(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
يَعْقُوبُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبِي , عَنِ
ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، حَدَّثَنِي
يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ ، عَنْ
إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ عَفِيفٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
جَدِّهِ ، قَالَ : " كُنْتُ امْرَأً تَاجِرًا ، فَقَدِمْتُ الْحَجَّ ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لِأَبْتَاعَ مِنْهُ بَعْضَ التِّجَارَةِ ، وَكَانَ امْرَأً تَاجِرًا ، فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّنِي لَعِنْدَهُ بِمِنًى إِذْ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خِبَاءٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنْهُ ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا مَالَتْ يَعْنِي قَامَ يُصَلِّي ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخِبَاءِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ ، فَقَامَتْ خَلْفَهُ تُصَلِّي ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ غُلَامٌ حِينَ رَاهَقَ الْحُلُمَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخِبَاءِ ، فَقَامَ مَعَهُ يُصَلِّي ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ
لِلْعَبَّاسِ : مَنْ هَذَا يَا عَبَّاسُ ؟ قَالَ : هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ابْنُ أَخِي ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : مَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ ؟ قَالَ : هَذِهِ امْرَأَتُهُ خَدِيجَةُ ابْنَةُ خُوَيْلِدٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : مَنْ هَذَا الْفَتَى ؟ قَالَ : هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ابْنُ عَمِّهِ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : فَمَا هَذَا الَّذِي يَصْنَعُ ؟ قَالَ : يُصَلِّي ، وَهُوَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ إِلَّا امْرَأَتُهُ وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ هَذَا الْفَتَى ، وَهُوَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ سَيُفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى , وَقَيْصَرَ ، : قَالَ فَكَانَ عَفِيفٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، يَقُولُ : وَأَسْلَمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَحَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ ، لَوْ كَانَ اللَّهُ رَزَقَنِي الْإِسْلَامَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ، فَأَكُونُ ثَالِثًا مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ .
Afif Kindi says that I was a merchant, and once I came for Hajj. I came to buy some merchandise from Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), who himself was also a merchant. I was with him in Mina when suddenly a man came out from a nearby tent. When he saw the sun declining, he stood up to pray. Then a woman came out from the same tent from which the man had come out, and she began to pray standing behind the man. Then a boy—who was near the age of puberty—also came out from the same tent and began to pray standing with the man. I asked Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), "Abbas! Who is this?" He said, "This is my nephew, Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib." I asked, "Who is this woman?" He said, "This is his wife, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid." I asked, "Who is this young man?" He said, "This is his uncle's son, Ali bin Abi Talib." I asked, "What are they doing?" He said, "They are praying. They believe that he is Allah's Prophet, but so far only his wife and this young man have started following him. And they also believe that soon the treasures of Caesar and Chosroes will be opened for them." Afif—who later accepted Islam—says, "If Allah had granted me the ability to accept Islam that very day, I would have been the third Muslim."