seen the courts of great kings and have spoken with them; send me to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) so that I may talk with him." So he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) at Hudaybiyah and began speaking with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Meanwhile Urwah kept reaching out his hand to touch the blessed beard of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing by the blessed head of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), fully armed. Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him (warning Urwah): "Pull your hand back before it can no longer return to you safely." Urwah raised his head and (recognising him) said: "Is it you? By Allah! You are still in (the consequences of) that old treachery of yours, from which you have not yet come out." Then Urwah returned to his people and said: "O my people! I have seen great kings and spoken with them, but I have never seen anyone as dignified as Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); he is not a king in the ordinary worldly sense. I found the sacrificial animals there held back, chewing their own hair. I think that some great calamity is soon going to strike you." Then he and his companions returned from there, and he climbed onto the wall of Ta'if and bore witness that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah. At this a man of his people shot him with an arrow and martyred him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (on hearing this news) said: "All praise is for Allah, who has placed in my Ummah someone like the man of Ya Sin (the believer mentioned in Surah Ya Sin)."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / عروة بن مسعود / 1598
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده ضعيف . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح: دون قصة مقتله: وهذا إسناد صحيح إلا أنه مرسل، قال الحافظ في "المطالب" [رقم 4410]: "هذا مرسل أو معضل"» «أخرجه مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد برقم: 16053، 16054، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 4594، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 1595»